Terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims - seven killed

Terrorists opened fire on a bus near Batengoo in J&K's Anantnag district, about 50km from Srinagar, and the gunfire killed seven pilgrims of Gujarat were killed and 14 others injured, the dead included women. As per initial reports, the bus in which they were traveling was not registered with the Amarnath shrine board and was traveling after permitted hours without adequate security.
This has been reported in indiatimes.com dated 11 July 2017.

According to police sources, the terrorists initially attacked a police bunker at Batengoo and the fire was returned. Subsequently, they attacked a police naka near Khanabal and again faced retaliation. Thereafter, they targeted the tourist bus which was on its way to Jammu from Baltal and was not part of any convoy.
There were general inputs regarding a threat to Amarnath yatris but nothing specific. Moreover, his particular bus did not belong to the official convoy. It was also not registered with the Amarnath board, as required for all non-official vehicles headed for the shrine.
Incidentally, the official convoy had crossed the spot at 7pm, under protective cover of Jammu and Kashmir Police and, therefore, CRPF and security personnel were withdrawn from the area. The attack on the bus took place around 8.20pm.


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Two Americans gored by bulls in the San Fermin bull running festival

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Two Americans gored by bulls in the San Fermin bull running festival

Two Americans and a Spaniard were gored and many more needed treatment at the hospital for injures received during the frantic and crowded bull San Fermin festival in Pamplona, Spain. run of thrill-seekers. several other people were injured Saturday during the second running of the bulls at this year's San Fermin festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, officials said.
According to information, one of the seriously injured was a 22-year-old American while the other was another American, a 35-year-old whose condition is said to be stable.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dared 8 July 2017.

All the bulls belonged to the same ranch which has the reputation of being unpredictable. The bulls covered the distance of 850-meter over the cobbled-street in just over four minutes. The average time normally taken is three minutes and it took one minute more because one bull had broken away from the rest and turned around.
The festival is a nine-day fiesta and attracts tens of thousands of partygoers from Spain and abroad.


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At least 15 killed in shootout in Mexico between police and drug gangs

Shootout between police and two rival drug gangs in northern Mexico has left at least 15 dead. It was a predawn battle near Las Varas and it began ass a firefight between rival drug trafficking gangs and escalated when police arrived.
The region is hotly disputed territory for Mexico's drug cartels because its mountainous terrain and proximity to the border of the US make it a strategic corridor for sending cross shipment of narcotics to America.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 6 July 2017.

Fifteen people belonging to the drug gangs were killed and another five are arrested. This is the latest in a series of deadly clashes between police, rival drug gangs and warring factions within one of the drug cartels which has been in turmoil since its kingpin was extradited to the United States in January.
It seems last Friday, 17 gunmen were killed in a shootout with police on a highway in Sinaloa. Incidentally, May was the deadliest month in Mexico since the government began keeping track in 1997 - it accounted for more than 2100 homicides.


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Suicide bomber kills at least 15 in Mosul

The ISIS is striking back and using suicide bombers as Iraqi forces appear to be gaining ground in Mosul while the militants are losing hold. At least 15 people killed in the latest assaults and more than 20 are injured. The attacks reveal the intense violence that is still a matter of worry in the country and the perils that remain as the battle for Iraq's second largest city nears its end.
This has been reported in timesofndia.com dated 3 July 2017.

It seems a suicide bomber in the disguise of a woman killed 14 at a camp for displaced people in Iraq's western Anbar province . The incident happened in the al-Nuri Mosque and at least 20 were wounded in the explosion. Using women as suicide bombers is one of the latest tactic used by the militants. No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.


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Six Afghanistan policemen killed in Taliban attack

The Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan security post in the western Farah province and killed at least six policemen. Three more were left wounded. A pickup truck also hit a roadside bomb in a remote eastern district and killed seven villagers, the seven dead included two children and two women.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack but, the area has seen an increase in attacks by an Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 30 June 2017.

The Taliban had attacked a security post in the north of the provincial capital and a gunbattle followed that lasted for nearly three hours. Nine Taliban fighters were also killed in the encounter. The attackers fled the scene, after seizing ammunition and guns from the police.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack but Taliban insurgents are believed to have been involved. Earlier they attacked a security post in western Herat province and killed at least 10 policemen there.


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Cable car kills seven tourists in Gulmarg

At least seven people have been killed after they fell from a cable car because of strong winds in the popular mountain resort town of Gulmarg. It seems the supporting wires of the cable car were hit by an uprooted pine tree that led to the tragedy.
This is reported in cnn.com dated 26 June 2017.

The Gulmarg cable car is one of the highest in Asia and reaches a height of 1,312 feet (400 meters) at its peak. Gulmarg is a world famous ski resort and summer is peak tourist season in this spot which is located in the Himalayan mountains. Gulmarg attracts nearly half a million people annually.
The deceased included a young New Delhi couple and their two children apart from three local tour guides. Two others were injured and taken to a nearby hospital. As a result of this accident, more than 70 passengers were stranded in the cars after operations were suspended.


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An oil tanker overturned on the main highway from Karachi to Lahore and locals ran to collect the spilled fuel when there was an explosion and more than 150 are believed to have been killed in the tragedy. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif cut short his visit to London and arrived at the scene to visit console the survivors.
This has been reported in zeenewws.com dated 26 June 2017.

The overturned truck had spilled nearly 40,000 litres of fuel and the explosion happened even as the crowds were advised to move away from the area but they ignored the warnings. The driver of the vehicle survived the crash and was later taken into custody by the police.
It was a tragedy on the eve of the festival of Eid.


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Terrror attacks in Pakistan kill at least 61

Pakistan faced a number of terror attacks on three Pakistani cities on Friday that left at least 61 people dead and many injured. A suicide bomber in the city of Quetta killed at least 12 people and injured about 20.
Subsequently, there were twin blasts in a congested market in the city of Parachinar. This is the main city in the Kurram tribal region and at least 45 people were killed in this blast. There was another attack by a gunmen in the port city of Karachi - this attack at a roadside restaurant killed four.
The attacks have taken place ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid, which ends the holy month of Ramadan.
This has been reported in latimes.com dated 24 June 2017.

After the Quetta attack, a breakaway faction of the Pakistani Taliban, claimed responsibility. Later, the Islamic State extremist group also said it was behind the attack. To prove its claim, it released a photograph of the alleged attacker and identified the individual as well.


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Violence in tourist resort in Mali - four jihadists killed

The government of Mali has indicated that five suspected jihadists have been arrested following an assault on a popular tourist resort near the capital, Bamako. Two civilians died in the attack and four jihadists were killed at the scene. 36 persons taken as hostages were also rescued and majority of them were French and Malian.
This has been reported in zeenews.com dated 19 June 2017.

The latest attack is one in a series of high-profile assaults in north and west Africa and had targeted locals and tourists, including hose from Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. In 2015, gunmen had stormed a major hotel and killed 20 people after which the government imposed a state of emergency which has been in place more or less ever since.
Earlier this month, the US embassy in Bamako had warned about possible increased threat of attacks against Western diplomatic missions, places of worship and locations frequented by Westerners in the city of Bamako.


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900 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya by coast guards

Libyan coast guard have rescued 900 migrants on five boats and they include 98 women and 25 children. The recuse happened roughly seven miles off the coat of Sabratha. The mix of the migrants is African and Arab origins with three Libyans.
They were in rubber boats that were perforated and submerged, and there was also a large wooden boat minus any engine. The rescue operation lasted more than seven hours.
This is reported in thestatesman.com dated 17 June 2017.

Incidentally, the coastal city of Sabratha, which is situated 75-Km west of the capital Tripoli, is believed to be one of the busiest illegal immigration departure points in Libya. Italian coast guards have revealed that more than 1,000 migrants were rescued from a total of nine rubber and wooden boats off the coast of Libya.
According to International Organization for Migration, this rescue adds up to a total of 9,111 migrants that have been rescued in Libyan waters in this year.


