Filepix shows a fire following an alleged explosion from a homemade bomb at a main road of Cotabato City, southern Philippines on Aug 5, 2013.
Malaysian terror leader Zulkifli bin Hir, better known as Marwan, is suspected to be the mastermind behind a series of recent bomb attacks in Maguindanao region in southern Philippines.
With a US$5mil (RM15mil) bounty on his head, Marwan, who was once presumed killed in a military air strike in Jolo last year, is reported to be hiding out with a breakaway Moro rebel group which has claimed responsibility for the bombings.
Marwan, a leader of Jemaah Islamiyah with direct links to global terror network of Al-Qadea and listed by FBI as one of the most wanted terrorist in the world, is believed to be together with another Indonesian JI operative.
A wealthy businessman, who owns several restaurants and nightclubs in the city, escaped death when his luxury car was blown up even as he was in the car. Both he and his driver escaped unhurt.
A bomb strapped below the vehicle apparently exploded sending ball bearings ripping through the boot of the Jaguar.
The businessman, a Datuk Seri, and his driver were passing Taman Taynton View in Cheras on Monday night when the device was detonated on Monday night.
The businessman, however, is said to be a former detainee under the Emergency Ordinance and had been detained in Simpang Renggam for more than a year.
According to the report lodged by his driver, they were driving past Jalan Nadchantiram in the area at about 8.45pm when the back of the car blew up. He said they stopped the car and rushed out.
A police bomb squad robot approaching the car where two men were attacked with a homemade bomb in Donggongon on Tuesday night.
The police have arrested a local couple to facilitate investigations pertaining to the explosive attack on a vehicle in the Donggongon town at Penampang.
State Deputy Police Commissioner Sr Assist Comm II Datuk Tan Kok Liang, when contacted said the the couple, aged 38 and 59, were arrested in the Penampang area on Wednesday, a day after the incident.
"Police are still investigating the motive behind the attack," he said on Thursday, adding that initial investigation believed the attack to be personal.
Tan urged the public not to panic as the attack has no connection to any terrorist involvement.
The 9.30pm bomb attack on Tuesday caused a panic lead among residents in the area as some of them living as far as two kilometers from the scene could hear the explosion. Continue Reading..
A home-made grenade was found outside of a recreational club in Raja Uda here early this morning.
Seberang Perai Utara police chief Assistant Commissioner Abdul Rahman Ibrahim said two security guards on duty had stumbled upon the grenade at 5.20am in front of the club’s main entrance.
“They saw a man threw a hand grenade wrapped in paper at the front door and sped off on a motorcycle,” he said
A member of the bomb disposal squad approaches the package tentatively.
Two parcels, marked "bomb" and suspected to contain explosive material, were found at two locations in Kepong and Seri Kembangan Friday.
The first, was found at the Jinjang Utara DAP operations centre here.
The parcel, about the size of a car battery, was found by a party worker at about 7.30am at the centre, located at Jalan Jinjang Utama in Kepong.
The worker, who grew suspicious of the parcel, quickly alerted the police.A bomb squad was rushed to the scene where a bomb disposal robot was used to carefully open the parcel.
A bomb squad officer sifting through rubbish looking for explosive devices at Taman Jawi Jaya, Nibong Tebal.
Pakatan Rakyat's leadership council has condemned the violence during campaigning and urged the police to act quickly to nab the perpetrators, said PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
"Pakatan views this matter seriously and condemns any effort to create chaos and disturbance," he said at a press conference here Monday.
Quick action by the police, he added, would also clear the air over claims that Pakatan supporters were behind the trouble.
"We believe the police will act professionally in handling this situation. Continue Reading..
This still frame from video shows Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev visible through an ambulance after he was captured in Watertown, Mass., Friday, April 19, 2013.A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.A police officer gives a thumbs up to another in Watertown, Mass.
Friday, April 19, 2013, after the manhunt for the second of two suspects
in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured. A 19-year-old college
student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody
Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed
and his older brother and accomplice dead
A university student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombing was captured hiding out in a boat parked in a backyard Friday and his older brother lay dead in a furious 24-hour drama that transfixed Americans and paralyzed the Boston area.
The bloody endgame came four days after the bombing and just a day after the FBI released surveillance-camera images of two young men suspected of planting the pressure-cooker explosives that ripped through the crowd at the marathon finish line, killing three people and wounding more than 180.
