| {"text": "The Taliban killed more than 100 members of the Afghan security forces inside a military compound in central Maidan Wardak province on Monday , a senior defense official said . \" We have information that 126 people have been killed in the explosion inside the military training center , eight special commandoes are among the dead , \" said a senior official in the defense ministry in Kabul , speaking on condition of anonymity . The official said the assault began on Monday morning when the attackers rammed a car full explosives through a military checkpoint and detonated the vehicle inside the campus of the National Directorate of Security ( NDS ) forces training center in Maidan Shahr , the capital of Maidan Wardak province . Two gunmen entered the campus right after the explosion and shot at many Afghan soldiers before being gunned down during the clashes . Defense ministry officials said the Taliban had used U . S . - made armored Humvee vehicles captured from Afghan forces as a car bomb in order to breach the military fortifications . A second source residing in Maidan Wardak province said more than 100 members of National Directorate of Security ( NDS ) were killed in the complex attack . \" I have been in touch with the NDS official in the province and they told me that over 100 members of the NDS were killed in the big explosion , \" the former provincial official said . Sharif Hotak , a member of the provincial council in Maidan Wardak said he saw bodies of 35 Afghan forces in the hospital . \" Many more were killed . Several bodies were transported to Kabul city and many injured were transferred to hospitals in Kabul , \" said Hotak , adding that \" the government was hiding the accurate casualty figures to prevent a further dip in the morale of the Afghan forces . \" \" The explosion was very powerful . The whole building has collapsed , \" he said . Government officials in Maidan Wardak and Kabul declined to comment when asked if they were obscuring the death toll . Two senior officials in the interior ministry said the exact casualty figures were not being disclosed to prevent unrest within the armed forces .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Taliban representatives have met several times with U . S . officials in recent months , but last week threatened to suspend the fledgling process , lambasting Washington for changing the agenda of the talks and \" unilaterally \" adding new subjects . The insurgents have long refused to hold direct talks with the Kabul government -- despite U . S . pleas -- which the Taliban dismisses as a puppet of Washington . In recent years the Afghan government has stopped releasing detailed casualty figures . Last year Ghani has said 28 , 000 Afghan police officers and soldiers have been killed since 2015 , breaking the longstanding suppression on casualty data . Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack . Zabiullah Mujahid , a spokesman for the hardline terrorist group said they have killed 190 people in the complex attack . Last week , Taliban fighters set off a car bomb outside a highly fortified compound killing at least five people and wounding more than 110 Afghans and expatriates in the capital , Kabul . On Sunday , a suicide bombing in the southeastern province of Logar left eight policemen dead and another 10 wounded . The Taliban bombing targeted the provincial governor ' s convoy in Mohammad Agha district . The provincial governor and spy chief traveling in the convoy were unharmed . The Taliban have ramped up their attacks on security forces and government facilities in recent months , while Afghan and U . S . troops have increased operations against the militants ' field commanders . Military sources say around 35 members of the country ' s security forces are killed every day in attacks and clashes . This is while the U . S . is still considering a significant troop drawdown in Afghanistan . Around 14 , 000 U . S . troops are stationed in the country , coupled with around 7 , 500 troops from other allied nations , according to RAND , a U . S . government research organization . In a report on Sunday , RAND said that if the U . S . considers \" an early and complete or near - complete departure unrelated to a negotiated peace settlement , \" it could push Afghanistan into a civil war while the Taliban would expand their control throughout the country .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "The insurgents have long refused to hold direct talks with the Kabul government -- despite U . S . pleas -- which the Taliban dismisses as a puppet of Washington . In recent years the Afghan government has stopped releasing detailed casualty figures . Last year Ghani has said 28 , 000 Afghan police officers and soldiers have been killed since 2015 , breaking the longstanding suppression on casualty data . Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack . Zabiullah Mujahid , a spokesman for the hardline terrorist group said they have killed 190 people in the complex attack . Last week , Taliban fighters set off a car bomb outside a highly fortified compound killing at least five people and wounding more than 110 Afghans and expatriates in the capital , Kabul . On Sunday , a suicide bombing in the southeastern province of Logar left eight policemen dead and another 10 wounded . The Taliban bombing targeted the provincial governor ' s convoy in Mohammad Agha district . The provincial governor and spy chief traveling in the convoy were unharmed . The Taliban have ramped up their attacks on security forces and government facilities in recent months , while Afghan and U . S . troops have increased operations against the militants ' field commanders . Military sources say around 35 members of the country ' s security forces are killed every day in attacks and clashes . This is while the U . S . is still considering a significant troop drawdown in Afghanistan . Around 14 , 000 U . S . troops are stationed in the country , coupled with around 7 , 500 troops from other allied nations , according to RAND , a U . S . government research organization . In a report on Sunday , RAND said that if the U . S . considers \" an early and complete or near - complete departure unrelated to a negotiated peace settlement , \" it could push Afghanistan into a civil war while the Taliban would expand their control throughout the country . If the withdrawal does take place , RAND noted , \" the major advances that Afghans have achieved in democracy , press freedom , human rights , women ' s emancipation , literacy , longevity , and living standards will be rolled back throughout the country . \"", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "\" Following American acceptance of the agenda of ending the occupation of Afghanistan and preventing Afghanistan from being used against other countries in the future , talks with American representatives took place today in Doha , the capital of Qatar , \" Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement . Taliban representatives have met several times with U . S . officials in recent months , but last week threatened to suspend the fledgling process , lambasting Washington for changing the agenda of the talks and \" unilaterally \" adding new subjects . The insurgents have long refused to hold direct talks with the Kabul government -- despite U . S . pleas -- which the Taliban dismisses as a puppet of Washington . In recent years the Afghan government has stopped releasing detailed casualty figures . Last year Ghani has said 28 , 000 Afghan police officers and soldiers have been killed since 2015 , breaking the longstanding suppression on casualty data . Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility for the attack . Zabiullah Mujahid , a spokesman for the hardline terrorist group said they have killed 190 people in the complex attack . Last week , Taliban fighters set off a car bomb outside a highly fortified compound killing at least five people and wounding more than 110 Afghans and expatriates in the capital , Kabul . On Sunday , a suicide bombing in the southeastern province of Logar left eight policemen dead and another 10 wounded . The Taliban bombing targeted the provincial governor ' s convoy in Mohammad Agha district . The provincial governor and spy chief traveling in the convoy were unharmed . The Taliban have ramped up their attacks on security forces and government facilities in recent months , while Afghan and U . S . troops have increased operations against the militants ' field commanders . Military sources say around 35 members of the country ' s security forces are killed every day in attacks and clashes . This is while the U . S . is still considering a significant troop drawdown in Afghanistan . Around 14 , 000 U . S . troops are stationed in the country , coupled with around 7 , 500 troops from other allied nations , according to RAND , a U . S . government research organization .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "\" I have been told not to make the death toll figures public . It is frustrating to hide the facts , \" said a senior interior ministry official in Kabul . A senior NDS official in Kabul said at least 50 people were killed or wounded in the complex attack . Abdurrahman Mangal , spokesman for the provincial governor in Maidan Wardak said 12 people were killed and 12 were injured when the car bomb exploded near the Afghan special forces unit . President Ashraf Ghani ' s office in a statement said the \" enemies of the country \" had carried out an attack against NDS personnel in Maidan Shahr . \" They killed and wounded a number of our beloved and honest sons . \" Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoΔan condemned the attack on Monday evening and extended his condolences to Ghani . Meanwhile , the Taliban said it met with U . S . officials in Qatar on Monday , in the latest round of talks between the insurgents and Washington aimed at bringing an end to the 17 - year war . The U . S . has not officially commented on the reported meeting , which follows the last confirmed talks between the two parties in the UAE in December . \" Following American acceptance of the agenda of ending the occupation of Afghanistan and preventing Afghanistan from being used against other countries in the future , talks with American representatives took place today in Doha , the capital of Qatar , \" Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement . Taliban representatives have met several times with U . S . officials in recent months , but last week threatened to suspend the fledgling process , lambasting Washington for changing the agenda of the talks and \" unilaterally \" adding new subjects . The insurgents have long refused to hold direct talks with the Kabul government -- despite U . S . pleas -- which the Taliban dismisses as a puppet of Washington . In recent years the Afghan government has stopped releasing detailed casualty figures . Last year Ghani has said 28 , 000 Afghan police officers and soldiers have been killed since 2015 , breaking the longstanding suppression on casualty data .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "war", "arguments": []}]} | |
| {"text": "Moments before a federal judge sentenced him to death , Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev rose to his feet Wednesday and apologized to the victims and their loved ones for the first time . \" I pray for your relief , for your healing , ' ' he said . Amid deep silence in the courtroom , the 21 - year - old ethnic Chechen said , \" I am sorry for the lives that I ' ve taken , for the suffering that I ' ve caused you , for the damage that I ' ve done β irreparable damage . ' ' It was the first time Tsarnaev , who did not speak in his own defense at trial , had addressed the court . After Tsarnaev finished , U . S . District Judge George O ' Toole Jr . began to speak , with his voice breaking several times . He officially imposed the death sentence on Tsarnaev that jurors had recommended unanimously . In May , after a 12 - week trial , Tsarnaev was found guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 in the April 15 , 2013 , bombing at the world - renowned race , where he and his brother , Tamerlan , 26 , set off two pressure - cooker bombs near the finish line . Tsarnaev was also found guilty in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer three days later as he and his brother fled . Tamerlan was killed during the getaway . Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 terrorism and other charges against him . Of those , 17 carried the possibility of a death sentence . During the penalty phase of the judicial proceedings , prosecutors brushed off defense arguments that Tsarnaev was under the strong influence of his older , radicalized brother . Victims speak out Before the sentencing , a somber - looking Tsarnaev , wearing a dark sport jacket with a collared shirt and no tie , sat between his lawyers and listened as 24 people β some victims , some survivors β gave impact statements . They lashed out at him for his β cowardly β and β disgusting β acts , and several called upon him to apologize , trying to convince him that this would be his last chance to ask for forgiveness .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Tsarnaev , his chair turned toward the lectern from which the victims spoke , picked at his beard and gazed downward most of the time , only occasionally looking at the speakers . Patricia Campbell , the mother of Krystle Campbell , 29 , who was killed in the attack , was the first person to address the court . She looked across the room at Tsarnaev , seated about 20 feet away , and spoke directly to him . β What you did to my daughter is disgusting , β she said . β I don ' t know what to say to you . I think the jury did the right thing . β Krystle Campbell ' s best friend , Karen Rand McWatters , who lost a leg in the attack , said Tsarnaev \" can ' t possibly have had a soul to do such a horrible thing . β In a message he scrawled in the boat he was found hiding in , Tsarnaev said the attack was retaliation against the U . S . for its wars in Muslim countries . McWatters urged Tsarnaev to show remorse to discourage other jihadis from killing people in similar attacks . β You can save them from these cowardly acts if you really have an ounce of regret , β she said . Rebekah Gregory , a Texas woman who lost a leg in the bombing , defiantly told Tsarnaev she was not his victim . β While your intention was to destroy America , what you have really accomplished is actually quite the opposite β you ' ve unified us , β she said . \" We are Boston strong , we are America strong , and choosing to mess with us was a terrible idea . So how ' s that for your VICTIM impact statement ? β ' He is a leech ' Several victims condemned Tsarnaev for coming to the U . S . as an immigrant from Russia , enjoying the benefits of living here and then attacking American citizens . β He is a leech , abusing the privilege of American freedom , and he spit in the face of the American dream , β said Jennifer Rogers , an older sister of slain MIT Officer Sean Collier .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "In a message he scrawled in the boat he was found hiding in , Tsarnaev said the attack was retaliation against the U . S . for its wars in Muslim countries . McWatters urged Tsarnaev to show remorse to discourage other jihadis from killing people in similar attacks . β You can save them from these cowardly acts if you really have an ounce of regret , β she said . Rebekah Gregory , a Texas woman who lost a leg in the bombing , defiantly told Tsarnaev she was not his victim . β While your intention was to destroy America , what you have really accomplished is actually quite the opposite β you ' ve unified us , β she said . \" We are Boston strong , we are America strong , and choosing to mess with us was a terrible idea . So how ' s that for your VICTIM impact statement ? β ' He is a leech ' Several victims condemned Tsarnaev for coming to the U . S . as an immigrant from Russia , enjoying the benefits of living here and then attacking American citizens . β He is a leech , abusing the privilege of American freedom , and he spit in the face of the American dream , β said Jennifer Rogers , an older sister of slain MIT Officer Sean Collier . Bill Richard , whose 8 - year - old son , Martin , was the youngest person killed in the bombing , said Tsarnaev could have backed out of the plot and reported his brother to authorities . Instead , Richard said , β he chose hate . He chose destruction . He chose death . This is all on him . β Richard noted that his family would have preferred that Tsarnaev receive a life sentence so that he could have had β a lifetime to reconcile with himself what he did that day . β Richard said his family has chosen love , kindness and peace , adding : β That is what makes us different than him . β Fatima Tlisova of VOA ' s Russian service contributed to this report from Boston . Some information for this report came from Reuters and AP .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "The use of drones aligned with Obama β s ambition to keep up the war against al Qaeda while extricating the US military from intractable , costly ground wars in the Middle East and Asia . But the targeted killing programme has drawn much criticism . The Obama administration has insisted that drone strikes are so β exceptionally surgical and precise β that they pluck off terror suspects while not putting β innocent men , women and children in danger β . This claim has been contested by numerous human rights groups , however , and the Bureau β s figures on civilian casualties also demonstrate that this is often not the case . The White House released long - awaited figures last July on the number of people killed in drone strikes between January 2009 and the end of 2015 , an announcement which insiders said was a direct response to pressure from the Bureau and other organisations that collect data . However the US β s estimate of the number of civilians killed β between 64 and 116 β contrasted strongly with the number recorded by the Bureau , which at 380 to 801 was six times higher . That figure does not include deaths in active battlefields including Afghanistan β where US air attacks have shot up since Obama withdrew the majority of his troops at the end of 2014 . The country has since come under frequent US bombardment , in an unreported war that saw 1 , 337 weapons dropped last year alone β a 40 % rise on 2015 . Afghan civilian casualties have been high , with the United Nations ( UN ) reporting at least 85 deaths in 2016 . The Bureau recorded 65 to 105 civilian deaths during this period . We did not start collecting data on Afghanistan until 2015 . Pakistan was the hub of drone operations during Obama β s first term . The pace of attacks had accelerated in the second half of 2008 at the end of Bush β s term , after four years pocked by occasional strikes . However in the year after taking office , Obama ordered more drone strikes than Bush did during his entire presidency . The 54 strikes in 2009 all took place in Pakistan .