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Death toll in the London Tower fire rises to 30, could go up to 100

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Death toll in the London Tower fire rises to 30, could go up to 100

A fire engulfed the 24-storey tower in west London and the death toll has risen to 30 and there are fears that it could cross 100 in the worst ever fire tragedy in the country. The Metropolitan police has said that there was nothing that would suggest that the fire at the Grenfell Tower was started deliberately.
However, investigation has been started and it is suspected that survivors may not be there and, in the opinion of Scotland Yard, all the victims may never be identified.
This has been reported in timesofindia.com dated 16 June 2017.

Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by grandson Prince William, paid a visit and met volunteers, local residents and community representatives. British Prime Minister Theresa May has ordered a judge- led full public inquiry into the incident.


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It was the first ever attack by ISIS on Iran and at least 12 persons were killed. They had targeted the parliament with two bands of killers when the parliament was in session. The Parliament House and Ayatollah Khomeini's mausoleum are located in the heart of Tehran.
This has been reported in zeenews.com dated 7 June 2017.

The standoff lasted around five hours before all the gunmen who had holed up in parliamentary office buildings were killed. ISIS claimed responsibility even as the attack was still going on. According to an interior ministry official, the killers were dressed as women and entered through the visitors' entrance. One of them exploded a suicide vest while the others were killed by security forces.


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A powerful car bomb has exploded in the center of Afghanistan's capital which is believed to be the safest place near the presidential palace with many embassies in the neighborhood. The death toll is around 80 with more than 350 injured and the toll could increase.
The toll figures have been confirmed by Afghanistan's public health ministry.
This is reported in abc.net.au dated 31 May 2017.

The blast was in a car bomb near the German embassy, and it happened at the peak of Kabul's rush hour, when roads were packed with commuters. The force of the blast has damaged or destroyed at least 30 vehicles. Incidentally, the neighborhood is considered to be a safe area, with foreign embassies protected by dozens of three-metre-high blast walls and government offices guarded by police and national security forces.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blast so far.


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A suicide bomber targeted an ice cream parlor in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq, and killed at least 16 persons. It wass the Al-Faqma ice cream shop. The attacker detonated a parked vehicle laden with explosives outside the shop and responsibility has been accepted by ISIS. Another 75 people were injured in the blast.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 30 May 2017.

Subsequently, there was a second car bomb explosion near one of Baghdad's main bridges in which the death toll was 11. The blast happened just days into the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. It is a time when Iraqis often stay out late after breaking their fast at sunset.


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A young bull-tamer gored to death in Madurai district

A 23-year-old bull-tamer was gored to death during an event held at Melur in Madurai district. People from Melur and adjoining villages participated in the event. The youth who got killed was one among many bull-tamers who had come to participate.
This is not like events like jallikattu and manjuvirattu where the bulls are let loose into the arena and tamers have to hold on to the humps of the animals for a particular period of time to be declared winners. In vadamadu manjuvirattu, the animal is tied to a pole and the participants have to tame it within a stipulated time.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 29 May 2017.

According to the police, the bull-tamer had tried to hold on to a bull, but it attacked him and he suffered severe injuries to his neck. He was shifted to a nearby hospital but he died without responding to the treatment. The event was conducted by the youth wing of BJP and the party's Tamil Nadu state president took part in the event and distributed prizes to the winners.


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Entry of visitors to be barred in Chamundi Hills after 10pm

In view of molestation and robbery in Chamumdi HIlls, the authorities are taking a decison to ban entry of visitors to the venue after 10pm. A German national was molested near Nandi Bull statue just after sundown. The miscreant took advantage of the darkness and, absences of surveillance cameras and security personnel. Earlier, a youth was robbed of his gold chain. It was done by two bike-borne miscreants and happened in during broad daylight.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 27 May 2017.

The police are putting up boards on all four entry/exit roads to Chamundi Hills and also installing security cameras at vantage points. There will be gates at four places and the security on the 1000-footsteps will also be strengthened. The intention is to ensure safety of the visitors and prevent atrocities and crimes.


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Taliban ambush kills at least 20 Afghan soldiers

Taliban ambush in south central Afghanistan have killed at least 20 Afghan policemen. Fighting is an ongoing affair and the police were attacked in an ambush in the areas of Chino and Ghulam Rabat. Apart from the dead, there are at least 10 more wounded and the numbers may increase once full details are known. Dozens of Taliban fighters were also believed to have been killed and wounded.
This has been reported in indiatimes.com dated 21 may 2017.

