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Archive for May, 2010
Punjabi Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba attack two Ahmedi Mosques in Lahore: An outcome of hate speech by Hamid Mir and Geo TV. At least 70 killed, scores injured.
May 28th
LAHORE: Gunmen attacked two mosques in Lahore on Friday, where gunfire and explosions rang out as people gathered for prayers, police said.
“Unknown gunmen have attacked two mosques,” police official Mohammed Hussain told AFP by telephone.
“Firing is still going on. There are explosions,” he said.
One mosque was located in the upscale neighbourhood of Model Town, where a suicide car bomber struck in March, and the second in the heavily congested area of Garhi Shahu. They are both mosques for members of the Ahmadi sect, reports said.
Another police official confirmed the incident. There was no immediate information about casualties.
Ahmadis” worship places attacked, 10 killed
May 28th
LAHORE: Firing incidents have been reported at religious places of
Ahmadi sect in Garhi Shahu and Model Town areas of Lahore on Friday.
Security forces have completed the operation at Model Town. Ten
people have been reported killed and several injured in the attack at
this place. Seven terrorists attacked Model Town mosque and police
have killed five one of them.
One attacker was arrested during operation.
TTP Punjab has claimed the responsibility for the attack, Geo News
reported.
Terrorists entered into the worship places where at least 1500 were
offering Friday prayers.
Explosions also heard in these localities, Geo News stated. Heavy
police contingents have reached the scene.
Ahmadis worship places attacked, five killed
May 28th
LAHORE: Firing incidents have been reported at religious places of Ahmadi sect in Garhi Shahu and Model Town areas of Lahore on Friday.
Five people have been reported killed and 10 injured in the attack at Model Town mosque. Seven terrorists attacked Model Town mosque and police have arrested one of them.
TTP Punjab has claimed the responsibility for the attack, Geo News reported.
Terrorists entered into the worship places where at least 1500 were offering Friday prayers.
Explosions also heard in these localities, Geo News stated. Heavy police contingents have reached the scene.
Ahmadis worship places attacked, TTP Punjab claims responsibility
May 28th
LAHORE: Firing incidents have been reported at religious places of Ahmadi sect in Garhi Shahu and Model Town areas of Lahore on Friday.
TTP Punjab has claimed the responsibility for the attack, Geo News reported.
Seven terrorists attacked Model Town mosque and police have arrested one of them.
Terrorists entered into the worship places where at least 1500 were offering Friday prayers.
Explosions also heard in these localities, Geo News stated. Heavy police contingents have reached the scene.
Ahmadis mosques attacked in Lahore
May 28th
LAHORE: Firing incidents have been reported at religious places of Ahmadi sect in Garhi Shahu and Model Town areas of Lahore on Friday.
Terrorists entered into the worship places where at least 1500 were offering Friday prayers.
Explosions also heard in these localities, Geo News stated. Heavy police contingents have reached the scene.
TTP Punjab has claimed the responsibility for the attack, Geo News reported.
Firing, explosions in Lahore
May 28th
LAHORE: Firing incidents have been reported at religious places of Ahmadi sect in Garhi Shahu and Model Town areas of Lahore on Friday.
Explosions also heard in these localities, Geo News stated. Heavy police contingents have reached the scene.
TTP Punjab has claimed the responsibility for the attack, Geo News reported.
Torres back in training with Spain
May 28th
MADRID: Striker Fernando Torres, who has been out injured since early April, trained for the first time on Thursday with his Spain team-mates ahead of the June 11-July 11 World Cup finals.
The Liverpool hitman”s return to the paddock is welcome news …
80 killed as Maoists derail train in India
May 28th
SARDIHA: Maoist rebels derailed a high-speed train packed with sleeping passengers into the path of a freight train in eastern India Friday, killing at least 80 people, police said.
It was the deadliest Maoist attack in recent memory and is likely to …
Obama says US rooting for World Cup squad
May 28th
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama told the US World Cup squad he”d be pulling for them as they represent the country on one of sport”s greatest world stages next month in South Africa.
Obama acknowledged that the footballing extravaganza didn”t always resonate with US sports fans more atuned to baseball, basketball and gridiron football, but he told the team they had plenty of support.
“Everybody is going to be rooting for you. Although sometimes we don”t remember here in the United States, this is going to be the biggest world (stage) and you”re going to be representing all of us,” he said. “We are incredibly proud of what you”ve done already.”
Known as an avid basketball fan, Obama said he”d be keeping tabs on the footballers” World Cup progress.
“You will have somebody in the Oval Office who”s going to be watching ESPN to make sure that things are going OK,” he said.
Vice President Joe Biden, who will attend America”s World Cup opener against England on June 12, was also at the White House to greet the team.
Also on hand was former President Bill Clinton, who was recently named the honorary chairman of the bid committee trying to bring the World Cup back to the United States in 2018 or 2022.
Clinton, who also plans to attend some World Cup matches, was taken with the team”s attire for the visit – particularly their tan dress shoes.
“I want to be on this team just for the shoes,” Clinton said. “This is the only team that I”ve ever seen that had these cool shoes.”
Obama, who earlier in the day met with Duke University”s collegiate champion basketball team, agreed the World Cup squad were winners in the fashion stakes.
“Those are some sharp shoes,” he agreed.
The United States host Turkey in a friendly match at Philadelphia on Saturday and depart for South Africa on Sunday.
India train mishap toll reaches to 71
May 28th
NEW DELHI: Maoist rebels derailed a high-speed train packed with sleeping passengers into the path of a freight train in eastern India Friday, killing at least 71 people, police said.
Police warned the death toll would rise with dozens more bodies feared trapped in the mangled wreckage after 13 carriages of the Mumbai-bound express from Kolkata careened off the tracks in a remote area of West Bengal.
The Maoist-backed People”s Committee against Police Atrocities claimed responsibility for the attack in a call to the Indian news agency.
Another senior police official helping coordinate the rescue operation said emergency teams had recovered 71 bodies.
“We”re doing all we can, but I”m afraid there are still more bodies trapped in some of the carriages,” police inspector general Surajit Kar Purakayastha told foreign news agency. More than 120 people were reported injured, some of them in critical condition.
Four of the carriages that slammed into an oncoming goods train were badly crushed and flipped on their sides with body parts clearly visible amid the twisted metal.