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "On 27 August 1975 a Provisional IRA bomb exploded without warning at the Caterham Arms public house in Caterham , Surrey , England . There were no fatalities but 33 people were injured , some severely . Two off - duty soldiers lost their legs as a result of the bombing . == Background == In February 1975 the Provisional Irish Republican Army agreed to a truce and ceasefire with the British government and the Northern Ireland Office . Seven \" incident centres \" were established in Irish nationalist areas in Northern Ireland to monitor the ceasefire and the activity of the security forces . Before the truce , the IRA active service unit ( ASU ) later dubbed the Balcombe Street Gang ( due to the December 1975 Balcombe Street siege ) had been carrying out bomb and gun attacks in Southern England since autumn 1974 , mostly in and around London . Their last previous attack was an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Edward Heath but he was not home when the attackers threw a bomb into his bedroom window on 22 December 1974 . == The bombing == The Balcombe Street Gang planted a time bomb in the Caterham Arms public house in Caterham , Surrey . The IRA unit placed the 7lb bomb in a duffel bag under a seat . There was no warning and the bomb exploded at 9 : 20 , injuring 23 civilians and 10 off - duty soldiers . The pub was used by members of the Welsh Guards who were based at the barracks nearby . Some of the injuries were very serious , with at least three soldiers losing limbs . The blast blew the roof off the pub in the process . This attack marked the start of a renewed bombing campaign ( Phase Two ) in England and the end of the truce with the British Government . The next day , the same IRA unit exploded a bomb in Oxford Street , injuring several people . == Aftermath ==", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "In February 1975 the Provisional Irish Republican Army agreed to a truce and ceasefire with the British government and the Northern Ireland Office . Seven \" incident centres \" were established in Irish nationalist areas in Northern Ireland to monitor the ceasefire and the activity of the security forces . Before the truce , the IRA active service unit ( ASU ) later dubbed the Balcombe Street Gang ( due to the December 1975 Balcombe Street siege ) had been carrying out bomb and gun attacks in Southern England since autumn 1974 , mostly in and around London . Their last previous attack was an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Edward Heath but he was not home when the attackers threw a bomb into his bedroom window on 22 December 1974 . == The bombing == The Balcombe Street Gang planted a time bomb in the Caterham Arms public house in Caterham , Surrey . The IRA unit placed the 7lb bomb in a duffel bag under a seat . There was no warning and the bomb exploded at 9 : 20 , injuring 23 civilians and 10 off - duty soldiers . The pub was used by members of the Welsh Guards who were based at the barracks nearby . Some of the injuries were very serious , with at least three soldiers losing limbs . The blast blew the roof off the pub in the process . This attack marked the start of a renewed bombing campaign ( Phase Two ) in England and the end of the truce with the British Government . The next day , the same IRA unit exploded a bomb in Oxford Street , injuring several people . == Aftermath == One of the police officers in charge of the investigation into the bombing described it as a \" carbon copy \" of the Guildford pub bombings in October 1974 for which four people were already serving their sentences . The cell ' s campaign would continue until December 1975 when they were caught at the siege of Balcombe Street . The unit would eventually end up planting close to 50 bombs in London and elsewhere in southern England and carrying out several shootings which , along with the bombings , caused the deaths of nearly 20 people , injured hundreds and caused millions of pounds worth of damage to property .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "New York Gov . Andrew Cuomo ( D ) said Sunday that there is β no evidence of an international terrorism connection β in the explosion in Chelsea , though he stopped short of saying whoever caused the incident did not want to incite terror . AD β It depends on your definition of terrorism , β Cuomo said . β A bomb exploding in New York is obviously an act of terrorism , but it β s not linked to international terrorism . In other words , we find no ISIS connections . β AD He said later : β This is the nightmare scenario . β Not long after the blast , police said they had found another possible explosive device just blocks away . This device appeared to be similar to a pressure cooker and had wiring on it , according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation . Pressure cookers were used in the two bombs detonated at the Boston Marathon in 2013 . The bomb squad safely removed the second device , New York police tweeted early Sunday . Police officers , firefighters and other first responders had rushed to the scene of the blast , which closed a major roadway and forced people out of nearby buildings . New York Mayor Bill de Blasio ( D ) said Sunday that the explosion was β intentional , β but noted that few details were available because the investigation was in its early stages . β We know there was a bombing , β de Blasio said . β We know it was a very serious incident , but we have a lot more work to do to be able to say what kind of motivation was behind this . β AD AD He also echoed his comments from Saturday night that there was no specific , credible threat against New York from any terrorist group . The FBI and NYPD are trying to understand what motivation lay behind the blast . β We will look at individuals . We will look at associations . We will look at social media , β William Sweeney , Assistant Director in Charge of the FBI New York Field Office , said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "exploding", "arguments": [{"argument": "bomb", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}, {"argument": "New York", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Authorities have said they have not yet found anything connecting the Chelsea and New Jersey incidents but are continuing to investigate . On Sunday , Cuomo said the β bombs β in Chelsea β appear to be different β from those discovered earlier in the day in New Jersey , though the devices from both states were being shipped to the FBI lab in Quantico for further assessment . He said the devices in New Jersey were β pipe bombs , β and those in Chelsea were not . Cuomo said agents in New York were in touch with those in New Jersey . AD Cuomo said officials β have no reason to believe at this time that there is any further immediate threat , β though the National Guard and the New York State Police were deploying an additional 1 , 000 personnel to bus terminals , airports and subways β just to err on the side of caution . β AD Cuomo said the blast in Chelsea β caused significant property damage , β though he a nearby subway station was structurally safe . He said law enforcement would work diligently to identify and locate those responsible . β Whoever placed these bombs , we will find , and they will be brought to justice , β Cuomo said . The explosion in the area of 23rd Street between Sixth and Seventh avenues occurred about 8 : 30 p . m . police said . Several of those injured were brought to area hospitals , Donald , the police spokesman , posted on Twitter . AD All victims were treated and released by Sunday morning , Cuomo said . A spokeswoman for Lenox Health Greenwich Village , which treated nine of the victims , said patients were treated for minor injuries that included lacerations to the head and body . Other hospitals declined to provide specifics about the extent of patients β injuries from the explosion . AD Photos and accounts posted on social media Saturday night showed large crowds β as well as a large law enforcement presence β in the area near where the explosion occurred . Soleil Filomena , 64 , was leaving a convenience store at Seventh Avenue and 23rd Street when she heard the explosion . β It was so loud it just went through my whole body , β she said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "occurred", "arguments": [{"argument": "area", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "WASHINGTON β The threat from multiple homemade bombs detonated nearly simultaneously to kill or maim as many civilians as possible has been a hallmark of militant groups in recent years from Iraq to Israel and Afghanistan and Russia . But until Monday at the Boston Marathon finish line in Copley Square , such street - level bombings targeting sidewalk or marketplace crowds had not taken place on American soil . US law enforcement and intelligence officials across the country and overseas , scrambling to identify the source of the explosives , are now worried that the marathon sidewalk bombing could mark a new chapter in the struggle to secure the American homeland . Advertisement β We β ve seen this around the world , but what is so concerning about this is that it hadn β t happened here , not like this . Until yesterday , ββ said a senior homeland security official in Washington . The Boston bombs were packed into pressure cookers and hidden in backpacks or duffel bags , according to multiple press accounts citing unidentified sources , another similarity with some Mideast attacks using β improvised explosive devices , ββ or IEDs . One of the bombs used in a foiled attack in New York β s Times Square in 2010 was fashioned from a pressure cooker . A joint warning issued by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security in 2010 said pressure cookers has been used for bombs in multiple attacks in Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , and Nepal . Reports from medical staff at Boston hospitals who treated victims in the marathon attack indicate the bombs in this case were packed with BB β s , nails , and other projectiles intended to maximize human carnage . That contrasts with the large truck bombs that were used in Oklahoma City in 1995 and in the garage of the World Trade Center North Tower in 1993 , which were intended to inflict damage on buildings , as well as people . IED β s pack a much smaller punch , are cheaper , and easier to carry . They have been used in Iraq and Afghanistan with devastating effect on American troops in convoys of military vehicles . Advertisement", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombing", "arguments": [{"argument": "explosives", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}]}, {"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "attacks", "arguments": [{"argument": "Boston", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "explosive devices", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}, {"argument": "cookers", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}]}, {"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": [{"argument": "Times Square", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "New York", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "But until Monday at the Boston Marathon finish line in Copley Square , such street - level bombings targeting sidewalk or marketplace crowds had not taken place on American soil . US law enforcement and intelligence officials across the country and overseas , scrambling to identify the source of the explosives , are now worried that the marathon sidewalk bombing could mark a new chapter in the struggle to secure the American homeland . Advertisement β We β ve seen this around the world , but what is so concerning about this is that it hadn β t happened here , not like this . Until yesterday , ββ said a senior homeland security official in Washington . The Boston bombs were packed into pressure cookers and hidden in backpacks or duffel bags , according to multiple press accounts citing unidentified sources , another similarity with some Mideast attacks using β improvised explosive devices , ββ or IEDs . One of the bombs used in a foiled attack in New York β s Times Square in 2010 was fashioned from a pressure cooker . A joint warning issued by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security in 2010 said pressure cookers has been used for bombs in multiple attacks in Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , and Nepal . Reports from medical staff at Boston hospitals who treated victims in the marathon attack indicate the bombs in this case were packed with BB β s , nails , and other projectiles intended to maximize human carnage . That contrasts with the large truck bombs that were used in Oklahoma City in 1995 and in the garage of the World Trade Center North Tower in 1993 , which were intended to inflict damage on buildings , as well as people . IED β s pack a much smaller punch , are cheaper , and easier to carry . They have been used in Iraq and Afghanistan with devastating effect on American troops in convoys of military vehicles . Advertisement No one has taken responsibility for the twin bombings on Boylston Street that killed three people and injured more than 150 near the Boston marathon finish line .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "attacks", "arguments": [{"argument": "Pakistan", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "bombs", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}, {"argument": "India", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "pressure cookers", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "Nepal", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "Afghanistan", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "US law enforcement and intelligence officials across the country and overseas , scrambling to identify the source of the explosives , are now worried that the marathon sidewalk bombing could mark a new chapter in the struggle to secure the American homeland . Advertisement β We β ve seen this around the world , but what is so concerning about this is that it hadn β t happened here , not like this . Until yesterday , ββ said a senior homeland security official in Washington . The Boston bombs were packed into pressure cookers and hidden in backpacks or duffel bags , according to multiple press accounts citing unidentified sources , another similarity with some Mideast attacks using β improvised explosive devices , ββ or IEDs . One of the bombs used in a foiled attack in New York β s Times Square in 2010 was fashioned from a pressure cooker . A joint warning issued by the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security in 2010 said pressure cookers has been used for bombs in multiple attacks in Afghanistan , Pakistan , India , and Nepal . Reports from medical staff at Boston hospitals who treated victims in the marathon attack indicate the bombs in this case were packed with BB β s , nails , and other projectiles intended to maximize human carnage . That contrasts with the large truck bombs that were used in Oklahoma City in 1995 and in the garage of the World Trade Center North Tower in 1993 , which were intended to inflict damage on buildings , as well as people . IED β s pack a much smaller punch , are cheaper , and easier to carry . They have been used in Iraq and Afghanistan with devastating effect on American troops in convoys of military vehicles . Advertisement No one has taken responsibility for the twin bombings on Boylston Street that killed three people and injured more than 150 near the Boston marathon finish line . A senior US law enforcement official in Washington added that the fact that no group has taken responsibility has officials speculating that it might not be the work of a well - known international terrorist group like Al Qaeda , Hezbollah or one of its affiliates but a domestic group or individual inspired by the hallmark tactics of terrorist groups in recent years ,", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": [{"argument": "projectiles", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "BBβs", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "nails", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "bombs", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}, {"argument": "victims", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "That contrasts with the large truck bombs that were used in Oklahoma City in 1995 and in the garage of the World Trade Center North Tower in 1993 , which were intended to inflict damage on buildings , as well as people . IED β s pack a much smaller punch , are cheaper , and easier to carry . They have been used in Iraq and Afghanistan with devastating effect on American troops in convoys of military vehicles . Advertisement No one has taken responsibility for the twin bombings on Boylston Street that killed three people and injured more than 150 near the Boston marathon finish line . A senior US law enforcement official in Washington added that the fact that no group has taken responsibility has officials speculating that it might not be the work of a well - known international terrorist group like Al Qaeda , Hezbollah or one of its affiliates but a domestic group or individual inspired by the hallmark tactics of terrorist groups in recent years , The Pakistani Taliban also said in a statement it was not responsible for the attack , unlike the attempted car bombing in New York β s Times Square in 2010 that it claimed responsibility for . But officials in Washington have been warning about the possibility of so - called improvised explosive devises in recent weeks . In late february the White House established a new task force housed in the Department of Justice to apply the lessons learned from years of dealing with so - called improvised explosive devices β some large and powerful and others more limited in scope like the ones apparently set off on Boylston Street yesterday . β The threat from IED use is likely to remain high in the near future , and will continue to evolve in response to our abilities to counter them , ββ according to a new strategy approved by President Obama on February 26 . β A whole - of - government approach that integrates Federal , state , local , tribal , territorial , private sector , and global participation in counter - IED activities will best position the United States to discover plots to use IEDs in the United States , or against U . S . persons abroad , before those threats become imminent . ββ Advertisement", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": [{"argument": "Times Square", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "New York", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Accused New York City Bomber Pleads Not Guilty Accused New York bomber Ahmad Khan Rahimi pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that he set off an explosive device in September on a crowded city street , injuring 30 people . Wearing a dark blue jump suit , Rahimi , 28 , shuffled slowly into federal court in Manhattan and had several coughing fits during the brief hearing . He suffered serious injuries in a shootout with police two days after the bombing . He spoke only once , when U . S . District Judge Richard Berman asked him to confirm that he intended to plead not guilty to an eight - count indictment filed on Wednesday . \" Yes , sir , \" Rahimi said . Prosecutors have accused the Afghan - born U . S . citizen of setting off an explosion in Manhattan ' s Chelsea neighborhood on Sept . 17 . It did not kill anyone but hurt 30 people . The attack came hours after authorities say another pipe bomb planted by Rahimi went off along the course of a charity road race in New Jersey , although that detonation did not injure anyone . Federal prosecutors also say Rahimi left another bomb in Chelsea that did not go off and several explosive devices in a bag at a train station in Elizabeth , New Jersey . In addition to the New York indictment , Rahimi faces charges from federal and state prosecutors in New Jersey . He was captured after a manhunt that ended when police officers discovered him sleeping in the doorway of a bar in Linden , New Jersey . The confrontation left him with several gunshot wounds , delaying the filing of federal charges and forcing him to make his first court appearance in New Jersey from a hospital bed . Assistant U . S . Attorney Nicholas Lewin told Berman that prosecutors had compiled video clips showing Rahimi ' s movements on the day of the bombings , including leaving his house carrying bags , walking on West 23rd Street where the device went off and planting the second bomb on West 27th Street . He also said the government has records showing Rahimi purchased bomb components online and DNA evidence tying him to the bombs .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Wearing a dark blue jump suit , Rahimi , 28 , shuffled slowly into federal court in Manhattan and had several coughing fits during the brief hearing . He suffered serious injuries in a shootout with police two days after the bombing . He spoke only once , when U . S . District Judge Richard Berman asked him to confirm that he intended to plead not guilty to an eight - count indictment filed on Wednesday . \" Yes , sir , \" Rahimi said . Prosecutors have accused the Afghan - born U . S . citizen of setting off an explosion in Manhattan ' s Chelsea neighborhood on Sept . 