Posts Tagged ‘police-station’
Bengal minister denies Mamata stormed cop station, CPI-M slams her
As the opposition slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for allegedly storming a police station to free two arrested Trinamool Congress activists, the West Bengal government Wednesday denied the charge, saying her presence had instead helped defuse a volatile situation that could have resulted in bloodshed. Original post: Bengal minister [...]
Where do I vote? Much confusion clouds Haiti polls (Reuters)
Reuters - Canaan, a 10-month-old tent and tarpaulin settlement of thousands of earthquake survivors carpeting bare hillsides north of Haiti's capital, has a prefabricated police station, a tin-roof meeting center, tent schools and churches, and even a barber shop. The rest is here: Where do I vote? Much confusion clouds Haiti polls [...]
Anger at Haiti cholera outbreak turns violent (AFP)
AFP - Protesters in northern Haiti set fire to a police station and clashed with UN peacekeepers as anger turned to violence in response to a cholera outbreak that has claimed almost 1,000 lives. More here: Anger at Haiti cholera outbreak turns violent (AFP)
300 protesters throw rocks, eggs at LAPD station (AP)
AP - Protesters on Tuesday night pelted a police station with eggs, rocks and bottles despite Police Chief Charlie Beck's plea for calm earlier in the day and his promise to thoroughly investigate an officer's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant wielding a knife. Read more: 300 protesters throw rocks, eggs at LAPD station (AP)
Car bomb kills 16 in Pakistan after Taliban threat (Reuters)
Reuters - At least 16 people were killed and 50 wounded in a car bomb attack at a police residential complex in Pakistan on Tuesday, officials said, in another blow for a country grappling with devastating floods. View original post here: Car bomb kills 16 in Pakistan after Taliban threat (Reuters)
Nineteen killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan (Reuters)
Reuters - A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police station in northwest Pakistan on Monday killing at least 19 people, police said, in a new wave of attacks by al Qaeda- and Taliban-linked militants. Read the original: Nineteen killed in suicide bombing in Pakistan (Reuters)
Police say suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 (AP)
AP - A suicide bomber detonated a car in an alley behind a police station in a strategically vital town in northwest Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 17 police and civilians in an explosion that shattered the station and neighboring homes, police said. More here: Police say suicide attack in NW Pakistan kills 17 (AP)
