Insurgents killed 10 people and wounded 30 in more in a bus bombing in North Cotabato in Mindanao. The bus was carrying 60 people on their way to Tacurong City and exploded near Dalapitan village. Al Khober, a terrorist group composed of Abu Sayyaf Group and MILF fighters, is suspected, due to similar attacks conducted […]
Two al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb members have been jailed in Nouakchott. Ahmed Ould Elmoctar was sentenced to five years in prison for providing information on Mauritanian military movements and spying on Westerners in the central town of Tidjikja. Mohamed Lemine Ould Cheikh was sentenced to two years in prison for rallying support for […]
Boko Haram fighters killed three police officers in two separate incidents in Bauchi state. Boko Haram fighters first killed one policeman, then killed two more during an assault on a police checkpoint. The Nigerian army is being sent to Maiduguri in an attempt to tame the insurgency.
Muslim insurgents killed five people wounded three more in a string of attacks in the south. A Muslim former district head was killed in a drive-by in Narathiwat. A government bank worker was killedon his motocycle, while a Buddhist man and his 14-year-daughter were killed at their home in Pattani. Two defense volunteers were killed […]
Boko Haram Islamists have assaulted a police station in Borno, injuring four police officers on duty. The assailants used locally made explosives before opening fire on the Gamboru Police Station in Maiduguri.
A bomb attack by suspected Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters killed five people in the east. Three public officials and two business entrepreneurs inspecting new homes were killed in a remotely detonated bomb blast that was planted at the housing construction site in the town of Tlidjen, near the Tunisian border.
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has demanded that France repeal its recent burka ban as part of the conditions for the release of seven hostages, including five French nationals, kidnapped from Niger. Additionally, AQIM wants 7 million euros and the release of Islamists held in French prisons.
Mediators negotiating a meeting with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in Mali’s Timetrine region have reported that the kidnapped female French national has cancer and her health is deteriorating rapidly. AQIM members told the mediators that she “can’t last much longer without medical treatment” and had been undergoing chemotherapy shortly before her abduction.
Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed an Islamic cleric in Maiduguri. Six Kalashnikov-armed Islamists assaulted the home of Sheikh Bashir Mustapha, a cleric who opposed the radical group, and killed him and his personal assistant. The cleric is the first local religious leader targeted by the Islamist group.
Insurgents killed one soldier and wounded another after ambushing a patrol in Narathiwat’s Si Sakhon district. Insurgents killed three employees of a wholesale chicken company in Pattani’s Sai Buri district.
A Chinese-Filipino student was kidnapped by suspected Abu Sayyaf Group members in the southern region of Mindanao. Gunmen are demanding a ransom of $116,000 for the release of the college freshman after he was abducted in the town of Jolo in Sulu province.
Suspected Boko Haram members killed two people and wounded others in the northern city of Maiduguri. Gunmen on motorbikes shot dead a police officer and a senior opposition politician. No one has been arrested in connection to the recent deaths of 15 people, including 10 police officers, in shootings blamed on Boko Haram.
Seven Tunisian men were sentenced for their attempts to join Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Two men were given seven-year prison terms; the others will serve one or two years in prison. The men, who were arrested in November 2009, denied aspiring to join the terrorist organization and will appeal their sentences.
A Thai court has dismissed new charges against Viktor Bout, clearing the way for his extradition to the US. Six people have been killed by insurgents, in five separate incidents in the south.
Authorities arrested 12 suspected terrorists in raids throughout southern France. Police seized weapons and munitions from nine men arrested in raids in Marseilles and nearby Avignon. Three men linked to the French national of Algerian origin detained in Italy this week were arrested near Marseilles and Bordeaux.
Security forces captured an Abu Sayyaf Group fighter in Lamitan city, Basilan. Bidung Ismael was wanted for seizing a hospital and kidnapping foreigners in 2001.
Six Islamists were killed and four wounded in a gunfight with authorities over the weekend. Two were killed in a raid in Dolok Sagala village, northern Sumatra. One officer was wounded during a firefight that killed four Islamists wanted for robbing a bank and attacking a police station.
Muslim insurgents ambushed and killed three soldiers and wounded four others as they traveled to meet local villagers in Tala. A ranger died from his wounds in a hospital in Yala after insurgents attacked his military outpost in Bannang Sata district.
Suspected Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters killed five Algerian soldiers and wounded 10 others in Tizi Ouzou province. The soldiers’ convoy was struck by multiple explosives before coming under fire by AQIM during an operation sweeping for Islamist fighters in the province. More than 7,500 Islamists have taken advantage of the amnesty offered […]
Suspected Boko Haram fighters attacked and killed a man and wounded another in Maiduguri, Borno. Two gunmen on a motorcycle killed a kolanut trader and a grain seller sitting in front of a mosque. It is suspected that they were targeting a ward head at the location.
A US citizen of Algerian descent accused of financially supporting Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb has been freed. The judge said that there wasn’t sufficient evidence against Mohamed Omar Dehbi but the investigation remains open. Dehbi used to live in Texas but moved to Barcelona in 2002 and has associated with Toufik Mizi, an […]
An Islamist was critically injured when his own bomb exploded as he was driving his bicycle to attack a police station on the outskirts of Jakarta. The bomb exploded prematurely as he was about 100 meters away from the station. The 38-year-old Islamist had written that the attack was “revenge for the infidels who killed […]
Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb released photos of the five French nationals, including the blurred face of a woman, and two African nationals who were kidnapped from Niger. The seven people were working for Areva and its construction partner, Vinci, in the uranium-rich north. Ransoms of foreigners have raised over $65 million for AQIM […]
Suspected Muslim insurgents disguised as police officers killed five people and wounded three others at a fruit stall in Pattani’s Sai Buri district. The insurgents opened fire on customers and fruit vendors, killing four men and one woman and wounding three, including two children, before setting a truck ablaze and escaping towards Kapho district.
A US citizen of Algerian descent has been arrested by authorities in Barcelona’s Esplugues de Llobregat district for funding Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. Mohamed Omar Debhi was arrested for suspicion of sending over $82,000 dollars to the terror group responsible for attacks and kidnappings throughout the Maghreb.
The Mauritanian government has extradited 20 suspected al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb members who were convicted of drug trafficking after clashes with the military at the northeastern border of Mali. Suspected AQIM fighters kidnapped a merchant in Algeria’s Tizi-Ouzou.
A presidential aide to Nicolas Sarkozy has stated that the French government is willing to enter talks with Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb over the release of five French nationals abducted in Niger. Malian sources say that the five French and two African hostages are alive. Five Maghreb nations are meeting to draft an […]
Two policemen were killed by suspected al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb fighters in a bombing in the Boumerdes region. The remotely detonated bomb targeting a police patrol in the town of Bordj injured 10 civilians.
The French foreign ministry confirmed that al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb’s claim of responsibility for the kidnapping of five French nationals working in Niger was genuine. AQIM claimed that it killed 19 Mauritanian soldiers during clashes in northern Mali over the weekend.
Three police officers were killed by 10 armed gunmen in a “well planned” assault on a police station in the northern Sumatran city of Medan. The incident occurred in an area of Medan that recently saw raids by the anti-terror agency, Detachment 88, in response to a bank heist. In those raids, three gunmen were […]