Eight-year-old Martin Richard had just gotten ice cream and was near the Boston Marathon finish line, eagerly watching for friends to run by. Krystle Campbell was enjoying the race with her best friend, hoping to get a photo of the other woman’s boyfriend after he conquered the last mile.
Then the unthinkable struck.
The spirited 8-year-old, pictured on Facebook in his classroom holding a sign that read “No more hurting people,” was dead, along with the outgoing 29-year-old woman and a graduate student from China — victims of twin bombs that turned a scene of celebration into chaos.
More than 170 others suffered injuries that included severed limbs, shrapnel wounds and abdominal lacerations. Continue Read..
Bloodbath in Boston as two explosions rock finish line of iconic Boston Marathon race at around 2.50 p.m. as race was winding down
At least three people confirmed dead and 141 people injured - with up to a eight critically ill - 14 in a serious condition - many amputations reported by city hospitals
Hospitals reporting they were removing ball bearings from victims
It has been reported that an eight-year-old boy was one of the two people confirmed dead in the blast
Two detonations came 12-seconds apart - with witnesses describing scenes of utter 'pandemonium'
New York City stepping up anti-terror efforts in wake of attack and have tightened security around popular destinations like Times Square
FBI officially classifying bombings as terrorist attack, but President Obama said it is important to 'get to the bottom of this' before classifying it
The 49-year-old housewife who fell victim to a parcel bomb blast in Taman Angsana Sari has succumbed to her injuries at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital here.
Tan Chin Fang (pic) who lost both hands and suffered severe abdominal injuries in the explosion, was rushed into surgery on Friday morning but died at 9.30am yesterday.
Her husband Ng Cheng Siang, 49, said his wife was unconscious after she was pushed into the operation room on Friday.
“When she was taken to hospital right after the blast, she complained of severe pain in the belly. When she was transferred to the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital, she was already very weak,” he said.
Recalling the incident, Ng said he was upstairs in their double-storey house when he heard an explosion at 8.20am.
A missing man after the Hatyai hotel blast has been confirmed as 39 year-old Tan Peng Chan, bringing the number of Malaysian casualties in the blast to two.
ll train services between Tapah Road and Tanjung Malim resumed at 1pm after police checks showed there was no bomb along the track.
All train services between Tapah Road and Tanjung Malim resumed at 1pm after police checks showed there was no bomb along the track.
The services were halted early this morning after police received an anonymous call at 1.45am claiming there was a bomb along the track.
Tapah Police chief Superintendent Roslan Bek said the operation was called off at 12.45pm after the bomb disposal unit discovered a suspicious looking buried object that turned out to be an old plastic mat.
Debris scattered on the 17th of floor of Hampshire Park Condominium in Persiaran Hampshire.Fire raging in the condominium on the 17th floor of Hampshire Park Condominium last night
A 61-year-old British consultant was injured in an explosion at his 17th floor condominium in Persiaran Hampshire, off Jalan Ampang, last night.
The blast shattered windows on the 17th and 16th floors of the Hampshire Park Condominium, sending shards of glass and chunks of concrete raining down on the ground, up to 200m away from the building. Even the windows of the nearby Corus Hotel were not spared.
Paul Christopher Lovell, who is attached to AET Tanker Holdings Sdn Bhd, was believed to have been badly injured and was warded in the intensive care unit of the Prince Court Hospital here.
A terrorist who helped plan July's attacks on two Jakarta hotels calls for the destruction of Australia in a video that shows the suicide bombers enjoying a picnic outside one of their targets.
Arina Rochmah of Indonesia, one of the widows of Asia’s most wanted militant Noordin Mohammad Top who was shot dead in a raid in Solo, carries her daughter after viewing her husband’s body at a mortuary in Jakarta October 1, 2009.
The family of Asia’s most wanted terrorist Noordin Mat Top, killed by Indonesian security forces in Central Java recently, today began making preparations for his burial in his village here.
Noordin’s sister-in-law Ubaidah Salimon, 49, said family members had started arriving at their ancestral home in Kampung Kayu Ara Pasong, here, to await the arrival of Noordin’s remains from Indonesia.
Noordin, 41, who headed a more radical splinter group of the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) was killed yesterday after his hideout in Solo, Central Java was raided by Indonesia’s elite anti-terrorist unit Densus 88.
Noordin’s death ended a six-year hunt for the person believed to be responsible for a series bomb attacks that killed tens of people in the republic.
