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Jan

2024

Tunisian anti-terrorism unit arrests Al Jazeera reporter

A Tunisian anti-terrorism unit arrested Al Jazeera reporter Samir Sassi, the Tunisian journalists' union said. The unit has searched his home and seized his computer and phone, as well as those of his family members, the union said in a statement on Thursday. The union denounced the arrest as "arbitrary" and alluded to the possibility of Sassi being investigated for a suspected terrorism charge since his lawyer is not allowed to talk to him for 48 hours. Al Jazeera's Tunis bureau chief, Lotfi Hajji, said on his Facebook account that security forces did not tell Sassi's family why he was…

Nov

2023

By The African Mirror

Moroccan arrested in connection with Belgian school bomb alert

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BELGIAN and Moroccan police have arrested in Morocco a suspect in an extortion case that led to the closing of schools in Belgium due to a bomb alert, the country's prosecutor's office said. The Wallonie-Bruxelles Enseignement administration body on Monday shut at least 27 schools in Brussels and the neighbouring Brabant region after a bomb alert on Sunday evening. Belgian media reported that the sender of the alert had demanded 10 million euros to reveal the location of five bombs. "The arrested person, who is of Moroccan nationality, was questioned and admitted the deeds to the Moroccan authorities. The investigation's initial conclusions…

Nov

2023

By The African Mirror

AfDB says it filed complaint after Ethiopia staff arrested, assaulted

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THE African Development Bank (AfDB) said it has lodged a formal complaint with the Ethiopian authorities after two of its staff members were arrested, assaulted and detained by the country's security forces. Calling it a "very serious diplomatic incident", the AfDB said two staff members on October 31 were "unlawfully arrested, physically assaulted, and detained for many hours by elements of the security forces without any official explanation." An AfDB statement said the Ethiopian government had extended its support to the bank and has promised a speedy investigation into the incident. The bank's operations in the east African country have…

Oct

2023

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More than 100 detained in Egypt after pro-Palestinian protests

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AT least 100 people were arrested in Egypt after taking part in pro-Palestinian demonstrations late last week, though some have subsequently been released, lawyers working on the cases said. State-approved protests against Israel's military campaign in the Gaza Strip were held at several locations in Cairo and elsewhere in Egypt on Friday. However, some protesters in Cairo walked to Tahrir Square - the centre of Egypt's 2011 uprising - which was not among the sites approved for the pro-Palestinian demonstration. The protesters were quickly dispersed by security personnel. Unauthorised public protests are banned in Egypt, and Tahrir Square, which was redesigned several…

Oct

2023

By The African Mirror

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in the Netherlands

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A former Rwandan military official who is suspected of having played a key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was arrested in the Netherlands, Dutch prosecutors said. Pierre-Claver Karangwa, 67, was detained in a Dutch investigation into his role in the genocide, which prosecutors started after the Dutch Supreme Court in June this year said he could not be extradited to Rwanda out of fear of an unfair trial. Rwanda has accused Karangwa of playing a key role in the massacre of nearly 30,000 Tutsis in Mugina parish near the Rwandan capital Kigali in April 1994 and had asked for his extradition…

Jun

2023

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Japanese soldier arrested after fatal gun-range shooting – defence ministry

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JAPANESE police arrested an 18-year-old soldier after he shot and killed two instructors and injured a third at a military firing range in central Japan, the country's defence ministry said. The incident at about 9 a.m (24:00 GMT) in Gifu City was the first such fatal shooting at a Ground Self Defense Force (GSDF) firing range since 1984, GSDF Chief of Staff General Yasunori Morishita told reporters. The three instructors, which public broadcaster NHK said included a man in his 50s and two in their 20s, were taken to hospital where two died, Morishita said. The alleged shooter, who is…

Jun

2023

By PHIL NOBLE and SACHIN RAVIKUMAR

UK police arrest murder suspect after three bodies found on Nottingham streets

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BRITISH police said a man had been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were found dead on the street in the central English city of Nottingham and three were injured after an attempt to run them over with a van. Detectives said they had an open mind about the motive for the linked incidents, which began just after 4 a.m. (0300 GMT), and added that counter-terrorism officers were working on the investigation, although they said this was normal. Two of those killed were students from one of the city's universities. A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion…

May

2023

By BART H. MEIJER and WENDELL ROELF

Rwandan genocide suspect arrested in South Africa, to face extradition hearing

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A Rwandan man accused of ordering the killing of some 2,000 Tutsis who were seeking refuge in a church during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in South Africa, a U.N. war crimes tribunal and South African police said. Former police officer Fulgence Kayishema had been on the run since 2001 when the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) indicted him for genocide over his role in the destruction of the Nyange Catholic Church in Kibuye Prefecture. "His arrest ensures that he will finally face justice for his alleged crimes," said Serge Brammertz, prosecutor at the International Residual Mechanism for…

May

2023

By The African Mirror

Mick Jagger’s daughter Jade arrested in Ibiza

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JADE Jagger, the daughter of Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, has been arrested on the Spanish island of Ibiza for attacking police officers, a police source said on Thursday without providing further details. The 51-year-old jewellery designer had been staying at a hotel on the popular party island since at least May 11, according to her Instagram account. She was arrested on Wednesday along with a man following an altercation at a restaurant in the island's capital Ibiza Town, Spain's largest newspaper El Pais reported, citing witnesses. The man became aggressive with waiters and the couple were thrown out, according…

May

2023

By The African Mirror

Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested, stirring nationwide violence

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ASIF SHAHZAD and GIBRAN NAIYYAR PESHIMAM PAKISTAN'S anti-corruption agency arrested former prime minister Imran Khan at Islamabad High Court, threatening fresh turmoil in the nuclear-armed country as clashes erupted between Khan supporters and police, killing at least one protester. Khan's arrest comes a day after the powerful military rebuked him for repeatedly accusing a senior military officer of trying to engineer his assassination and the former armed forces chief of being behind his removal from power last year. Dozens of paramilitary troops in riot-control gear surrounded Khan - Pakistan's most popular leader according to opinion polls - and led him into a…