Reinforcements have been sent to the area and fighting was also going in another nearby district, but the extent of casualties was not readily known. It seems the Taliban offensives have reappeared because American and allied officials are considering reinforcing the military setup by sending some more military advisers to help train and assist the Afghan security forces who are battling a 16-year-long Taliban insurgency.


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Airstrikes kill at least 27 ISIS militants in Iraq

International coalition against IS posts in the IS-held areas in Iraq's western province of Anbar have killed at least 27 militants belonging to the ISIS. The strikes were carried out by the US-led coalition aircraft and the target was an internet cafe that was used by IS militants as a headquarters in the town of al-Qaim near the border with Syria.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 15 May 2017.

A second airstrike destroyed an IS post in the city of Aana and left another six militants dead. An international airstrike also bombed a booby-trapped vehicle in which its driver was killed. These actions are taken to drive out the ISIS militants their major stronghold in the western side of Mosul in northern Iraq.


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US police managed to arrest a suspected serial killer in connection with a number of shootings that had created an atmosphere of terror in Phoenix, Arizona. The 23-year-old, dubbed the Serial Street Shooter, was arrested on suspicion of a total of nine murders but, he is believed to have been involved in a total of 12 shootings.
This is reported in news.sky.com dated 9 May 2017.

Most of the attacks were committed between 2015 and July of 2016 in a predominantly Latino neighborhood of the Arizona city and his method was to stalk the victims after dark and target those who were either outside their homes or were sitting in their cars. One of his victims was a 12-year-old girl.
HE was arrested for the first time last month in connection with the 2015 shooting of a 61-year-old man and detailed investigation opened up the Pandora's Box. All the other killings were random and the killer did not know his victims.


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Gunmen disguised as doctors shoot dead 38 persons in a Kabul hospital

In an attack that lasted for six hours, gunmen disguised as doctors, stormed Afghanistan's largest military hospital and shot dead at least 38 people - responsibility for the attack has been claimed by the Islamic State group and they have done it to make inroads into the war-battered country.
Another more than 70 people sustained injuries in the assault on the Sardar Daud Khan hospital located in the Wazir Akbar Khan neighborhood of Kabul with explosions and gunfire rattling the diplomatic district.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 8 March 2017.

There were three gunmen wearing white laboratory coats and they began to spray bullets after a suicide bomber on foot blew himself up at the rear entrance which sparked chaos inside the 400-bed facility. A witness has revealed that one of the attackers was armed with an AK-47 and was dressed as a doctor and he shot patients and guards on the third floor.
The attackers were gunned down after special forces landed on the roof of the hospital in a military helicopter. This attack comes just a week after 16 people were killed in simultaneous Taliban suicide assaults on two security compounds in Kabul.


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Bomb blast in Lahore upscale shopping centre kills at least 10

It was a bomb blast in an upscale shopping centre in Lahore that killed at least 10 people and is the latest attack in a surge of violence that has shaken the country. The intensity of the blast smashed the windows of most of the nearby buildings. It was in a residential neighbourhood where there are banks and coffee shops.
The bomb that was detonated either remotely or by a timer and it has resulted in a huge crater at the site.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 24 February 2017.

Such militant attacks are not new in Pakistan. In recent weeks such attacks has taken a toll of at least 130 people. One of the attacks was in a Sufi shrine in southern Sindh province where 90 people were killed. Government and military officials are determined to hunt down militants across the country. Pakistan has already shut its border with Afghanistan and, after the shrine bombing, Pakistani security forces are believed to have eliminated more than 100 suspected militants in targeted campaigns across the country.


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ISIS carries out car bombing in Baghdad - kills at least 55

It was another ISIS attack on Baghdad - a car packed with explosives was blown up in southern Baghdad and at least 55 people have died with another more than 60 injured. This is believed to be the deadliest such attack in Iraq this year.
The vehicle which blew up was parked in a crowded street full of garages and used car dealers. The death toll is expected to go up because many of the wounded are in critical condition.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 17 February 2017.

