At least 46 people have been killed by a suicide truck bomb in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Iraqi police say. About 160 others were injured in the blast, which happened near a Shia mosque, officials said. At least a dozen nearby mud-brick homes were flattened by the explosion, and the mosque also was badly damaged. The latest attack comes days before US forces are due to withdraw from towns and cities in Iraq, leading to concerns that violence could escalate. Hours beforehand, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki had promised the withdrawal would go ahead as promised, calling it a "great victory". "Don't lose heart if a breach of security occurs here or there," he said. The attack happened as worshippers were leaving the packed Al-Rasoul mosque, run by the minority Turkmen community, after midday prayers. The force of the blast left a deep crater in the ground.
Victims were ferried to Kirkuk's main Azadi Hospital, where there were chaotic scenes as bloodied casualties, including children, were rushed into wards. Kirkuk, about 250km (155 miles) from Baghdad, was the scene of two suicide bombings last month, in which 14 people were killed. The city is the centre of northern Iraq's oil industry, and home to a volatile mix of Kurds, Arabs, Christians and members of the Turkmen community. The US plans to withdraw its troops from Iraqi cities and major towns by 30 June, and is due to end combat operations across Iraq by September 2010, leaving Iraqi security forces to cope alone. There are concerns that insurgents may try to take advantage of the withdrawal, although the country's leaders say Iraqi forces are capable of handling internal security without US support. | |||
Showing posts with label Attacks. Show all posts
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
'Many dead' in Iraq truck bombing
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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Railway announcer identifies ‘Kasab’
MUMBAI: A railway announcer, who was shot at while alerting passengers to the terrorist attack at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus on November 26, identified gunman Ajmal ‘Kasab’ as one of the attackers.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Maoists trigger blast, kill 11 cops in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Eleven security personnel were killed and six others injured in a landmine blast triggered by Maoists in the Naxal-affected West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand on Wednesday. The incident took place in Serengda-Aruanga village of the district when a joint team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and local police was returning in a mini truck after a two-day patrolling in Naxal-infested Saranda forest, Director General of Police (DGP) V D Ram said. He said the Maoists triggered the blast killing 11 policemen, including a CRPF Inspector.
The Deputy Inspector General of Police (Kolhan) Monoj Mishra has left for the spot with additional police and paramilitary forces. The attack comes just a day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh spoke about the Red threat in Parliament. "If Left-wing extremism continues to flourish in many parts of country which have tremendous resources of minerals and other precious things then that will certainly affect the climate for investment. In dealing with Left-wing extremism we have to convince some of the misguided youth that violence is no way of solving any problem," Singh had said while replying to the Lok Sabha Debate on President's address.
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Lavalin case: Violence in Kerala as CPI-M observes black day
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Violence was reported from some parts of Kerala Monday as the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) observed a black day to protest the governor's nod to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to prosecute state general secretary Pinarayi Vijayan in the Rs.300 crore (Rs.3 billion) SNC Lavalin scam. Violence was reported from Kannur, Palakkad, Idukki and Alappuzha districts with CPI-M activists going on the rampage. At Kozhikode, CPI-M activists torched a central government vehicle, while at Palakkad, they stopped traffic on the main road, forcing private bus owners to suspend operations for the day. At several places, educational institutions were closed and all examinations scheduled by various universities were postponed. Leader of Opposition Oommen Chandy Monday condemned the violence. "I am leaving for Kannur to see for myself the violence unleashed by the CPI-M at several places. Many have been hospitalised. The party politburo had said they would deal with the Vijayan issue politically and legally. But what happened today means that they have decided to deal with it physically," he maintained. Meanwhile, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan broke his silence on the issue and said that the CPI-M politburo will discuss the issue. Education Minister M.A. Baby, however, ruled out Vijayan stepping down from his post, while Law Minister M.Vijayakumar termed the governor's decision as"unheard of" in the history of the state. Vijayan is accused of wrongfully awarding a contract to Canadian company SNC Lavalin for renovation of two power plants when he was the state power minister in 1997.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Huge blast rocks Pakistani city
Rescuers are searching the rubble of a police building in Lahore after a bomb attack killed at least 23 people and injured 200 in Pakistan's second city. Gunmen reportedly opened fire on guards before detonating a car bomb which flattened the emergency response building at police HQ. Nearby offices of the ISI intelligence service were also damaged. The interior ministry chief linked the attack to Taliban insurgents whom troops are battling in the Swat valley. "Enemies of Pakistan who want to destabilise the country are coming here after their defeat in Swat," Rehman Malik said. "There is a war and this is a war for our survival," he added.
Previous attacks on Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, were also blamed on the Taliban. Rescuers speaking unofficially put the death toll at 35, although this figure is unconfirmed. Sajjad Bhutta, a senior government official in Lahore, told reporters that a car carrying several gunmen had pulled up in a street between the emergency response building and the ISI offices.
"As some people came out from that vehicle and started firing at the ISI office, the guards from inside that building returned fire," he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
"As the firing continued, the car suddenly exploded." Issam Ahmed, a journalist with the Dawn newspaper in Lahore who arrived at the scene about 20 minutes after the blast, told the BBC he could still hear shooting in the area. A least two arrests were made. Rescue workers were seen clambering over a pile of concrete which was all that remained of the emergency response headquarters. They were able to drag out several of the injured. Semi-conscious policemen could be seen being carried out in blood-stained uniforms. Debris was scattered on the road outside. Officials were seen rushing towards the buildings to cordon off the area. The blast also destroyed several cars parked or standing on the main Mall road opposite to the police building.
Bulldozers and other heavy lifting equipment were brought in as many people were feared to be trapped under the debris. Altercations also took place between members of the media and security personnel as the former tried to get in to the site of the blast. Zubair, a BBC News website reader in Lahore, described hearing the explosion: "I was sitting in my office on Lawrence Road [about 500m from the site] when a huge explosion rocked our entire building. "Glass windows shattered to pieces and the ceiling came down on the floor. I ran outside the building to nearby Jinnah Garden. I could hear gunfire which lasted for about 10 minutes and then I saw ambulance and police rushed to the scene." Matthias Gattermeier, an Austrian reader also in Lahore, said his office building had been shaken so hard he thought it would collapse.
