Terror Attacks – Bomb Blasts – Terrorism
1993 MUMBAI BLASTS Abu Salem gets life term, 2 others get death sentence
NEW DELHI (TIP): Extradited gangster Abu Salem was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment by a Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (TADA) court in Mumbai in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. Special Judge G A Sanap pronounced the death verdicts on […]
Turkey detains 44 in anti terrorist operations including bomb attack planners
ISTANBUL (TIP): Turkish police have detained 44 suspects in anti-terrorist operations, including the planners of two suicide bomb attacks in Istanbul last year, the city’s governor said on Thursday. Twin bombs — one planted in a car and […]
1993 MUMBAI BLASTS: ABU SALEM, FIVE OTHERS CONVICTED; 1 ACQUITTED
MUMBAI (TIP): Twenty-four years after 12 blasts rocked the city killing 257 and leaving 713 grievously injured, a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act court on Friday convicted six out of the seven accused, including Abu Salem and Mustafa Dossa. In […]
Paris attack: police officer and suspect shot dead on Champs Elysees in attack claimed by Islamic State
PARIS (TIP): A lone gunman opened fire on police on Paris’ iconic Champs-Elysees boulevard Thursday night, killing one officer and wounding three people before police shot and killed him. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility […]
22 dead in fire at Senegal religious retreat
DAKAR (TIP): A fire ripped through makeshift shelters at a Muslim religious retreat in Senegal, killing at least 22 people and triggering a stampede, firefighters said on Thursday. The blaze broke out on Wednesday as […]
U.S. Drops ‘Mother of all Bombs’ on ISIS Target in Afghanistan
Militant caves in Afghanistan targeted GBU-43 bomb used for the first time in combat WASHINGTON (TIP): The United States dropped a massive GBU-43 bomb, the largest non-nuclear bomb it has ever used in combat, in […]
Amid China’s stand on Masood Azhar ban, US says ‘Veto will not prevent us from acting’
UNITED NATIONS (TIP): The US said on Tuesday that countries using veto to scuttle sanctioning of terrorists will not “preclude” it from taking actions. The US remarks come amid continued Chinese opposition+ to efforts to […]
Somalia roadside bomb kills atleast 10 in minibus
MOGADISHU (SOMALIA) (TIP): A roadside bomb exploded and killed at least 10 people in a minibus in Somalia’s Lower Shabelle region Thursday evening, a local official said. Five others were injured and the death toll […]
Chemical attack kills 22 members of a single family in Syria
BEIRUT (TIP): The grief-stricken father cradled his 9-month-old twins, Aya and Ahmed, each in the crook of an arm. Stroking their hair, he choked back tears, mumbling, “Say goodbye, baby, say goodbye” to their lifeless […]
Pak court asks govt to explain detention of Hafiz Saeed
LAHORE (TIP): A Pakistani court has asked the government to explain under what authority it has detained Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed “without a trial”. A Lahore high court’s two-judge bench headed by justice Syed Kazim […]
Suicide truck bombing kills 15 in Baghdad: Iraqi officials
BAGHDAD (TIP): A suicide truck bomb targeted a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad on Wednesday night, killing 15 people and wounding 45, according to Iraqi officials. The bomber detonated the vehicle, an oil tanker laden […]
Several hurt in clashes at Turkey’s Brussels consulate
BRUSSELS (TIP): Several people were injured and taken to hospital after supporters and opponents of the Turkish government clashed outside the country’s consulate in central Brussels on Thursday, Belgian police said. Belgian Prime Minister Charles […]
London shattered by terror attack after a decade
LONDON (TIP): Asolo assailant, identified by police as Khalid Masood, plowed a car into people on Westminster Bridge in London, near Parliament, killing two people and injuring many others, before crashing into a railing, March […]
Suicide attack kills 25 in Damascus court house
BEIRUT: At least 25 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack at a court house in Damascus on Wednesday, state media reported, the second bomb attack in the Syrian capital in five days. The […]
Iraqi forces retake over a third of west Mosul: Commander
MOSUL (TIP): Iraqi security forces have retaken more than a third of west Mosul from the Islamic State group since launching an assault on the area last month, a commander said today. “Around more than […]
2 killed in shooting at Swiss café, attackers at large
GENEVA (TIP): Two men shot dead two people and seriously injured a third on March 9 at a cafe in Basel, north-west Switzerland, police said as they hunt for the suspects. “Two men came into […]
Islamic State planning attacks in Britain: Anti- terrorism lawyer
LONDON (TIP): Islamic State militants are planning “indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilians” in Britain on a scale similar to those staged by the Irish Republican Army 40 years ago, the head of the country’s new […]
7 dead, 20 injured in bomb attack in Pakistan’s Lahore
LAHORE (TIP): At least seven persons were killed and 20 others injured on Feb 23 in a powerful explosion that ripped through a building in a defence locality in this Pakistani city, the latest in […]