EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN killed in a petrol bomb attack on a bar in popular Mexican resort city Cancun, the BBC reports. Six women and two men died after six armed men threw petrol bombs into the building today, setting it on fire. One report suggests the premises had previously been the target of drug cartel extortion attempts.
Bomb Attack
# bomb-attack - Friday 4 January, 2013
Fresh appeal over attempted murder of police officer
The PSNI is looking to speak to three people who took taxis in Belfast on Saturday, 29 December.
# bomb-attack - Monday 31 December, 2012
PSNI appeal for witnesses in foiled bomb attack on off duty officer
The PSNI are looking to speak to anyone who may have been in the Upper Newtownards Road area in east Belfast between Friday and Sunday.
# bomb-attack - