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France attack: Church sexton had throat slit while preparing for Mass

Caroline Pailliez and Matthias Galante, Reuters
Posted at Oct 30 09:34 AM

As he did every day, Vincent Loques, sexton of the Notre Dame church in the French city of Nice opened up the doors around 8:30 a.m. There were few people around; the first Mass of the day was not due to start for another two hours. But soon after he started work on Thursday morning, a Tunisian man armed with a knife entered the church and, over the course of 20 minutes, slit the 55-year-old sexton's throat, beheaded a 60-year-old woman, and badly wounded a third woman who was 44, according to prosecutors. Read more »

Malaysian ex-PM Mahathir says Muslims 'have right to kill French'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 11:40 PM

Malaysia's former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad said Thursday that Muslims had a right "to kill millions of French people", shortly after a knife-wielding man launched a deadly attack in Nice. Read more »

Three killed in knife attack inside church in France, ratcheting up terror fears

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 29 10:12 PM

A knife-wielding man killed three people at a church in the French city of Nice on Thursday, slitting the throat of at least one of them, in what officials are treating as the latest jihadist attack to rock the country. Read more »

Five killed in jihadist attack on Somali hotel

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 11 02:44 PM

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Five people including three civilians were killed when jihadist militants stormed a hotel in Somalia's capital, police said Wednesday, adding that all five attackers had also died after an hours-long siege.   Read more »

Alleged suicide bomber killed in Sulu a Caucasian woman: PH Army

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 09 03:47 PM

The Philippine Army confirms the alleged suicide bomber who attacked Sulu, Sunday was a Caucasian woman. Read more »

'Sulu blasts show Islamic State still strong in PH'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 02 09:33 PM

The suicide attacks in Indanan, Sulu last Jun. 28 was a "show of force" by the Islamic State in the country, a terrorism expert said. Read more »

Battle for last Islamic State enclave edges towards its end

Reuters
Posted at Mar 21 04:52 AM

BAGHOUZ, Syria - The operation to take Islamic State's last enclave in eastern Syria looked close to an end on Wednesday, with no sign of clashes as US-backed fighters said they were combing the area for hidden jihadists. Read more »

Attackers hit Libya foreign ministry, killing at least three

Imed Lamloum, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 25 08:20 PM

Ten other people were wounded in what the foreign ministry said was a suicide attack carried out by "terrorists". Read more »

Gaza militants launch barrages across border, Israel hits back with air strikes

Amir Cohen and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters
Posted at May 29 10:15 PM

Palestinian militants on Tuesday launched their heaviest barrages against Israel since the 2014 Gaza war and Israeli aircraft struck back in a surge of fighting after weeks of border violence. Read more »