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At least nine killed in strike on displacement camp in eastern Congo

At least nine killed in strike on displacement camp in eastern Congo

AT least nine people, including seven children, were killed in a strike at a displacement camp in the eastern Congolese city of Goma, a local official and a military spokesman said. It was not immediately clear what kind of explosive device was used or who was responsible for the attack. A two-year offensive by the Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 has moved closer to Goma in recent months, prompting thousands to seek refuge in the city from surrounding areas. The head of the Lac Vert district where the incident occurred, Dedesi Mitima, told Reuters he had seen the bodies of seven…
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US arrests man with explosive device in luggage at Pennsylvania airport

US arrests man with explosive device in luggage at Pennsylvania airport

KANISHKA SINGH A man was arrested and charged with attempting to place an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft after his bag triggered an alarm at Lehigh Valley International Airport in Pennsylvania, U.S. authorities said. The FBI said that Mark Muffley, 40, from Lansford, Pennsylvania, checked a suitcase on Monday for a flight that was heading to Sanford, Florida. The U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said one of its official located a suspicious item inside the suitcase that appeared to be a live explosive device. "FBI and local law enforcement bomb technicians determined that the item was indeed a…
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No explosive device aboard the Air France flight from Chad

No explosive device aboard the Air France flight from Chad

NO explosive device has been found aboard an Air France aeroplane that arrived from Chad escorted by the French army following an anonymous threat about the possible presence of such a device, Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin said in a tweet yesterday. "No explosive device has been found aboard the Air France Ndjamena-Paris plane, end of operation", Darmanin said. Air France said earlier in a statement that following the threat, Air France Flight AF865 from N'Djamena to Paris had been escorted by a French Air Force fighter plane and had landed at the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport.
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Explosive device kills 16 in northern Mali

Explosive device kills 16 in northern Mali

SIXTEEN civilians were killed and others injured in northern Mali when their vehicle struck an explosive device, an army spokesman said yesterday. The incident took place late on Wednesday near the city of Gao, a part of Mali where militants with ties to al Qaeda regularly attack civilians, Malian and French soldiers and U.N. peacekeepers, army spokesman Souleymane Dembele told Reuters. He did not say who responsible for laying the device and provided no further details about the incident. Mali has been wracked by Islamist violence since 2012 when jihadist groups hijacked an uprising by Tuareg separatists in the north.…
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