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by Joseph Schmid Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) — A powerful explosion destroyed a bakery in central Paris on Saturday morning, injuring several people and blowing out dozens of nearby windows after a suspected gas leak, police and AFP journalists. Around 200 firefighters were mobilised to battle the fire that broke out after the blast and rescue residents in neighbouring buildings, Interior Minister Christophe Castaner told reporters at the scene. Police closed off streets […]
(Eagle News)—At least two people were killed and 21 others were injured after a blast ripped through a mall in Cotabato on Monday, Dec. 31. Authorities said the cause of the explosion was an improvised explosive device that was inside a wrapped box. It was still unknown who the suspects are. Authorities said, however, that based on history, the Daulah Islamiyah have been conducting attacks in the area.
by Elizabeth LAW Agence France-Presse An explosion and fire near a chemical factory left at least 22 people dead and 22 others injured on Wednesday in a northern China city that will host the 2022 Winter Olympics, authorities said. The charred and smoking remains of trucks and cars were scattered on a road as firefighters worked at the scene, according to images posted by state media on social media. The incident near Hebei Shenghua Chemical […]
by Fanuel Jongwe Agence France Presse HARARE, Zimbabwe (AFP) — At least 42 passengers were killed, Zimbabwe police said Friday, after a suspected gas cylinder exploded on a bus, with pictures showing the burnt-out wreckage of the vehicle. The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation published photographs showing the destroyed vehicle on a highway between the South African border and the second city Bulawayo. “At the moment we know that more than 42 people died,” police spokeswoman […]
(Eagle News)–Suspected members of the New People’s Army attacked three detachments in Masbate early Tuesday, Sept. 25. In a radio interview, Senior Superintendent Froilan Navarroza, provincial director of the Masbate Police, said the first attack was on the detachment of the 1st Masbate Provincial Mobile Force Company at midnight. This was followed by an attack on a Community Police Assistance Center half an hour later, and by another on the detachment of 2nd Masbate Provincial Mobile Force […]
(Eagle News)—Eight people were hurt after an improvised explosive device exploded in General Santos on Sunday, Sept. 16. The victims in the blast at a pharmacy near Hadano Park in the National Highway, were identified as Marlon Orabia, 30; Jerry Guyos, 19; Felipa Regidor, 64; Lally Jean Alipio, 34; John Calang, 22; Claire Uozolam, 24; Joana Alipio,3; and Jeslly Yvonne Guyos. The police said based on witnesses, two men were behind the incident, which Philippine National […]
(Eagle News)—The Palace on Monday, Sept. 3, condemned the second blast in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat that left at least one dead and several others injured. “We strongly denounce the latest attack in Isulan, Sultan Kudarat..We are deeply saddened by the death of one innocent victim, per initial report, and pray for the swift recovery of those injured,” Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said. According to Roque, President Rodrigo Duterte, who is on a four-day official visit […]
(Eagle News)–A second blast rocked Isulan in Sultan Kudarat on Sundy, Sept. 2, leaving at least one dead and several injured. Philippine National Police Chief Oscar Albayalde said the incident took place past 7 p.m., in Rrenz Internet Cafe at the corner of Valencia and Valdez Streets in Barangay Kalawag 2, based on a report to him. This was a short distance from where an improvised bomb under a motorcycle blew up on August 28, killing […]
(Eagle News) — Tuesday’s bombing in Sultan Kudarat is proof that “neither martial law nor the Bangsamoro Organic Law could guarantee peace in Mindanao,” Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Thursday, Aug. 30. As such, Lacson said the National Security Council and ground security forces should “take a hard look at their security plans and strategy, especially in the South, and try to avert the vicious cycle of talking peace with one tribal group while alienating the others.” […]
Count of injured now at 39 (Eagle News)—The death toll in the bomb explosion in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday night has risen to two, the police said. The number of those injured was also now at 39, the police said, as they looked for those responsible behind the incident in Isulan. In a television interview Wednesday, Isulan police chief Supt. Celestino Daniel dismissed reports the Islamic State had a hand in the explosion. “Hindi pa po […]
Two other bombs reportedly defused in area (Eagle News)–One person was killed and 36 others were injured after an improvised explosive device went off during a town festival in Sultan Kudarat on Tuesday night. The explosion took place at 8:34 p.m. near a gas station in Barangay Kalawag 3, as activities were ongoing in commemoration of the town’s 61st founding anniversary. Authorities said the IED had been placed inside a motorcycle that had been […]
QUETTA, Pakistan (AFP) — Pakistan was in shock Saturday after a suicide blast killed 128 people, shaking confidence in security just as the dramatic arrest of ex-prime minister Nawaz Sharif ratcheted political tensions higher ahead of nationwide polls. Sharif’s dramatic return from London and subsequent arrest for corruption was overshadowed as the carnage in Mastung, in the country’s southwestern province of Balochistan, unfolded late Friday. Newspapers branded the blast — one of the deadliest […]