"We first thought the explosion happened far closer by, but the blast was just so massive," he said. "I ran out of the building and saw a surreal huge ring of white smoke rise into air. Within minutes police and military blocked the streets. Disaster units and emergency are going in and out in every minute. The streets are full of people." Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, has seen bomb attacks with increasing frequency. Weeks before a police college was attacked in March, with eight people killed, militants attacked the Sri Lanka cricket team in the city, killing six police guards.
"As some people came out from that vehicle and started firing at the ISI office, the guards from inside that building returned fire," he was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
"As the firing continued, the car suddenly exploded." Issam Ahmed, a journalist with the Dawn newspaper in Lahore who arrived at the scene about 20 minutes after the blast, told the BBC he could still hear shooting in the area. A least two arrests were made. Rescue workers were seen clambering over a pile of concrete which was all that remained of the emergency response headquarters. They were able to drag out several of the injured. Semi-conscious policemen could be seen being carried out in blood-stained uniforms. Debris was scattered on the road outside. Officials were seen rushing towards the buildings to cordon off the area. The blast also destroyed several cars parked or standing on the main Mall road opposite to the police building.
Bulldozers and other heavy lifting equipment were brought in as many people were feared to be trapped under the debris. Altercations also took place between members of the media and security personnel as the former tried to get in to the site of the blast. Zubair, a BBC News website reader in Lahore, described hearing the explosion: "I was sitting in my office on Lawrence Road [about 500m from the site] when a huge explosion rocked our entire building. "Glass windows shattered to pieces and the ceiling came down on the floor. I ran outside the building to nearby Jinnah Garden. I could hear gunfire which lasted for about 10 minutes and then I saw ambulance and police rushed to the scene." Matthias Gattermeier, an Austrian reader also in Lahore, said his office building had been shaken so hard he thought it would collapse.
"We first thought the explosion happened far closer by, but the blast was just so massive," he said. "I ran out of the building and saw a surreal huge ring of white smoke rise into air. Within minutes police and military blocked the streets. Disaster units and emergency are going in and out in every minute. The streets are full of people." Lahore, Pakistan's second-largest city, has seen bomb attacks with increasing frequency. Weeks before a police college was attacked in March, with eight people killed, militants attacked the Sri Lanka cricket team in the city, killing six police guards.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Guru wounded in Austrian Sikh temple shooting dies: police
A visiting Indian guru died early on Monday after being shot in a clash between rival religious communities at a gurdwara in Vienna in which about 30 people were injured, police announced.
The guru, Sant Rama Nand, 56, one of two visiting the Austrian capital, died of his wounds in hospital after Sikh followers clashed with knives and at least one gun at a gurdwara in Vienna on Sunday,a police spokesman said.
"The surgeon said at first he was satisfied with his patient's condition after an emergency operation," the spokesman said. "But the patient lost consciousness and died shortly after midnight (0330 IST)," he added.
The condition of the second wounded guru, Sant Niranjan Dass, 66, was described as stable, the spokesman said. The two gurus belonged to the Shri Guru Ravidas Sabha movement.
The clash broke out around 1:30 pm (1700 IST)and saw the perpetrators pull out knives and a gun as the gurus visiting from India gave a sermon at the temple, where some 200 people had gathered.
Others in the audience pounced on the attackers, whom a witness said were wearing yellow and blue turbans, and subdued them, according to police.
"Six people did not agree" with the sermon, police spokesman Michael Takacs told Austrian public radio. "One drew a firearm, the others knives. The six people were overpowered by members of the community and seriously injured.
"The surgeon said at first he was satisfied with his patient's condition after an emergency operation," the spokesman said. "But the patient lost consciousness and died shortly after midnight (0330 IST)," he added.
The condition of the second wounded guru, Sant Niranjan Dass, 66, was described as stable, the spokesman said. The two gurus belonged to the Shri Guru Ravidas Sabha movement.
The clash broke out around 1:30 pm (1700 IST)and saw the perpetrators pull out knives and a gun as the gurus visiting from India gave a sermon at the temple, where some 200 people had gathered.
Others in the audience pounced on the attackers, whom a witness said were wearing yellow and blue turbans, and subdued them, according to police.
"Six people did not agree" with the sermon, police spokesman Michael Takacs told Austrian public radio. "One drew a firearm, the others knives. The six people were overpowered by members of the community and seriously injured.
2 killed, 6 hurt in US graduation party shooting
Two people were killed and six others two of them children were wounded in a shooting at a high school graduation party, police said on Sunday.
A 37-year-old man was taken into custody after a four-hour standoff with police at a house in Mesa, east of Phoenix, Mesa Police Sgt. Ed Wessing said.
Preliminary information indicated that the suspect was an invited guest at the party who got into a physical fight with his ex-wife late Saturday, Wessing said.
The suspect allegedly went to his vehicle, got a gun, returned to the party and opened fire, killing his 38-year-old ex-wife and a 32-year-old man, Wessing said.
He said six others had minor injuries. They included a 10-year-old boy who was grazed on the head and an 8-year-old boy injured by bullet fragments.
Wessing said that when police arrived patrol cars were hit by gunfire and one officer was shot in the left arm. The officer's injuries were not life-threatening and no other officers were hit.
Preliminary information indicated that the suspect was an invited guest at the party who got into a physical fight with his ex-wife late Saturday, Wessing said.
The suspect allegedly went to his vehicle, got a gun, returned to the party and opened fire, killing his 38-year-old ex-wife and a 32-year-old man, Wessing said.
He said six others had minor injuries. They included a 10-year-old boy who was grazed on the head and an 8-year-old boy injured by bullet fragments.
Wessing said that when police arrived patrol cars were hit by gunfire and one officer was shot in the left arm. The officer's injuries were not life-threatening and no other officers were hit.
Saturday, May 23, 2009
US soldier gets life for Iraq rape
A former US soldier convicted of raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and killing her and her family, has been jailed for life, after a jury failed to agree on a death sentence.
