Tag: Terrorist attack

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 08:06 UTC

  Alleged Shining Path attack leaves 18 dead in Peru

  

  A terrorist attack allegedly perpetrated by a column of the Shining Path group has left at least 18 dead in the Peruvian province of Satipo, in the Junín region, in the jungle Valley of the Apurímac, Ene and Mantaro rivers, it was reported late Monday.

• Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Venezuela launches new repression campaign after announcing a “failed terrorist attack” from Colombia

  

  Venezuela's government said it foiled a marine incursion on Sunday by “terrorist mercenaries” who attempted to enter the country on speedboats from neighboring Colombia.

• Monday, December 30th 2019 - 08:35 UTC

  Putin thanks Trump for helping to foil terrorist attack in St Petersburg

  

  Russia's President Vladimir Putin on Sunday thanked US counterpart Donald Trump for intelligence that helped to foil attacks on Russian soil, the Kremlin said. Putin thanked Trump “for the transfer, through special services, of information allowing the prevention of terrorist acts in Russia”, the president's office said in a statement.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 10:46 UTC

  Argentina has decided to freeze funds of seven Iranians, accused of a terrorist attack in Buenos Aires

  

  Argentina has taken measures to freeze the funds of seven Iranians, including the International Relations Advisor of Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, Ali Akbar Velayati, on charges of involvement in an attack on a Jews cultural centre.

• Thursday, May 30th 2019 - 09:45 UTC

  Explosive alarm forces evacuation of Punta Arenas air terminal for a couple of hours

  

  The international airport of Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile had to be evacuated on Wednesday afternoon following a bomb threat. Apparently the emergency was called after a passenger started yelling he was carrying an explosive device hidden in his clothes, immediately forcing airport authorities to empty the terminal.

• Monday, May 13th 2019 - 17:03 UTC

  Armed man arrested in Argentina’s presidential office: he wanted to meet with Mauricio Macri

  

  An armed man was arrested in the Casa Rosada, Argentina’s presidential office, who tried to enter on the grounds that he had an audience with President Mauricio Macri. The suspect was carrying a box with a Magnum 44 Taurus revolver and was arrested by the Military House before entering the building, according to information from the Government office in Buenos Aires.

• Monday, April 29th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Sri Lankan president bans face covering following the terrorist attacks

  

  Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday announced a ban on face-covering, a week after Islamist militants carried out coordinated suicide bombings that killed 253 people.

• Monday, April 22nd 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Easter carnage in Sri Lanka: bomb attacks kill 207 and injure at least 450

  

  The Sri Lankan government has imposed a nationwide curfew after a string of bomb blasts at churches and hotels on Sunday that left 207 dead, including 35 foreigners, and at least 450 injured people have been admitted to hospital, police spokesman Ruwan Gunasekera told reporters in Colombo.

• Thursday, March 21st 2019 - 10:30 UTC

  New Zealand bans military style semi automatic and assault rifles

  

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that military style semi-automatics and assault rifles will be banned under stronger new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country's worst mass shooting.

• Saturday, March 16th 2019 - 09:42 UTC

  Brenton Tarrant described himself as just an “ordinary white man” born to a working class, low income family

  

  A one-time gym trainer from rural Australia who became steeped in neo-fascist ideology during travels in Europe, Brenton Tarrant described himself as an “ordinary white man” - until he became anything but ordinary.