Asia’s number one terrorist was alleged to be responsible for the bomb attacks on the Ritz Charlton Hotel and the J.W Marriot Hotel in Jakarta on July 17 which killed nine people including the two suicide bombers.
It is expected that Noordin’s body will be flown back to Malaysia tomorrow.
Noordin Mohammad Top, the chief suspect in July’s suicide bomb attacks on luxury hotels in Jakarta and other deadly attacks, was one of Asia’s most wanted men.
The former accountant and maths teacher was killed during a police raid in Central Java on Sept 17.
Noordin is also widely believed to be behind a 2003 attack on the Marriott that killed 12 people, as well as the 2004 bombing of the Australian embassy in Jakarta and 2005 attacks on tourist restaurants on the holiday island of Bali.
“Since Noordin’s death has received wide media coverage, many of our neighbours, relatives and friends have been contacting me. Those who visited us during Hari Raya also enquired about Noordin’s death and extended their condolences to our family,” she added.
Meanwhile, seen was a marquee erected at the cemetery, where the Islamist militant will be interred, about 150 metres away from the family home.
Scores of local and foreign journalists have started arriving in this town since yesterday, and this afternoon they were seen gathering at the cemetery area in anticipation of Noordin’s funeral.
Noordin, who headed Jemaaah Islamiyah’s radical splinter group known as Tandzim Al-Qoidah Indonesia, was shot dead by Indonesian security forces at a militant hideout in Solo, Central Java, on Sept 17, ending a six-year hunt for the fugitive Islamist militant. The former accountant was said to be responsible for planning and carrying out a series of bombing in Indonesia, including at the Ritz Carlton and JW Marriott hotels in July, which left nine people dead.
The Indonesian authorities have already identified the body as Noordin’s based on fingerprints and other physical marks.
Meanwhile the source also denied local media reports that the death of the most wanted terrorist was due to his blowing himself up to avoid being taken alive.
“Noordin died due to being shot on several parts of his body including the feet, hands and head. He had a serious wound on the back of his head, probably due to being shot,” the source said.
Still, the source said, the face was in good condition and this made the identification process easier. – Bernama
The video in Noordin Mohd Top laptop show chilling terrorist in work
A terrorist who helped plan July's attacks on two Jakarta hotels calls for the destruction of Australia in a video that shows the suicide bombers enjoying a picnic outside one of their targets. Other videos taken from the laptop show the Nana and Dani exercising in the park and surveying their target.
The video, recorded less than three weeks before the attacks that killed seven, including three Australians, was recovered from a laptop seized in the police raid that killed terrorist mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top earlier this month.
The video, believed to be shot by Noordin henchman Saifuddin Jaelani, shows suicide bombers Nana Ikhwan Maulana and Dani Dwi Permana picnicking in a park across the road from the the Ritz-Carlton.Jaelani is believed to be in hiding now and believe to replace Nordin to become the new head.
Dani, just 18 years old, says: "This is not suicide. This is what our enemies fear.
"It is an obligation for all. Those who do not execute this obligation are sinners."
Jaelani also claims in the letter that Noordin's group is extremely well organised.
"There are those who manage the funds, there are those who recruit, there are ulema who are giving fatwas (holy decree) and directions.
"There are those who guard the mujahid (holy warrior) families, there are those who source cars, source explosives, source weapons.
There are also political minds, filmmakers and couriers, he wrote.
"And there are those who become volunteers for matrydom."
Indonesian police detective Tito Karnavian said the laptop also contained evidence that Noordin's group had re-established links with Middle East terrorist groups like al-Qaeda.
It also revealed how Noordin's group wanted to target the Indonesian government because of its efforts to promote democracy, Karnavian said.
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A suspected terrorist linked to several Indonesian bombings in the past decade was killed in a protracted firefight Saturday in the Central Java town of Temanggung. Noordin M. Top was killed during a raid by the anti-terrorism unit Detachment 88 that began Friday and lasted 18 hours into Saturday, a security forces source and a police source said. Indonesias anti-terrorism forces had been hunting Top for the past six years. He is also the main suspect in last months twin hotel bombings in Jakarta.
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Armed Indonesian police stormed an Islamic militant hideout early on Thursday in a raid that killed fugitive terror mastermind Noordin Mohammed Top and three other militants, police said.
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Noordin Top's laptop reveals focus on Australia ---------------
