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13 policemen injured in road accident in Pakistan's Karachi

ISLAMABAD - Muslimchronicle

At least 13 policemen were injured when their vehicle met an accident in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday morning, local reports said. The police vehicle carrying about 40 trainees turned turtle after hitting into a truck in the city. The injured policemen were shifted to a nearby hospital. According to the latest statistics available from the KarachiRead more

Daesh claims deadly suicide attack in Syrian capital

Beirut - Muslimchronicle

Daesh on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a pair of suicide bombings in the Syrian capital that killed 17 civilians and policemen the previous day. In Monday’s bombings, two men attacked a police station in the Al-Midan neighborhood with several bombs, before one of them blew himself up, according to Syria’s Interior Minister Lt. Gen. Mohammad Al-Shaar. He said the otherRead more

Israel removes more security installations at sensitive holy site

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

Israel has removed more security installations from the entrance to a sensitive Jerusalem holy site after protests and deadly unrest in recent days, an AFP journalist saw early Thursday. Newly installed railings and scaffolding where cameras were previously mounted were removed from the entrance to the Haram al-Sharif compound, known to Jews as the Temple Mount. On Tuesday, Israel removedRead more

Roadside Bomb Kills Nine Policemen in Northern Afghanistan

Kabul - Arab Today

A roadside bomb killed nine policemen and wounded four others outside their checkpoint in northern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, in the latest casualties ahead of the spring fighting season. The bomb exploded when police entered a Taliban stronghold they had retaken in Chimtal district in Balkh province following. "Nine local policemen were martyred and four others sustained injuries in anRead more

Nine Policemen Injured by Armed Attack in Southern Thailand

Bangkok - Arab Today

Nine policemen were injured by gunmen at a road checkpoint in southernmost Thailand on Monday, police said. The unknown gunmen in a pickup truck opened fire in a wee hour onto the policemen at the checkpoint near a roadside market in Krong Pinang district of Yala province, about 1,100 km south of the Thai capital. The policemen, two of whomRead more

Over 113,000 suspects arrested since 2016 coup in Turkey

Ankara - Arab Today

A total of 113,260 suspects are under detention and 47,155 have been arrested as part of a crackdown after the failed coup of 2016, Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said Sunday. The minister also said that 41,499 other people have been released with judicial control decisions and 23,861 others have also been freed. Some 10,732 suspects are policemen, 7,463 areRead more

Explosions claim 6 lives in Bangladesh

New Delhi - Arab Today

At least six people, including two policemen, have died in explosions in eastern Bangladesh as troops battle suspected militants holed up with an ammunitions cache, police said Sunday. The explosions Saturday in Sylhet city also wounded at least 25 people, police officer Bashudev Bonik said. Paramilitary troops have been trying since Friday to flush out radicals who have holed upRead more

31 workers convicted over killing at Indian car plant

New Delhi - Arab Today

An Indian court convicted 31 workers on Friday over an outburst of deadly violence at a car plant in 2012, including 13 for murder, during one of the country’s worst episodes of labor unrest. The court cleared 117 accused who were also facing charges of murder, arson and rioting after hundreds of workers clashed with managers over wages and appointmentsRead more

6 Tunisia policemen in the dock over beach attack response

Tunis - Arab Today

Tunisia is to prosecute six policemen over their response to a 2015 gun and grenade attack on a beach resort that killed 38 foreign holidaymakers, a judiciary spokesman said Wednesday. The announcement came a day after an inquest into the deaths of the 30 Britons among them found that the response of Tunisian police was “at best shambolic, at worstRead more

Egypt condemns suicide attack in Algeria

Cairo - Arab Today

Egypt strongly condemned on Monday the terrorist attack that hit Constantine city of Algeria. In a statement, the foreign ministry expressed its wishes of a speedy recovery to the victims, stressing Egypt's solidarity with the Algerian authorities and people. The attack, which occurred on Sunday, left a number of policemen wounded. Source: MENARead more