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Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2019/04/21/At-least-207-killed-450-hurt-in-eight-church-hotel-bombings-in-Sri-Lanka/9491555848157/ At least 207 killed, 450 hurt in eight church, hotel bombings in Sri Lanka |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
'International network' linked to bombings. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-48012085 The local group National Thowheeth Jama’ath are apparently the group responsible but with help from international militants. Strange that they attack christian churches in a country with only a small minority of christians. And also international hotels where the guests seldom are churchgoers even if it's Easter holiday. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34748 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
An Aussie mum and her 10yr old daughter were killed while 2 other Aussie women were injured. :-( |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19062 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Latest news reports say death toll now up to 311. |
Richard Haselgrove Send message Joined: 4 Jul 99 Posts: 14650 Credit: 200,643,578 RAC: 874 |
Defence minister Ruwan Wijewardene told parliament on Tuesday that "preliminary investigations" indicated the bombings were in retaliation for deadly attacks on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in March. He did not give any details.Buried in https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48019189 |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
In total, now 359 people have lost their lives in Sri Lanka. The police have now identified eight of the suicide bombers. Most are well educated and come from economically strong families. Some of them have studied abroad. A total of 60 people have now been arrested suspects for connections to the attack, and more arrests are to be expected. Now the president calls on the country's chief police officer and defense secretary to resign, sources say Reuters. The reason why President Sirisena kicks them is that, despite strong warning signs, the country's security service did not take any action to stop the terrorists. Among other things, Indian security service should have provided the authorities with detailed information that terrorist acts were being prepared against, among other things, Christian churches, but no one acted. According to the President of the country's parliament, high-ranking officials deliberately let go of the information. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 34748 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Another Aussie couple have been confirmed dead in the bombings. :-( |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19062 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Is John Earnest a terrorist? |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://nypost.com/2019/05/11/one-killed-in-attack-on-five-star-hotel-in-pakistan/ At least one person was killed in an attack on a five-star hotel in southwestern Pakistan, officials said. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-48246715 Gunmen have burned down a church during mass and killed six people, including a priest, in Burkina Faso, officials say. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-security-lyon/at-least-eight-injured-by-suspected-bomb-blast-in-lyon-idUSKCN1SU1Z7 PARIS (Reuters) - At least eight people were injured in a suspected bomb attack in central Lyon on Friday, French officials said. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-saudi/eight-people-wounded-in-attack-on-saudi-arabias-abha-airport-al-arabiya-tv-idUSKCN1TO0UK CAIRO (Reuters) - Eight people were wounded in a suspected drone attack on Saudi Arabia’s Abha airport, Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya TV said on Sunday, citing its own correspondent. |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
The Yemen crises:( "In short, Yemen is experiencing the world's worst man-made humanitarian disaster." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-29319423 |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
A man has been arrested in Sweden on probable grounds for conspiracy to terrorist acts. The man should have tried to drive over people and into a crowd in Östersund on Wednesday, according to Aftonbladet. The man is also being investigated for links to terrorist convicted Rakhmat Akilov. He is also from Uzbekistan, according to Sveriges Radio Ekot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Stockholm_truck_attack |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
https://apnews.com/b5ceb0cfb33d4d73aaaadf5eee19fe9d KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The death toll from a late-night suicide bombing at a crowded wedding party in the Afghan capital rose to at least 63 on Sunday, including women and children, officials said. It was the deadliest attack in Kabul this year. |
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