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by Pierre ROCHICCIOLI Bertrand PINON PARIS, France (AFP) — A fresh crisis hit France’s government Sunday when a senior policewoman claimed the interior ministry pressured her to alter a report into security at the Nice fireworks display where 84 were killed when a man rammed a lorry into the crowd. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve — whose account of police deployments on the night of July 14 celebrations has already faced questions — has been the […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — A Syrian refugee has been killed setting off a bomb at a bar in southern Germany which also wounded a dozen other people late Sunday, authorities say, the third attack to hit Bavaria in a week. The 27-year-old man, whose asylum application was rejected a year ago, had been targeting a nearby pop music festival, regional interior minister Joachim Herrmann said, according to DPA. Some 2,500 people have been evacuated from […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — The man killed by an explosion at a bar in the southern German city of Ansbach late on Sunday was the one who set off the blast, local police said. At least 12 other people were injured in the explosion, which went off close to a bar in the city centre at around 10:00 pm (2000 GMT). Some 2,500 people were gathered nearby for an open-air music festival, which local media […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — An explosion which killed at least one person at a bar in the southern German city of Ansbach on Sunday night was set off on purpose, local authorities told AFP. “The explosion was set off deliberately,” said Michael Siefener, a spokesman for the regional interior ministry, adding that authorities were trying to establish the exact cause. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — One person was killed and 11 injured by an explosion at a restaurant in the southern German city of Ansbach on Sunday night, DPA reported, citing local police. Officers have cordoned off the centre of the Bavarian city and rescue services are on the scene, the news agency reported, although details of what caused the explosion are still unclear. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
(REUTERS) An 18-year-old German-Iranian gunman who apparently acted alone opened fire near a busy shopping mall in Munich on Friday evening, killing at least nine people in the third attack on civilians in Western Europe in eight days. As authorities sought to piece together the circumstances of an attack behind which they had found no immediate evidence of an Islamist motive, Munich police said they would hold a 0930 GMT (5.30 am ET) news […]
MADRID, Spain (AFP) – by Marianne BARRIAUX Spain said Thursday it had asked London for “urgent” explanations after a British nuclear submarine collided with a vessel off the coast of Gibraltar, forcing it to dock in the disputed territory. The incident sparked environmental fears as well as concerns it could lead to yet another diplomatic row between London and Madrid, which wants Gibraltar back centuries after it was ceded to Britain in 1713. The HMS Ambush […]
PARIS, France (AFP) – by Andrea BAMBINO with Catherine MARCIANO in Nice French President Francois Hollande on Thursday promised “truth and transparency” from an inquiry into allegations of lax security the night of the Bastille Day attack in Nice that killed 84 people. “When there is a tragedy, or in this case an attack with many dead… there will naturally be questions,” Hollande said during a visit to Dublin, adding that the conclusions of the police probe […]
by Anne Pascale REBOUL Sophie DEVILLER NICE, France (AFP) — Five people detained after last week’s massacre in Nice are due to appear before a judge Thursday, as France is set to pass a law extending the state of emergency. The government is scrambling to reassure a jittery population after the country’s third major attack in 18 months killed 84 people out celebrating Bastille Day. Four men and one woman aged between 22 and 40 […]
GIBRALTAR, United Kingdom (AFP) — A British nuclear submarine docked in Gibraltar on Wednesday after it collided with a merchant vessel off the coast of the territory located on Spain’s southern tip, Britain’s defense ministry said. “The submarine suffered some external damage but there is absolutely no damage to her nuclear plant and no member of the ship’s company was injured in the incident,” the ministry said in a statement. “We are in contact with […]
BERLIN, Germany (AFP) – by Deborah COLE German authorities cast doubt Wednesday on whether a teenager who went on an axe rampage on a Bavarian train was really an Afghan refugee, saying he might have been from Pakistan. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the teenager was believed to be a “lone wolf” attacker who appeared to have been “inspired” by the Islamic State group but was not a member of the jihadist network. “This […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — France’s National Assembly voted in the early hours of Wednesday to extend the country’s state of emergency for six months following last week’s massacre in Nice. The state of emergency has been in place since the Paris attacks in November, and the extension would take it until the end of January 2017. The extension now needs to be approved by the Senate. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
