KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The Nigerian secret service searched the office and home of bandits negotiator, Tukur Mamu, early Thursday in northern Nigeria, an offical told Anadolu Agency. Security operatives took laptops, phones and other documents from both locations. Mamu was arrested for his alleged involvement in collecting ransom and takin...
ABUJA, Nigeria (AA) – Nigerian police have rescued 15 children who were kidnapped in southern Rivers state, according to a security official. River State Police Commissioner Friday Eboka said police launched an operation because of the disappearance of children in the southern city of Port Harcourt. The children were rescued and taken to...
TRENTON, Canada (AA) – Canadian police have charged two suspects who are still at large with five counts of first-degree murder following a stabbing spree in the province of Saskatchewan. The violence has left 10 people dead and 18 injured after two men ran amok on the James Smith Cree Nation reserve and a nearby […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – At least 10 people have been killed and 15 more injured in a series of stabbings in Canada’s central Saskatchewan province, police said on Sunday. Two suspects – Damien Sanderson, 31, and Myles Sanderson, 30 – are still at large, according to Rhonda Blackmore, commanding officer of the Saskatchewan Royal Canadian Mounted [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – A fire completely burnt down a mosque in northern France late Friday night, local media reported, with authorities suspecting an arson attack. The incident took place at the Rambouillet mosque in the Yvelines department of the Ile-de-France region, according to Le Parisien newspaper. An investigation has been launched to as...
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AA) – At least three people were killed and more than 11 wounded Thursday in the Somali capital in a mortar attack near the residence of the president, according to police. “We heard several explosions early morning on Thursday. When we investigated, we found out the explosions were mortar attacks,” police...
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP): Saudi officers have thwarted an attempt to smuggle 47 million amphetamine pills into the country. Official sources describe it as the largest ever drug trafficking operation in the kingdom. Six Syrians and two Pakistanis were arrested in a raid after the pills, concealed in a flour shipment, arrived at a dry [&helli...
HOUSTON, Texas (AA) – Muhammad Syed, the suspect accused in a string of Muslim killings in the US state of New Mexico, has been charged with a third murder count. Syed, 51, has been charged with the killing of Naeem Hussain, 25, who was shot to death in his vehicle in an Albuquerque parking lot […]
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – Police in Nigeria have confirmed the abduction of the commissioner for information, culture and tourism of the country’s central Nasarawa state. In a statement, Ramhan Nansel, the police spokesman, said that Lawal was abducted by gunmen on Monday evening. “On Monday … the attention of policemen on routine patrol was ...
KANO, Nigeria (AA) – The northwestern Muslim-dominated Zamfara State in Nigeria has approved a death penalty law for anyone found guilty of banditry, cattle rustling, cultism, or serving as an informant for bandits, an official said on Tuesday. The state government also restricted motorcycle movement from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and directed ho...