Steven Dale Green, 24, was convicted two weeks ago of the crimes near Baghdad, where he and his unit were serving in 2006. The jury of nine women and three men could not decide after two days of deliberations if Green should be executed or given life without parole, so the life sentence prevailed. Judge Thomas Russell of the Kentucky district court said on Thursday that he would formally sentence Green on September 4. Prosecutors said Green was the ringleader of a group of five soldiers who plotted to invade the home of the family of four to rape the girl. They said he later bragged about the crime, saying what he had done was "awesome".
Steven Dale Green, 24, was convicted two weeks ago of the crimes near Baghdad, where he and his unit were serving in 2006. The jury of nine women and three men could not decide after two days of deliberations if Green should be executed or given life without parole, so the life sentence prevailed. Judge Thomas Russell of the Kentucky district court said on Thursday that he would formally sentence Green on September 4. Prosecutors said Green was the ringleader of a group of five soldiers who plotted to invade the home of the family of four to rape the girl. They said he later bragged about the crime, saying what he had done was "awesome".
'Trigger-happy'
Green, 19 at the time of the crime, was described as the trigger-man in the group who donned black "ninja" outfits and raped Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and shot her, her father, mother and six-year-old sister. The soldiers later set fire to the girl's body to try to cover up the crime.
The rape-murders took place after the soldiers drank whiskey, played cards, and plotted the attack in Mahmudiya, 30km south of the Iraqi capital, the court heard.
Three of the four other soldiers pleaded guilty in the attack and the fourth was convicted, all in military courts martial. They were sentenced to between five and 100 years, but could be paroled much sooner. Green was tried in federal court as a civilian on murder, rape and obstruction of justice charges because his arrest came after he was discharged from the army for a "personality disorder". The defence team acknowledged that he took part in the killings but argued that he should be spared the death penalty. Defence During the trial Green was depicted as a victim of a bad childhood and combat stress after the death of close colleagues in the combat zone south of Baghdad. "Steven Green was responsible [for the rape and murders] but the United States of America failed Steven Green," Scott Wendelsdorf, a defence lawyer, told the jury in his final submission. "And it failed a lot of soldiers in Iraq. And that wouldn't amount to a hill of beans if it were not the United States of America now seeking to put Steven Green to death." As representatives of the Iraqi family openly wept in court, Green smiled slightly when the jury gave its decision. His father, John Green, said the result was "the better of two bad choices, but the better one by far". The ex-soldier's brother, Doug, added that "it's the only appropriate verdict" given the choices. "I have mixed emotions about it, but I do think it will allow him to have some semblance of a life and I'm very grateful for that.
Green, 19 at the time of the crime, was described as the trigger-man in the group who donned black "ninja" outfits and raped Abeer Qassim Hamza al-Janabi and shot her, her father, mother and six-year-old sister. The soldiers later set fire to the girl's body to try to cover up the crime.
The rape-murders took place after the soldiers drank whiskey, played cards, and plotted the attack in Mahmudiya, 30km south of the Iraqi capital, the court heard.
Three of the four other soldiers pleaded guilty in the attack and the fourth was convicted, all in military courts martial. They were sentenced to between five and 100 years, but could be paroled much sooner. Green was tried in federal court as a civilian on murder, rape and obstruction of justice charges because his arrest came after he was discharged from the army for a "personality disorder". The defence team acknowledged that he took part in the killings but argued that he should be spared the death penalty. Defence During the trial Green was depicted as a victim of a bad childhood and combat stress after the death of close colleagues in the combat zone south of Baghdad. "Steven Green was responsible [for the rape and murders] but the United States of America failed Steven Green," Scott Wendelsdorf, a defence lawyer, told the jury in his final submission. "And it failed a lot of soldiers in Iraq. And that wouldn't amount to a hill of beans if it were not the United States of America now seeking to put Steven Green to death." As representatives of the Iraqi family openly wept in court, Green smiled slightly when the jury gave its decision. His father, John Green, said the result was "the better of two bad choices, but the better one by far". The ex-soldier's brother, Doug, added that "it's the only appropriate verdict" given the choices. "I have mixed emotions about it, but I do think it will allow him to have some semblance of a life and I'm very grateful for that.
6,200 troops died in battle against LTTE
More than 6,200 Sri Lankan soldiers were killed and nearly 30,000 wounded in security forces' final offensive to completely defeat Tamil Tiger separatists, state television reported on Friday.
Sri Lanka's Defence Secretary Gotabhaya Rajapakse, in an interview with state TV, said the final offensive against the Tamil Tigers began in August 2006 with the troops retaking an irrigation canal that was seized by Tigers.
"Since then the security forces, including the army, navy, the airforce, police and the civil defence force, have lost 6,261 personnel killed and 29,551 wounded," Rajapakse said. "We made huge sacrifices for this victory."
Rajapakse said a total of 23,790 military men and women had been killed since 1981.
Lankan prez dismisses charges of war crimes President Mahinda Rajapakse has brushed off calls for an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by government troops in their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels.
“There are some who tried to stop our military campaign by threatening to haul us before war crimes tribunals," he said in a speech to hundreds of supporters outside the national parliament.
"Since then the security forces, including the army, navy, the airforce, police and the civil defence force, have lost 6,261 personnel killed and 29,551 wounded," Rajapakse said. "We made huge sacrifices for this victory."
Rajapakse said a total of 23,790 military men and women had been killed since 1981.
Lankan prez dismisses charges of war crimes President Mahinda Rajapakse has brushed off calls for an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by government troops in their offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels.
“There are some who tried to stop our military campaign by threatening to haul us before war crimes tribunals," he said in a speech to hundreds of supporters outside the national parliament.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Israeli aircraft bomb Gaza targets
Israeli aircraft have bombed several targets in the Gaza Strip several hours after a rocket was fired at an Israeli town.Al Jazeera's Ayman Mohyeldin, reporting from Gaza city, said at least four people, including two civilians, were injured in the Israeli raids.
The Israeli military confirmed the air raids on Tuesday, saying it targeted four border tunnels and two sites in Gaza City where weapons were produced, in response to rocket and mortar fire aimed at Israel from Gaza.
The air raids came as Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister on a visit to the US, was being pressed by the Obama administration to stop Israeli settlement activity and back a two-state solution with the Palestinians. Earlier on Tuesday, a rocket fired from Gaza damaged a home in the southern Israeli town of Sderot. The rocket caused no injury and there was no claim of responsibility. It was the first rocket to strike inside an Israeli town in several weeks.
