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by Rosie Scammell Agence France Presse Britain on Saturday lowered the terror threat level which was hiked after this week’s carnage in Manchester as police pushed forward with their investigation, arresting two more people. The decision to reduce the threat level from critical to severe was announced by Prime Minister Theresa May who said there were now 11 suspects in custody over Monday night’s bombing targeting young fans at a pop concert. The latest arrests […]
by Tony Gamal-Gabriel Agence France Presse MINYA, Egypt (AFP) — Egypt launched six air strikes on jihadist camps in Libya Friday after masked gunmen attacked a bus of Coptic Christians south of the Egyptian capital, killing at least 28 people. Assailants in three pick-up trucks attacked the bus as it was heading for the Saint Samuel monastery in Minya province, more than 200 kilometers (120 miles) from Cairo, before fleeing, the interior ministry said. […]
(Eagle News) — One policeman was killed and eight others were injured in clashes between the authorities and armed Maute rebels in Marawi City. General Eduardo Año, Armed Forces of the Philippines head, disclosed this in a phone interview with CNN Philippines on Tuesday night. “Eight ang wounded. Sa (Philippine National Police) meron na tayong isang officer na namatay,” Año, who is part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s official delegation in Moscow, Russia, said. According to Año, the firefight ensued […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine security forces hunting one of the world’s most-wanted Islamist militants were battling gunmen in a southern city on Tuesday, authorities said. Isnilon Hapilon, a leader of the infamous Abu Sayyaf kidnapping-for-ransom gang who the Islamic State group has appointed its Philippine chief, was believed to be among those fighting police and soldiers in Marawi city, regional military spokeswoman Captain Jo-Ann Petinglay told AFP. “Right now we are conducting a surgical […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – More than 24,000 people fled their homes as the Philippine military used airstrikes and artillery against Muslim extremists who have pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, authorities said Thursday. Almost a week of attacks on members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in the strife-torn southern island of Mindanao has displaced residents of six towns, said Jofelle Delicana, spokeswoman for the civil defence office. About 24,300 villagers were forced to […]
by Maya Gebeily Agence France-Presse BEIRUT, Lebanon -A jihadist assault led by suicide bombers killed dozens Tuesday at a camp for the displaced near Syria’s border with Iraq, as pressure grows on the Islamic State group in both countries. The violence left at least 38 people dead and came as another surprise IS attack on Tuesday killed 10 soldiers in Iraq, to the south along the border. The jihadist group appears to be lashing out […]
(Eagle News) — The Abu Sayyaf has beheaded a kidnapped soldier, a fellow Tausug, who had been helping the government in convincing the community in Sulu not to give support to the terrorist group, a Philippine army official confirmed on Sunday, April 23. Hours after government troops killed three more members of the Islamic State-linked group in a clash elsewhere, the head of Sergeant Anni Siraji of the Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion was found 50 […]
PARIS, France (Reuters) — Paris’ Champs-Elysees boulevard looked more like a combat zone than the tourist and shopping mecca it is on Thursday night (April 20) after a drive-up-and-shoot attack in which a police officer was killed. Hundreds of police officers armed with machine guns, helmets or balaclavas and bullet-proof vests swarmed over an area of Paris popular with, but suddenly bereft of, late night shoppers, cafe customers and dance club revellers. Witness Chelloug, a […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russia’s FSB security force said Wednesday that it had killed two men from Central Asia suspected of preparing attacks, while trying to arrest them in the Vladimir region east of Moscow. “As a result of clashes during attempted detention, two citizens of a Central Asian state were neutralized by FSB officers,” the agency said in a statement. The men, born in 1987 and 1991, “were in contact with recruiters from international […]
(AFP) — Seven people were injured when two bomb explosions rocked a petrol station in the southern part of the country near rebel enclaves, police said Tuesday. An improvised explosive was thrown on Monday night on the roof of the gasoline station in Tacurong city in Mindanao, which has been plagued by a decades-old Muslim insurgency. Two soldiers, three policemen and two civilians were wounded when a second blast went off minutes later as security forces were […]
(Agence France Presse) — The Philippine military announced plans to create all-Muslim fighting units on Saturday as it looks to bolster efforts to tackle Islamic insurgents. Five percent of all new applications will be allocated for Muslims under the new order, military spokespeson Colonel Edgard Arevalo said in a statement, adding the eventual aim was to have a dedicated brigade or division to be deployed in the country’s troubled south. The country is battling Muslim […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) – A Kuwaiti man suspected to be a member of the Islamic State group was Friday deported by the Philippines to face charges at home, a justice department official said. Hussein Al-Dhafiri, one of the two suspected IS members arrested in the Philippines last month, was flown out of the country to Kuwait, undersecretary Erickson Balmes said. A statement from the Kuwaiti embassy said Dhafiri was due to be tried in […]
