Brussel
In Brussels, the area around Sint-Goriksplein was evacuated after the police received a report about an armed man. Police special units are on site. The man is said to be hiding in a building.
“The police have received a report that there is an armed person in a building. The police are on site and have set up a perimeter as a precaution and cleared and evacuated everything. We cannot say more at this time,” said police spokeswoman Ilse Van de Keere.
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An armed Belgian was picked off a bus in the Spanish capital Madrid on Tuesday. The man is suspected of ties to organized crime.
The Belgian was said to have been on his way to France and was, among other things, in possession of a rifle when he was arrested. An arrest warrant was issued against the man in our country for theft, kidnapping and manslaughter.
According to Spanish police, he had previously left Malaga, in the south of Spain, by bus and wanted to travel on to the French city of Nantes by another bus. In addition to bulletproof vests, two weapons and ammunition were found in his luggage.
He allegedly bought the weapons in Marbella, a luxurious seaside resort in southern Spain that is popular with international drug traffickers, the radio station Cadena Ser reported. Spanish police told the French news agency AFP that the case has nothing to do with terrorism, but that it involves “organized crime” and “drug trafficking.”
A bus hostage situation is underway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A gunman has stormed the bus and is holding about 15 people hostage, according to Brazilian media reports.
The vehicle has stopped at a central intercity bus station and the area has been cordoned off by police officers, while special negotiators are trying to communicate with the perpetrator.
❗🔥🇧🇷 – In Brazil, a criminal hijacked a bus and took 17 hostages in Rio de Janeiro.
Police representative confirms that two people were shot, one of the victims, with 3 shots, was taken to the hospital.
In addition to armored vehicles, more teams from the Special Operations… pic.twitter.com/utyZ5THMtp
— 🔥🗞The Informant (@theinformant_x) March 12, 2024
“A man shot two people and is holding hostages on a bus at Novo Rio station,” a police spokesman said, adding that the injured were taken to hospital.
Images broadcast by the GloboNews network show live the police operation at the Rio de Janeiro station from which buses depart for other Brazilian states.
“A man pulled out a gun, started shooting and entered the bus. I have two friends inside this bus. We are in despair, we don’t know what will happen,” an eyewitness told the channel’s microphone.
Source: RES-MPE
#Brazil #Gunman #storms #bus #holds #hostages
Dozens of people were killed Sunday when gunmen opened fire on a mosque in eastern Burkina Faso, the French news agency (AFP) reported today, citing local officials and security sources.
“Gunmen attacked a mosque in Natiaboani at around 5am on Sunday, killing dozens of people,” a security source told AFP.
An official of the rural community described that “terrorists invaded early in the morning. They surrounded the mosque and opened fire on worshipers who had gathered for the first prayer of the day. Several were fatally wounded, including an important religious leader.”
#UPDATE An attack on a mosque in eastern Burkina Faso has killed dozens of Muslims on the same day as another deadly attack on Catholics attending mass, local and security sources told AFP on Monday ➡️ pic.twitter.com/YK4C53hiWq
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 26, 2024
On Sunday morning, a similar attack – attributed to jihadists – took place against a Catholic church, in the community of Esakan (north). Fifteen worshipers were killed and two others were injured in the attack that took place during the service.
Pope Francis was “informed with deep sadness of the tragic terrorist attack that took place in a Catholic church in Esakan”. In a related announcement, the head of the Roman Catholic Church expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, as well as “to the Muslim community for the attack that was committed in a mosque in Natiaboani”.
Since 2015, Burkina Faso has been plagued by attacks usually attributed to jihadist organizations that pledge allegiance to al-Qaeda or the Islamic State. Their action has claimed the lives of approximately 20,000 people and displaced over two million others.
Source: RES-MPE
#Burkina #Faso #Dozens #dead #attack #gunmen #mosque
Kansas City’s police chief today explained the cause of the shooting that left a woman dead yesterday in the Missouri city, in the central US, which was celebrating its Super Bowl victory. “Disagreement between several people that ended with shots fired,” the chief said.
“Investigations have shown that there was no connection to terrorism or national violent extremism. As reported yesterday, we have individuals in custody, two of whom are minors,” Stacey Graves, who announced yesterday, 02/14, said at a press conference. three arrests.
Tens of thousands of people were celebrating the victory of the Kansas City Chiefs football team by parading down the city street when gunshots rang out near the parking lot of Union Station near the end of the celebration.
One dead and 22 injured is the total toll, according to the authorities. The victim of the attack was 43-year-old Lisa Lopez, who worked as a radio producer.
“We had one fatality at the scene, eight critically injured, seven seriously injured and six with minor injuries,” the city’s fire chief, Ross Grandison, said today. “More than half of the injured are under 16 years old,” he explained.
Mercy Children’s Hospital said it treated 12 patients, including 11 children between the ages of 6 and 15. “Nine children were injured by a bullet,” said a hospital spokesman, clarifying that doctors expect all the injured to recover from their injuries, while nine of them have already been discharged from the hospital.
Police have again appealed for testimony from anyone who witnessed the shootings, has video of the attack or is a victim who has not yet reported to authorities. At the same time, an FBI platform was launched to collect videos that could help the investigation.
Stacey Graves also praised those who stopped a person suspected of involvement in the case. It’s about two Kansas City Chiefs fans who went to the parade to celebrate and after shots were fired, they ran over and stopped a man they thought was suspicious. The man was taken into custody and is being questioned by the police along with two others.
The incident adds to the long list of gun tragedies in the United States, noting the heavy toll of their proliferation across the country and the ease with which Americans have access to them.
On Wednesday afternoon 02/14, President Joe Biden again called on Congress to legislate to end gun violence in the country.
Speaking of tragedy, the US president said he was praying for those killed and injured in Kansas City, but also “for the country to find the resolve to end this senseless epidemic of gun violence that is ravaging the American people».
The mayor of Kansas City, who was present with his family at the parade after the parade to celebrate a Super Bowl victory, “it’s a day many people hope to remember for the rest of their lives, and what they shouldn’t remember is the threat posed by gun violence».
Source: RES-MPE
#Kansas #reason #shooting #minors #custody
The first use of American GBU-39 gliding bombs from the GLSDB (Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb) complex based on the HIMARS MLRS has been recorded by the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU). Such a bomb arrived on Kremennaya in the LPR on February 13.
This is evidenced by a video with the remains of ammunition published by Russian military officers.
The transfer of the GLSDB batch to Kyiv became known in early February, although deliveries were announced a year ago. This ammunition is called in various sources a light ground bomb of small diameter, a high-precision glide missile, and a guided missile.
The development included the SDB (GBU-39) aerial bomb and a jet engine from American 227 mm unguided rockets for the M142 HIMARS and M270 MLRS MLRS, as well as for the K239 Chunmoo. Since 2008, the engines have been stored in warehouses. Saab and Boeing decided to use them to modernize the SDB.
The latest modification of the bomb is provided by inertial navigation (functioning without GPS and access to an external signal) and a millimeter-wave locator, and a laser sensor helps to detect and neutralize moving targets. The striking distance of the SDB is at least 110 km, the warhead weight is 93 kg, which allows it to penetrate a meter thick reinforced concrete slab.
The bomb has wings, which make it possible to plan and change its trajectory in the air. She knows how to go around natural obstacles and actually enter from the rear.
#GBU39 #smart #bomb #Armed #Forces #Ukraine #recorded
2024-02-14 08:49:48