Most of Tuesday's air raids apparently targeted smuggling tunnels beneath the Gaza-Egypt border, near the town of Rafah. Israeli warplanes frequently target the tunnels, saying that fighters use the tunnels to smuggle arms into the Hamas-governed territory. With Israel and Egypt enforcing a tight blockade on Gaza, smugglers also use the tunnels to bring in food, medicine and even livestock.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
95 kids died in US-Taliban clash: Afghan official
Afghans blame US airstrikes for the deaths and destruction in the villages of Gerani and Ganjabad in Farah province.
Sixty-five of the reported victims on the list were female, either adults or children, said lawmaker Obaidullah Helali, a lawmaker from Farah and a member of the government's investigative team. If the Afghan toll is correct, it would be the largest case of civilian deaths since the 2001 US-led invasion to oust the Taliban.
US military spokesman Col Greg Julian said, "There is no physical proof that can substantiate" the Afghan list of victims. The US has refused to release a number of people it thinks died in the May 4-5 clash in Farah's Bala Baluk district.
Julian said militants are to blame for the deaths because they kept villagers hostage during the fight.
The International Committee of the Red Cross also has said that women and children were among dozens of dead people its teams saw in the two villages, but it did not provide an overall figure.
காவல்துறை முன்னிலையில் மனிதநேய மக்கள் கட்சி பிரமுகர்கள் மீது கொலை வெறித் தாக்குதல்
காவல்துறை முன்னிலையில் மனிதநேய மக்கள் கட்சி பிரமுகர்கள் மீது கொலை வெறித் தாக்குதல்!
தலைமைத் தேர்தல் ஆணையரிடம் ம.மக. நேரில் புகார்,
மறு வாக்குப் பதிவு நடத்தவும் கோரிக்கை
மத்திய சென்னை தொகுதிக்கு உட்பட்ட திருவல்லிக்கேணி பகுதியில் இன்று காலை சுமார் 11.00 மணியளவில் திருவல்லிக்கேணியில் திமுக பகுதி செயலாளரும் மற்றும் சென்னை மாநகராட்சி மாமன்ற உறுப்பினருமான காமராஜ், திமுகச் சேர்ந்த சேரன் ஆகியோர் தலைமையில் திமுக குண்டர்கள் 200க்கு மேற்பட்டோர் திருவல்லிக்கேணி என்.கே.டி. பள்ளி வாக்குச்சாவடி எண் 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 110 உட்பட்ட பத்து வாக்குச்சாவடிகளைக் கைப்பற்றி கள்ள ஓட்டு போடுவதாக தகவல் வந்ததையடுத்து ம.ம.க. வேட்பாளர் ஹைதர் அலி அவர்கள் அங்கு சென்றுள்ளார்.
அப்போது திமுக குண்டர்கள் வீச்சரிவாள், கத்தி, கடப்பாரை, உருட்டுக்கட்டை போன்ற பயங்கர ஆயுதங்களுடன் மனிதநேய மக்கள் கட்சியின் பிரமுகர்கள் பயணம் செய்த கார்களை (Safari Car (Ash Colour) No.PY01 AA 1977 & Bolero Car (White Colour) No. TN 21 AX 9001) துவம்சம் செய்துவிட்டு, கார்களில் இருந்த திரு. ஜாகிர் உசேன், ஹசன், மீரான் மொய்தீன், காஜா, பாரூக், சலாவுதீன், ஹைதர் அலி, வசீம், ஜாகிர் உசேன் மற்றும் மூஸா உள்ளிட்ட நபர்களை கொலை செய்யும் நோக்கத்துடன் கொலை வெறித் தாக்குதல் நடத்திக் கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். அப்போது எமது கட்சி வேட்பாளரைக் கண்டவுடன் அவரையும் கொலை செய்யும் நோக்கத்துடன் மேற்கண்ட ஆயுதங்களுடன் அவரை நோக்கி ஓடி வந்து கொண்டிருந்தார்கள். உடனே கட்சிப் பிரமுகர்களின் உதவியுடன் அங்கிருந்து தப்பிச் சென்ற ஹைதர் அலி அவர்கள், மத்திய சென்னை தேர்தல் அதிகாரியிடம் மேற்கண்ட அசம்பாவிதங்கள் குறித்து எடுத்துக் கூறி நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கும்படி புகார் கொடுத்துள்ளார். மேலும் காவல்துறையிடமும் அவர் புகார் கொடுத்துள்ளார். ஆனால் ஆளுங்கட்சியினர் மீது காவல்துறை எவ்வித நடவடிக்கையும் எடுக்கவில்லை.
இதனிடையே கலவரச் சூழலை தங்களுக்கு சாதமாகப் பயன்படுத்திக் கொண்ட திமுக குண்டர்கள், மேற்கண்ட 10 வாக்குச் சாவடிகளிலும் எண்ணற்ற கள்ள ஓட்டுக்களை போட்டுள்ளனர். மேலும் கொடிய ஆயுதங்களுடன் வாக்குச் சாவடிகளைக் கைப்பற்றி பொதுமக்களை உள்ளே விடாமல் தடுத்து தொடர்ச்சியாக கள்ள ஓட்டுக்களைப் போட்டுள்ளார்கள். இதனால் பொதுமக்கள் வாக்குச் சாவடிக்குள் செல்ல பயந்து தங்களுடைய வாக்களிக்கும் உரிமையை பயன்படுத்த முடியவில்லை.
இந்த அசம்பாவிதம் நடந்து கொண்டிருக்கும் போது அங்கிருந்த ஐஸ்'ஹவுஸ் காவல் நிலைய ஆய்வாளர் ரகுபதி உள்ளிட்ட காவல்துறையினர் மனிதநேய மக்கள் கட்சியினருக்கு எதிரான வன்முறையை கைகட்டி வேடிக்கைப் பார்த்துக் கொண்டிருந்தனர். தேர்தல் அதிகாரிகளும் அலுவலர்களும் திமுகவினருக்கு ஆதரவாகவே செயல்பட்டனர்.
