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  • Israel bombs Iran-linked forces

    Israel bombs Iran-linked forces

    An Israeli airstrike on eastern Syria has killed eight fighters of Iraq’s Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces

    A US drone strike also killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the PMF head, last week.

    Israel launched the attack on areas considered Iranian interests Friday morning.

    “Unidentified aircraft targeted vehicles and arms depots in the Albu Kamal area, causing a large explosion.

    “At least eight Iraqi Hashed fighters were killed,” said Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.

    He said several others were wounded.

    The Britain-based organization said three villages in the Albu Kamal area known for housing forces loyal to Tehran have been targeted by drone strikes since Wednesday.

    DeirEzzor24 reported that weapons shipment to Lebanese terror group Hezbollah was targeted in the attack.

    The weapons reportedly included ballistic missiles belonging to the Imam Ali Brigade, a Shiite militia under the PMF

  • Only bomb differentiates FG from Boko Haram – Kukah

    Bishop Mathew Kukah has accused the Nigerian government of using different methods to achieve the same goal of Islamic dominance like Boko Haram.

    He said this while reacting to the recent beheading of 10 persons suspected to be Christians by extremists in Nigeria.

    The Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, in his disgust with the Nigerian authorities, further compared the government with Boko Haram, saying the only difference is that the later makes use of a bomb to achieve their aims.

    He condemned the Christmas Day attack by the Islamic State West Africa Province, and that of Boko Haram on Christmas Eve.

    A press statement from the Bishop’s media team on Tuesday evening quoted him as speaking in the United Kingdom with Catholic Charity Aid to the Church in Need.

    He said, “The only difference between the government and Boko Haram is (that) Boko Haram is holding a bomb.

    “They are using the levers of power to secure the supremacy of Islam, which then gives more weight to the idea that it can be achieved by violence. With the situation in Nigeria, it is hard to see the moral basis they have to defeat Boko Haram.

    “They have created the conditions to make it possible for Boko Haram to behave the way they are behaving,” he added.

    Bishop Kukah said the Nigerian government, by packing key government positions with hardline Muslims, gave tacit approval to such groups.

    “If the people in power don’t do enough to integrate Christians then they give oxygen to Islamism.

    “If they have countries where everybody is Muslim in power then you give vent to the idea that Islam should be supreme.”

    He, however, hit out against western nations, who, he said, are happy to mine the resources of Africa but not ready to defend its people.

    He said, “Western nations are not doing enough. They have shown that the resources of Africa are more important than ordinary people.

    “Clearly, the Western nations could have reduced the influence of Boko Haram by 80 or 90 percent but they have deliberately not done enough.”

    Bishop Kukah said the only thing preventing Nigeria from being engulfed in a civil war was the peaceful tenets of Christianity.

    “Christians have every reason to feel insecure, also there is a general feeling of their marginalisation from the political process. If the principles of our religion were different, there would be a civil war by now.

    “It is the glory of our religion that this hasn’t happened. It is difficult to preach peace in this context. Any resolution depends on how Christians decide to react. They won’t use violence but what will they do?”

  • At least 17 killed in bomb attack

    At least 17 people were killed and 28 others wounded when a bomb went off outside a hotel near the international airport in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, medical officials said.
    The Al Qaeda-linked Islamist group al Shabaab, which is trying to topple Somalia’s weak U.N.-backed government, claimed responsibility for the attack.
    The city’s Madina hospital received 17 bodies and 28 people with injuries, 12 of them in a critical condition, said Mohammed Yusuf, the hospital’s director.
    The blast went off at the first checkpoint on the road that leads to Mogadishu airport, said Farah Hussein, a shopkeeper who witnessed the attack.
    Somalia has been riven by civil war since 1991, when clan warlords overthrew a dictator, then turned on each other.

  • Gory images: How Bomb explosion killed three in Imo [Updated]

    Gory images: How Bomb explosion killed three in Imo [Updated]

    Police authority in Imo on Thursday confirmed that a bomb exploded in the state killing three persons.

    Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Imo, Orlando Ikeokwu, said the explosion occurred in Eziorsu community in Oguta local government area.

    Ikeokwu gave the names of the victims as Elvis Ukado; Kasiemobi Uzoma and Justice Adie.

    The police image maker said: “It was an unexploded ordinance in a scrap dump.

    “The bomb exploded killing three of them at the scene while one of the victim was beating the scrap iron in order to compress it.”

    Orlando also confirmed that the Imo State Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo, and his team had visited the bomb explosion scene at Oguta.

    He added: “The Commissioner of Police wish to use this medium to warn all members of the public to promptly report any metal device suspected to be Unexploded Ordnance or Explosive (UXO), for possible examination, evacuation and possible destruction.”

    An eyewitness from the community, who also confirmed the development said that the explosion affected people around the scene due to the violent wave and effect of the sound.

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  • Buhari sad over Easter Sunday serial bomb attacks in Sri Lanka

    Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the horrendous attacks on several churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on the holy day of Easter.

    The President’s feelings were made known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday.

    Buhari extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed in the attacks and wished speedy recovery to the injured.

    “We stand with victims of terrorism all over the world because we know and understand this harrowing inhuman activity,” the President said.

    The President assured the people of Sri Lanka that Nigeria stands with at this terrible moment.

    He urged the authorities not to spare ”the wicked elements behind these mischievous attacks.”

  • Police uncover bomb on election eve in Delta

    Police uncover bomb on election eve in Delta

    The Delta State Police Command on Friday night confirmed uncovering substances suspected to be Improvised Explosive Device (IED) along the Ughelli/Patani road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state.

    The Commissioner of Police, Adeyinka Adeleke, on Friday, called on residents to remain calm and vote peacefully in Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.