17 . It did not kill anyone but hurt 30 people . The attack came hours after authorities say another pipe bomb planted by Rahimi went off along the course of a charity road race in New Jersey , although that detonation did not injure anyone . Federal prosecutors also say Rahimi left another bomb in Chelsea that did not go off and several explosive devices in a bag at a train station in Elizabeth , New Jersey . In addition to the New York indictment , Rahimi faces charges from federal and state prosecutors in New Jersey . He was captured after a manhunt that ended when police officers discovered him sleeping in the doorway of a bar in Linden , New Jersey . The confrontation left him with several gunshot wounds , delaying the filing of federal charges and forcing him to make his first court appearance in New Jersey from a hospital bed . Assistant U . S . Attorney Nicholas Lewin told Berman that prosecutors had compiled video clips showing Rahimi ' s movements on the day of the bombings , including leaving his house carrying bags , walking on West 23rd Street where the device went off and planting the second bomb on West 27th Street . He also said the government has records showing Rahimi purchased bomb components online and DNA evidence tying him to the bombs . Lewin asked Berman to consider a trial date in the \" late winter \" or \" early spring , \" saying the amount of evidence in the case is relatively limited . Berman scheduled court dates for Dec . 19 and Jan . 31 but has not set a trial date .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "go off", "arguments": [{"argument": "devices", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "He spoke only once , when U . S . District Judge Richard Berman asked him to confirm that he intended to plead not guilty to an eight - count indictment filed on Wednesday . \" Yes , sir , \" Rahimi said . Prosecutors have accused the Afghan - born U . S . citizen of setting off an explosion in Manhattan ' s Chelsea neighborhood on Sept . 17 . It did not kill anyone but hurt 30 people . The attack came hours after authorities say another pipe bomb planted by Rahimi went off along the course of a charity road race in New Jersey , although that detonation did not injure anyone . Federal prosecutors also say Rahimi left another bomb in Chelsea that did not go off and several explosive devices in a bag at a train station in Elizabeth , New Jersey . In addition to the New York indictment , Rahimi faces charges from federal and state prosecutors in New Jersey . He was captured after a manhunt that ended when police officers discovered him sleeping in the doorway of a bar in Linden , New Jersey . The confrontation left him with several gunshot wounds , delaying the filing of federal charges and forcing him to make his first court appearance in New Jersey from a hospital bed . Assistant U . S . Attorney Nicholas Lewin told Berman that prosecutors had compiled video clips showing Rahimi ' s movements on the day of the bombings , including leaving his house carrying bags , walking on West 23rd Street where the device went off and planting the second bomb on West 27th Street . He also said the government has records showing Rahimi purchased bomb components online and DNA evidence tying him to the bombs . Lewin asked Berman to consider a trial date in the \" late winter \" or \" early spring , \" saying the amount of evidence in the case is relatively limited . Berman scheduled court dates for Dec . 19 and Jan . 31 but has not set a trial date . Rahimi ' s court - appointed defense lawyers declined to comment after the hearing .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "U . S . investigators have questioned the parents of the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects in the Russian republic of Dagestan , as they try to determine what might have influenced their sons in the months before the April 15 attack . The American authorities , working with Russian security forces , interviewed both parents Tuesday night and called back the suspects ' mother , Zubeidat Tsarnaev , for more questioning on Wednesday . The investigators are particularly interested in any contacts the elder brother , Tamerlan Tsarnaev , might have had with Islamic extremists during a six - month visit to Dagestan and Chechnya last year . U . S . lawmakers discussed the same trip Tuesday as they raised concerns about the sharing of intelligence among federal law enforcement agencies . Senator Lindsey Graham said the FBI told him it was not aware at the time of Tamerlan Tsarnaev ' s trip to Russia . Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a shootout with police last Thursday , while his younger brother Dzhokhar was captured a day later . Meanwhile , in Boston , authorities on Wednesday reopened Boylston Street , the city thoroughfare where the explosions occurred near the finish line of the race . Later , several thousand people gathered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a memorial service for campus policeman Sean Collier , who authorities say the Tsarnaev brothers shot to death three days after the bombings . Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano told the Senate Intelligence Committee that her agency did know about Tamerlan ' s trip , but that an FBI alert on him had expired by the time he returned . The FBI had interviewed Tsarnaev in 2011 at Russia ' s request , but found nothing to connect him to terrorism at that time . The 19 - year - old Dzhokhar has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction . He is in federal custody in a Boston hospital . U . S . officials say Dzhokhar told them in preliminary interviews that he and his brother were partly motivated by the U . S . wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , but that they were self - radicalized and not connected to any terrorist network . The two suspects are Chechens who came to the United States as boys .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "explosions", "arguments": [{"argument": "Boylston Street", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "Dzhokhar", "role": "Attacker"}, {"argument": "Tamerlan Tsarnaev", "role": "Attacker"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "The American authorities , working with Russian security forces , interviewed both parents Tuesday night and called back the suspects ' mother , Zubeidat Tsarnaev , for more questioning on Wednesday . The investigators are particularly interested in any contacts the elder brother , Tamerlan Tsarnaev , might have had with Islamic extremists during a six - month visit to Dagestan and Chechnya last year . U . S . lawmakers discussed the same trip Tuesday as they raised concerns about the sharing of intelligence among federal law enforcement agencies . Senator Lindsey Graham said the FBI told him it was not aware at the time of Tamerlan Tsarnaev ' s trip to Russia . Tamerlan Tsarnaev died after a shootout with police last Thursday , while his younger brother Dzhokhar was captured a day later . Meanwhile , in Boston , authorities on Wednesday reopened Boylston Street , the city thoroughfare where the explosions occurred near the finish line of the race . Later , several thousand people gathered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for a memorial service for campus policeman Sean Collier , who authorities say the Tsarnaev brothers shot to death three days after the bombings . Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano told the Senate Intelligence Committee that her agency did know about Tamerlan ' s trip , but that an FBI alert on him had expired by the time he returned . The FBI had interviewed Tsarnaev in 2011 at Russia ' s request , but found nothing to connect him to terrorism at that time . The 19 - year - old Dzhokhar has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction . He is in federal custody in a Boston hospital . U . S . officials say Dzhokhar told them in preliminary interviews that he and his brother were partly motivated by the U . S . wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , but that they were self - radicalized and not connected to any terrorist network . The two suspects are Chechens who came to the United States as boys . The brothers allegedly set off two bombs alongside the Boston Marathon course , killing three people and injuring 264 . At least 14 of the wounded lost legs in the blasts .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "March 20 , 2013 Both brothers went to a firing range in Manchester , N . H . and rented two 9mm handguns , similar to the borrowed Ruger . March 30 , 2013 Tamerlan Tsarnaev also bought a screwdriver and soldering gun from Home Depot in Somerville , April 8 , 2013 Tamerlan bought remote - control car devices from RC Cars in Malden , which prosecutors say are related to the equipment needed by the Tsarnaevs to remotely trigger the bombs . April 13 , 2013 Tamerlan Tsarnaev purchases ammunition from a store in New Hampshire and sends $ 900 in cash through Moneygram to his and Dzhokhar β s mother , Zubeidat , through a location in Somerville . April 14 , 2013 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev opens a prepaid cellphone account under the name Jahar Tsarni . He would use this phone while at the Boston Marathon the next day . On the same day , Tamerlan Tsarnaev buys two backpacks at a Target in Watertown that were used to carry the bombs . Federal Public Defender Office April 15 , 2013 At about 2 : 50 p . m . , two homemade pressure - cooker bombs are detonated remotely by the Tsarnaevs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon , killing three and injuring some 260 others . Seventeen people lost limbs . April 15 , 2013 Less than a half hour after the bombs went off , Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was seen entering the Whole Foods at Prospect Street in Cambridge and looking over different milk products . He buys a carton of whole milk for $ 3 . 49 , then returns to parked car in the store lot . He enters the passenger side , suggesting another person , possibly Tamerlan Tsarnaev , was at the wheel . Within seconds , Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gets out of the car and exchanges his purchase for a different type of milk . April 26 , 2013 Days later , the FBI recovered a backpack belonging to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , which contained tubes of fireworks . In his dorm room , they also found a receipt for a BB gun , which was recovered from the Watertown shootout scene . US Department of Justice Patricia Wen can be reached at wen @ globe . com . Follow her on Twitter at @ GlobePatty .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "photo Β© 2001 corbis images all rights reserved web site copyright 1995 - 2014 WGBH educational foundation Hunting Bin Laden Osama bin Laden is charged with masterminding the 1998 bombings of two U . S . embassies in East Africa , believed to have had a role in the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden , and now is a prime suspect in the Sept . 11 , 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center and the bombing of the Pentagon . This report features reporting by a Pulitzer - Prize nominated team of New York Times reporters and FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman . Tracing the trail of evidence linking bin Laden to terrorist attacks , this updated report includes interviews with Times reporters Judith Miller and James Risen and former CIA official Larry Johnson . They discuss the terrorist attacks which are linked , or are likely linked , to bin Laden ' s complex network of terrorists , outline the elements of his international organization and details of its alliances and tactics , and address the challenges confronting U . S . intelligence in trying to crack it .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombings", "arguments": [{"argument": "East Africa", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "Osama bin Laden", "role": "Attacker"}, {"argument": "embassies", "role": "Target"}]}, {"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombing", "arguments": [{"argument": "Pentagon", "role": "Target"}]}, {"event_type": "Attack", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": [{"argument": "port", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "USS Cole", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "Osama bin Laden", "role": "Attacker"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "On 17 September 2019 , two suicide bombings killed over 48 people in Charikar and Kabul , Afghanistan . The first attack occurred at a rally for president Ashraf Ghani which killed over 26 and wounded over 42 . Ghani was unharmed in the incident . The second bombing occurred in Kabul near the US embassy . In this incident 22 were killed and another 38 were injured in the explosion . Children and women are among the dead and wounded in both attacks , also multiple soldiers were killed . The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks , and said they will commit more attacks to discourage people from voting in the upcoming presidential elections . == Attacks == === Charikar === The attack took place in Charikar , at a police training ground . At the time , Afghan president Ashraf Ghani was holding a political rally at the site , attended by thousands of people . A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle drove into a crowd near a security checkpoint and detonated his explosives . 26 people and the bomber were killed , and 42 others injured . Women and children were among the victims of the attack . President Ghani was unharmed in the attack , remaining protected by a secure compound about half a mile from the site of the blast . === Kabul === A few hours after the first attack , a second suicide bombing took place in Massoud Square near the Kabul Green Zone , in an area where several government buildings , the US embassy and NATO headquarters , are located . 22 people were killed in this attack and 38 injured . == Responsibility == The Taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks , and stated that the attacks were aimed at disrupting the Afghan presidential election , scheduled to take place on September 28 . == References ==", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Thai Authorities Indict 2 Over August Shrine Attack A Bangkok military court has indicted two men accused of carrying out the August 17 bombing at a popular shrine that killed 20 people . The court on Tuesday indicted Bilal Mohammed and Mieraili Yusufu on 10 counts connected to the blast , including conspiracy to explode bombs and commit premeditated murder . Thailand authorities have not officially named the bombing of Erawan Shrine an act of terror , and accordingly neither suspect was charged specifically with terrorism . Police issued 17 arrest warrants following the bombing but only Bilal and Mieraili have been detained . They are described as ethnic Uighurs , a minority group based in China ' s Xinjiang region . They have been held in custody since their arrests in late August and early September . Thai officials have said the blast was carried out by a people - smuggling gang seeking revenge on Thai authorities for cracking down on their operation . The August 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine - a popular tourist destination - was one of the most deadly acts of violence in Bangkok in decades , and left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured . Of the dead , 14 were tourists . The attack shocked the residents of the capital because of the apparent randomness , which drove home the point that no place is immune to acts of terror . Authorities , however , have declined to call it an act of terrorism out of apparent fear that it would hurt the country ' s huge tourism industry . Police initially appeared at first to be at a loss , but soon claimed success with a series of raids and two arrests . Arrest warrants have been issued for 15 others . The two suspects were brought to the court in handcuffs wearing brown prison garb . Members of the media were not allowed to enter the court and the indictments took place before the two suspects arrived , said defense lawyer Chuchart Kanpai . Doubts about motive", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "The court on Tuesday indicted Bilal Mohammed and Mieraili Yusufu on 10 counts connected to the blast , including conspiracy to explode bombs and commit premeditated murder . Thailand authorities have not officially named the bombing of Erawan Shrine an act of terror , and accordingly neither suspect was charged specifically with terrorism . Police issued 17 arrest warrants following the bombing but only Bilal and Mieraili have been detained . They are described as ethnic Uighurs , a minority group based in China ' s Xinjiang region . They have been held in custody since their arrests in late August and early September . Thai officials have said the blast was carried out by a people - smuggling gang seeking revenge on Thai authorities for cracking down on their operation . The August 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine - a popular tourist destination - was one of the most deadly acts of violence in Bangkok in decades , and left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured . Of the dead , 14 were tourists . The attack shocked the residents of the capital because of the apparent randomness , which drove home the point that no place is immune to acts of terror . Authorities , however , have declined to call it an act of terrorism out of apparent fear that it would hurt the country ' s huge tourism industry . Police initially appeared at first to be at a loss , but soon claimed success with a series of raids and two arrests . Arrest warrants have been issued for 15 others . The two suspects were brought to the court in handcuffs wearing brown prison garb . Members of the media were not allowed to enter the court and the indictments took place before the two suspects arrived , said defense lawyer Chuchart Kanpai . Doubts about motive Early speculation about the bombing had suggested it might be the work of Uighur separatists who were angry that Thailand in July forcibly repatriated more than 100 Uighurs to China , where it is feared they face persecution . The theory was bolstered by the fact that the Erawan Shrine is popular among Chinese tourists , who figured prominently among the victims of the bombing .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": []}]} | |
