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(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 […]
(Eagle News) — The Armed Forces of the Philippines on Wednesday confirmed that a leader of the Abu Sayyaf terrorist group was killed in a firefight with the military and police in Bohol on Tuesday. AFP chief Major General Eduardo Año identified the fatality as Muammar Askali, alias Abu Rami. “(He) is a very promising leader. Para siyang si Abu Sabaya. Natatandaan niyo? Mahilig magpainterview, mahilig lumabas sa YouTube. At pinapakita niya na capable siya na subleader,” he said […]
by Ilgin Karlidag Agence France Presse Suspected Stockholm truck attacker Rakhmat Akilov, a 39-year-old Uzbek and jihadist sympathizer, admitted Tuesday to committing a “terrorist crime” by mowing down pedestrians on a busy street, killing four people and injuring 15 others. “Akilov confesses to a terrorist crime and accepts his custody detention,” his lawyer Johan Eriksson told a custody hearing in a Stockholm district court. Akilov, who was arrested in a Stockholm suburb just hours after Friday’s […]
CAIRO, Egypt (AFP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for bombing two Egyptian churches on Sunday in the deadliest attacks in the country in recent memory. “Islamic State squads carried out the attacks on two churches in Tanta and Alexandria,” said the group’s self-styled Amaq news agency in a statement published on social media accounts. Egypt’s interior ministry said a suicide bomber was behind the blast in Alexandria that killed 11 people on Sunday. The […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — A second suspect has been formally placed under arrest in connection with a truck attack that killed four people and injured 15 in Stockholm, a district court said on Sunday. “I can confirm that a second person has been arrested,” Stockholm district court judge Helga Hullman told AFP.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Two Swedes, one Briton and a Belgian were killed in the Stockholm truck attack that also left 15 people injured, Swedish police said Sunday. “We have confirmed the identities of the dead, and their families have been informed,” Stockholm police official Jan Evensson told reporters.
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — The suspected Stockholm truck attacker had shown interest in extremist groups and had his permanent residency application rejected in June 2016, Swedish police said on Sunday. “We know that he showed interest for extremist organizations like (Islamic State),” police chief Jonas Hysing told reporters, adding that two Swedes, one Briton and a Belgian were killed in the attack. The suspect, who has only been officially identified as a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan, “applied […]
by Camille Bas-Wohlert STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Thousands of people were to gather in central Stockholm on Sunday for a “Lovefest” gathering against terrorism, as police pursue their investigation into this week’s deadly truck attack. Shocked by Friday’s attack that left four dead and 15 injured — for which a 39-year-old Uzbek man is in custody — Stockholmers mobilized on Facebook, organizing the gathering for 2:00 pm (1200 GMT) at the Sergels Torg plaza near […]
By Pia Ohlin STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Swedish police found a suspect device in the truck that ploughed into a Stockholm crowd killing four in Europe’s latest such terror attack, officials said Saturday. The alleged driver, who is in custody, is a 39-year-old man from Uzbekistan who was already known to Swedish police, authorities said. “We have found a device in the vehicle that doesn’t belong there … A technical examination is ongoing, we can’t […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — Four people were killed and at least 15 injured when a stolen truck slammed into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm, in what the prime minister described as a “terror attack.” Here is what we know about the truck attack in Sweden’s capital: What happened? The incident occurred just before 1300 GMT on Friday at the corner of the Ahlens department store and Drottninggatan, […]
By Pia Ohlin STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) — A truck slammed into a crowd of people outside a busy department store in central Stockholm on Friday, causing “deaths” in what the prime minister described as an “terror attack.” “There are deaths, and many injured,” Nina Odermalm Schei, a spokesperson for Swedish intelligence agency Sapo, told AFP, without giving a precise figure. “Sweden has been attacked. Everything points to a terror attack,” said Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. […]
(Eagle News) — Authorities announced on Thursday the arrest of a Kuwaiti national and a Syrian woman believed to have direct links with the terrorist group ISIS. In a joint statement, the Department of Justice, Bureau of Immigration and National Bureau of Investigation said Husayn Al-Dhafiri and Rahaf Zina, who claimed to be his wife, were apprehended by members of the BI’s Fugitive Search Unit on 28th St., Bonifacio Global City, on March 25. The BI worked in […]