    TNG reports that the rescheduled presidential and National Assembly elections holds tomorrow (Saturday)

    Adeleke said the bomb was discovered by men of the Anti Robbery Squad led by its Commander, SP Masoyi Dadi on Thursday night.

    The command in a statement signed by its Acting Spokesman, Chuks Oresewezie, noted that IED was intercepted in an unregistered white Toyota Hilux Van which refused to stop.

    The police commissioner, who assuaged the fears of Deltans, stated that there was no cause to be apprehensive over the matter as the command had launched an investigation into it.

    More details later…

     

  • No bomb on Abuja-Lagos Air Peace flight – FAAN

    The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has described as a false the alarm the claim that a bomb was planted on an early morning Air Peace flight from Abuja to Lagos on Wednesday.

    The General Manager, Corporate Affairs of FAAN, Henrietta Yakubu, made the rebuttal in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

    Mrs Yakubu said the passenger, who allegedly raised the alarm, was said to have a history of mental illness.

    She said the passenger had been handed over to the security agencies and medical experts for assessment.

    “Following the false information, officers of FAAN’s aviation security swiftly evacuated passengers, crew and cargo on board the flight and a bomb squad immediately conducted a thorough check on the aircraft and baggage, which confirmed the information to be false,” she said.

    “After due diligence test has been carried out on the aircraft, a fresh boarding call has been made and passengers have boarded the flight for take-off to the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.

    “FAAN will like to reassure passengers and all airport users that our airports are safe and secure.

    “They should carry on their lawful activities without any fear,” she said.

    News Agency of Nigeria reports that there was panic in the aircraft on Wednesday morning after a passenger raised an alarm that a bomb was planted in the aircraft.

     

  • Borussia Dortmund bus bomber receives 14-year jail sentence

    A man who bombed the Borussia Dortmund football team bus in 2017 has been given 14 years for attempted murder.

    Sergei Wenergold, a German of Russian origin, had hidden bombs packed with metal pins which went off as the bus passed a hedge on its way to a Champions League quarter-final match.

    The blast, which wounded two people, was initially treated as a suspected jihadist attack, BBC reports

    But Wenergold admitted the plot, saying he had not meant to hurt anyone.

    In a bizarre twist, it emerged that the 29 year old had planned to make money out of the bombing by betting on a fall in Borussia Dortmund’s stock market price.

    Dortmund’s Spanish defender Marc Bartra and a police officer were wounded in the attack.

    Wenergold was convicted of 28 counts of attempted murder.

  • Bombs sent to Obama, Clinton; explosives scare at CNN

    An explosive device was discovered early Wednesday at Hillary and Bill Clinton’s Chappaqua home, another one addressed to former President Obama was intercepted in Washington, DC, and CNN evacuated its Manhattan headquarters when a suspicious package was found there, officials said.
    Police in Florida are also investigating a possible suspicious package at the offices of Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, according to a local NBC affiliate.
    A US official said investigators believe the “functional explosive device” found at the Clintons’ home in Westchester County is linked to one found Monday in the mailbox of billionaire George Soros’ house in Katonah. The return address on the bomb sent to Soros was “Debbie Wasserman Schultz,” a law enforcement source told The Post.
    Meanwhile, CNN reported that its Manhattan bureau at the Time Warner Center at 10 Columbus Circle has been evacuated because of a suspicious package. The package was addressed to former CIA director John Brennan, sources said.
    And in a fourth incident, a suspicious package was found at the Soros Foundation on West 57th Street, a law enforcement source told The Post.
    The NYPD is working under the theory that the suspicious package found at CNN is related to the others, a high-ranking source told The Post.
    The device, which was found in the mailroom of the Time Warner center, was constructed with a pipe and wires, cops said.
    A high ranking-police source told The Post that cops were still preparing to examine the package. It wasn’t immediately clear to whom it was addressed or if there was a note attached.
     
    Culled from New York Post

  • Bomb disposal experts defuse World War II bomb in Berlin

    Bomb disposal experts have defused a 500-kilogram World War II British bomb in the centre of Berlin, police have said.

    Experts were able within a short space of time to remove the fuse from the bomb and make it safe, a police spokesman said on Friday.

    Before they could start, 10,000 people had to be cleared from a 800-metre-radius exclusion zone near the capital’s central rail station, which was completely closed during the operation.

    Rail operator Deutsche Bahn said 300,000 passengers use the station daily and 1,300 people who work there had to leave their posts. “We have never had a comparable situation to this degree,” a spokesman said.

    Several government ministries, the German Intelligence Service, a courthouse and the Museum for Contemporary Art fall within the zone and were closed. Two hospitals had to be partially cleared.

    Police went through the streets with loudhailers, knocked on doors and rung bells, urging people to evacuate.

    Police later told local residents they could return to their homes.

    The operation was peaceful and harmonious, a police spokeswoman said. Via Twitter, the police thanked all public transport passengers for their understanding and wished them “a good onward journey hopefully soon.”

    Public transport in the area had been completely shut down while the bomb was disposed of. Deutsche Bahn said local services could return to normal quite quickly, but it would take some time for long-distance trains to get back on schedule.

    Flights were not disrupted, but public transport to the airport was.

    Undetonated World War II bombs are frequently discovered in Germany, especially during construction projects, prompting disposal operations that often involve large-scale evacuations.

    Until the end of the war in 1945, there were 380 air raids by the US, British and Russian air forces on Berlin. Historians estimate that 45,000 tons of explosives were dropped on the capital.

    The city administration estimates there are still some 3,000 bombs, grenades and ammunition remnants buried under the city.

    dpa