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18 Killed In Serial Suicide Bomb Blast In Northeast Nigeria

At least 18 people were killed and 30 were injured in a series of deadly blasts in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, said the officials. One of the suspected bombings killed six people and wounded others during a wedding ceremony on Saturday. According to the state's emergency management agency, the suspected suicide bombers attacked a wedding, funeral, and a hospital in the town of Gowza, reported BBC. The state of Borno has been at the centre of a 15-year insurgency by Boko Haram Islamist militants, resulting in the displacement of over two million people and the killing of more than 40,000. The outfit gained notoriety in 2014 when it kidnapped more than 270 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in the same state. ALSO READ: Australian PM Anthony Alban...

Attempt was made to kill me during BJD government’s tenure: Odisha CM Mohan Charan Majhi | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday claimed that during the previous BJD government's regime, an attempt was made on his life by hurling bombs. While addressing a public meeting at Jhumpura in his home district Keonjhar, he said that he was saved due to divine intervention and the love of the people."There was an attempt to kill me in a bomb blast in Keonjhar's Mandua.However, I was saved due to God's blessings and the love of people," he said.The chief minister, who is a senior BJP leader, asserted his faith in the protection of various deities, saying, "I have nothing to fear when Maa Tarini, Maa Durga, Lord Baladev and Lord Jagannath are with me."During his visit to Keonjhar, Majhi held a roadshow and attended a rally where he was felicitated. He also paid v...

Delhi Airport bomb scare: 13-year-old apprehended for sending threat email ‘just for fun’ | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: A 13-year-old boy was arrested on Sunday for allegedly sending an email to the Delhi Airport falsely claiming that a bomb had been planted in the Dubai-bound flight. The boy had sent the mail "just for fun" after being influenced by the news of another teenager who made a hoax bomb threat call a few days ago, deputy commissioner of police (IGI Airport) Usha Rangnani told news agency PTI.The airport DCP was referring to another incident that occurred this month when some other 13-year-old boy had allegedly sent a hoax email claiming a bomb was on a Toronto-bound Air Canada flight from Delhi. The boy had admitted that he also did it "just for fun" to test if he could be tracked down.A Dubai-bound flight which was to take off from Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI...