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by Alexandra Del Peral Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police raced Saturday to track down whoever planted a bomb on a packed London Underground train, as authorities raised the national threat level to maximum, meaning another attack may be imminent. Friday morning’s blast, which left 29 people injured, was Britain’s fifth terror attack in six months and was claimed by the Islamic State group. Prime Minister Theresa May announced late […]
by Alexandra del Peral Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — At least 22 people were injured after a bomb detonated on a packed London Underground train during the morning rush hour on Friday in what police are treating as a “terrorist incident.” Witnesses reported seeing passengers covered in blood and with facial burns and hair coming off at Parsons Green station in west London after the explosion on the train. “At 8:20 this […]
by Alexandra Del Peral Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Passengers were seen “badly burned” following a possible explosion on a London Underground train, eyewitnesses said on Friday, as emergency services said they were responding to an “incident.” British police are treating an incident on a London Underground train on Friday as an act of terrorism, saying “a number of people” had been injured. “Terrorist incident declared at Parsons Green Underground Station,” police […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Police and ambulance services said they were responding to an “incident” at an Underground station in west London on Friday, following media reports of an explosion. “We are aware of an incident at Parsons Green tube station. Officers are in attendance,” London’s Metropolitan Police said on Twitter. The station was closed, as well as an entire section of the District Line where it is located. A Metro.co.uk reporter at the scene was quoted […]
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AFP) — The death toll from an oil tanker explosion in central Pakistan has risen to 190, hospital and government officials said Friday, as 16 more people succumbed to their injuries. The tanker overturned early Sunday on a main highway from Karachi to Lahore while carrying some 40,000 litres of fuel. It exploded minutes later as crowds from a nearby village gathered to scavenge for fuel, despite warnings by the driver as well […]
MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – An oil tanker crashed and exploded on a road in Pakistan on Sunday (June 25), killing at least 146 people, many of whom were collecting leaking fuel before it ignited, government officials and rescue workers said. The speeding tanker overturned on a sharp bend on a highway on the outskirts of the city of Bahawalpur. The driver lost control when the vehicle blew a tyre, a provincial government spokesman said. Shahabaz […]
BEIIJING, China (AFP) — An explosion rocked a kindergarten in eastern China on Thursday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, authorities said, as state media published images showing bloodied and unconscious victims. The blast occurred near the kindergarten and victims were taken to hospital, according to the Fengxian county government in Jiangsu province. Xinhua news agency, citing the emergency office of Xuzhou city, said the explosion happened at the gate just as children […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) – A package exploded at South Korea’s Yonsei University in central Seoul on Tuesday (June 13) injuring a staff member who opened it in his office, a fire official said. Yonhap news agency said the blast sent small bolt nails flying from the package. It said the engineering faculty member was not seriously injured, suffering burns to his arm, and was being treated at the university hospital. The injured staffer was […]
China (Reuters) – At least one person was killed, six others were injured and seven more were missing after an explosion happened Monday morning at a petrochemical company in east China’s Shandong Province. It was learned that a liquefied gas tanker exploded at around 01:00 Monday and the fire spread in the loading area of the Linyi Jinyu Petrochemical Co. Ltd. in the Lingang Economic Development Zone in the city. Rescue teams evacuated workers and […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) – The studio and newsrooms of television station 1TV sustained damage after a bomb hidden in a sewage tanker exploded in the morning rush hour in the center of Kabul on Wednesday (May 31), killing at least 80 people and wounding hundreds more in the Afghan capital’s unofficial “Green Zone.” Staff removed ceiling boards which had fallen off and shattered glass and doors which had been blown off due to the impact of […]
ATHENS, Greece (Reuters) – Greek politicians including a former prime minister visited on Thursday (May 25) the hospital where former premier Lucas Papademos was taken after being injured when a booby-trapped package exploded in his car in central Athens, the worst act of violence targeting politicians in the crisis-hit country for several years. Papademos, who served a brief stint as caretaker prime minister in late 2011 to mid-2012, did not have life-threatening injuries, authorities said. […]
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (Reuters) — A witness who attended the venue in the northern English city of Manchester where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing said she felt a massive explosion as she was leaving the concert. “We were making our way out and when we were right by the door there was a massive explosion and everybody was screaming,” Catherine Macfarlane told Reuters. “It was a huge explosion – you could feel it […]