இச்சூழ்நிலையில், மத்திய சென்னை தொகுதியில் வன்முறைகள் நடந்தேறிய வாக்குச் சாவடிகள் எண் 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 104, 110 உட்பட பத்து வாக்குச் சாவடிகளில் மத்திய காவல் படை உதவியுடன் மறு தேர்தல் நடத்துமாறும், அதுவரை மத்திய சென்னை தொகுதிக்கான வாக்கு எண்ணிக்கையை நிறுத்தி வைக்குமாறும், மேலும் திமுக குண்டர்களுக்கு ஆதரவாகவும், மனிதநேய மக்கள் கட்சிக்கு எதிராகவும் செயல்பட்ட காவல்துறையினர் மீது உரிய நடவடிக்கை எடுக்குமாறும், கொலைவெறித் தாக்குதலில் ஈடுபட்ட திமுக குண்டர்கள் மீது சட்டப்படி நடவடிக்கை எடுக்க ஆவன செய்யுமாறும் மாநில தலைமைத் தேர்தல் ஆணையரிடம் மனிதநேய மக்கள் கட்சி வேட்பாளர் ஹைதர் அலி அவர்கள் கோரிக்கை மனுவை அளித்துள்ளார்.
LTTE launches wave of suicide attacks
Waging a desperate battle for survival, the Tamil Tigers launched a wave of suicide attacks on land and sea, but failed to stall the advance of Sri Lankan forces, who broke through their defences as fierce fighting left 44 rebels dead and many soldiers wounded.The renewed heavy fighting raged as both sides ignored new international calls for ceasefire. Aid and rights groups claimed that the civilians were being used as "cannon fodder".Two divisions of Lankan forces advancing on the trapped LTTE fighters captured a vital causeway, which could help them in organising another break out attempt for an estimated 50,000 people still trapped in the battle zone.Carrying out "search and clear operations", security forces recovered bodies of 43 LTTE fighters and a huge cache of arms and ammunition in Kariyamullavaikkal, the army said.Army beat back a ferocious sea-borne suicide attack by Sea Tigers in which three fast moving boats attempted to hit troop positions on the shore."Several soldiers were wounded in the attack carried out late last night. Our Naval boats and shore-based guns foiled the attack forcing the Sea Tigers into their own area," a military spokesman said.The army had confronted similar suicide attacks by land-based Black Tigers who blew themselves up in front of the advancing Lankan columns. Ten bombers were killed in these attacks.
UN gets Israeli cluster bomb maps
Israel has handed over details of where it dropped cluster bombs in Lebanon during the war in 2006, UN peacekeeping forces have confirmed.The UN says Israel used some four million cluster bomblets on Lebanon, of which about a quarter did not explode. The data will be assessed and then passed on to the Lebanese army.
The UN has repeatedly called on Israel to provide information to help speed up the clearance operation and prevent further casualties among civilians. Most of the cluster bomblets were fired in the last 72 hours of the 33-day war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon in July and August 2006. According to the UN Mine Action Coordination Centre, about 300 civilians have since been killed or maimed by left-over munitions. The majority of the victims were children, often from rural areas in south Lebanon, who had used the bomblets as toys. Although cluster bombs are not illegal under the laws of war, campaigners say their use in populated areas constitutes an indiscriminate attack on civilians. In a statement the Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora confirmed that he had received a call from the Unfil commander General Claudio Graziano who informed him about the details Israel had provided. Mr Siniora said the maps and locations should have been handed over immediately after the end of hostilities in 2006. (What Next? anyway the UN will not take any action against Israel for this Horrible attack. Better we can close the UN atleast - Editor)
The UN has repeatedly called on Israel to provide information to help speed up the clearance operation and prevent further casualties among civilians. Most of the cluster bomblets were fired in the last 72 hours of the 33-day war with Hezbollah militants in Lebanon in July and August 2006. According to the UN Mine Action Coordination Centre, about 300 civilians have since been killed or maimed by left-over munitions. The majority of the victims were children, often from rural areas in south Lebanon, who had used the bomblets as toys. Although cluster bombs are not illegal under the laws of war, campaigners say their use in populated areas constitutes an indiscriminate attack on civilians. In a statement the Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora confirmed that he had received a call from the Unfil commander General Claudio Graziano who informed him about the details Israel had provided. Mr Siniora said the maps and locations should have been handed over immediately after the end of hostilities in 2006. (What Next? anyway the UN will not take any action against Israel for this Horrible attack. Better we can close the UN atleast - Editor)
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
UN blames Israel for Gaza attacks
A United Nations inquiry into the war in Gaza has found that Israel was to blame for at least seven direct attacks on UN operations - including schools and medical centres.
The UN report, commissioned by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, said the Israeli military intentionally fired at UN facilities and civilians hiding in them during the war and used disproportionate force.
Missiles, bombs and small arms were all used by Israel against the UN - leading to dozens of deaths. The UN's own fuel and aid depot in Gaza was hit with Israeli artillery shells causing widespread damage. The attack continued for two hours after the UN asked the Israeli military for it to stop.
The UN report, commissioned by Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, said the Israeli military intentionally fired at UN facilities and civilians hiding in them during the war and used disproportionate force.
Missiles, bombs and small arms were all used by Israel against the UN - leading to dozens of deaths. The UN's own fuel and aid depot in Gaza was hit with Israeli artillery shells causing widespread damage. The attack continued for two hours after the UN asked the Israeli military for it to stop.
'Negligence and recklessness'
The report's summary accused the Israeli army of "varying degrees of negligence or recklessness with regard to United Nations premises and to the safety of UN staff and other civilians within those premises, with consequent deaths, injuries and extensive physical damage and loss of property."
Ban said at a news conference on Tuesday that the aim of the report, which is not legally binding, was to establish "a clear record of the facts" surrounding incidents involving UN premises and personnel.
A total of 53 installations used by the United Nations Relief and Works agency (UNRWA) were damaged or destroyed during Israel's Gaza campaign, including 37 schools - six of which were being used as emergency shelters - six health centres, and two warehouses, the UN agency said.
Ban said at a news conference on Tuesday that the aim of the report, which is not legally binding, was to establish "a clear record of the facts" surrounding incidents involving UN premises and personnel.
