Tag: motive

Police eye two persons of interest in Zamboanga mosque grenade blast

(Eagle News)—-Authorities already have two persons of interest in the blast in a Zamboanga mosque that left at least two dead. Police are currently looking for the two, who have so far not been identified. Earlier, authorities said the attack that came days after the bombings in a Sulu cathedral that killed at least 21 people, could be an act of revenge. “But sabi nga, wag muba tayo gumawa ng ganitong konklusyon,” Armed Forces of […]

Two farmers found beheaded in Maguindanao

(Eagle News)–The bodies of two farmers who had been decapitated have been found in Maguindanao. Authorities said the lifeless bodies of Jabon Bistas and Ceasar Deamada Fermin were discovered in Parang on Saturday, April 28. The police said it was the residents themselves who found the bodies around 5 a.m. The police have yet to determine the motive for the killing.  

German police rule out ‘political motive’ in van attack

  MUENSTER, Germany (AFP) — German police said Sunday they did not see an extremist motive behind a ramming attack with a van that claimed two lives and placed the driver’s mental health issues in the foreground. There are “no indications of a political motive,” said Hajo Kuhlisch, chief of police in western city Muenster where the attack took place. Rather, “the motive and origins (of the crime) lie within the perpetrator himself,” he added. Far-right […]

Investigators look for motive in Malaysia plane disappearance

(Reuters) – Police are combing through the personal, political and religious backgrounds of pilots and crew of a missing Malaysian jetliner, a senior officer said on Sunday, trying to work out why someone aboard flew the plane hundreds of miles off course. No trace of the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER has been found since it vanished on March 8 with 239 people on board, but investigators believe it was diverted by someone who knew how […]