| {"text": "The August 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine - a popular tourist destination - was one of the most deadly acts of violence in Bangkok in decades , and left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured . Of the dead , 14 were tourists . The attack shocked the residents of the capital because of the apparent randomness , which drove home the point that no place is immune to acts of terror . Authorities , however , have declined to call it an act of terrorism out of apparent fear that it would hurt the country ' s huge tourism industry . Police initially appeared at first to be at a loss , but soon claimed success with a series of raids and two arrests . Arrest warrants have been issued for 15 others . The two suspects were brought to the court in handcuffs wearing brown prison garb . Members of the media were not allowed to enter the court and the indictments took place before the two suspects arrived , said defense lawyer Chuchart Kanpai . Doubts about motive Early speculation about the bombing had suggested it might be the work of Uighur separatists who were angry that Thailand in July forcibly repatriated more than 100 Uighurs to China , where it is feared they face persecution . The theory was bolstered by the fact that the Erawan Shrine is popular among Chinese tourists , who figured prominently among the victims of the bombing . But Thai officials reject any political or religious motive , sticking to the theory that it was a revenge for disrupting a human - smuggling gang . Still , skepticism about the police explanation on the shrine attack has abounded because of leaks , contradictions , misstatements and secrecy surrounding the investigation . The two suspects are being tried at a military court on an army base in Bangkok because cases of β national security β have been handled by the military since last May , when the army seized power in a coup from an elected government . Former National Police Chief Somyot Poomphanmuang said before his retirement in September that the case against the two suspects was supported by closed - circuit television footage , witnesses , DNA matching and physical evidence , in addition to their confessions .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombing", "arguments": [{"argument": "victims", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Police initially appeared at first to be at a loss , but soon claimed success with a series of raids and two arrests . Arrest warrants have been issued for 15 others . The two suspects were brought to the court in handcuffs wearing brown prison garb . Members of the media were not allowed to enter the court and the indictments took place before the two suspects arrived , said defense lawyer Chuchart Kanpai . Doubts about motive Early speculation about the bombing had suggested it might be the work of Uighur separatists who were angry that Thailand in July forcibly repatriated more than 100 Uighurs to China , where it is feared they face persecution . The theory was bolstered by the fact that the Erawan Shrine is popular among Chinese tourists , who figured prominently among the victims of the bombing . But Thai officials reject any political or religious motive , sticking to the theory that it was a revenge for disrupting a human - smuggling gang . Still , skepticism about the police explanation on the shrine attack has abounded because of leaks , contradictions , misstatements and secrecy surrounding the investigation . The two suspects are being tried at a military court on an army base in Bangkok because cases of β national security β have been handled by the military since last May , when the army seized power in a coup from an elected government . Former National Police Chief Somyot Poomphanmuang said before his retirement in September that the case against the two suspects was supported by closed - circuit television footage , witnesses , DNA matching and physical evidence , in addition to their confessions . Security camera footage from the Erawan Shrine showed a man wearing a yellow T - shirt who sat down on a bench at the outdoor shrine , took off a black backpack and then left it behind as he stood up and walked away . Time stamps on closed circuit TV footage showed he left the shrine just minutes before the blast occurred , during evening rush hour as the area in central Bangkok was filled with people . Police believe that Bilal is the yellow - shirted man who planted the bomb and Yusufu is believed to have detonated the bomb .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": [{"argument": "shrine", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Early speculation about the bombing had suggested it might be the work of Uighur separatists who were angry that Thailand in July forcibly repatriated more than 100 Uighurs to China , where it is feared they face persecution . The theory was bolstered by the fact that the Erawan Shrine is popular among Chinese tourists , who figured prominently among the victims of the bombing . But Thai officials reject any political or religious motive , sticking to the theory that it was a revenge for disrupting a human - smuggling gang . Still , skepticism about the police explanation on the shrine attack has abounded because of leaks , contradictions , misstatements and secrecy surrounding the investigation . The two suspects are being tried at a military court on an army base in Bangkok because cases of β national security β have been handled by the military since last May , when the army seized power in a coup from an elected government . Former National Police Chief Somyot Poomphanmuang said before his retirement in September that the case against the two suspects was supported by closed - circuit television footage , witnesses , DNA matching and physical evidence , in addition to their confessions . Security camera footage from the Erawan Shrine showed a man wearing a yellow T - shirt who sat down on a bench at the outdoor shrine , took off a black backpack and then left it behind as he stood up and walked away . Time stamps on closed circuit TV footage showed he left the shrine just minutes before the blast occurred , during evening rush hour as the area in central Bangkok was filled with people . Police believe that Bilal is the yellow - shirted man who planted the bomb and Yusufu is believed to have detonated the bomb . Bilal , was initially identified as Adem Karadag , which was the name on a fake Turkish passport in his possession when he was arrested Aug . 29 . He was arrested at one of two apartments police raided on the outskirts of Bangkok . Yusufu was arrested Sept . 1 near the Thai - Cambodia border , carrying a Chinese passport indicating he was from Xinjiang . Police said his DNA and fingerprints were found in both raided apartments , including on a container of gunpowder .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "blast", "arguments": []}]} | |
| {"text": "But Thai officials reject any political or religious motive , sticking to the theory that it was a revenge for disrupting a human - smuggling gang . Still , skepticism about the police explanation on the shrine attack has abounded because of leaks , contradictions , misstatements and secrecy surrounding the investigation . The two suspects are being tried at a military court on an army base in Bangkok because cases of β national security β have been handled by the military since last May , when the army seized power in a coup from an elected government . Former National Police Chief Somyot Poomphanmuang said before his retirement in September that the case against the two suspects was supported by closed - circuit television footage , witnesses , DNA matching and physical evidence , in addition to their confessions . Security camera footage from the Erawan Shrine showed a man wearing a yellow T - shirt who sat down on a bench at the outdoor shrine , took off a black backpack and then left it behind as he stood up and walked away . Time stamps on closed circuit TV footage showed he left the shrine just minutes before the blast occurred , during evening rush hour as the area in central Bangkok was filled with people . Police believe that Bilal is the yellow - shirted man who planted the bomb and Yusufu is believed to have detonated the bomb . Bilal , was initially identified as Adem Karadag , which was the name on a fake Turkish passport in his possession when he was arrested Aug . 29 . He was arrested at one of two apartments police raided on the outskirts of Bangkok . Yusufu was arrested Sept . 1 near the Thai - Cambodia border , carrying a Chinese passport indicating he was from Xinjiang . Police said his DNA and fingerprints were found in both raided apartments , including on a container of gunpowder . Police said they have confessions from the two , and Bilal ' s lawyer says his client admitted planting the deadly bomb at the behest of another suspect who remains a fugitive . He says Bilal was induced to carry out the action by a promise that his emigration to Turkey would be expedited . Some material for this report came from AP .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "detonated", "arguments": [{"argument": "Yusufu", "role": "Attacker"}, {"argument": "bomb", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Analysis backs claim drones were used to attack Venezuela β s president Analysis of open source information carried out by the investigative website Bellingcat suggests drones that had been repurposed as flying bombs were indeed used in an attack on the president of Venezuela this weekend . The Venezuelan government claimed three days ago that an attempt had been made to assassinate President NicolΓ‘s Maduro using two drones loaded with explosives . The president had been giving a speech which was being broadcast live on television when the incident occurred . Initial video from a state - owned television network showed the reaction of Maduro , those around him and a parade of soldiers at the event to what appeared to be two blasts somewhere off camera . But the footage did not include shots of any drones or explosions . AP also reported that firefighters at scene had shed doubt on the drone attack claim β suggesting there had instead been a gas explosion in a nearby flat . Since then more footage has emerged , including videos purporting to show a drone exploding and a drone tumbling alongside a building . Bellingcat has carried out an analysis of publicly available information related to the attack , including syncing timings of the state broadcast of Maduro β s speech , and using frame - by - frame analysis combined with photos and satellite imagery of Caracas to try to pinpoint locations of additional footage that has emerged to determine whether the drone attack claim stands up . The Venezuelan government has claimed the drones used were DJI Matrice 600s , each carrying approximately 1kg of C4 plastic explosive and , when detonated , capable of causing damage at a radius of around 50 meters . DJI Matrice 600 drones are a commercial model , normally used for industrial work β with a U . S . price tag of around $ 5 , 000 apiece , suggesting the attack could have cost little over $ 10k to carry out β with 1kg of plastic explosive available commercially ( for demolition purposes ) at a cost of around $ 30 . Bellingcat says its analysis supports the government β s claim that the drone model used was a DJI Matrice 600 , noting that the drones involved in the event each had six rotors .", "event": [{"event_type": "Attack", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": [{"argument": "drones", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "president", "role": "Target"}]}, {"event_type": "Attack", "event_trigger": "attempt", "arguments": [{"argument": "explosives", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "drones", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "NicolΓ‘s Maduro", "role": "Target"}]}, {"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": [{"argument": "Venezuela", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "drones", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "bombs", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "president", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "The Venezuelan government has claimed the drones used were DJI Matrice 600s , each carrying approximately 1kg of C4 plastic explosive and , when detonated , capable of causing damage at a radius of around 50 meters . DJI Matrice 600 drones are a commercial model , normally used for industrial work β with a U . S . price tag of around $ 5 , 000 apiece , suggesting the attack could have cost little over $ 10k to carry out β with 1kg of plastic explosive available commercially ( for demolition purposes ) at a cost of around $ 30 . Bellingcat says its analysis supports the government β s claim that the drone model used was a DJI Matrice 600 , noting that the drones involved in the event each had six rotors . It also points to a photo of drone wreckage which appears to show the distinctive silver rotor tip of the model , although it also notes the drones appear to have had their legs removed . Venezuela β s interior minister , Nestor Reverol , also claimed the government thwarted the attack using \" special techniques and [ radio ] signal inhibitors \" , which \" disoriented \" the drone that detonated closest to the presidential stand β a capability Bellingcat notes the Venezuelan security services are reported to have . The second drone was said by Reverol to have \" lost control \" and crashed into a nearby building . Bellingcat says it is possible to geolocate the video of the falling drone to the same location as the fire in the apartment that firefighters had claimed was caused by a gas canister explosion . It adds that images taken of this location during the fire show a hole in the wall of the apartment in the vicinity of where the drone would have crashed . \" It is a very likely possibility that the downed drone subsequently detonated , creating the hole in the wall of this apartment , igniting a fire , and causing the sound of the second explosion which can be heard in Video 2 [ of the state TV broadcast of Maduro β s speech ] , \" it further suggests . Here β s its conclusion :", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "detonated", "arguments": [{"argument": "stand", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "The second drone was said by Reverol to have \" lost control \" and crashed into a nearby building . Bellingcat says it is possible to geolocate the video of the falling drone to the same location as the fire in the apartment that firefighters had claimed was caused by a gas canister explosion . It adds that images taken of this location during the fire show a hole in the wall of the apartment in the vicinity of where the drone would have crashed . \" It is a very likely possibility that the downed drone subsequently detonated , creating the hole in the wall of this apartment , igniting a fire , and causing the sound of the second explosion which can be heard in Video 2 [ of the state TV broadcast of Maduro β s speech ] , \" it further suggests . Here β s its conclusion : From the open sources of information available , it appears that an attack took place using two DBIEDs while Maduro was giving a speech . Both the drones appear visually similar to DJI Matrice 600s , with at least one displaying features that are consistent with this model . These drones appear to have been loaded with explosive and flown towards the parade . The first drone detonated somewhere above or near the parade , the most likely cause of the casualties announced by the Venezuelan government and pictured on social media . The second drone crashed and exploded approximately 14 seconds later and 400 meters away from the stage , and is the most likely cause of the fire which the Venezuelan firefighters described . It also considers the claim of attribution by a group on social media , calling itself \" Soldados de Franelas \" ( aka β T - Shirt Soldiers β β a reference to a technique used by protestors wrapping a t - shirt around their head to cover their face and protect their identity ) , suggesting it β s not clear from the group β s Twitter messages that they are \" unequivocally claiming responsibility for the event \" , owing to use of passive language , and to a claim that the drones were shot down by government snipers β which it says \" does not appear to be supported by the open source information available \" .", "event": [{"event_type": "Attack", "event_trigger": "attack", "arguments": [{"argument": "DBIEDs", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "Maduro", "role": "Target"}]}, {"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "detonated", "arguments": [{"argument": "somewhere", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "drone", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Bellingcat says its analysis supports the government β s claim that the drone model used was a DJI Matrice 600 , noting that the drones involved in the event each had six rotors . It also points to a photo of drone wreckage which appears to show the distinctive silver rotor tip of the model , although it also notes the drones appear to have had their legs removed . Venezuela β s interior minister , Nestor Reverol , also claimed the government thwarted the attack using \" special techniques and [ radio ] signal inhibitors \" , which \" disoriented \" the drone that detonated closest to the presidential stand β a capability Bellingcat notes the Venezuelan security services are reported to have . The second drone was said by Reverol to have \" lost control \" and crashed into a nearby building . Bellingcat says it is possible to geolocate the video of the falling drone to the same location as the fire in the apartment that firefighters had claimed was caused by a gas canister explosion . It adds that images taken of this location during the fire show a hole in the wall of the apartment in the vicinity of where the drone would have crashed . \" It is a very likely possibility that the downed drone subsequently detonated , creating the hole in the wall of this apartment , igniting a fire , and causing the sound of the second explosion which can be heard in Video 2 [ of the state TV broadcast of Maduro β s speech ] , \" it further suggests . Here β s its conclusion : From the open sources of information available , it appears that an attack took place using two DBIEDs while Maduro was giving a speech . Both the drones appear visually similar to DJI Matrice 600s , with at least one displaying features that are consistent with this model . These drones appear to have been loaded with explosive and flown towards the parade . The first drone detonated somewhere above or near the parade , the most likely cause of the casualties announced by the Venezuelan government and pictured on social media .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "detonated", "arguments": [{"argument": "apartment", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "drone", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "A wave of attacks across Iraq on Monday killed 107 people in the country ' s deadliest day in more than two years after al - Qaida warned it would mount new attacks and sought to retake territory . Officials said at least 214 people were wounded in 27 different attacks launched in 18 cities , shattering a relative calm which had held in the lead - up to the start on Saturday of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan . In Monday ' s deadliest attack -- a string of roadside bombs and a car bomb followed by a suicide attack targeting emergency responders in the town of Taji -- at least 42 people were killed and 40 wounded , according to two medical officials . \" I heard explosions in the distance so I left my house and I saw a car outside , \" said 40 - year - old Taji resident Abu Mohammed , who added that police inspectors concluded the vehicle was a car bomb . \" We asked the neighbors to leave their houses , but when they were leaving , the bomb went off . \" Abu Mohammed said he witnessed the deaths of an elderly woman carrying a newborn baby and of the policeman who had first concluded the car was packed with explosives . An Agence France Presse reporter at the scene said a row of houses were completely destroyed , and residents were rummaging through the rubble in search of victims and their belongings . In Baghdad , meanwhile , a car bomb outside a government office responsible for producing identity papers in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City killed at least 12 people and wounded 22 others , security and medical officials said . \" This attack is a terrible crime against humanity , because they did it during Ramadan , while people are fasting , \" said one elderly witness who declined to be identified . An AFP journalist said eight nearby cars were badly burned and many of the victims of the 9 : 30 am ( 0630 GMT ) attack could not be identified because their papers were inside the offices that were targeted .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Officials said at least 214 people were wounded in 27 different attacks launched in 18 cities , shattering a relative calm which had held in the lead - up to the start on Saturday of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan . In Monday ' s deadliest attack -- a string of roadside bombs and a car bomb followed by a suicide attack targeting emergency responders in the town of Taji -- at least 42 people were killed and 40 wounded , according to two medical officials . \" I heard explosions in the distance so I left my house and I saw a car outside , \" said 40 - year - old Taji resident Abu Mohammed , who added that police inspectors concluded the vehicle was a car bomb . \" We asked the neighbors to leave their houses , but when they were leaving , the bomb went off . \" Abu Mohammed said he witnessed the deaths of an elderly woman carrying a newborn baby and of the policeman who had first concluded the car was packed with explosives . An Agence France Presse reporter at the scene said a row of houses were completely destroyed , and residents were rummaging through the rubble in search of victims and their belongings . In Baghdad , meanwhile , a car bomb outside a government office responsible for producing identity papers in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City killed at least 12 people and wounded 22 others , security and medical officials said . \" This attack is a terrible crime against humanity , because they did it during Ramadan , while people are fasting , \" said one elderly witness who declined to be identified . An AFP journalist said eight nearby cars were badly burned and many of the victims of the 9 : 30 am ( 0630 GMT ) attack could not be identified because their papers were inside the offices that were targeted . Two other explosions in the Baghdad neighborhoods of Husseiniyah and Yarmouk killed at least four people and left 24 others wounded , while a car bomb in the town of Tarmiyah , just north of Baghdad , hurt nine people , officials said .