Tag: SWAT TEAM

Miyembro ng CAFGU arestado dahil sa paglabag sa Comelec gun ban sa Pagadian City

Ni Ferdinand Libor Eagle News Correspondent PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (Eagle News) – Arestado ang isang miyembro ng Citizen Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU) matapos lumabag sa umiiral na gun ban ng Commission on Elections (COMELEC) kaugnay sa nalalapit na Barangay at Sanggunian Kabataan Election 2018 sa Purok Riverside, Brgy. Sta. Lucia, Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur. Kinilala ang suspek na si Shielvert Onido, 23 taong gulang, may-asawa at residente ng San Pablo, Zamboanga Del […]

China detains rights lawyer after call for reform

BEIJING, China (AFP) – Chinese authorities detained a prominent human rights lawyer on Friday, people familiar with the case said, just hours after he provided journalists with a letter calling for constitutional reform. Around a dozen people, including a SWAT team, seized Yu Wensheng as he left his Beijing apartment to walk his child to school, two sources told AFP. Local police said they were unaware of his detention. Yu has been a persistent voice for reform in […]

Las Vegas shooter’s girlfriend denies knowledge of planned carnage

by Cyril Julien Agence France-Presse The girlfriend of the Las Vegas shooter said Wednesday she had no idea he was planning the attack, describing her boyfriend as a “quiet, caring man” as President Donald Trump declared the United States a nation in mourning. In her first public comments over the shooting at a country music concert that left 58 dead and more than 500 injured, Marilou Danley said she had hoped for a quiet future […]

Tony Awards dedicates ceremony to Orlando victims

  (AFP)  The Tony Awards, which honor the best of Broadway, opened in New York on Sunday dedicated to victims of the Orlando massacre, the deadliest terror attack in America since September 11, 2001. Fifty people died when a heavily-armed gunman opened fire and seized hostages at a popular gay nightclub in the Florida city before the attack was shot dead by a police SWAT team. “Our hearts go out to all of those affected […]