bomb attacks

Somalia sacks security chiefs as attack toll hits 27

Mogadishu - Muslimchronicle

The death toll from a deadly weekend attack on a hotel in Mogadishu has risen to 27, the Somali government said Sunday, announcing the dismissal of the country’s police and intelligence chiefs. The move came after Al-Qaeda aligned Shabaab gunmen staged coordinated bomb attacks outside a hotel in the north of the Somali capital on Saturday before storming the building.Read more

Sisi visits St Mark Cathedral, condoles with Pope Tawadros over church victims

Cairo - Arab Today

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi visited on Thursday St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, where he met with Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria and Patriarch of Saint Mark Diocese. Sisi condoled with the Pope over the church victims who lost their lives in Sunday's blasts in Tanta and Alexandria. On Palm Sunday, dozens were killed and injured in bomb attacks thatRead more

Bahrain sentences 3 to death for suicide

Manama - Arab Today

A Bahraini court sentenced three men to death on Thursday after they were convicted on charges of terrorism and involvement in 2014 bomb attacks that injured a number of police officers. The High Criminal Court also sentenced 14 other people linked to the same case to prison terms ranging from 10 years to life in jail, state news agency BNARead more

Baghdad bomb attacks kill 30 at eve of 2017

Baghdad - ArabToday

A total of 30 people were killed and 59 others wounded on Saturday in a wave of bomb explosions which ripped through the Iraqi capital of Baghdad at the eve of the New Year of 2017. The deadliest attacks occurred in the morning as two suicide bombers attacked a crowded car spare part market in Sinak area in downtown Baghdad,Read more

Israel warns of ‘credible threat’ of Daesh attack at soccer game in Albania

Gaza City - Arab Today

Hours after Albania arrested four terror suspects accused of plotting bomb attacks at an upcoming soccer game against Israel’s national team, Jerusalem on Tuesday issued an official travel warning to the Balkan state citing “credible threats” of attacks by the Daesh Islamic State jihadist group, The Times of Israel reported. The Counter Terrorism Bureau, a branch of the Prime Minister’sRead more

At least 5 hurt in bomb attack near Istanbul police station

Ankara - Arab Today

A bomb placed on a motorcycle has exploded near a police station in Istanbul on Thursday, wounding at least five people, a senior official said. Vasip Sahin, the governor for Istanbul, said on his Twitter account that the explosion near the police station in Yenibosna district was caused by bomb mounted on a motorcycle. One of the injured people wasRead more

Mosque, congress center attacked in Dresden, Germany

Berlin - Arab Today

Bomb attacks hit a mosque and a congress center in the eastern German city of Dresden, police said Tuesday, adding that they suspected a xenophobic and nationalist motive. No-one was injured in the blasts late Monday in a city which has become a hotspot for far-right protests amid Germany’s huge migrant influx. “Although no-one has claimed the attack, we assumeRead more

4 killed and at least 20 people injured in string of explosions in southern Thailand

Bangkok - Arab Today

A string of bomb attacks targeting Thailand's crucial tourism industry have killed four people, The Telegraph quoted officials as saying on Friday. Twin bombs exploded in the upscale resort of Hua Hin late on Thursday, killing one Thai woman and wounding more than 20 others, including nine foreign tourists, and were followed by two more on Friday morning that killedRead more

4 People Killed in Serial Blasts in Thailand

Bangkok - Arab Today

A string of bomb attacks targeting Thailand's crucial tourism industry have killed four people, authorities said Friday. Twin bombs exploded in the upscale resort of Hua Hin late Thursday, killing one woman and wounding more than 20 others, including nine foreign tourists, and were followed by two more on Friday morning that killed another person, according to the BBC. ARead more

Mogadishu attack: 8 killed in airport blasts

Mogadishu - MENA

At least eight people have been killed in two bomb attacks near the main entrance of the airport in Mogadishu, the BBC quoted the Somali police as saying. Thick smoke could be seen rising from the area, where there is also a base for African Union (AU) peacekeepers. Local journalists said at least one of the bombs was detonated byRead more