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "destroyed", "arguments": [{"argument": "victims", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "houses", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "\" We asked the neighbors to leave their houses , but when they were leaving , the bomb went off . \" Abu Mohammed said he witnessed the deaths of an elderly woman carrying a newborn baby and of the policeman who had first concluded the car was packed with explosives . An Agence France Presse reporter at the scene said a row of houses were completely destroyed , and residents were rummaging through the rubble in search of victims and their belongings . In Baghdad , meanwhile , a car bomb outside a government office responsible for producing identity papers in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City killed at least 12 people and wounded 22 others , security and medical officials said . \" This attack is a terrible crime against humanity , because they did it during Ramadan , while people are fasting , \" said one elderly witness who declined to be identified . An AFP journalist said eight nearby cars were badly burned and many of the victims of the 9 : 30 am ( 0630 GMT ) attack could not be identified because their papers were inside the offices that were targeted . Two other explosions in the Baghdad neighborhoods of Husseiniyah and Yarmouk killed at least four people and left 24 others wounded , while a car bomb in the town of Tarmiyah , just north of Baghdad , hurt nine people , officials said . Checkpoint shootings and bomb blasts in restive ethnically - mixed Diyala province killed 11 people and left 40 others wounded , security officials and doctor Ahmed Ibrahim from the main hospital in provincial capital Baquba said . Insurgents also launched attacks on a military base near the town of Dhuluiyah , killing at least 15 Iraqi soldiers and leaving two others wounded , according to two security officials . Two other attacks in the same province -- a shooting at a checkpoint and a car bomb near a Shiite mosque -- left three people dead and six wounded , officials said . Nine bomb blasts , some of them minutes apart , meanwhile killed seven people and wounded 29 in Kirkuk city and the eponymous province ' s towns of Dibis and Tuz Khurmatu .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "explosions", "arguments": [{"argument": "Baghdad", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "Husseiniyah", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "people", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "Tarmiyah", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "Yarmouk", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "others", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "bomb", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "An Agence France Presse reporter at the scene said a row of houses were completely destroyed , and residents were rummaging through the rubble in search of victims and their belongings . In Baghdad , meanwhile , a car bomb outside a government office responsible for producing identity papers in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City killed at least 12 people and wounded 22 others , security and medical officials said . \" This attack is a terrible crime against humanity , because they did it during Ramadan , while people are fasting , \" said one elderly witness who declined to be identified . An AFP journalist said eight nearby cars were badly burned and many of the victims of the 9 : 30 am ( 0630 GMT ) attack could not be identified because their papers were inside the offices that were targeted . Two other explosions in the Baghdad neighborhoods of Husseiniyah and Yarmouk killed at least four people and left 24 others wounded , while a car bomb in the town of Tarmiyah , just north of Baghdad , hurt nine people , officials said . Checkpoint shootings and bomb blasts in restive ethnically - mixed Diyala province killed 11 people and left 40 others wounded , security officials and doctor Ahmed Ibrahim from the main hospital in provincial capital Baquba said . Insurgents also launched attacks on a military base near the town of Dhuluiyah , killing at least 15 Iraqi soldiers and leaving two others wounded , according to two security officials . Two other attacks in the same province -- a shooting at a checkpoint and a car bomb near a Shiite mosque -- left three people dead and six wounded , officials said . Nine bomb blasts , some of them minutes apart , meanwhile killed seven people and wounded 29 in Kirkuk city and the eponymous province ' s towns of Dibis and Tuz Khurmatu . Three different attacks -- a car bomb , a roadside blast and a shooting -- in the main northern city of Mosul and the nearby town of Baaj left nine people dead and seven wounded , according to Iraqi army First Lieutenant Waad Mohammed and police Lieutenant Mohammed al - Juburi .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "blasts", "arguments": [{"argument": "others", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "bomb", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}, {"argument": "Diyala province", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "people", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "An AFP journalist said eight nearby cars were badly burned and many of the victims of the 9 : 30 am ( 0630 GMT ) attack could not be identified because their papers were inside the offices that were targeted . Two other explosions in the Baghdad neighborhoods of Husseiniyah and Yarmouk killed at least four people and left 24 others wounded , while a car bomb in the town of Tarmiyah , just north of Baghdad , hurt nine people , officials said . Checkpoint shootings and bomb blasts in restive ethnically - mixed Diyala province killed 11 people and left 40 others wounded , security officials and doctor Ahmed Ibrahim from the main hospital in provincial capital Baquba said . Insurgents also launched attacks on a military base near the town of Dhuluiyah , killing at least 15 Iraqi soldiers and leaving two others wounded , according to two security officials . Two other attacks in the same province -- a shooting at a checkpoint and a car bomb near a Shiite mosque -- left three people dead and six wounded , officials said . Nine bomb blasts , some of them minutes apart , meanwhile killed seven people and wounded 29 in Kirkuk city and the eponymous province ' s towns of Dibis and Tuz Khurmatu . Three different attacks -- a car bomb , a roadside blast and a shooting -- in the main northern city of Mosul and the nearby town of Baaj left nine people dead and seven wounded , according to Iraqi army First Lieutenant Waad Mohammed and police Lieutenant Mohammed al - Juburi . A roadside bomb at a market in the center of the town of Diwaniyah , south of Baghdad , killed three people and left 25 hurt , provincial health chief Adnan Turki said . In the western town of Heet , a car bomb exploded near an army patrol , killing one soldier and wounding 10 others , according to an Iraqi army captain and doctor Abdulwahab al - Shammari from the town hospital . The attacks came a day after a spate of bombings across Iraq killed at least 17 people and wounded nearly 100 others . Monday ' s toll was the highest since May 10 , 2010 , when 110 people were killed .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "blasts", "arguments": [{"argument": "bomb", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}, {"argument": "people", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "Kirkuk city", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Two other explosions in the Baghdad neighborhoods of Husseiniyah and Yarmouk killed at least four people and left 24 others wounded , while a car bomb in the town of Tarmiyah , just north of Baghdad , hurt nine people , officials said . Checkpoint shootings and bomb blasts in restive ethnically - mixed Diyala province killed 11 people and left 40 others wounded , security officials and doctor Ahmed Ibrahim from the main hospital in provincial capital Baquba said . Insurgents also launched attacks on a military base near the town of Dhuluiyah , killing at least 15 Iraqi soldiers and leaving two others wounded , according to two security officials . Two other attacks in the same province -- a shooting at a checkpoint and a car bomb near a Shiite mosque -- left three people dead and six wounded , officials said . Nine bomb blasts , some of them minutes apart , meanwhile killed seven people and wounded 29 in Kirkuk city and the eponymous province ' s towns of Dibis and Tuz Khurmatu . Three different attacks -- a car bomb , a roadside blast and a shooting -- in the main northern city of Mosul and the nearby town of Baaj left nine people dead and seven wounded , according to Iraqi army First Lieutenant Waad Mohammed and police Lieutenant Mohammed al - Juburi . A roadside bomb at a market in the center of the town of Diwaniyah , south of Baghdad , killed three people and left 25 hurt , provincial health chief Adnan Turki said . In the western town of Heet , a car bomb exploded near an army patrol , killing one soldier and wounding 10 others , according to an Iraqi army captain and doctor Abdulwahab al - Shammari from the town hospital . The attacks came a day after a spate of bombings across Iraq killed at least 17 people and wounded nearly 100 others . Monday ' s toll was the highest since May 10 , 2010 , when 110 people were killed . The latest violence comes after the country suffered a spike in unrest in June when at least 282 people were killed , according to an AFP tally based on figures supplied by officials and medics , although government figures said 131 Iraqis died .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Insurgents also launched attacks on a military base near the town of Dhuluiyah , killing at least 15 Iraqi soldiers and leaving two others wounded , according to two security officials . Two other attacks in the same province -- a shooting at a checkpoint and a car bomb near a Shiite mosque -- left three people dead and six wounded , officials said . Nine bomb blasts , some of them minutes apart , meanwhile killed seven people and wounded 29 in Kirkuk city and the eponymous province ' s towns of Dibis and Tuz Khurmatu . Three different attacks -- a car bomb , a roadside blast and a shooting -- in the main northern city of Mosul and the nearby town of Baaj left nine people dead and seven wounded , according to Iraqi army First Lieutenant Waad Mohammed and police Lieutenant Mohammed al - Juburi . A roadside bomb at a market in the center of the town of Diwaniyah , south of Baghdad , killed three people and left 25 hurt , provincial health chief Adnan Turki said . In the western town of Heet , a car bomb exploded near an army patrol , killing one soldier and wounding 10 others , according to an Iraqi army captain and doctor Abdulwahab al - Shammari from the town hospital . The attacks came a day after a spate of bombings across Iraq killed at least 17 people and wounded nearly 100 others . Monday ' s toll was the highest since May 10 , 2010 , when 110 people were killed . The latest violence comes after the country suffered a spike in unrest in June when at least 282 people were killed , according to an AFP tally based on figures supplied by officials and medics , although government figures said 131 Iraqis died . Although those figures are markedly lower than during the peak of Iraq ' s communal bloodshed from 2006 to 2008 , attacks remain common . There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday ' s attacks , but al - Qaida ' s front group in Iraq has warned in recent days that it seeks to retake territory in the country .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "exploded", "arguments": [{"argument": "soldier", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "bomb", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}, {"argument": "patrol", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "Heet", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Two other attacks in the same province -- a shooting at a checkpoint and a car bomb near a Shiite mosque -- left three people dead and six wounded , officials said . Nine bomb blasts , some of them minutes apart , meanwhile killed seven people and wounded 29 in Kirkuk city and the eponymous province ' s towns of Dibis and Tuz Khurmatu . Three different attacks -- a car bomb , a roadside blast and a shooting -- in the main northern city of Mosul and the nearby town of Baaj left nine people dead and seven wounded , according to Iraqi army First Lieutenant Waad Mohammed and police Lieutenant Mohammed al - Juburi . A roadside bomb at a market in the center of the town of Diwaniyah , south of Baghdad , killed three people and left 25 hurt , provincial health chief Adnan Turki said . In the western town of Heet , a car bomb exploded near an army patrol , killing one soldier and wounding 10 others , according to an Iraqi army captain and doctor Abdulwahab al - Shammari from the town hospital . The attacks came a day after a spate of bombings across Iraq killed at least 17 people and wounded nearly 100 others . Monday ' s toll was the highest since May 10 , 2010 , when 110 people were killed . The latest violence comes after the country suffered a spike in unrest in June when at least 282 people were killed , according to an AFP tally based on figures supplied by officials and medics , although government figures said 131 Iraqis died . Although those figures are markedly lower than during the peak of Iraq ' s communal bloodshed from 2006 to 2008 , attacks remain common . There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday ' s attacks , but al - Qaida ' s front group in Iraq has warned in recent days that it seeks to retake territory in the country . The Islamic State of Iraq warned in an audio message posted on various jihadist forums that it would begin targeting judges and prosecutors , and appealed for the help of Sunni tribes in its quest to recapture territory it once held .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombings", "arguments": [{"argument": "Iraq", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "people", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Cuba sidesteps Colombia β s request to extradite the rebels after Bogota blames the group for Thursday β s car bombing . Colombia has asked Cuba to hand over the rebels affiliated with National Liberation Army ( ELN ) , who were in Havana for peace talks , after a deadly car bombing in Bogota was blamed on the group . Conservative President Ivan Duque urged Communist - ruled Cuba , a host and one of the guarantors of the peace process , to send home the ELN rebels in Havana . Cuba β s foreign minister said in a tweet late on Friday that the country would respect the protocols of the negotiations it had been hosting and was consulting with both parties and the guarantors of the talks . On Friday , Colombia blamed the leftist ELN for the bombing of a police academy in Bogota that killed 20 people as well as the attacker , dealing a big blow to the peace process . 190102132047518 Duque then announced that he was reinstating arrest warrants for 10 ELN members , who are part of the group β s delegation to the Cuba talks . The talks were aimed at ending more than five decades of fighting by the Marxist - inspired group . Duque said that Cuba must not protect the rebels . The police academy car bombing β was a crime that violated human rights and no such act deserves [ Cuba acting ] to avoid justice being done β , Duque said while giving a speech in Tolima . Colombians , including Duque , planned to join in a march on Sunday to protest against the car bombing , the worst such attack in the country in 16 years . Last rebel group In November , Colombia asked Cuba to capture ELN rebel commander Nicolas Rodriguez and provide information about the presence of other commanders in the Cuban territory . The government in Bogota also asked Havana to act on an Interpol Red Notice against Rodriguez . The Cuban government did not respond publicly to that request or made a statement about the issue . Colombia has experienced several years of relative calm since the 2016 peace accord signed by then - President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC ) fighters . 190118182118648", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Get all the latest politics news Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email One of the IRA β s most senior former officers has admitted for the first time that the terror group is responsible for the Birmingham pub bombings . Kieran Conway , who was head of the IRA β s intelligence - gathering department in the 1970s , broke a 40 - year silence by the organisation to make the admission . He admitted he was β appalled and ashamed β because he claimed the bombing of civilians went against everything it stood for . He said the attacks on The Mulberry Bush and The Tavern in The Town had been in revenge for the death of IRA bomber James McDade . At first he feared that the timing of the attacks - with very little warning - had been deliberate because β tempers were high β . But he was later told that the IRA unit involved had tried to use β a succession of phone boxes β which were out of order , significantly delaying the bomb - warning call . Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now Listen to our recreation of the Birmingham pub bombings warning call - made to the Birmingham Post & Mail newsroom Conway , who makes the admissions in his new memoir , also revealed that soon after the bombings the IRA β s England Operational Commander and his adjutant β made it back home β to Dublin for an urgent de - brief and to assess the impact of the disaster as far as the terrorists were concerned . Birmingham pub bombings : Minute by minute - 24 hours that changed our city forever Funding for the terrorists dried up almost overnight and the bombings , which left 21 dead and almost 200 injured , including many maimed for life , cost them hugely in the propaganda war . And in an interview he confirmed that the IRA hierarchy in Dublin knew all along that the six Irishmen arrested for the explosions were innocent β from the get go , from the very start . β", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "He admitted he was β appalled and ashamed β because he claimed the bombing of civilians went against everything it stood for . He said the attacks on The Mulberry Bush and The Tavern in The Town had been in revenge for the death of IRA bomber James McDade . At first he feared that the timing of the attacks - with very little warning - had been deliberate because β tempers were high β . But he was later told that the IRA unit involved had tried to use β a succession of phone boxes β which were out of order , significantly delaying the bomb - warning call . Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now Listen to our recreation of the Birmingham pub bombings warning call - made to the Birmingham Post & Mail newsroom Conway , who makes the admissions in his new memoir , also revealed that soon after the bombings the IRA β s England Operational Commander and his adjutant β made it back home β to Dublin for an urgent de - brief and to assess the impact of the disaster as far as the terrorists were concerned . Birmingham pub bombings : Minute by minute - 24 hours that changed our city forever Funding for the terrorists dried up almost overnight and the bombings , which left 21 dead and almost 200 injured , including many maimed for life , cost them hugely in the propaganda war . And in an interview he confirmed that the IRA hierarchy in Dublin knew all along that the six Irishmen arrested for the explosions were innocent β from the get go , from the very start . β Now , Julie and Brian Hambleton , who lost their sister Maxine in the bombings and lead the city β s Justice4the21 campaign , called on West Midlands Police and David Cameron to take immediate action . Julie said : β I am expecting West Midlands Police Chief Constable Chris Sims and West Midlands Police Force to interview with Mr Conway with immediate effect . β And I hope that Mr Cameron , who a week ago told The House of Commons that the pub bombers must be found , takes note of this development and ensures that the police follow this through . β", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombings", "arguments": [{"argument": "pub", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "Birmingham", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Funding for the terrorists dried up almost overnight and the bombings , which left 21 dead and almost 200 injured , including many maimed for life , cost them hugely in the propaganda war . And in an interview he confirmed that the IRA hierarchy in Dublin knew all along that the six Irishmen arrested for the explosions were innocent β from the get go , from the very start . β Now , Julie and Brian Hambleton , who lost their sister Maxine in the bombings and lead the city β s Justice4the21 campaign , called on West Midlands Police and David Cameron to take immediate action . Julie said : β I am expecting West Midlands Police Chief Constable Chris Sims and West Midlands Police Force to interview with Mr Conway with immediate effect . β And I hope that Mr Cameron , who a week ago told The House of Commons that the pub bombers must be found , takes note of this development and ensures that the police follow this through . β Brian added : β The police keep saying they won β t do anything because there is no fresh evidence . Well , here it is in black and white . It β s an admission . They have got to do something with this information . β The Birmingham pub bombings - The 28 numbers that add up to a cover - up , say campaigners Mr Conway , now a criminal lawyer in Dublin , says in the book that where off - duty soldiers were the targets of bombings β I had little sympathy for either the soldiers or the unfortunate civilians who had been sharing their drinking space . β He continued : β The Birmingham bombs were another matter . \" The bombings came after British police disrupted funeral arrangements for James McDade , a volunteer who had himself died in a premature explosion in England . β Tempers were high and I , for one , certainly at first feared that the local IRA had knowingly caused these dreadful casualties β 21 people were killed and a great many others injured . β β I was appalled and personally ashamed of the bombing , which went against everything we claimed to stand for . β", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombings", "arguments": [{"argument": "pub", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "Birmingham", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "And in an interview he confirmed that the IRA hierarchy in Dublin knew all along that the six Irishmen arrested for the explosions were innocent β from the get go , from the very start . β Now , Julie and Brian Hambleton , who lost their sister Maxine in the bombings and lead the city β s Justice4the21 campaign , called on West Midlands Police and David Cameron to take immediate action . Julie said : β I am expecting West Midlands Police Chief Constable Chris Sims and West Midlands Police Force to interview with Mr Conway with immediate effect . β And I hope that Mr Cameron , who a week ago told The House of Commons that the pub bombers must be found , takes note of this development and ensures that the police follow this through . β Brian added : β The police keep saying they won β t do anything because there is no fresh evidence . Well , here it is in black and white . It β s an admission . They have got to do something with this information . β The Birmingham pub bombings - The 28 numbers that add up to a cover - up , say campaigners Mr Conway , now a criminal lawyer in Dublin , says in the book that where off - duty soldiers were the targets of bombings β I had little sympathy for either the soldiers or the unfortunate civilians who had been sharing their drinking space . β He continued : β The Birmingham bombs were another matter . \" The bombings came after British police disrupted funeral arrangements for James McDade , a volunteer who had himself died in a premature explosion in England . β Tempers were high and I , for one , certainly at first feared that the local IRA had knowingly caused these dreadful casualties β 21 people were killed and a great many others injured . β β I was appalled and personally ashamed of the bombing , which went against everything we claimed to stand for . β He said he told two other senior IRA figures , Dave O β Connell and Kevin Mallon β exactly what I thought β when they met up .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombings", "arguments": [{"argument": "soldiers", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Neither The Mulberry Bush nor The Tavern in The Town had any military connection . Normal IRA procedure at the time for any attack on non - military targets was to give a 30 - minute warning in order for full evacuations to take place . Read our docudrama minute - by - minute recreation of the events of November 21 1974 The Birmingham Mail received an ambiguous call at 8 . 11pm on November 21 . The caller did not identify either pub , referring instead to The Rotunda , above The Mulberry Bush and the New Street Tax Office , which was above the underground Tavern in The Town . The first bomb destroyed The Mulberry Bush just six minutes later . The Tavern was destroyed at 8 . 27pm . Conway was not directly involved in the debrief with the England Operational Commander . But he said he was later told β that the early indications were that the casualties were the result of yet another failure in the warning system , a succession of phone boxes from which the warning might have been relayed having proved to be inoperable . β In an interview with a national newspaper he described the Birmingham pub bombings as β a total disaster . β He added that the secret β Feakle Talks β , held a couple of weeks after the bombings , were used by the IRA to try to start to repair its image after the Birmingham and the Guildford pub bombings . The talks , in Feakle , County Clare , involved senior IRA officials and Protestant clergymen and ended abruptly after a tip - off that Irish Special Branch officers were on their way to arrest the republicans . But they set in train a process that eventually led to a brief ceasefire that began on December 22 , 1974 . Conway had been recruited in 1970 , having been radicalised during the 1968 student protest movements . He met with senior republicans , including future deputy first minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness and Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams . Adams continues to deny that he was ever in the IRA . Conway was later jailed in Belfast β s notorious Crumlin Road prison and went on hunger strike to achieve political status .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombings", "arguments": [{"argument": "Guildford", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "pub", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "Birmingham", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "The Birmingham pub bombings - The 28 numbers that add up to a cover - up , say campaigners Mr Conway , now a criminal lawyer in Dublin , says in the book that where off - duty soldiers were the targets of bombings β I had little sympathy for either the soldiers or the unfortunate civilians who had been sharing their drinking space . β He continued : β The Birmingham bombs were another matter . \" The bombings came after British police disrupted funeral arrangements for James McDade , a volunteer who had himself died in a premature explosion in England . β Tempers were high and I , for one , certainly at first feared that the local IRA had knowingly caused these dreadful casualties β 21 people were killed and a great many others injured . β β I was appalled and personally ashamed of the bombing , which went against everything we claimed to stand for . β He said he told two other senior IRA figures , Dave O β Connell and Kevin Mallon β exactly what I thought β when they met up . β In fact , both men were themselves furious , fully recognising not just the damage the bombing had caused to the IRA but its immorality as well . β McDade , a lieutenant in the Birmingham Brigade of the IRA , blew himself up while trying to plant a bomb at Coventry Telephone exchange a week before the pub bombings . Neither The Mulberry Bush nor The Tavern in The Town had any military connection . Normal IRA procedure at the time for any attack on non - military targets was to give a 30 - minute warning in order for full evacuations to take place . Read our docudrama minute - by - minute recreation of the events of November 21 1974 The Birmingham Mail received an ambiguous call at 8 . 11pm on November 21 . The caller did not identify either pub , referring instead to The Rotunda , above The Mulberry Bush and the New Street Tax Office , which was above the underground Tavern in The Town . The first bomb destroyed The Mulberry Bush just six minutes later . The Tavern was destroyed at 8 . 27pm . Conway was not directly involved in the debrief with the England Operational Commander .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "blew", "arguments": [{"argument": "Coventry Telephone exchange", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "McDade", "role": "Attacker"}, {"argument": "bomb", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}]}, {"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "bombings", "arguments": [{"argument": "pub", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "β In fact , both men were themselves furious , fully recognising not just the damage the bombing had caused to the IRA but its immorality as well . β McDade , a lieutenant in the Birmingham Brigade of the IRA , blew himself up while trying to plant a bomb at Coventry Telephone exchange a week before the pub bombings . Neither The Mulberry Bush nor The Tavern in The Town had any military connection . Normal IRA procedure at the time for any attack on non - military targets was to give a 30 - minute warning in order for full evacuations to take place . Read our docudrama minute - by - minute recreation of the events of November 21 1974 The Birmingham Mail received an ambiguous call at 8 . 11pm on November 21 . The caller did not identify either pub , referring instead to The Rotunda , above The Mulberry Bush and the New Street Tax Office , which was above the underground Tavern in The Town . The first bomb destroyed The Mulberry Bush just six minutes later . The Tavern was destroyed at 8 . 27pm . Conway was not directly involved in the debrief with the England Operational Commander . But he said he was later told β that the early indications were that the casualties were the result of yet another failure in the warning system , a succession of phone boxes from which the warning might have been relayed having proved to be inoperable . β In an interview with a national newspaper he described the Birmingham pub bombings as β a total disaster . β He added that the secret β Feakle Talks β , held a couple of weeks after the bombings , were used by the IRA to try to start to repair its image after the Birmingham and the Guildford pub bombings . The talks , in Feakle , County Clare , involved senior IRA officials and Protestant clergymen and ended abruptly after a tip - off that Irish Special Branch officers were on their way to arrest the republicans . But they set in train a process that eventually led to a brief ceasefire that began on December 22 , 1974 . Conway had been recruited in 1970 , having been radicalised during the 1968 student protest movements .", "event": [{"event_type": "Detonating or causing an explosion", "event_trigger": "destroyed", "arguments": [{"argument": "bomb", "role": "ExplosiveDevice"}, {"argument": "Mulberry Bush", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "\" I pray for your relief , for your healing , ' ' he said . Amid deep silence in the courtroom , the 21 - year - old ethnic Chechen said , \" I am sorry for the lives that I ' ve taken , for the suffering that I ' ve caused you , for the damage that I ' ve done β irreparable damage . ' ' It was the first time Tsarnaev , who did not speak in his own defense at trial , had addressed the court . After Tsarnaev finished , U . S . District Judge George O ' Toole Jr . began to speak , with his voice breaking several times . He officially imposed the death sentence on Tsarnaev that jurors had recommended unanimously . In May , after a 12 - week trial , Tsarnaev was found guilty of killing three people and injuring 264 in the April 15 , 2013 , bombing at the world - renowned race , where he and his brother , Tamerlan , 26 , set off two pressure - cooker bombs near the finish line . Tsarnaev was also found guilty in the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer three days later as he and his brother fled . Tamerlan was killed during the getaway . Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 terrorism and other charges against him . Of those , 17 carried the possibility of a death sentence . During the penalty phase of the judicial proceedings , prosecutors brushed off defense arguments that Tsarnaev was under the strong influence of his older , radicalized brother . Victims speak out Before the sentencing , a somber - looking Tsarnaev , wearing a dark sport jacket with a collared shirt and no tie , sat between his lawyers and listened as 24 people β some victims , some survivors β gave impact statements . They lashed out at him for his β cowardly β and β disgusting β acts , and several called upon him to apologize , trying to convince him that this would be his last chance to ask for forgiveness . Tsarnaev , his chair turned toward the lectern from which the victims spoke , picked at his beard and gazed downward most of the time , only occasionally looking at the speakers .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Tsarnaev was found guilty of all 30 terrorism and other charges against him . Of those , 17 carried the possibility of a death sentence . During the penalty phase of the judicial proceedings , prosecutors brushed off defense arguments that Tsarnaev was under the strong influence of his older , radicalized brother . Victims speak out Before the sentencing , a somber - looking Tsarnaev , wearing a dark sport jacket with a collared shirt and no tie , sat between his lawyers and listened as 24 people β some victims , some survivors β gave impact statements . They lashed out at him for his β cowardly β and β disgusting β acts , and several called upon him to apologize , trying to convince him that this would be his last chance to ask for forgiveness . Tsarnaev , his chair turned toward the lectern from which the victims spoke , picked at his beard and gazed downward most of the time , only occasionally looking at the speakers . Patricia Campbell , the mother of Krystle Campbell , 29 , who was killed in the attack , was the first person to address the court . She looked across the room at Tsarnaev , seated about 20 feet away , and spoke directly to him . β What you did to my daughter is disgusting , β she said . β I don ' t know what to say to you . I think the jury did the right thing . β Krystle Campbell ' s best friend , Karen Rand McWatters , who lost a leg in the attack , said Tsarnaev \" can ' t possibly have had a soul to do such a horrible thing . β In a message he scrawled in the boat he was found hiding in , Tsarnaev said the attack was retaliation against the U . S . for its wars in Muslim countries . McWatters urged Tsarnaev to show remorse to discourage other jihadis from killing people in similar attacks . β You can save them from these cowardly acts if you really have an ounce of regret , β she said . Rebekah Gregory , a Texas woman who lost a leg in the bombing , defiantly told Tsarnaev she was not his victim .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Victims speak out Before the sentencing , a somber - looking Tsarnaev , wearing a dark sport jacket with a collared shirt and no tie , sat between his lawyers and listened as 24 people β some victims , some survivors β gave impact statements . They lashed out at him for his β cowardly β and β disgusting β acts , and several called upon him to apologize , trying to convince him that this would be his last chance to ask for forgiveness . Tsarnaev , his chair turned toward the lectern from which the victims spoke , picked at his beard and gazed downward most of the time , only occasionally looking at the speakers . Patricia Campbell , the mother of Krystle Campbell , 29 , who was killed in the attack , was the first person to address the court . She looked across the room at Tsarnaev , seated about 20 feet away , and spoke directly to him . β What you did to my daughter is disgusting , β she said . β I don ' t know what to say to you . I think the jury did the right thing . β Krystle Campbell ' s best friend , Karen Rand McWatters , who lost a leg in the attack , said Tsarnaev \" can ' t possibly have had a soul to do such a horrible thing . β In a message he scrawled in the boat he was found hiding in , Tsarnaev said the attack was retaliation against the U . S . for its wars in Muslim countries . McWatters urged Tsarnaev to show remorse to discourage other jihadis from killing people in similar attacks . β You can save them from these cowardly acts if you really have an ounce of regret , β she said . Rebekah Gregory , a Texas woman who lost a leg in the bombing , defiantly told Tsarnaev she was not his victim . β While your intention was to destroy America , what you have really accomplished is actually quite the opposite β you ' ve unified us , β she said . \" We are Boston strong , we are America strong , and choosing to mess with us was a terrible idea . So how ' s that for your VICTIM impact statement ? β", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Tsarnaev , his chair turned toward the lectern from which the victims spoke , picked at his beard and gazed downward most of the time , only occasionally looking at the speakers . Patricia Campbell , the mother of Krystle Campbell , 29 , who was killed in the attack , was the first person to address the court . She looked across the room at Tsarnaev , seated about 20 feet away , and spoke directly to him . β What you did to my daughter is disgusting , β she said . β I don ' t know what to say to you . I think the jury did the right thing . β Krystle Campbell ' s best friend , Karen Rand McWatters , who lost a leg in the attack , said Tsarnaev \" can ' t possibly have had a soul to do such a horrible thing . β In a message he scrawled in the boat he was found hiding in , Tsarnaev said the attack was retaliation against the U . S . for its wars in Muslim countries . McWatters urged Tsarnaev to show remorse to discourage other jihadis from killing people in similar attacks . β You can save them from these cowardly acts if you really have an ounce of regret , β she said . Rebekah Gregory , a Texas woman who lost a leg in the bombing , defiantly told Tsarnaev she was not his victim . β While your intention was to destroy America , what you have really accomplished is actually quite the opposite β you ' ve unified us , β she said . \" We are Boston strong , we are America strong , and choosing to mess with us was a terrible idea . So how ' s that for your VICTIM impact statement ? β ' He is a leech ' Several victims condemned Tsarnaev for coming to the U . S . as an immigrant from Russia , enjoying the benefits of living here and then attacking American citizens . β He is a leech , abusing the privilege of American freedom , and he spit in the face of the American dream , β said Jennifer Rogers , an older sister of slain MIT Officer Sean Collier .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Krystle Campbell ' s best friend , Karen Rand McWatters , who lost a leg in the attack , said Tsarnaev \" can ' t possibly have had a soul to do such a horrible thing . β In a message he scrawled in the boat he was found hiding in , Tsarnaev said the attack was retaliation against the U . S . for its wars in Muslim countries . McWatters urged Tsarnaev to show remorse to discourage other jihadis from killing people in similar attacks . β You can save them from these cowardly acts if you really have an ounce of regret , β she said . Rebekah Gregory , a Texas woman who lost a leg in the bombing , defiantly told Tsarnaev she was not his victim . β While your intention was to destroy America , what you have really accomplished is actually quite the opposite β you ' ve unified us , β she said . \" We are Boston strong , we are America strong , and choosing to mess with us was a terrible idea . So how ' s that for your VICTIM impact statement ? β ' He is a leech ' Several victims condemned Tsarnaev for coming to the U . S . as an immigrant from Russia , enjoying the benefits of living here and then attacking American citizens . β He is a leech , abusing the privilege of American freedom , and he spit in the face of the American dream , β said Jennifer Rogers , an older sister of slain MIT Officer Sean Collier . Bill Richard , whose 8 - year - old son , Martin , was the youngest person killed in the bombing , said Tsarnaev could have backed out of the plot and reported his brother to authorities . Instead , Richard said , β he chose hate . He chose destruction . He chose death . This is all on him . β Richard noted that his family would have preferred that Tsarnaev receive a life sentence so that he could have had β a lifetime to reconcile with himself what he did that day . β Richard said his family has chosen love , kindness and peace , adding : β That is what makes us different than him . β", "event": [{"event_type": "Attack", "event_trigger": "attacking", "arguments": [{"argument": "Tsarnaev", "role": "Attacker"}, {"argument": "American", "role": "Place"}, {"argument": "citizens", "role": "Target"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "There were ten times more air strikes in the covert war on terror during President Barack Obama β s presidency than under his predecessor , George W . Bush . Obama embraced the US drone programme , overseeing more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out during his entire presidency . A total of 563 strikes , largely by drones , targeted Pakistan , Somalia and Yemen during Obama β s two terms , compared to 57 strikes under Bush . Between 384 and 807 civilians were killed in those countries , according to reports logged by the Bureau . The use of drones aligned with Obama β s ambition to keep up the war against al Qaeda while extricating the US military from intractable , costly ground wars in the Middle East and Asia . But the targeted killing programme has drawn much criticism . The Obama administration has insisted that drone strikes are so β exceptionally surgical and precise β that they pluck off terror suspects while not putting β innocent men , women and children in danger β . This claim has been contested by numerous human rights groups , however , and the Bureau β s figures on civilian casualties also demonstrate that this is often not the case . The White House released long - awaited figures last July on the number of people killed in drone strikes between January 2009 and the end of 2015 , an announcement which insiders said was a direct response to pressure from the Bureau and other organisations that collect data . However the US β s estimate of the number of civilians killed β between 64 and 116 β contrasted strongly with the number recorded by the Bureau , which at 380 to 801 was six times higher . That figure does not include deaths in active battlefields including Afghanistan β where US air attacks have shot up since Obama withdrew the majority of his troops at the end of 2014 . The country has since come under frequent US bombardment , in an unreported war that saw 1 , 337 weapons dropped last year alone β a 40 % rise on 2015 .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Obama embraced the US drone programme , overseeing more strikes in his first year than Bush carried out during his entire presidency . A total of 563 strikes , largely by drones , targeted Pakistan , Somalia and Yemen during Obama β s two terms , compared to 57 strikes under Bush . Between 384 and 807 civilians were killed in those countries , according to reports logged by the Bureau . The use of drones aligned with Obama β s ambition to keep up the war against al Qaeda while extricating the US military from intractable , costly ground wars in the Middle East and Asia . But the targeted killing programme has drawn much criticism . The Obama administration has insisted that drone strikes are so β exceptionally surgical and precise β that they pluck off terror suspects while not putting β innocent men , women and children in danger β . This claim has been contested by numerous human rights groups , however , and the Bureau β s figures on civilian casualties also demonstrate that this is often not the case . The White House released long - awaited figures last July on the number of people killed in drone strikes between January 2009 and the end of 2015 , an announcement which insiders said was a direct response to pressure from the Bureau and other organisations that collect data . However the US β s estimate of the number of civilians killed β between 64 and 116 β contrasted strongly with the number recorded by the Bureau , which at 380 to 801 was six times higher . That figure does not include deaths in active battlefields including Afghanistan β where US air attacks have shot up since Obama withdrew the majority of his troops at the end of 2014 . The country has since come under frequent US bombardment , in an unreported war that saw 1 , 337 weapons dropped last year alone β a 40 % rise on 2015 . Afghan civilian casualties have been high , with the United Nations ( UN ) reporting at least 85 deaths in 2016 . The Bureau recorded 65 to 105 civilian deaths during this period . We did not start collecting data on Afghanistan until 2015 .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "The use of drones aligned with Obama β s ambition to keep up the war against al Qaeda while extricating the US military from intractable , costly ground wars in the Middle East and Asia . But the targeted killing programme has drawn much criticism . The Obama administration has insisted that drone strikes are so β exceptionally surgical and precise β that they pluck off terror suspects while not putting β innocent men , women and children in danger β . This claim has been contested by numerous human rights groups , however , and the Bureau β s figures on civilian casualties also demonstrate that this is often not the case . The White House released long - awaited figures last July on the number of people killed in drone strikes between January 2009 and the end of 2015 , an announcement which insiders said was a direct response to pressure from the Bureau and other organisations that collect data . However the US β s estimate of the number of civilians killed β between 64 and 116 β contrasted strongly with the number recorded by the Bureau , which at 380 to 801 was six times higher . That figure does not include deaths in active battlefields including Afghanistan β where US air attacks have shot up since Obama withdrew the majority of his troops at the end of 2014 . The country has since come under frequent US bombardment , in an unreported war that saw 1 , 337 weapons dropped last year alone β a 40 % rise on 2015 . Afghan civilian casualties have been high , with the United Nations ( UN ) reporting at least 85 deaths in 2016 . The Bureau recorded 65 to 105 civilian deaths during this period . We did not start collecting data on Afghanistan until 2015 . Pakistan was the hub of drone operations during Obama β s first term . The pace of attacks had accelerated in the second half of 2008 at the end of Bush β s term , after four years pocked by occasional strikes . However in the year after taking office , Obama ordered more drone strikes than Bush did during his entire presidency . The 54 strikes in 2009 all took place in Pakistan .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "On 27 August 1975 a Provisional IRA bomb exploded without warning at the Caterham Arms public house in Caterham , Surrey , England . There were no fatalities but 33 people were injured , some severely . Two off - duty soldiers lost their legs as a result of the bombing . == Background == In February 1975 the Provisional Irish Republican Army agreed to a truce and ceasefire with the British government and the Northern Ireland Office . Seven \" incident centres \" were established in Irish nationalist areas in Northern Ireland to monitor the ceasefire and the activity of the security forces . Before the truce , the IRA active service unit ( ASU ) later dubbed the Balcombe Street Gang ( due to the December 1975 Balcombe Street siege ) had been carrying out bomb and gun attacks in Southern England since autumn 1974 , mostly in and around London . Their last previous attack was an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister Edward Heath but he was not home when the attackers threw a bomb into his bedroom window on 22 December 1974 . == The bombing == The Balcombe Street Gang planted a time bomb in the Caterham Arms public house in Caterham , Surrey . The IRA unit placed the 7lb bomb in a duffel bag under a seat . There was no warning and the bomb exploded at 9 : 20 , injuring 23 civilians and 10 off - duty soldiers . The pub was used by members of the Welsh Guards who were based at the barracks nearby . Some of the injuries were very serious , with at least three soldiers losing limbs . The blast blew the roof off the pub in the process . This attack marked the start of a renewed bombing campaign ( Phase Two ) in England and the end of the truce with the British Government . The next day , the same IRA unit exploded a bomb in Oxford Street , injuring several people . == Aftermath ==", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "On Sunday , several roads had reopened but there remained a large police presence in the area . The explosion in New York comes as foreign leaders , including many heads of state , are heading to Manhattan for the United Nations General Assembly . Secretary of State John F . Kerry arrived Saturday , while Obama is scheduled to head to the city on Monday . This annual meeting β held more than two miles from the site of the explosion in Chelsea β is traditionally a challenging time for New York , as many roads are shut down and the heavy security leads to traffic jams . The FBI still has no determination as to motive , said a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing . Agents are examining the detonated material from the first device as well as studying the second , which appeared to resemble a pressure cooker . They are also looking at video from security cameras , social media β β all the logical leads , β the official said . The explosion in Chelsea coincided with a separate attack that took place in Minnesota Saturday night , in which a man stabbed eight people in a St . Cloud mall before he was killed by an off - duty police officer . On Sunday , an ISIS - linked news agency claimed the mall attacker was β a soldier of the Islamic State . β An FBI spokesman said in an emailed statement that the agency had not determined whether the stabbings were related to the bombing in Manhattan the same night . Speaking to CNN β s Jake Tapper on Sunday morning , New Jersey Gov . Chris Christie ( R ) said there were no known links so far between the incident in New Jersey and those in New York and Minnesota . Authorities urged any witnesses with tips , video or other credible information about the explosion to call 1 - 800 - 577 - TIPS . Berman and Wang reported from Washington . Renae Merle in New York and Karen DeYoung , Ellen Nakashima , Steven Overly and Sari Horwitz in Washington contributed to this report . [ This is a developing story . First published : 10 : 10 p . m . on Saturday . ]", "event": [{"event_type": "Attack", "event_trigger": "stabbings", "arguments": []}]} | |
| {"text": "March 20 , 2013 Both brothers went to a firing range in Manchester , N . H . and rented two 9mm handguns , similar to the borrowed Ruger . March 30 , 2013 Tamerlan Tsarnaev also bought a screwdriver and soldering gun from Home Depot in Somerville , April 8 , 2013 Tamerlan bought remote - control car devices from RC Cars in Malden , which prosecutors say are related to the equipment needed by the Tsarnaevs to remotely trigger the bombs . April 13 , 2013 Tamerlan Tsarnaev purchases ammunition from a store in New Hampshire and sends $ 900 in cash through Moneygram to his and Dzhokhar β s mother , Zubeidat , through a location in Somerville . April 14 , 2013 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev opens a prepaid cellphone account under the name Jahar Tsarni . He would use this phone while at the Boston Marathon the next day . On the same day , Tamerlan Tsarnaev buys two backpacks at a Target in Watertown that were used to carry the bombs . Federal Public Defender Office April 15 , 2013 At about 2 : 50 p . m . , two homemade pressure - cooker bombs are detonated remotely by the Tsarnaevs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon , killing three and injuring some 260 others . Seventeen people lost limbs . April 15 , 2013 Less than a half hour after the bombs went off , Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was seen entering the Whole Foods at Prospect Street in Cambridge and looking over different milk products . He buys a carton of whole milk for $ 3 . 49 , then returns to parked car in the store lot . He enters the passenger side , suggesting another person , possibly Tamerlan Tsarnaev , was at the wheel . Within seconds , Dzhokhar Tsarnaev gets out of the car and exchanges his purchase for a different type of milk . April 26 , 2013 Days later , the FBI recovered a backpack belonging to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev , which contained tubes of fireworks . In his dorm room , they also found a receipt for a BB gun , which was recovered from the Watertown shootout scene . US Department of Justice Patricia Wen can be reached at wen @ globe . com . Follow her on Twitter at @ GlobePatty .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Tsarnaev and Silva both graduated from Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in 2001 , and worked as lifeguards together at the Harvard pool . Starting in college , both became very involved in selling marijuana , and Silva had obtained a gun , in part , to help him protect his drug business . A Ruger semi - automatic handgun presented in the trial . Jan . 30 , 2013 Tamerlan , 26 , allegedly buys two Fager pressure - cookers at Macy β s at the Square One Mall in Saugus . The remains of a pressure cooker bomb . Feb . 8 , 2013 Tamerlan Tsarnaev used his credit card to make an online purchase of a remote - controlled car set , batteries , and a transmitter and receiver from NitroRCX . com . Prosecutors said these items were used to help remotely - detonate the bombs February , 2013 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visits Silva and borrows the Ruger pistol β the gun that was later used to kill MIT police officer Sean Collier and during the shootout with police in Watertown . March 11 , 2013 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev creates a secret Twitter account , @ Al - FirdausiA , with the user name Ghuraba and posted six Tweets in three days . The first post on March 11 , 2013 reads : \" I want the highest levels of Jannah , I want to be able to see Allah every single day for that is the best of pleasures . \" He also maintains his original Twitter account that includes mostly typical teenage postings , but some that could be signs of growing radicalization . March Tamerlan Tsarnaev purchases some BBs at Walmart in New Hampshire . March 20 , 2013 Both brothers went to a firing range in Manchester , N . H . and rented two 9mm handguns , similar to the borrowed Ruger . March 30 , 2013 Tamerlan Tsarnaev also bought a screwdriver and soldering gun from Home Depot in Somerville , April 8 , 2013 Tamerlan bought remote - control car devices from RC Cars in Malden , which prosecutors say are related to the equipment needed by the Tsarnaevs to remotely trigger the bombs . April 13 , 2013", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "photo Β© 2001 corbis images all rights reserved web site copyright 1995 - 2014 WGBH educational foundation Hunting Bin Laden Osama bin Laden is charged with masterminding the 1998 bombings of two U . S . embassies in East Africa , believed to have had a role in the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden , and now is a prime suspect in the Sept . 11 , 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center and the bombing of the Pentagon . This report features reporting by a Pulitzer - Prize nominated team of New York Times reporters and FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman . Tracing the trail of evidence linking bin Laden to terrorist attacks , this updated report includes interviews with Times reporters Judith Miller and James Risen and former CIA official Larry Johnson . They discuss the terrorist attacks which are linked , or are likely linked , to bin Laden ' s complex network of terrorists , outline the elements of his international organization and details of its alliances and tactics , and address the challenges confronting U . S . intelligence in trying to crack it .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "On 17 September 2019 , two suicide bombings killed over 48 people in Charikar and Kabul , Afghanistan . The first attack occurred at a rally for president Ashraf Ghani which killed over 26 and wounded over 42 . Ghani was unharmed in the incident . The second bombing occurred in Kabul near the US embassy . In this incident 22 were killed and another 38 were injured in the explosion . Children and women are among the dead and wounded in both attacks , also multiple soldiers were killed . The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks , and said they will commit more attacks to discourage people from voting in the upcoming presidential elections . == Attacks == === Charikar === The attack took place in Charikar , at a police training ground . At the time , Afghan president Ashraf Ghani was holding a political rally at the site , attended by thousands of people . A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle drove into a crowd near a security checkpoint and detonated his explosives . 26 people and the bomber were killed , and 42 others injured . Women and children were among the victims of the attack . President Ghani was unharmed in the attack , remaining protected by a secure compound about half a mile from the site of the blast . === Kabul === A few hours after the first attack , a second suicide bombing took place in Massoud Square near the Kabul Green Zone , in an area where several government buildings , the US embassy and NATO headquarters , are located . 22 people were killed in this attack and 38 injured . == Responsibility == The Taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks , and stated that the attacks were aimed at disrupting the Afghan presidential election , scheduled to take place on September 28 . == References ==", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Thai Authorities Indict 2 Over August Shrine Attack A Bangkok military court has indicted two men accused of carrying out the August 17 bombing at a popular shrine that killed 20 people . The court on Tuesday indicted Bilal Mohammed and Mieraili Yusufu on 10 counts connected to the blast , including conspiracy to explode bombs and commit premeditated murder . Thailand authorities have not officially named the bombing of Erawan Shrine an act of terror , and accordingly neither suspect was charged specifically with terrorism . Police issued 17 arrest warrants following the bombing but only Bilal and Mieraili have been detained . They are described as ethnic Uighurs , a minority group based in China ' s Xinjiang region . They have been held in custody since their arrests in late August and early September . Thai officials have said the blast was carried out by a people - smuggling gang seeking revenge on Thai authorities for cracking down on their operation . The August 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine - a popular tourist destination - was one of the most deadly acts of violence in Bangkok in decades , and left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured . Of the dead , 14 were tourists . The attack shocked the residents of the capital because of the apparent randomness , which drove home the point that no place is immune to acts of terror . Authorities , however , have declined to call it an act of terrorism out of apparent fear that it would hurt the country ' s huge tourism industry . Police initially appeared at first to be at a loss , but soon claimed success with a series of raids and two arrests . Arrest warrants have been issued for 15 others . The two suspects were brought to the court in handcuffs wearing brown prison garb . Members of the media were not allowed to enter the court and the indictments took place before the two suspects arrived , said defense lawyer Chuchart Kanpai . Doubts about motive", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Police issued 17 arrest warrants following the bombing but only Bilal and Mieraili have been detained . They are described as ethnic Uighurs , a minority group based in China ' s Xinjiang region . They have been held in custody since their arrests in late August and early September . Thai officials have said the blast was carried out by a people - smuggling gang seeking revenge on Thai authorities for cracking down on their operation . The August 17 blast at the Erawan Shrine - a popular tourist destination - was one of the most deadly acts of violence in Bangkok in decades , and left 20 people dead and more than 120 injured . Of the dead , 14 were tourists . The attack shocked the residents of the capital because of the apparent randomness , which drove home the point that no place is immune to acts of terror . Authorities , however , have declined to call it an act of terrorism out of apparent fear that it would hurt the country ' s huge tourism industry . Police initially appeared at first to be at a loss , but soon claimed success with a series of raids and two arrests . Arrest warrants have been issued for 15 others . The two suspects were brought to the court in handcuffs wearing brown prison garb . Members of the media were not allowed to enter the court and the indictments took place before the two suspects arrived , said defense lawyer Chuchart Kanpai . Doubts about motive Early speculation about the bombing had suggested it might be the work of Uighur separatists who were angry that Thailand in July forcibly repatriated more than 100 Uighurs to China , where it is feared they face persecution . The theory was bolstered by the fact that the Erawan Shrine is popular among Chinese tourists , who figured prominently among the victims of the bombing . But Thai officials reject any political or religious motive , sticking to the theory that it was a revenge for disrupting a human - smuggling gang . Still , skepticism about the police explanation on the shrine attack has abounded because of leaks , contradictions , misstatements and secrecy surrounding the investigation .", "event": [{"event_type": "Attack", "event_trigger": "raids", "arguments": []}]} | |
