Posts Tagged ‘explosions’
2 explosions strike northeast Nigeria city (AP)
AP – A local police commissioner says two explosions have struck a northeast Nigeria city already under siege by a radical Muslim sect amid church explosions elsewhere in the country that have left 25 dead.
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12 explosions rock Baghdad
A wave of violence ripped across Baghdad on Thursday morning, killing at least 49 people and injuring nearly 200 in a coordinated attack designed to wreak havoc in the Iraqi capital just days after American forces left the country.
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38 killed as explosions rock Iraqi cities (AP)
AP – Bomb blasts ripped through three Iraqi cities Monday morning, killing 38 people, including 34 who were gathered at a market in the southern city of Kut and shattering what had been a relatively peaceful holy month of Ramadan.
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Anti-aircraft fire, explosions echo in Tripoli (AP)
AP – Heavy anti-aircraft fire is lighting up the skies over Tripoli and the sound of loud explosions is echoing through the Libyan capital after nightfall.
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Swedish police: Explosions were terrorism (AP)
AP – Swedish police say that two explosions in central Stockholm were an act of terrorism by what appeared to be a suicide bomber, who killed himself and lightly wounded two people.
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Explosions kill at least 7 near Nigeria ceremony (AP)
AP – Two car bombs blew up on Friday as Nigeria celebrated its 50th independence anniversary, killing at least seven people in an unprecedented attack on the capital by suspected militants from the country’s oil region.
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Bangkok battles: 16 dead in clashes, explosions (AP)
AP – Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters who battled them with firebombs and homemade rockets Friday in a second straight day of escalating violence as troops tried to clear the rioters from the streets of downtown Bangkok.
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