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5 days ago
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Explosion at Uyghur rebel arms depot in Syria kills 12, injures 100
Syria's health ministry reported seven deaths and 157 wounded in the blasts, in a toll published by the official news agency SANA read more A series of explosions killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 100 at a weapons depot in northwestern Syria on Thursday, a monitor said.'Multiple blasts at a weapons and ammunition warehouse belonging to the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 100 in Maaret Misrin, in northern Idlib province,' said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Those killed included a woman and a child, said the Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources on the ground. The TIP is a jihadist group active in the Idlib region made up of Uyghur fighters who joined the Syrian civil war to fight against former president Bashar al-Assad. Syria's health ministry reported seven deaths and 157 wounded in the blasts, in a toll published by the official news agency SANA. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Authorities did not immediately say what may have caused the explosions. AFP images showed a huge plume of white smoke over the town, with several children visible among the injured. The interior ministry said in a statement it had opened 'an urgent and deep investigation to determine the circumstances and causes of the explosion and hold those responsible to account'. It added it was 'taking all necessary measures to avoid such incidents reoccurring in future'.
Express Tribune
6 days ago
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Syria arms depot blasts kill 12, wounds more than 100: monitor
An ambulance drives toward the scene of an explosion in Maarrat Misrin in the northern part of Syria's Idlib governorate on July 24, 2025. Photo: AFP Listen to article A series of explosions killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 100 at a weapons depot in northwestern Syria on Thursday, a monitor said. "Multiple blasts at a weapons and ammunition warehouse belonging to the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 100 in Maaret Misrin, in northern Idlib province," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Those killed included a woman and a child, said the Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources on the ground. Also Read: International media organisations raise alarm as journalists in Gaza face starvation The TIP is a jihadist group active in the Idlib region made up of Uighur fighters who joined the Syrian civil war to fight against former president Bashar al-Assad. Syria's health ministry had reported four deaths and 116 wounded in the blasts, in a preliminary toll published by the official news agency SANA. Authorities did not immediately say what may have caused the explosions. AFP images showed a huge plume of white smoke over the town, where several children were among the injured.
New Indian Express
6 days ago
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Syria arms depot blasts kill 12, wounds more than 100
DAMASCUS: A series of explosions killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 100 at a weapons depot in northwestern Syria on Thursday, a monitor said. "Multiple blasts at a weapons and ammunition warehouse belonging to the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 100 in Maaret Misrin, in northern Idlib province," said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Those killed included a woman and a child, said the Britain-based monitor, which relies on a network of sources on the ground. The TIP is a jihadist group active in the Idlib region made up of Uighur fighters who joined the Syrian civil war to fight against former president Bashar al-Assad. Syria's health ministry had reported four deaths and 116 wounded in the blasts, in a preliminary toll published by the official news agency SANA. Authorities did not immediately say what may have caused the explosions. AFP images showed a huge plume of white smoke over the town, where several children were among the injured.
Hans India
22-07-2025
- Hans India
HC acquits all 12 accused
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday set aside a special court verdict that awarded the death sentence to five convicts in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts and refused the Maharashtra government's plea seeking confirmation of their sentences. The High Court acquitted all 12 accused in the case, including those sentenced to life imprisonment. The special bench of Justices Anil S Kilor and Shyam C Chandak questioned the trustworthiness of certain prosecution witnesses and the Test Identification Parade (TIP) of some of the accused. The bench ordered their release, if they are not required to be detained in any other case, and directed all of them to execute personal bonds of Rs 25,000 each. Finding substance in the case of defence lawyers, the bench observed that the prosecution 'utterly failed to establish the offences beyond a reasonable doubt against the accused on each count.' The bench led by Justice Kilor held, 'It is unsafe to reach the satisfaction that the appellant accused have committed the offence for which they have been convicted and sentenced. Therefore, the accused judgment and order of conviction and sentence are liable to be quashed and set aside' There were 13 accused, of whom one was acquitted by the special court under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA). Of the 12, five were sentenced to death, one of whom died in prison during the pandemic, and seven were awarded a life term. The special bench passed the judgement over five months after it concluded the hearing on January 31. The Bombay High Court had conducted hearings over the span of six months from July last year. A series of bombs exploded on seven western suburban coaches, killing 189 commuters and injuring 824 on July 11, 2006. After an over eight-year trial, the special court under the MCOCA awarded the death penalty to five of the convicts, and life terms to seven others in September 2015.
