Tag: terrorist attack

Terror attacks and fire tragedy: Britain’s time of tumult

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – Britain has endured a tumultuous period in recent months including four terror attacks, a catastrophic fire and a dramatic election that left Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative government badly weakened. Here are some of the key dates so far: – March 22: Khalid Masood drives a rented car into pedestrians on Westminster Bridge in London and stabs to death an unarmed police officer guarding the British parliament. Five people are […]

Hired van at scene of London attack at centre of investigation

LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) – Forensic officers searched for evidence on Monday morning (June 19) after a van ploughed into worshippers leaving a London mosque, injuring 10 people in what witnesses said was a deliberate attack on Muslims. The van being examined at the scene bore the logo of Pontyclun van hire, a firm the BBC said was located in an industrial estate in south Wales. Shortly after midnight, the hired vehicle swerved into a […]

London Police say ramming of worshippers by van is “being treated as a terrorist attack”

LONDON, United Kingdom (Reuters) – A van ploughed into worshippers leaving a London mosque on Monday (June 19), injuring 10 people in what witnesses said was a deliberate attack on Muslims. One man, who was already being given first aid at the scene before the vehicle was driven into pedestrians, has died but police said it was not clear whether his death was directly linked. Eight others are in hospital, with two in a very […]

London attack on Muslim worshippers: What we know

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) – One man died and 10 people were injured after a van drove into a crowd of Muslim worshippers near a mosque in London in the early hours of Monday. London Mayor Sadiq Khan called it an “horrific terrorist attack” and counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation, as Muslim leaders linked the incident to a rise in Islamophobic crime. Here is what we know so far: What happened? Witnesses said a […]

Authorities release CCTV footage of gunman attack in Pasay hotel; Reiterate incident was not a terrorist attack

(Eagle News) — Police and hotel authorities on Saturday released for the first time footage of the actions of the gunman prior and during Friday’s hotel attack, which appeared to corroborate their earlier statements that the incident was not a terrorist attack. The footage–which was released after Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez said he believed the incident was an act of terrorism—showed how the gunman reached the establishment on board a taxi. National Capital Region Police Office […]

Police reveal photos of Manchester bomber on night of attack

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom (AFP) — Police on Saturday released security camera images of Manchester suicide bomber Salman Abedi on the night he massacred 22 people at a pop concert. Investigators also gave details of the 22-year-old’s last hours as they appealed to the public for any information about his movements in the days running up to Monday night’s attack. The photographs taken from CCTV footage show a bespectacled Abedi, who has a small moustache, in […]

NCRPO, nananatiling naka-full alert status laban sa banta ng terorismo

(Eagle News) — Asahan pa raw ang pagpapaigting ng seguridad sa Metro Manila. Ito ang sinabi ni National Capital Region Police Office Director Chief Superintendent Oscar Albayalde sa gitna nang kaguluhan sa Marawi City kung saan sangkot ang pinagsanib na pwersa ng grupong  Abu Sayyaf at Maute Group, laban sa militar at mga pulis. Ang bakbakan ang naging dahilan ng pagdeklara ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte ng martial law sa Mindanao. Ayon kay Albayalde, asahan pa raw ang […]

May condemns ‘appalling terrorist attack’ in Manchester

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British Prime Minister Theresa May condemned on Tuesday the “appalling terrorist attack” at a pop concert in Manchester that killed 19 people and injured more than 50. “We are working to establish the full details of what is bein treated by the police as an appalling terrorist attack,” May said in a statement. © Agence France-Presse

Britain names parliament attacker; IS claims responsibility

by Robin Millard Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — London police on Thursday identified a British man as responsible for killing four people in a rampage outside parliament, as hundreds gathered for a candlelit vigil in the capital. The Islamic State group claimed the assailant behind the deadliest attack on British soil in 12 years was one of its “soldiers” acting on a call to target countries in the United States-led coalition fighting […]

World leaders ‘stand’ with Britain after London attack

  PARIS, France (AFP) — World leaders unanimously condemned the attack in the heart of London by a man who was shot dead by armed police, with many saying they stand with Britain. At least four people were killed and more than 40 injured in the attack outside parliament Wednesday when a man mowed down pedestrians with a car then leapt out and stabbed a police officer. In an address outside her Downing Street office, […]

Four killed in attack on symbol of British democracy

by Dario THUBURN / Alice RITCHIE Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Four people were killed and 40 injured after being run over and stabbed in a lightning attack at the gates of British democracy on Wednesday attributed by police to “Islamist-related terrorism”. The attack unfolded across Westminster Bridge in the shadow of Big Ben, a towering landmark that draws tourists by the millions and stands over Britain’s Houses of Parliament — the very image of […]

Pakistan market bombing kills 8

LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) — A bomb blast in an upscale shopping center in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore killed at least eight people and wounded 20 on Thursday (February 23), officials said, the latest in a surge of violence that has shaken the country. Security forces cordoned off the residential neighborhood, also home to banks and coffee shops, rescue officials said, after what one bank worker said was a “frightening” explosion. Punjab police spokesman Nayab […]