| {"text": "Analysis backs claim drones were used to attack Venezuela β s president Analysis of open source information carried out by the investigative website Bellingcat suggests drones that had been repurposed as flying bombs were indeed used in an attack on the president of Venezuela this weekend . The Venezuelan government claimed three days ago that an attempt had been made to assassinate President NicolΓ‘s Maduro using two drones loaded with explosives . The president had been giving a speech which was being broadcast live on television when the incident occurred . Initial video from a state - owned television network showed the reaction of Maduro , those around him and a parade of soldiers at the event to what appeared to be two blasts somewhere off camera . But the footage did not include shots of any drones or explosions . AP also reported that firefighters at scene had shed doubt on the drone attack claim β suggesting there had instead been a gas explosion in a nearby flat . Since then more footage has emerged , including videos purporting to show a drone exploding and a drone tumbling alongside a building . Bellingcat has carried out an analysis of publicly available information related to the attack , including syncing timings of the state broadcast of Maduro β s speech , and using frame - by - frame analysis combined with photos and satellite imagery of Caracas to try to pinpoint locations of additional footage that has emerged to determine whether the drone attack claim stands up . The Venezuelan government has claimed the drones used were DJI Matrice 600s , each carrying approximately 1kg of C4 plastic explosive and , when detonated , capable of causing damage at a radius of around 50 meters . DJI Matrice 600 drones are a commercial model , normally used for industrial work β with a U . S . price tag of around $ 5 , 000 apiece , suggesting the attack could have cost little over $ 10k to carry out β with 1kg of plastic explosive available commercially ( for demolition purposes ) at a cost of around $ 30 . Bellingcat says its analysis supports the government β s claim that the drone model used was a DJI Matrice 600 , noting that the drones involved in the event each had six rotors .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "The second drone was said by Reverol to have \" lost control \" and crashed into a nearby building . Bellingcat says it is possible to geolocate the video of the falling drone to the same location as the fire in the apartment that firefighters had claimed was caused by a gas canister explosion . It adds that images taken of this location during the fire show a hole in the wall of the apartment in the vicinity of where the drone would have crashed . \" It is a very likely possibility that the downed drone subsequently detonated , creating the hole in the wall of this apartment , igniting a fire , and causing the sound of the second explosion which can be heard in Video 2 [ of the state TV broadcast of Maduro β s speech ] , \" it further suggests . Here β s its conclusion : From the open sources of information available , it appears that an attack took place using two DBIEDs while Maduro was giving a speech . Both the drones appear visually similar to DJI Matrice 600s , with at least one displaying features that are consistent with this model . These drones appear to have been loaded with explosive and flown towards the parade . The first drone detonated somewhere above or near the parade , the most likely cause of the casualties announced by the Venezuelan government and pictured on social media . The second drone crashed and exploded approximately 14 seconds later and 400 meters away from the stage , and is the most likely cause of the fire which the Venezuelan firefighters described . It also considers the claim of attribution by a group on social media , calling itself \" Soldados de Franelas \" ( aka β T - Shirt Soldiers β β a reference to a technique used by protestors wrapping a t - shirt around their head to cover their face and protect their identity ) , suggesting it β s not clear from the group β s Twitter messages that they are \" unequivocally claiming responsibility for the event \" , owing to use of passive language , and to a claim that the drones were shot down by government snipers β which it says \" does not appear to be supported by the open source information available \" .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "A wave of attacks across Iraq on Monday killed 107 people in the country ' s deadliest day in more than two years after al - Qaida warned it would mount new attacks and sought to retake territory . Officials said at least 214 people were wounded in 27 different attacks launched in 18 cities , shattering a relative calm which had held in the lead - up to the start on Saturday of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan . In Monday ' s deadliest attack -- a string of roadside bombs and a car bomb followed by a suicide attack targeting emergency responders in the town of Taji -- at least 42 people were killed and 40 wounded , according to two medical officials . \" I heard explosions in the distance so I left my house and I saw a car outside , \" said 40 - year - old Taji resident Abu Mohammed , who added that police inspectors concluded the vehicle was a car bomb . \" We asked the neighbors to leave their houses , but when they were leaving , the bomb went off . \" Abu Mohammed said he witnessed the deaths of an elderly woman carrying a newborn baby and of the policeman who had first concluded the car was packed with explosives . An Agence France Presse reporter at the scene said a row of houses were completely destroyed , and residents were rummaging through the rubble in search of victims and their belongings . In Baghdad , meanwhile , a car bomb outside a government office responsible for producing identity papers in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City killed at least 12 people and wounded 22 others , security and medical officials said . \" This attack is a terrible crime against humanity , because they did it during Ramadan , while people are fasting , \" said one elderly witness who declined to be identified . An AFP journalist said eight nearby cars were badly burned and many of the victims of the 9 : 30 am ( 0630 GMT ) attack could not be identified because their papers were inside the offices that were targeted .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "In Baghdad , meanwhile , a car bomb outside a government office responsible for producing identity papers in the Shiite bastion of Sadr City killed at least 12 people and wounded 22 others , security and medical officials said . \" This attack is a terrible crime against humanity , because they did it during Ramadan , while people are fasting , \" said one elderly witness who declined to be identified . An AFP journalist said eight nearby cars were badly burned and many of the victims of the 9 : 30 am ( 0630 GMT ) attack could not be identified because their papers were inside the offices that were targeted . Two other explosions in the Baghdad neighborhoods of Husseiniyah and Yarmouk killed at least four people and left 24 others wounded , while a car bomb in the town of Tarmiyah , just north of Baghdad , hurt nine people , officials said . Checkpoint shootings and bomb blasts in restive ethnically - mixed Diyala province killed 11 people and left 40 others wounded , security officials and doctor Ahmed Ibrahim from the main hospital in provincial capital Baquba said . Insurgents also launched attacks on a military base near the town of Dhuluiyah , killing at least 15 Iraqi soldiers and leaving two others wounded , according to two security officials . Two other attacks in the same province -- a shooting at a checkpoint and a car bomb near a Shiite mosque -- left three people dead and six wounded , officials said . Nine bomb blasts , some of them minutes apart , meanwhile killed seven people and wounded 29 in Kirkuk city and the eponymous province ' s towns of Dibis and Tuz Khurmatu . Three different attacks -- a car bomb , a roadside blast and a shooting -- in the main northern city of Mosul and the nearby town of Baaj left nine people dead and seven wounded , according to Iraqi army First Lieutenant Waad Mohammed and police Lieutenant Mohammed al - Juburi . A roadside bomb at a market in the center of the town of Diwaniyah , south of Baghdad , killed three people and left 25 hurt , provincial health chief Adnan Turki said .", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "\" This attack is a terrible crime against humanity , because they did it during Ramadan , while people are fasting , \" said one elderly witness who declined to be identified . An AFP journalist said eight nearby cars were badly burned and many of the victims of the 9 : 30 am ( 0630 GMT ) attack could not be identified because their papers were inside the offices that were targeted . Two other explosions in the Baghdad neighborhoods of Husseiniyah and Yarmouk killed at least four people and left 24 others wounded , while a car bomb in the town of Tarmiyah , just north of Baghdad , hurt nine people , officials said . Checkpoint shootings and bomb blasts in restive ethnically - mixed Diyala province killed 11 people and left 40 others wounded , security officials and doctor Ahmed Ibrahim from the main hospital in provincial capital Baquba said . Insurgents also launched attacks on a military base near the town of Dhuluiyah , killing at least 15 Iraqi soldiers and leaving two others wounded , according to two security officials . Two other attacks in the same province -- a shooting at a checkpoint and a car bomb near a Shiite mosque -- left three people dead and six wounded , officials said . Nine bomb blasts , some of them minutes apart , meanwhile killed seven people and wounded 29 in Kirkuk city and the eponymous province ' s towns of Dibis and Tuz Khurmatu . Three different attacks -- a car bomb , a roadside blast and a shooting -- in the main northern city of Mosul and the nearby town of Baaj left nine people dead and seven wounded , according to Iraqi army First Lieutenant Waad Mohammed and police Lieutenant Mohammed al - Juburi . A roadside bomb at a market in the center of the town of Diwaniyah , south of Baghdad , killed three people and left 25 hurt , provincial health chief Adnan Turki said . In the western town of Heet , a car bomb exploded near an army patrol , killing one soldier and wounding 10 others , according to an Iraqi army captain and doctor Abdulwahab al - Shammari from the town hospital .", "event": [{"event_type": "Attack", "event_trigger": "shooting", "arguments": [{"argument": "bomb", "role": "Instrument"}, {"argument": "people", "role": "Target"}, {"argument": "mosque", "role": "Place"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "Get all the latest politics news Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Invalid Email One of the IRA β s most senior former officers has admitted for the first time that the terror group is responsible for the Birmingham pub bombings . Kieran Conway , who was head of the IRA β s intelligence - gathering department in the 1970s , broke a 40 - year silence by the organisation to make the admission . He admitted he was β appalled and ashamed β because he claimed the bombing of civilians went against everything it stood for . He said the attacks on The Mulberry Bush and The Tavern in The Town had been in revenge for the death of IRA bomber James McDade . At first he feared that the timing of the attacks - with very little warning - had been deliberate because β tempers were high β . But he was later told that the IRA unit involved had tried to use β a succession of phone boxes β which were out of order , significantly delaying the bomb - warning call . Video Loading Video Unavailable Click to play Tap to play The video will start in 8 Cancel Play now Listen to our recreation of the Birmingham pub bombings warning call - made to the Birmingham Post & Mail newsroom Conway , who makes the admissions in his new memoir , also revealed that soon after the bombings the IRA β s England Operational Commander and his adjutant β made it back home β to Dublin for an urgent de - brief and to assess the impact of the disaster as far as the terrorists were concerned . Birmingham pub bombings : Minute by minute - 24 hours that changed our city forever Funding for the terrorists dried up almost overnight and the bombings , which left 21 dead and almost 200 injured , including many maimed for life , cost them hugely in the propaganda war . And in an interview he confirmed that the IRA hierarchy in Dublin knew all along that the six Irishmen arrested for the explosions were innocent β from the get go , from the very start . β", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "By MARI YAMAGUCHI , Associated Press TOKYO ( AP ) β Japanese police have arrested a man who admitted to landing a drone with low - level radioactive sand on the roof of the prime minister ' s office to protest the government ' s nuclear energy policy , officials said Saturday . Tokyo metropolitan police said Yasuo Yamamoto , 40 , turned himself in to authorities late Friday in Fukui in western Japan . The small drone found Wednesday had traces of radiation and triggered fears of potential terrorist attacks using unmanned aerial devices , the prime ministers ' office has said . The infiltration at Japan ' s political headquarters has also raised questions over the level of security there . No one was injured and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was traveling at the time of the incident . Police said Yamamoto was arrested on suspicion of flying the drone and obstructing duties at the prime minister ' s office . He has not been indicted and faces further questioning . Public broadcaster NHK said police quoted the unemployed man as saying he did it to protest the government ' s nuclear energy policy . Fukui is home to about a quarter of Japan ' s 48 reactors , which are currently all offline following the 2011 tsunami - triggered Fukushima plant disaster . Abe ' s administration wants to restart as many of the idled plants as possible . The drone was carrying a small camera and a plastic bottle containing what police suspect was the source of radioactive cesium , levels of which were too low to affect humans or the environment . The suspect said he used the sand from an unspecified location in Fukushima , where radiation levels are still high due to fallouts from the Fukushima Dai - ichi meltdowns , NHK said . The government has set up a task force to work on regulations for the use of small drones while ensuring the security of key government facilities . Drones have become increasingly popular in Japan for industrial , service and entertainment use . At a meeting Friday , task force members cautioned against excessive restrictions on the emerging market for drones .", "event": [{"event_type": "Attack", "event_trigger": "attacks", "arguments": [{"argument": "unmanned aerial devices", "role": "Instrument"}]}]} | |
| {"text": "ABDULLAH AHMED ABDULLAH Murder of U . S . Nationals Outside the United States ; Conspiracy to Murder U . S . Nationals Outside the United States ; Attack on a Federal Facility Resulting in Death ; Conspiracy to Kill U . S . Nationals , to Murder , to Destroy Buildings and Property of the United States , and to Destroy the National Defense Utilities of the United States Images Aliases : Abu Mohamed Al - Masri , Abu Muhammad al Masri , Saleh , Abu Mariam , Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah Ali , Abu Mohammed", "event": []} | |
| {"text": "Conservative President Ivan Duque urged Communist - ruled Cuba , a host and one of the guarantors of the peace process , to send home the ELN rebels in Havana . Cuba β s foreign minister said in a tweet late on Friday that the country would respect the protocols of the negotiations it had been hosting and was consulting with both parties and the guarantors of the talks . On Friday , Colombia blamed the leftist ELN for the bombing of a police academy in Bogota that killed 20 people as well as the attacker , dealing a big blow to the peace process . 190102132047518 Duque then announced that he was reinstating arrest warrants for 10 ELN members , who are part of the group β s delegation to the Cuba talks . The talks were aimed at ending more than five decades of fighting by the Marxist - inspired group . Duque said that Cuba must not protect the rebels . The police academy car bombing β was a crime that violated human rights and no such act deserves [ Cuba acting ] to avoid justice being done β , Duque said while giving a speech in Tolima . Colombians , including Duque , planned to join in a march on Sunday to protest against the car bombing , the worst such attack in the country in 16 years . Last rebel group In November , Colombia asked Cuba to capture ELN rebel commander Nicolas Rodriguez and provide information about the presence of other commanders in the Cuban territory . The government in Bogota also asked Havana to act on an Interpol Red Notice against Rodriguez . The Cuban government did not respond publicly to that request or made a statement about the issue . Colombia has experienced several years of relative calm since the 2016 peace accord signed by then - President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC ) fighters . 190118182118648 With the landmark agreement turning the former rebels into a political party , the smaller ELN is considered the last active rebel group in the country . True to his election promises , Duque has taken a hard line against the ELN .", "event": [{"event_type": "Demonstrate", "event_trigger": "protest", "arguments": [{"argument": "Colombians", "role": "Demonstrator"}]}]} | |