Tag: Bombing
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London bombing is enough reason to expand US travel ban – Trump
President Donald Trump called on Friday for a “tougher and more specific” US travel ban after a homemade bomb exploded on a London train. In a flurry of early-morning tweets, Trump called the explosion another attack “by a loser terrorist” and suggested London police missed an opportunity to prevent it. He added that his travel…
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Rann bombing: Outdated maps caused death of Nigerians – Surveyors
Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), Saturday, blamed use of obsolete maps for the tragic bombing of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps in Rann village of Kala-Balge Local Government Area of Borno State by the military. A fighter jet early in the year bombed aid providers, soldiers and displaced persons in error, killing about 100 persons.…
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Egypt identifies Alexandria church bomber as fugitive with militant ties
Egyptian authorities have named the suicide bomber who attacked a cathedral in Alexandria as 31-year-old Mahmoud Abdullah, describing him as a fugitive with links to militant cells that carried out previous strikes in the country. Abdullah detonated his explosives at the entrance to Saint Mark’s Cathedral, the historic seat of the Coptic Pope, killing 17…
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Suicide bomber kill self, vigilante in Borno
A suicide bomber and a local vigilante were killed during an attempt on a Maiduguri mosque on Monday morning, a security official has confirmed. Borno Police spokesman, Victor Isuzu, said a male suicide bomber carried out the attack at the Dalori area of the state capital. “Today at about 0522hrs, a male suicide bomber detonated…
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Rann Bombing: Death toll hits 236
The death toll on last Tuesday’s accidental bombing of the Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs camp in Rann, Borno State, by the Nigerian Air Force has risen to 236. Chairman, Kalabalge Local Government area Babagana Malaria disclosed this on Saturday while briefing the Chief of Army Staff Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai. Buratai was in the…
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Buhari regrets accidental bombing in Borno, wishes victims divine succour
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed deep sadness and regret over the accidental bombing of a civilian community in Rann, Borno, by the Nigerian Air Force engaged in fighting Boko Haram insurgency in the area. In a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Tuesday, the president…
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Cairo church bombing claims 25, several injured
…bombing raises fears among christians A bombing at Cairo’s largest Coptic cathedral killed at least 25 people and wounded 49, many of them women and children attending Sunday mass, in the deadliest attack on Egypt’s Christian minority in years. The attack comes as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi fights battles on several fronts. His economic reforms…