Police in Turkey arrested 56 ISIL terror suspects on Tuesday, the country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said. During simultaneous operations in four provinces, the suspects, who had recruited people for the terror group, received assassination and explosive training and provided financial aid to individuals operating within the group, were arrested, …
Read More »Paris police detain man behind Iran consulate incident
A man who had threatened to blow himself up at Iran’s consulate in Paris was arrested by police, a police source said. Western media reported that a Paris police official said the man was seen at about 11 am local time (0900 GMT) entering the consulate, carrying what appeared to be …
Read More »Explosion occurs at thermal power plant in central Japan
An explosion occurred Wednesday at a thermal power plant in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, police and other sources said. There were no immediate reports of injuries due to the blast at the plant in Taketoyo run by Jera Co., a joint venture between Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. and …
Read More »Ten People Wounded in Denver Mass Shooting
Ten people were wounded in a mass shooting early Tuesday in Denver in an area where basketball fans had been celebrating the Nuggets first NBA title win, police said, and a suspect was taken into custody. The shooting happened about 12:30 a.m. — about 3 1/2 hours after the game …
Read More »Mass Shooting in Houston Leaves Several Casualties
A mass shooting in a parking lot outside a Houston club left at least 6 people injured, one in critical condition, police said early Sunday. “Somebody fired into a crowded parking lot,” Houston Police Department Chief Troy Finner told a news conference outside the Tabú club in west of the …
Read More »7 teachers killed in Pakistan school shooting
At least seven teachers were killed on Thursday when gunmen opened fire in a school in northwestern Pakistan, police and local media reported. The shooting occurred at a government high school in the remote town of Parachinar, nestled on the border with neighboring Afghanistan, Anadolu Agency reported. Students at the …
Read More »Netherlands: police disperse planned Quran burning rally
Police in Netherlands arrested a leader of far-right Islamophobic group Pegida, which ended the planned Quran burning rally of the group in Rotterdam before it started. Anti-Islam movement Pegida earlier announced that they would gather in the city center of Rotterdam on Saturday to burn a copy of Quran, Muslims’ …
Read More »Autopsy: Black Man Shot in Back of Head by U.S. Police
A Black man who was killed by a Grand Rapids, Michigan, police officer during a traffic stop earlier this month, sparking protests in the city, was shot in the back of the head, a forensic pathologist who performed an independent autopsy said on Tuesday. During a news conference in Detroit, …
Read More »UK: Police probe launched after ‘gunshot incident’ outside Mosque in Birmingham
Police are probing a ‘gunshot incident’ outside a Mosque in Birmingham, the UK. Police taped off an area of a car park at Maarif-e-Islam, also known as the Hussainia Mosque, in Small Heath. While a cordon also remains in place at Herbert Road. West Midlands Ambulance Service told BirminghamLive they …
Read More »Huge fires in chemical plants reported in UK
The lives of people in the city of Leamington Spa in the UK is in crisis as a huge fire broke out in a chemical factory there causing toxic fumes.
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