Islamic State has, through an online statement, claimed responsibility for the bombing. Since it is being forced to surrender captured territories, it has increased strikes on government areas, especially in the capital Baghdad.
The bombing is the second to target car markets this week and has been chosen probably because the group finds it easier to leave vehicles laden with explosives in places where hundreds of other vehicles are parked.
Incidentally, a suicide bomber had detonated a pick-up truck one day earlier in the Sadr City suburb and killed at least 15 people. That was also in a street full of used car dealers.


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Suicide bomb attack kills at least 72 in a Sufi shrine in Pakistan

A suicide bomb attacked in the crowded Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Sufi shrine in southern Pakistan has killed at least 72 persons and wounded dozens more. The attack was carried out by the Islamic State and it is believed to have been the deadliest one on the wave of bombings across Pakistan this week.
The Islamic State militant group which has a small but increasingly prominent presence in Pakistan and has claimed responsibility for the attack.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 17 February 2017.

While the death toll was indicated as 72, with more than 150 injured, the death toll could rise.
The attack on the famous Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in the town of Sehwan Sharif has reveal that militants still pose a major threat to stability in the nuclear-armed country of 190 million people. In August last year, at least 74 people, mostly lawyers, were killed in a suicide bombing of a hospital in Quetta. Responsibility for that attack was claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban - Jamaat-ur-Ahrar - and the IS.
Moreover, Jamaat also claimed responsibility for a bombing in Lahore in which 13 people died.


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Mayor of London worried about ISIS attacks on the city

Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has indicated that the terror threat from ISIS is reaching new highs and reducing the budget allocation of the police could cost lives. He has said that the danger of attacks in the capital had risen and ensuring the safety of the people was becoming 'increasingly difficult'.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 4 February 2017.

In his opinion, Donald Trump's travel ban will hand ISIS a powerful propaganda tool. The London Mayor made these comments against the backdrop of the latest apparent terror incident at the Louvre in Paris. He also brought out the point that twelve people were killed and 50 more were injured when a terrorist drove a heavy truck into a packed Christmas market in Berlin at 40mph. And, in July last, 86 people were killed and another 434 were hurt when a jihadi drove a 19-ton lorry into crowds that were celebrating Bastille Day in the French city of Nice.
The Mayor added that the Islamic State is already believed to be having terror cells in the UK and could be plotting to carry out a massacre on the scale of the atrocities in Berlin and Nice.


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An online conversation between two women, who wanted to carry out suicide bombing on a government agency, was picked up last August by researchers who were studying the radicalization of women in Indonesia. Subsequently, after four months, Indonesian police arrested two women in connection with a plot to bomb the presidential palace in Jakarta.
The arrests marked a major strategy shift which indicated that militants in Indonesia, who were loyal to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), were recruiting women terrorists to carry out attacks.
This has been reported in thestatesman.com dated 4 February 2017.

The study by a Jakarta-based Institute has confirmed that ISIS has brought about a fundamental change in how extremists view the role of women in their cause. To them, the role of women as wives, mothers and teachers in militant groups continued to be a priority. Simultaneously, ISIS plan to deploy women on terrorist duties.
This is a major shift in the thinking of militant groups.
Earlier, leaders of the old Jemaah Islamiah militants did not promote the culture of allowing women to take an active role in terror causes. Exception would be made for emergency circumstances or for self-defence. However, today's Indonesian women, many of whom work overseas as domestic helpers have become interested in ISIS. The women are useful for terror operations because they do not attract suspicion easily.


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Six people shot dead by gunmen in a mosque in Quebec City during evening prayers

Six people have been shot dead by gunmen in a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, during evening prayers. Another eight people were wounded in the attack and some of them are seriously injured. Two masked gunmen had started shooting inside the Quebec City Islamic Cultural Centre. At that time, there were more than 50 men, women and children in the mosque.
They have revealed that the attackers had a native accent and shouted "Allahu akbar" as they opened fire.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 30 January 2017.

Those who lost their lives were between 35 and 70 years old and some of the wounded are in a critical condition and were taken to different hospitals across the city.
Police have arrested two people - one of them at the scene of the attack, the other in nearby d'Orleans, Quebec. Their identities have not been disclosed and the motive for the attack is being investigated.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has condemned this terrorist attack on Muslims in a centre of worship and refuge.
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