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The Independent
13 hours ago
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- The Independent
2 people die before a suspected explosive attack in Uganda's capital, authorities say
Uganda military authorities said two people died before executing a suspected explosive attack near a Catholic shrine in the capital, Kampala. The military said in a statement Tuesday they 'intercepted and neutralized two armed terrorists' in Munyonyo, a Kampala suburb. The deceased were a man and a woman on a passenger motorcycle. The female passenger appeared to explode as a group of security forces tracking the duo drew near the suspects, police spokesman Kituuma Rusoke said. Rusoke did not provide more details and said an investigation is underway. Uganda is marking a holiday Tuesday to remember a group of Christian martyrs who were killed between 1885 and 1887 on the orders of a local king. The event attracts pilgrims to a different site near Kampala where dignitaries, including Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, have gathered for mass. Explosive attacks are rare in Uganda, but authorities sometimes warn of plans by extremist militants opposed to Museveni's government.
Arab News
17 hours ago
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- Arab News
Pakistan military says seven militants killed in counter-terror operations in Balochistan
ISLAMABAD: Seven militants were killed in two separate counter-terror operations in southwestern Pakistan on June 2, the military's media wing said on Tuesday as Islamabad battles insurgency in its Balochistan province. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military's media wing, said five militants were killed during an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan's Machh town located in the Kachhi district on June 2. The same day, it said two other militants were killed in a separate IBO in Margand area located in Balochistan's Kalat District after security forces discovered a 'terrorist' hideout. The ISPR said weapons, ammunition and explosives were also recovered from the slain militants, who it alleged were actively involved in numerous militant activities. 'Security forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of Indian-sponsored terrorism from the country,' the military's media wing said. 'And reaffirm the nation's unwavering resolve to bring the perpetrators of Indian-sponsored terrorism and their facilitators to justice.' Pakistan's security forces have been battling an insurgency in Balochistan, the country's most impoverished province, for years. Separatist militants have often targeted security forces, police, foreigners and ethnic Punjabi commuters and workers, who they see as 'outsiders,' by wresting control of highways and remote towns in the area. Pakistan has repeatedly rejected allegations by ethnic Baloch militant groups that it denies locals a share in Balochistan's mineral and gas resources. The government points to various health, educational and development schemes in Balochistan that it supports. Balochistan has seen a spike in militant violence in recent days. An IED blast killed two tribal leaders and injured seven others on Saturday in a remote mountainous town in Quetta district. Pakistan's military accuses India of funding and training ethnic Baloch separatist outfits, the most prominent of which is the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), to carry out attacks on Pakistani soil. Delhi rejects the allegations and accuses Pakistan of stoking militancy in the region of Kashmir that India administers. In March, BLA fighters stormed a train in Balochistan and held hundreds of passengers hostage before the military launched an operation to rescue them.
BBC News
a day ago
- Business
- BBC News
The Documentary Podcast Assignment: What future for Assad's army?
The former rebels who now rule Syria dismantled the old regime's security forces as soon as they came to power last December. Overnight, half a million soldiers, police and intelligence officers, and some civil defence workers lost their jobs and income. Many of those sacked were guilty of atrocities. But the majority probably were not. Tim Whewell reports on the reconciliation process which deprived servicemen of their jobs – but delayed justice. He talks to a variety of former junior members of the security forces – a civil defence worker, a policeman and an officer of the elite Republican Guard – to ask how and why they originally became servants of the regime – and find out how they are living now. War crimes investigator Kilman Abu Hawa says only 10-15% of former servicemen are guilty of crimes: the guilty should be prosecuted, and the innocent reinstated. Nanar Hawach of the International Crisis Group draws a parallel with Iraq, where the security forces were dismantled after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Many discontented former officers in Iraq eventually joined the jihadi group, ISIS. Do the mass dismissals in Syria risk provoking a similar insurgency?
Arab News
3 days ago
- General
- Arab News
Two dead and 500 arrested in France during PSG win celebrations
PARIS: More than 500 people were arrested by police during the Champions League final celebrations in France, and two people were reported dead and 192 injured, the interior ministry said on Sunday. Wild celebrations erupted across the French capital and beyond on Saturday night after Paris St Germain crushed Italian opponents Inter Milan to win the Champions League for the first time, although skirmishes with police later threatened to spoil the party. The interior ministry's provisional assessment as of Sunday morning was that 559 people had been arrested, including 491 in Paris, which led to 320 people being placed in police custody, 254 of them in Paris. On the Champs Elysees, bus shelters were smashed and projectiles hurled at riot police, who fired tear gas and water cannon to push back surging crowds as thousands of supporters descended on the boutique-lined boulevard. The interior ministry on Sunday reported hundreds of fires, including more than 200 vehicles burned. Some 22 members of the security forces and seven firefighters were harmed.
Irish Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Irish Times
Champions League final: Two dead and more than 500 arrested during PSG celebrations
More than 500 people were arrested by police during the Champions League final celebrations in France this weekend, and two people were reported dead and 192 injured, the ministry for interior affairs said on Sunday. Wild celebrations erupted across the French capital and beyond on Saturday night after Paris Saint Germain crushed Italian opponents Inter Milan to win the Champions League for the first time , although skirmishes with police later threatened to spoil the party. The ministry's provisional assessment as of Sunday morning was that 559 people had been arrested, including 491 in Paris, which led to 320 people being placed in police custody, 254 of them in Paris. On the Champs Elysees, bus shelters were smashed and projectiles hurled at riot police, who fired tear gas and water cannons to push back surging crowds as thousands of supporters descended on the boutique-lined boulevard. READ MORE The ministry on Sunday reported hundreds of fires, including more than 200 vehicles burned. Some 22 members of the security forces and seven firefighters were injured. – Reuters
