There are now enough grounds to order reinvestigation of 1995 abduction & killing of six foreign tourists following startling revelations by a new book that they were killed by pro-government counter-insurgents fully aided & abetted by the security forces . The book – “The Meadow, Kashmir 1995 – Where the Terror Began”, by Adrian Levy and Cathy Scott-Clark, succinctly details the reasons & circumstances leading to the brutal killings of five out of six abducted innocent foreign tourists. The two British Authors, who specialize in investigative journalism and have worked for UK’s “ The Sunday Times” and “ The Guardian ” for nearly 18 years and have been honored with ‘Foreign Correspondents of the Year’ award in 2004 and ‘British Journalists of the Year’ award in 2009, have made painstaking efforts in lifting the veil over many other incidents which happened around that time. In respect of abduction & killings of foreign tourists, the Govt. was quick to put the blame on Al-Faran militant group, believed to be a front for Harkat-ul-Mujahideen at that time . The motive of militants behind the gory incident was stated to be release of some hardcore militants under arrest at that time. The concocted story appeared to be plausible & believable which is an essential ingredient of any covert operation. What is more shocking & deplorable is the fact that when a foreign tourist woman, trekking in the area, approached Indian Army to report the abduction of Norwegian tourist Dirk Hasert, she was raped by a Major of Rashtriya Rifles instead of acting on her complaint. Read article
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Rescuers are searching for 16 tourists from Astrakhan missing in Karachay-Cherkessia, Vzglyad reports. The Center for Crisis Situations of the North Caucasus Regional Center of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies received information that the tourist group was registered at the Arzhy Rescue Subdivision of the Karachay-Cherkessia Rescue Group of the Russian Ministry for Emergencies. Read […]
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A man from Haveri district who had been visiting the taluk on tour along with his family on May 4, has gone missing. Yallappa Valikara alias Talawar, 35 years, a native of Shiggaon in Haveri district is that person. Read article
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Surat Thani – A Singaporean tourist went missing after his boat capsized in the reservoir of Ratchaprabha Dam Thursday afternoon. Police said three other Singaporean tourists were rescued in the accident at 1:10 pm and were rushed to the Ban Takhoon Hospital. Read article
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The airliner Sukhoi Superjet 100 has lost radio contact with the airport of Jakarta has disappeared from the radar screens of the airfield after falling 10,000 feet of altitude (3,000 meters) to 6,000 feet (about 3,000 meters) flying over a mountainous area about 100 kilometers from Jakarta, as reported by responsible civil aviation of Indonesia […]
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KATMANDU: Rescuers dug through mud and debris on Monday searching for bodies after a flashflood swept through west Nepal killing at least 20 people and leaving dozens missing, police said. Forty-four people, including three Ukranian tourists, were still missing after the flood hit on Saturday, police said. Pokhara is the second-biggest city of Nepal after […]
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ALOR STAR: A Malaysian tourist is believed to have gone missing following the bomb blast at Lee Gardens hotel in Hat Yai, Thailand yesterday. At press time, several officers from the Malaysian consulate-general office in Songkhla, Thailand are searching on the whereabouts of 39-year-old restaurant worker Tan Peng Chan. Read article
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DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Piscataquis County Sheriff’s Department said an Austrian tourist missing for a week while on a motorcycle trip has been found. Officials said Johannes Stummer, 25, was found walking on a logging road Thursday. He was last seen on March 22 in Big Moose Township, north of Moosehead Lake. He was reported missing […]
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MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) – For 10 days, Australian tourist Michael Martin Caruana roamed around a mall in Malate, Manila hoping to find her Filipina girlfriend Veniz Jane Galvez. The couple met through an online dating site and was set to marry on Thursday, March 29. Read article
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The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, has confirmed that a tourist went missing in the rain forest at the Victoria Falls on Sunday this week. The authority’s spokesperson, Caroline Washaya-Moyo said Tinashe Chitambo together with his sister Michelle entered the rain forest as visitors at around 10 am and later had lunch at a […]
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