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Ten Nepali students killed in Hamas attacks in Israel:

By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, October 9, 2023Ten Nepali students have been killed while four others were injured in armed attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas on Israel on Saturday. …. As per the Nepali embassy in Tel Aviv, one student is still missing. While the attack spread terror across the country, 17 Nepali students in Kibbutz Alumim, an area near the Gaza Strip, came under direct attack by the militants. Of…

Attacks on two Lakki police stations, jail repulsed

report in Dawn, September 28th, 2023LAKKI MARWAT: The police claimed to have repulsed terrorist attacks on two police stations and district jail in Lakki Marwat city on Tuesday night. An official said a police station, a police post and the district jail building came under simultaneous attacks. He said the assailants used light and heavy weapons in a bid to breach police installations and the prison. “Policemen deployed there were fully alert as they had…

FIA confirms authenticity of May 9 riot footage

report in The Express Tribune, September 26th, 2023.LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday confirmed that the videos of the arson attacks and vandalism that occurred on May 9 were indeed based on fact. The FIA’s report, which contains social media and digital evidence, has been received by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing the riots that rocked the country. Sources within the JIT revealed that more than 400 social media links and footage…

‘Channel 4’ Easter Sunday Documentary: No plans for fresh legal action; Catholic Church

by Buddhika Samaraweera in The Daily Morning, Sept 25, 2023The Catholic Church yesterday (24) stated that they do not intend to initiate fresh legal action based on the allegations made by the British-based broadcaster Channel 4 regarding the Easter Sunday terror attacks of 2019 in a recent documentary. However, the Church stated that they are resolute in their pursuit of a fresh and transparent investigation into the terror attacks which claimed the lives of 269…

Sajith tells Parliament about ‘undeniable evidence linking Zahran group to Army intelligence’

By Saman Indrajith in The Island, Sept 23, 2023Opposition and SJB leader Sajith Premadasa told Parliament yesterday that irrefutable evidence had emerged, linking the Zahran group, which carried out the Easter Sunday terror attacks, to the Army intelligence. Participating in the debate on the Channel 4 exposure on the Easter Sunday terror attacks, Premadasa said that there were instances that pointed to links between the Army intelligence and the Zahran group. Firstly, there was an…

Retired Justice Imam to head Channel 4 probe, ex-SLAF chief member of committee

report in The Island, Sept 17, 2023President Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a committee led by a retired Supreme Court judge to investigate allegations by Britain’s “Channel-4” related to the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks. The committee will be chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice S.I. Imam, the President’s Media Division said on Friday. The other members are Retired Air Force Commander ACM, Jayalath Weerakkody and Harsha A.J. Soza PC. Releasing the video earlier this month, ‘Channel…

President appoints committee to probe Channel 4’s allegations on Easter attacks

report on adaderana.lk, Sept 15, 2023 at 4pmPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe has appointed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations in the documentary aired by British television network Channel 4 on the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks in Sri Lanka. The committee, chaired by retired Supreme Court Justice S.I. Imam, consists of retired Air Force Commander A.C.M. Jayalath Weerakkody and President’s Counsel Harsha A.J. Soza PC. On September 06, Channel 4 aired a controversial documentary containing…

Two policemen among four injured in grenade attacks

Report in Dawn, Sept 13th, 2023QUETTA: Four people, including two policemen, were injured in two hand grenade attacks on police vehicles on Tuesday. Officials said unknown miscreants riding motorcycles hurled a grenade at a patrolling police vehicle in the Sariab Road area. However, it missed the target and exploded away from the vehicle. Police personnel travelling in the vehicle remained safe, but two passers-by, identified as Niazullah and Karim Nawaz, were injured in the grenade…

Gota denies Channel 4 allegations

report in The Island, Sept 8, 2023Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday ( 07) denied allegations made against him in a documentary on the Easter Sunday attacks by Britain’s Channel 4.Issuing a statement, he said that the documentary is an anti-Rajapaksa tirade and a bundle of lies Full text of Rajapaksa’s statement: “The central allegation made in the latest film on Sri Lanka broadcast by Channel 4 is that the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of…

Gota denies Channel 4 allegations

report in The Island, Sept 8, 2023Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday ( 07) denied allegations made against him in a documentary on the Easter Sunday attacks by Britain’s Channel 4.Issuing a statement, he said that the documentary is an anti-Rajapaksa tirade and a bundle of lies Full text of Rajapaksa’s statement: “The central allegation made in the latest film on Sri Lanka broadcast by Channel 4 is that the Easter Sunday suicide bombings of…

Militant wanted in attacks on Hazara community arrested

By Umar Cheema in The News, Sept 6, 2023ISLAMABAD: A militant having blood on his hands of more than 40 members of the Hazara community, including the Mach attack he masterminded killing a dozen coal miners of the same ethnicity, has finally been apprehended by a civilian agency, the Intelligence Bureau, when he entered Pakistan from Afghanistan. Son of a baildar, a low-rank government employee, Abdul Bari, had been on the watchlist of all security…