bombings
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Former Military Head of State, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, IBB, has recounted a civil war experience that nearly took his life after his command, 82 Battalion, came under heavy bombardment from Biafran forces on March 27, 1969. IBB stated that the Biafran artillery began an uninterrupted bombardment of their positions, noting that not even Nigerian troops’ aggressive…
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Just one day after pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded, more electronic devices detonated in Lebanon Wednesday in what appeared to be a second wave of sophisticated, deadly attacks that targeted an extraordinary number of people. Both attacks, which are widely believed to be carried out by Israel, have hiked fears that…
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Israeli airstrikes are continuing in Rafah after the IDF took control of the Palestinian side of the nearby crossing. At least 27 people, including six women and nine children, have been killed in Rafah since Monday evening, CNN has reported. These photos give a sense of what’s happening in the city, where reports suggest well…
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Authorities in Sri Lanka have implicated a small extremist group called National Thowfeek Jamaath for the Easter weekend bombings. But how could a small group pull off a coordinated attack of such sophistication? The answer might have arrived via the Islamic State’s Amaq news agency, reports the New York Times. ISIS has claimed credit for organizing the…
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At least 138 people were killed and nearly 500 hospitalized from injuries in near simultaneous blasts that rocked three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, the state-run Daily News reports. A security official tells the AP that two of the blasts are suspected to have been carried out by suicide bombers. St. Anthony’s Shrine and…
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The United Nations in Somalia has strongly condemned Saturday’s blasts in the capital city, Mogadishu. In a tweet against the wanton destruction of lives and property by terrorists who are suspected to be al-Shabab fighters, the UN Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) described the act as “barbaric bombings” which targeted civilians in Mogadishu. Over 20…
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The United Nations children agency has expressed extreme concern at the appalling increase in the cruel and calculated use of children, especially girls, as “human bombs” in north-east Nigeria. “Since the beginning of January 2017, 83 children had been used as so-called human bombs, 55 being girls, most of them often under 15 years old,” UN…
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The Eiffel Tower is illuminated with the colors of Belgian national flag in homage of the victims of the Brussels’ terrorist attacks in Paris, France, on March 22, 2016.
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This image from the Brussels Airport surveillance cameras made available by Belgian Police, shows what officials believe may be suspects in the Brussels airport attack on March 22, 2016. The Belgian state prosecutor said in a press conference on Tuesday, that a photograph of three male suspects was taken at Zaventem. “Two of them seem…
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