A total of 53 installations used by the United Nations Relief and Works agency (UNRWA) were damaged or destroyed during Israel's Gaza campaign, including 37 schools - six of which were being used as emergency shelters - six health centres, and two warehouses, the UN agency said.
Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey in New York said the UN secretary-general was still determining the UN's course of action over the report's 11 recommendations.
The report said the UN would seek reparations for damages from Israel and meet the Israeli government.
Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, told Al Jazeera that the report was "one-sided" and that he hoped Ban would take into account Israel's response to it.
Israel's army concluded its own report into the three-week war on Gaza in late April, finding that Israel followed international law and that while errors occurred they were "unavoidable".
The report said the UN would seek reparations for damages from Israel and meet the Israeli government.
Shimon Peres, the Israeli president, told Al Jazeera that the report was "one-sided" and that he hoped Ban would take into account Israel's response to it.
Israel's army concluded its own report into the three-week war on Gaza in late April, finding that Israel followed international law and that while errors occurred they were "unavoidable".
The report found that in seven out of the nine incidents involving UN premises or operations that it investigated, "the death, injuries and damage involved were caused by military actions ... by the IDF [Israeli army]".
The UN has called for an impartial inquiry into alleged crimes during the war [AFP]It also said one of the incidents, when a World Food Programme warehouse in the Karni industrial zone in Gaza was damaged, was largely caused by a rocket "most likely" fired by Hamas or another Palestinian faction and condemned those responsible for using such "indiscriminate weapons" to cause deaths and injuries.
The investigation included one of the most notorious incidents in the war, when up to 40 people are believed to have died at a UN school in Jabaliya after Israeli mortar shells struck the area.
The UN initially said the shells had hit the school but later retracted the claim, while Israel initially said its forces were responding to firing from within the school, but also later reportedly withdrew the statement, although the UN report noted the claim still appeared on the Israeli foreign ministry's website as of Tuesday.
The report also recommended that because there had been "many incidents" during the war involving civilian victims, an impartial inquiry should be mandated "to investigate allegations of violations of international law in Gaza and southern Israel by the IDF [Israeli army] and by Hamas and other Palestinian militants".
Israel's 22-day war on Gaza left more than 1,400 Palestinians dead, including around 400 children, Gaza health officials said, along with 13 Israelis.
Much of the coastal territory was also left in ruins.
Report 'flawed'
Regev, an Israeli government spokesman, told Al Jazeera that the report was "fundamentally flawed" and contained "methodological problems are so deep that everyone has to ask on what basis they make these criticisms".
"Evidence shows one thing and the UN report clearly shows that they are not looking at reality."
Israel has said the aim of its operations in Gaza was to cripple the Palestinian group Hamas's ability to launch rockets into the south of Israel.
Earlier this month an Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed to Al Jazeera that it would not co-operate with a separate UN Human Rights Council investigation into alleged war crimes during the assault on the Gaza Strip.
International rights groups have accused both the Israeli military and Palestinian groups such as Hamas of violations throughout the conflict.
The UN secretary-general commissioned the report, written by a special committee led by Ian Martin, former head of Amnesty International, in January, shortly after fighting ended.
(The UN is doing very good job from the begining. they are very much upset by the doings of israel and they blamed israel. But UN is doing the same thing from the begining. if they can only condemn the attacks then what is the purpose of UN. - Editor)
The UN has called for an impartial inquiry into alleged crimes during the war [AFP]It also said one of the incidents, when a World Food Programme warehouse in the Karni industrial zone in Gaza was damaged, was largely caused by a rocket "most likely" fired by Hamas or another Palestinian faction and condemned those responsible for using such "indiscriminate weapons" to cause deaths and injuries.
The investigation included one of the most notorious incidents in the war, when up to 40 people are believed to have died at a UN school in Jabaliya after Israeli mortar shells struck the area.
The UN initially said the shells had hit the school but later retracted the claim, while Israel initially said its forces were responding to firing from within the school, but also later reportedly withdrew the statement, although the UN report noted the claim still appeared on the Israeli foreign ministry's website as of Tuesday.
The report also recommended that because there had been "many incidents" during the war involving civilian victims, an impartial inquiry should be mandated "to investigate allegations of violations of international law in Gaza and southern Israel by the IDF [Israeli army] and by Hamas and other Palestinian militants".
Israel's 22-day war on Gaza left more than 1,400 Palestinians dead, including around 400 children, Gaza health officials said, along with 13 Israelis.
Much of the coastal territory was also left in ruins.
Report 'flawed'
Regev, an Israeli government spokesman, told Al Jazeera that the report was "fundamentally flawed" and contained "methodological problems are so deep that everyone has to ask on what basis they make these criticisms".
"Evidence shows one thing and the UN report clearly shows that they are not looking at reality."
Israel has said the aim of its operations in Gaza was to cripple the Palestinian group Hamas's ability to launch rockets into the south of Israel.
Earlier this month an Israeli foreign ministry spokesperson confirmed to Al Jazeera that it would not co-operate with a separate UN Human Rights Council investigation into alleged war crimes during the assault on the Gaza Strip.
International rights groups have accused both the Israeli military and Palestinian groups such as Hamas of violations throughout the conflict.
The UN secretary-general commissioned the report, written by a special committee led by Ian Martin, former head of Amnesty International, in January, shortly after fighting ended.
