UK police search homes in terror stabbing probe
AFP, London
British police were searching two homes on Monday after shooting dead a convicted terrorist who knifed two people in a London street.
Sudesh Amman, 20, who was wearing a fake suicide vest, was shot on a busy road in south London on Sunday after what police said was an “Islamist-related” incident. Amman was recently given early release from prison after serving part of his sentence for Islamist-related terror offences.
‘Jihadist attack’ kills nearly 20 civilians in Burkina Faso
AFP, Ouagadougou
Suspected jihadists killed nearly 20 civilians in an attack overnight on the northern Burkina Faso village of Lamdamol, Seno province, security sources said Sunday. “The attackers, heavily armed and on motorbikes, literally executed the local inhabitants,” the security source told AFP. The attackers left nearly 20 dead, the source added. A local health official, speaking from the town of Dori in the north, said the village’s chief nurse was among the victims.
Four Turkish soldiers killed by Syria regime shelling in Idlib
AFP, Ankara
Four Turkish soldiers were killed Monday by Syrian regime shelling in the northwestern region of Idlib, Turkey’s defence ministry said. Nine other soldiers were wounded, including one seriously, the ministry said in a statement, adding that Turkish forces retaliated and “destroyed targets”. Turkey has 12 observation posts in the region as part of a Turkey-Russia deal to prevent a regime offensive.
10 killed, seven injured as dumper collides with SUV
PTI, Mumbai
Ten people were killed and seven others injured after a dumper truck collided with their sports utility vehicle (SUV) in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district, a police official said on Monday.
The mishap took place around 11 pm on Sunday when Balu Narayan Chowdhary and his family members were on their way to Chinchol village after attending a marriage function in Chopra village, located around 400 km from here, he said.
