On Saturday, Khairi Saadallah stabbed and killed three people in a park in Reading. Police have now announced they are treating it as a terrorist attack. Saadallah, a 25-year-old Libyan refugee, was arrested at the scene of the crime. He was rearrested this morning under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000, say reports from…
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Three dead in Reading terror attack
Khairi Saadallah stabbed and killed three people in Reading on Saturday. Police have now announced they are treating it as a terrorist attack. Saadallah, a 25-year-old Libyan refugee, was arrested at the scene of the crime. He was rearrested this morning under Section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000, say reports from Counter Terrorism Policing…
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New-borns among the dead in tragedy as Afghanistan sees two attacks in one morning
Two newborn babies were amongst the dead in two attacks in Afghanistan on the morning of May 12. Gunmen stormed a hospital in Kabul that contained a maternity clinic, killing at least 16 people including the two newborns. Additionally, on the same morning, at least 24 people were killed during a suicide bomber attack at…
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China’s re-education camps: Xinjiang
Following years of silence and denial of the existence of their internment camps, the Chinese government released a report addressing the matter on October 16, 2018. Built for the purpose of detaining Uyghur’s – a group of Turkish Muslims – the camps were depicted in the report as a place of study and re-education for…
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Sri Lanka Easter terror attacks kill hundreds
On Easter Sunday a group of nine men bombed churches and hotels, killing 253 and injuring some 500 people in Sri Lanka. Most of the victims were Sri Lankans but at least 38 foreigners are among the dead including British, Danish, Indian and US citizens. The attacks are Sri Lanka’s deadliest act of violence since…
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IS bride Shamima Begum wants to return to UK
Shamima Begum, one of the three schoolgirls who left London to join so-called ISIS in 2015, has admitted the she has no regrets about joining the group, but now wants to return to the UK. In an interview with The Times, the 19-year-old described finding heads in bins and losing two children to illness during…