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Yemen: Spanish Tourists Killed in bomb attack

dailymail.co.uk reported that six Spanish tourists and one Yemeni were killed in an attack by a suspected al Qaeda suicide car bomber in the Yemeni province of Marib on Monday, security sources said. Security sources said the “terrorist attack” followed an al Qaeda statement demanding the release of some of its members jailed in Yemen and warned of unspecified actions. One security source said six of the 13 Spanish tourists traveling in a convoy near a tourist attraction in Marib were killed in the car bomb attack and the rest were wounded. Read Article

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Compilation of beatings muggings of foreigners in New Zealand

We’re appalled to hear about the street assault by a stranger of 40 year immigrant Praveet Chahal in Papatoetoe, South Auckland on Thursday. Not only does her attack show that women aren’t safe on the streets, it also demonstrates people are inured to violence and believe male partners have a right to beat their women. […]

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Somalia: Al-Shabaab claims responsibility for car bombing that struck hotel

upi.com reported that Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a deadly twin car bombing that struck a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia on New Year’s Day. A New Year’s Day twin car bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia killed 11 and injured at least 40 others. Somali police spokesman General Mohamed Yusuf Omar Madale announced “The death […]

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Ireland: Two American tourists attacked while trying to prevent a robbery in Dublin

Irishtimes.com reports that a Dublin man has received a six-year sentence for his role in viciously attacking two American tourists who had tried to stop a city centre robbery. Anthony Clifford (23) of Mourne Road, Drimnagh pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to two counts of violent disorder in Temple Bar on April 29th, […]

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Kenya: Assailants hurled grenade at British tourists, failed to explode

Attackers hurled a grenade Thursday at British tourists in Kenya but it failed to explode, police said, a rare attack specifically targeting foreign visitors who are key to the economy. The tourists were attacked while traveling by road from the Indian Ocean coastal resort of Diani to Kenya’s main port of Mombasa, a mainly Muslim […]

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French tourists assaulted on a beach in New Zealand

According to tvnz.co.nz, police are still searching for a second assailant following an assault on two French tourists in Napier. Police say the French couple, a 22-year-old man and woman, were attacked in their campervan in the Whakarire Ave carpark at the end of Westshore Beach in Napier about 10.45pm on Saturday. They were approached […]

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American tourist injured after explosion at Myanmar luxury hotel

As reported by Voanews.com, a bomb blast at an upscale hotel in Burma’s main city, Rangoon, has wounded an American woman. The explosion, which took place late Monday at Traders Hotel, follows a series of suspected bomb blasts that killed two people and injured several others in the past four days. Read Article

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Two European tourists implicated in local boy’s murder killed by mob in Madagascar

Yahoo News New Zealand reports that a mob in Madagascar on Thursday killed two Europeans suspected of mutilating and murdering a young boy at the country’s main tourist resort, security forces said. Residents on Nosy Be island went on the rampage after the missing eight-year-old was found dead with his genitals and tongue cut off, […]

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Kenya: Gunmen attack popular tourist shopping mall in Nairobi

NBC News reports that gunmen stormed a crowded shopping mall frequented by Westerners on Saturday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi in an apparent terror attack. A witness said that gunmen armed with AK-47s and grenades told Muslims to stand up and leave and that non-Muslims would be targeted, according to The Associated Press. A […]

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Group of Austrailian trekkers injured in brutal attack in Papua New Guinea

According to ibtimes.com, ahe Australian government has confirmed the attack on a group of Australian trekkers in Papua New Guinea. Initial reports said the guides of the trekkers have been hacked to death. The trekkers were following the Black Cat track when a group of men armed with machetes and bush knives attacked them. Two […]

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