Blasts, ambush kill 30 people in Afghanistan
KABUL: A provincial mayor along with six others were killed in a suicide attack in eastern Afghanistan Monday, while 15 civilians, six private security guards and two Taliban militants were killed in separate attacks elsewhere in the country, officials said.In the latest attack, a mayor, three of his bodyguards and three civilians were killed and three civilians were wounded Monday when a suicide bomber attacked the municipal office in Metarlam, the capital of Laghman province, the interior ministry statement said.The bomber, who had strapped explosives around his body, also died in the attack, it said.Taliban militants took responsibility for the bombing in a statement posted on their website.Separately, a roadside bomb blew up a tractor carrying civilians in the Shamalzai district of southern Zabul province Monday morning, killing 12 civilians, Wazir Jawadi, district's administrative chief, said.Four women and two children were among those killed, Jawadi said. He held Taliban militants responsible for the attack.Meanwhile, Taliban militants ambushed a convoy carrying supplies for NATO forces in Qalat district of Zabul province Monday, killing six private security guards, who were escorting the convoy, Abdul Rahman Sarjang, provincial police chief, said.Sarjang said that two civilians were also killed in the firefight that happened on the Kabul-Kandahar highway.Two militants were killed elsewhere in Zabul province when the bomb they were trying to plant on a roadside detonated prematurely, he said.The Taliban rely heavily on suicide attacks and roadside bombings as part of their campaign against the Afghan government and around 70,000 international troops stationed in the country. The militants were responsible for more than 120 suicide bombings last year.The militants have vowed to increase their attacks on the Afghan government and NATO forces in the country under the Nasrat (victory) operation they launched last week.In western Herat province, NATO-led troops killed an Afghan child when they opened fire on a vehicle which was approaching their convoy and did not stop despite hand signals and warning shots, the alliance said in a statement Monday.Wary of suicide bombers, who often attack their forces by vehicles packed with explosives, NATO forces have killed several Afghan civilians in the past after they did not heed warnings to stay away from their military convoys.
Friday, April 24, 2009
80 Are Killed in 3 Suicide Bombings in Iraq
(Before the American - Iraq war, Iraq was peace, these things happens after the invasion of America, Peace won't prevail in iraq untill the American troops leave from iraq - Editor)
BAGHDAD: At least 80 people died and 120 others were injured Thursday in three bombings, one by a female suicide bomber in Baghdad who, Iraqi officials said, held a young child’s hand as she set off her explosives among a group of women and children receiving emergency food aid.
The second suicide bombing struck a restaurant filled with Iranian tourists in a restive city north of the capital. The number of people killed in the attacks is the largest single-day total since February 2008. The overall level of violence in Iraq is at its lowest since the American invasion in 2003, and Iraqis have been venturing out to parks, restaurants and nightclubs. But a string of recent attacks, highly organized and carried out under tight security, has raised worries that Baathist and jihadi militants are regrouping into a smaller but still lethal insurgency seeking to reassert itself as the American troop presence on the ground is reduced before a full withdrawal in 2011.
“The government was treating the situation like they’d won a victory,” said Sheik Jalal al-Din Saghir, a member of Parliament from the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, a Shiite political party. “They relaxed. We can’t ignore that there were security successes, but that doesn’t mean the story is finished.” The government may have scored at least one important security victory on Thursday, announcing the capture of a major leader of the Sunni insurgency, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi. But reports of his arrest, and even his supposed death, have been announced before, and some American military officials even question whether such a man exists. Iraqi leaders say Mr. Baghdadi is the leader of the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group of Sunni militant forces that includes Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, the homegrown group that American intelligence officials say is led by foreigners. The Iraqi military provided no further details about the arrest, and the United States military has not confirmed it. On Thursday, Hussein al-Shami, a senior adviser to Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, defended the government’s security gains. “The security situation is still good, but there are some sleeper cells that are targeting the softer areas,” he said. “They just want to send a message to the government and the world that they are still here.” The woman who blew herself up in Baghdad’s central Karada district on Thursday resembled most of the other women crowded outside a food distribution site that was catering mainly to those displaced by the war. She wore a black abaya and, like many of the other women, was walking with a child, in her case a young girl, according to Iraqi Army and police officials who interviewed survivors at the scene. The woman stood out, the witnesses said, only because she began nudging her way through the crowd, which had been waiting patiently for the bags of flour, bottles of cooking oil and other staples that the police were handing out. The witnesses said she tugged the child, who looked about 5 years old, along with her. Once she reached the center of the crowd, she set off the blast, with explosives that the police believe she hid under her flowing clothes. Afterward, a tattered black abaya stuck to a wall on the first-floor balcony of an adjacent apartment building, singed by the explosion. The sidewalk was littered with bags of macaroni and loose leaf tea that had been part of the giveaway. Flies swarmed on bits of human flesh. One woman sat on the ground, wailing as she beat the sidewalk with the palms of her hands. She said she had lost her husband, her son, her sister and six grandchildren.
An Interior Ministry official said 28 people had died in the explosion, including 12 police officers. Fifty others were wounded.
It was not immediately clear how many of the victims were children.
At nearby Ibn al-Nafis Hospital, women who were visiting the injured moaned loudly. The patients lay on stretchers, some with burns over much of their bodies.
“I was close to the area, wondering why there was a crowd,’” said Adnan Ibrahim, 25, who had a bandage over his left eye. “After that, I don’t know what happened. It felt like there was something very heavy on my face. I discovered that I lost my eye.” Ali, a man in his 30s who had been selling fruit from a small cart with his brother Haider, said his brother had noticed the crowd of women and children gathering nearby and gone to find out what was happening. Ali had stayed with the cart. Moments later, Haider was dead, and Ali, who gave only his first name, was wounded by shrapnel. At the hospital, Ali sobbed and struck his head against the metal door of a large refrigerator where bodies had been placed. “It’s like I lost my ribs,” he said. In the second attack, in the city of Muqdadiya in Diyala Province, a suicide bomber set off his explosives in a popular restaurant where several busloads of Iranian tourists had stopped to get snacks, to pray and to use the restrooms, the Iraqi police said. The restaurant, Khanaqin, is in a neighborhood known as being particularly violent and in a province where Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia remains active. The restaurant has been placed off limits to tourist groups traveling from Iran to some of Iraq’s Shiite holy places, but bus drivers sometimes stop there anyway, the police said. At least 47 people were killed and 70 injured in the blast, which brought down the restaurant’s roof, the police said. Almost all of the victims were Iranians. Five other people were killed Thursday in Diyala Province when a man detonated his suicide vest as a car carrying a local Awakening Council leader passed, officials said. The leader was killed, as were four bystanders. The Awakening Councils, groups throughout Iraq that were paid to leave the insurgency and fight on the government’s side, have been singled out in recent attacks.
An Interior Ministry official said 28 people had died in the explosion, including 12 police officers. Fifty others were wounded.
It was not immediately clear how many of the victims were children.
At nearby Ibn al-Nafis Hospital, women who were visiting the injured moaned loudly. The patients lay on stretchers, some with burns over much of their bodies.
“I was close to the area, wondering why there was a crowd,’” said Adnan Ibrahim, 25, who had a bandage over his left eye. “After that, I don’t know what happened. It felt like there was something very heavy on my face. I discovered that I lost my eye.” Ali, a man in his 30s who had been selling fruit from a small cart with his brother Haider, said his brother had noticed the crowd of women and children gathering nearby and gone to find out what was happening. Ali had stayed with the cart. Moments later, Haider was dead, and Ali, who gave only his first name, was wounded by shrapnel. At the hospital, Ali sobbed and struck his head against the metal door of a large refrigerator where bodies had been placed. “It’s like I lost my ribs,” he said. In the second attack, in the city of Muqdadiya in Diyala Province, a suicide bomber set off his explosives in a popular restaurant where several busloads of Iranian tourists had stopped to get snacks, to pray and to use the restrooms, the Iraqi police said. The restaurant, Khanaqin, is in a neighborhood known as being particularly violent and in a province where Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia remains active. The restaurant has been placed off limits to tourist groups traveling from Iran to some of Iraq’s Shiite holy places, but bus drivers sometimes stop there anyway, the police said. At least 47 people were killed and 70 injured in the blast, which brought down the restaurant’s roof, the police said. Almost all of the victims were Iranians. Five other people were killed Thursday in Diyala Province when a man detonated his suicide vest as a car carrying a local Awakening Council leader passed, officials said. The leader was killed, as were four bystanders. The Awakening Councils, groups throughout Iraq that were paid to leave the insurgency and fight on the government’s side, have been singled out in recent attacks.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Four naxal attacks in Bihar, Jharkhand ahead of polling
A day before the country goes to poll in the second phase, four naxal attacks took place in Bihar and Jharkhand late on Tuesday night.Three of the attacks were in Bihar, Gaya, Aurangabad and Motihari. Naxals set on fire three oil tankers and five trucks on main GT road in Gaya district in Bihar. One truck driver was shot at who is critical and hospitalised. Police are raiding several places in Gaya. The attack took place at around 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning. Polling however, took place in Gaya on April 16.Meanwhile, naxals have taken over a polling station in the Aadapur block of Motihari district. They wired it with two bombs. Police are yet to reach at the spot.In Jharkhand, Maoists blew up Utari railway station in Palamu district minutes before Ranchi-New Delhi Rajdhani Express was to scheduled to pass. Naxals have called for Bihar-Jharkhand bandh on Wednesday.Naxals blow up community centre in Deo block of Aurangabad district. No causalities have been reported. Earlier, a day before the first phase of polling, nearly 100 Naxals had attacked the BSF camp in Sasaram district of Bihar. The company was posted in Dhansa forest area for first phase of polling in the area. Sasaram falls in the Naxal dominated area of Bihar. Naxals are said to have attacked the BSF company of about 100 jawans with rocket launchers and other ammunition.In another Naxal attack on the same day, in the neighbouring state of Jharkhand, Maoists blew up a bus carrying CRPF personnel at Latehar. At least five Naxalites and two CRPF personnel were killed in the attack. On April 12 night, the Maoists attacked Asia's largest bauxite mine in Orissa's Koraput district. At least 11 CISF jawans and 4 Maoists were killed in the encounter between the two sides. The attackers had escaped with a huge amount of explosives that were kept in the armoury there.On the day of first phase of Lok Sabha polls, several polling booths in Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa and Chhattisgarh were attacked by the Naxalites. According to reports, 17 people were killed in the Naxal attacks. The Naxals attacked at 12 locations in Dantewada, Latehar, Malkangiri and Rohtas districts.
26/11 trial: Kazmi seeks 4-week time
Advocate for Mohammed Ajmal Amir Qasab, the lone terrorist arrested for his alleged involvement in the November 26 terror strikes, has sought four weeks time to reply to the draft charges proposed by the prosecution.Abbas Kazmi, who was appointed by the court last week to represent Qasab, sought time to study the case.On Monday, the prosecution had proposed 312 charges against Qasab and two others for their alleged involvement in the November 26 terror strikes which claimed over 160 lives.Qasab also asked the court for a copy of the chargesheet to be translated for him into Urdu since he was unable to understand the copy given to him by the police.He had earlier sought a copy of the chargesheet in Urdu saying that he would be able to understand it better.Special public prosecutor Ujwal Nikam asked the court to order an inquiry to determine the actual age of Qasab and sought that the prosecution should be allowed to submit its findings. Qasab's lawyer said he had no objection to it.A resident of Faridkot in Pakistan, Qasab had claimed in an application filed last week that he was a juvenile at the time of committing the crime in November. However, the application was dismissed by special judge M L Tahilyani.The court has reserved its judgement in the applications and adjourned proceedings till tomorrow.Another accused, Sabauddin Ahmed has pleaded through his lawyer Ejaz Naqvi that he had been subjected to third degree torture methods while in police custody and sought the dismissal of the concerned police officials.He also sought that two alleged FBI officials, identified by him only as James and Mike, who had interrogated him should be arrested.Special Judge Tahilyani has asked the police to file its reply to Sabauddin's application.Sabauddin and Faheem Ansari, two alleged Lashkar-e-Toiba operatives, are facing trial with Qasab for allegedly providing information about locations in Mumbai, which was used by the terror group to execute the November 26 attack.
"I did it", says arrested Maoist
Uday was arrested along with three of his Maoist associates from the Gudari jungles of Rayagada district in south Orissa on Tuesday.
Rayagada SP A.K. Singh told HT, “Uday has confessed to the killing of Swami Laxmanananda. He divulged details about how the operation was planned and executed.”
Sources said Uday during his interrogation revealed details of some of the major operations carried out by the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army, the military arm of the CPI-Maoist, in the state including the Swami killing and the raids on the Nayagarh police armouries in which 14 cops lost their lives in February 2008.
Crime Branch IGP Arun Ray said, “Uday along with Azad (another top ranking CPI-Maoist leader) masterminded the attack on the Jaleshpata Ashram where Swami Laxmanananda was staying on August 23, 2008.”
Uday joined the Naxals in 1991 and operated from Srikakulum district of Andhra Pradesh. After the police pressure increased in the southern state, he moved into Orissa.
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