Milan Malpensa airport: Man starts fire and smashes screens with hammer
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Daily Mail
5 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Tourists flee from international terminal as man ‘sets fire to check-in desk'
Tourists fled screaming from a blaze at Milan's Malpensa airport today after a man allegedly set fire to trash bins and smashed check-in screens. The suspect, who has not been named, was apprehended by employees at Terminal 1 on Wednesday after reportedly rampaging through the airport with a hammer. Footage from the airport this morning showed black smoke billowing from inside the terminal as passengers ran from the scene. Images showed a suspect being pinned to the ground. Local media reported he had been stopped by staff. Italian outlet Varese News said an employee intervened after noticing smoke rising through the airport. The suspect was allegedly 'destroying the screens between desks 12 and 13' when the member of staff dived in. Witness Sophia Kim, a passenger who was at desk 13 at the time, told The Mirror: 'I turned around only to see the check-in counter on the other side was on fire.' 'It was then I started running for my life with my husband hand in hand. 'Everyone around me was in panic mode- screaming and running. I thought I was going to die.' The suspect was identified across Italian media only as a Malian resident of Italy in his late 20s with no criminal record. He did not have a boarding pass and was not a passenger, Corriere della Serra reports. The brave member of staff who initially apprehended the suspect was said to have been injured in the fracas before being turned over to emergency services. Corriere della Serra contested the claims, writing that no injuries had been reported. 'Along with him, some of those present also intervened to prevent the attacker from attacking the people as well.' La Stampa reported that the suspect 'apparently directed his anger only at the airport furnishings, without attacking passengers or staff on duty'. Border police scrambled to help restrain the man while airport security staff worked to put out the fire. Photos of the aftermath showed thick smoke hanging in the air as bystanders watched on with their hands on their hips. Travellers were also seen amassing outside the terminal after 'flames and smoke invaded the area, making the air unbreathable', Corriere di Novara reported. Firefighters, airport staff, and security staff were all pictured at the scene. The airport continued to operate as usual, Varese reports. But Malpensa was partially evacuated, according to Italian news agency ANSA. Operations subsequently resumed, it said. Aspokesperson for the provincial fire service said in a later statement: 'The presence of smoke required the evacuation of the terminal itself for safety reasons. The affected area was quickly reached and made safe. 'Operations at the airport continued without significant disruption to air traffic.' The Lombardy Airports Association said it was expecting potential delays and cancellations from the incident.
The Guardian
6 hours ago
- The Guardian
At least 78 people killed as bus collides with fuel truck in western Afghanistan
Seventy-eight people have died in western Afghanistan in a collision between a bus carrying Afghans who had recently been deported from Iran and two other vehicles. The bus hit a motorcycle and a truck transporting fuel on Tuesday night, causing an explosive fire in Guzara district, Herat province. Two of the three survivors later died of their injuries, officials said on Wednesday. Seventeen children were killed, according to the army spokesperson Mujeebullah Ansar, though a provincial police source put the number at 19. Many of the bodies were unidentifiable, said Mohammad Janan Moqadas, a chief physician at the military hospital. 'There was a lot of fire … There was a lot of screaming but we couldn't even get within 50 metres to rescue anyone,' Akbar Tawakoli, a witness, said. Cleanup teams were working to remove the torched shell of the bus and twisted wreckage of another vehicle on the roadside early on Wednesday. 'I was very saddened that most of the passengers on the bus were children and women,' another witness said. The bus was carrying Afghans recently returned from Iran to the capital, Kabul, Mohammad Yousuf Saeedi, a Herat provincial government spokesperson said. The central Taliban government called for an investigation into the incident. 'It is with deep sorrow that we mourn the loss of numerous Afghan lives and the injuries sustained in a tragic bus collision and subsequent fire in Herat province last night,' it said. At least 1.5 million people have returned to Afghanistan so far this year from Iran and Pakistan, both of which have sought to force migrants out after decades of hosting them, according to the UN migration agency. Many of those deported spent years outside the country and arrive without a place to go, have few belongings, and face steep challenges to resettle in a country gripped by endemic poverty and high unemployment. The state-run Bakhtar news agency said Tuesday's collision was one of the deadliest in recent years. Deadly crashes are common in Afghanistan, in part due to poor roads after decades of conflict, dangerous driving on highways and a lack of regulation. In December, two bus collisions involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed at least 52 people. In March 2024, more than 20 people were killed and 38 injured when a bus collided with a fuel tanker and burst into flames in southern Helmand province. Another crash involving a fuel tanker took place in December 2022, when the vehicle overturned and caught fire in Afghanistan's high-altitude Salang Pass, killing 31 people.
Daily Mail
6 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Tourists flee from international terminal as man 'sets fire to check-in desk'
Tourists fled screaming from a blaze at Milan's Malpensa airport today after a man allegedly set fire to bins and smashed check-in screens. The suspect, who has not been named, was apprehended by employees at Terminal 1 on Wednesday after reportedly rampaging through the airport with a hammer. Footage from the airport this morning showed black smoke billowing from inside the terminal as passengers ran from the scene. Images showed a suspect being pinned to the ground. Local media reported he had been stopped by staff. Italian outlet Varese News said an employee intervened after noticing smoke rising through the airport. The suspect was allegedly 'destroying the screens between desks 12 and 13' when the member of staff dived in. Witness Sophia Kim, a passenger who was at desk 13 at the time, told The Mirror: 'I turned around only to see the check-in counter on the other side was on fire.' 'It was then I started running for my life with my husband hand in hand. 'Everyone around me was in panic mode- screaming and running. I thought I was going to die.' The suspect was identified across Italian media only as a Malian resident of Italy in his late 20s with no criminal record. He did not have a boarding pass and was not a passenger, Corriere della Serra reports. The brave member of staff who initially apprehended the suspect was said to have been injured in the fracas before being turned over to emergency services. Corriere della Serra contested the claims, writing that no injuries had been reported. 'Along with him, some of those present also intervened to prevent the attacker from attacking the people as well.' La Stampa reported that the suspect 'apparently directed his anger only at the airport furnishings, without attacking passengers or staff on duty'. Border police scrambled to help restrain the man while airport security staff worked to put out the fire. Photos of the aftermath showed thick smoke hanging in the air as bystanders watched on with their hands on their hips. Travelers were also seen amassing outside the terminal after 'flames and smoke invaded the area, making the air unbreathable', Corriere di Novara reported. Firefighters, airport staff, and security staff were all pictured at the scene. The airport continued to operate as usual, Varese reports. But Malpensa was partially evacuated, according to Italian news agency ANSA. Operations subsequently resumed, it said. A spokesperson for the provincial fire service said in a later statement: 'The presence of smoke required the evacuation of the terminal itself for safety reasons. The affected area was quickly reached and made safe,' . 'Operations at the airport continued without significant disruption to air traffic.' The Lombardy Airports Association said it was expecting potential delays and cancellations from the incident.
