Posted by warvictims on June 22, 2009
By DEUTSCHE PRESSE AGENTUR (DPA)
Date: 21 Jun 2009
Manila_(dpa) _ One man was killed and 32 wounded when unidentified suspects hurled two grenades at a crowded town plaza in the southern Philippines, the army said Sunday.
The attack occurred late Saturday in Maasim town in Sarangani province, 980 kilometres south of Manila, while the municipality was celebrating a festival and its founding anniversary.
Lieutenant Colonel Kurt Decapia, an army spokesman, said the suspects first hurled a grenade at civilians watching a show at the town plaza.
A second grenade was hurled in front of a nearby store, he added. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Actors, Blogroll, Civilian Casualties, Country, Government, Grenade, Insurgents, Philippines, Region, Southeast Asia, Tactics, Targeted Death, Targeted Injury, Type of Harm | Tagged: Civilian Casualties, civilian deaths, MILF, Mindanao, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Philippines | Leave a Comment »
Posted by warvictims on June 22, 2009
BBC News
By MOHAMED MOHAMED
Somali journalist Ahmed-Tajir Omar Hashi was walking in Mogadishu’s Bakara market with his boss, the head of one of the country’s leading broadcasters, Radio Shabelle, recently when he heard the crack of gunfire.
“I was hit in the left hand and the bullet passed into my left side above the kidney. It felt as if I was hit with a little stone. I did not know what it was because I had never been shot before,” says Mr Hashi who is recovering from his injuries in hospital.
“When I looked back, I saw Muktar Mohamed Hirabe lying on the ground and a man with a hand-gun standing above him. Then, I realised that I was in trouble and ran for my life.
Mr Hirabe became the fifth journalist to be killed this year in Somalia, which has become one of the world’s most dangerous places for journalists to work. Read the rest of this entry »
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