Indian Express
21-07-2025
- Indian Express
Explained: The 2006 Mumbai train blasts, in which Bombay HC has acquitted all 12 accused
The Bombay High Court on Monday (July 21) set aside a special court verdict from a decade ago, which had awarded death sentences to five of the 13 convicts in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts that killed 189 people. Additionally, seven others were given life imprisonment while one was acquitted in the 2015 judgment. The High Court has now acquitted all the 12 people accused in the case. The special bench of Justices Anil S Kilor and Shyam C Chandak questioned the trustworthiness of certain prosecution witnesses and the Test Identification Parade (TIP) of some of the accused. The bench ordered their release, if they are not required to be detained in any other case, and directed all of them to execute personal bonds of Rs. 25,000 each. On July 11, 2006, a series of bombs ripped through seven Western Suburban Railway or Mumbai local train coaches, killing 189 people and injuring 824. The state police's Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) began investigating the case. Following an eight-year-long trial, a designated special court under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crimes Act (MCOCA) awarded death sentences to five of the 13 convicts on September 30, 2015. The five death row convicts found guilty of planting the bombs were Kamal Ansari, Mohammad Faisal Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Ehtesham Qutubuddin Siddiqui, Naveed Hussain Khan and Asif Khan. They were convicted under the MCOCA provisions of murder, criminal conspiracy and spreading terror. Seven others given life imprisonment were Tanveer Ahmed Mohammed Ibrahim Ansari, Mohammed Majid Mohammed Shafi, Shaikh Mohammed Ali Alam Shaikh, Mohammed Sajid Margub Ansari, Muzammil Ataur Rahman Shaikh, Suhail Mehmood Shaikh and Zameer Ahmed Latiur Rehman Shaikh. The special court acquitted Wahid Shaikh after he spent nine years in jail. Why did it take over nine years for the HC to conclude hearings? Soon after the trial court verdict, the Maharashtra government in October 2015 filed pleas in the Bombay High Court, seeking confirmation of the death sentences. Under section 366 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), a death sentence passed by a sessions court must be submitted to the High Court. The death penalty cannot be executed unless the court confirms the sentencing. The five men then filed appeals against their convictions. Those awarded life imprisonment also challenged the verdict. When the matter first came up before the HC in January 2019, the bench observed that an intimation was issued by the Nagpur Jail Superintendent to the convicts in October 2015, seeking their response if they intended to file an appeal against the special court judgment. However, the pendency of their death confirmation pleas was not mentioned. Therefore, the HC directed that fresh notices be served to the convicts, following which they filed appeals. Several other events further added to the delay, including the recusal of Justice A S Gadkari, who presided over the division bench, and Justice R D Dhanuka adjourning the hearing of the pleas as the assigned bench was 'overburdened with work'. On September 6, 2023, a Justice Nitin W Sambre-led bench pulled up the state government for 'lack of seriousness' in conducting the proceedings, after it was informed that the government was yet to appoint a special public prosecutor (SPP). While the bench heard the pleas till December 2023, the matters were listed before another bench due to the judge's transfer to the Nagpur bench of HC. They were not taken up for another few months until one of the accused sought early disposal of the matter through a special bench. How did special bench hearings proceed? In July 2024, a special bench of Justices Anil S Kilor and Shyam C Chandak was formed to hear the pleas at length. It conducted regular hearings over the next six months through more than 75 sittings. The case files include 92 prosecution witnesses and more than 50 defence witnesses. Evidence in the case ran over 169 volumes, and the death sentence judgments came close to 2,000 pages. The defence lawyers representing the convicts sought the special court verdict to be set aside and claimed that the investigating agency obtained confessions through torture, resulting in the accused being in jail for over 18 years under a 'false' case. The state government argued that it had sufficient evidence against the convicts and that the death punishment be confirmed as the case fell in the 'rarest of the rare' category. After noting the evidence on record in January this year, the HC bench was to give its verdict on the confirmation pleas and appeals in due course. The aggrieved parties will now have an opportunity to approach the Supreme Court if they want to challenge the same. This is an updated version of a more detailed explainer published in January 2025.
