by Matthieu DEMEESTERE Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — Mehdi Nemmouche stands accused of carrying out Europe’s first attack by an Islamist fighter returning from the war in Syria. But his journey from a French foster home to a Brussels court began not in a Middle Eastern desert but in a run-down industrial town. This week, he will go on trial for four anti-Semitic murders during a shooting spree at Belgium’s Jewish Museum. […]
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82 seconds of terror at Brussels’ Jewish museum
by Clément Zampa Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — A shadow creeps behind two visitors just inside the Jewish museum in Brussels. A man emerges, arm extended as he fires a pistol into their necks. The first bullet kills Emanuel Riva, the second, his wife Miriam, with the couple dropping to the floor in a ghoulish scene captured by the museum’s security cameras. Neither Israeli tourist sees the shooter coming as they are engrossed […]
Gov’t says 1,467 rescued from Marawi City since start of fighting; efforts to rescue more continue
(Eagle News) — The Philippine government said it has rescued a total of 1,467 civilians since the start of the fighting in Marawi City, including 179 civilians rescued on Sunday by government forces. Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the latest rescued by government forces were the 179 civilians rescued during the “four-hour humanitarian pause” — or from 8 a.m. to 12 noon — in the firefight on Sunday, June 4. There were also […]
89 Islamist terrorists killed in Marawi City; 90 percent of city cleared of extremists by gov’t forces
91 firearms from Maute group recovered by gov’t forces (Eagle News) — At least 89 members of the Islamist terrorists, including the Maute group, had been killed and about 90 percent of Marawi City had been cleared of the extremists, according to government authorities in their latest report. In the MIndanao Hour briefing on Wednesday, May 31, presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella said that the 89 Maute casualities were confirmed by eyewitness accounts and body count. […]





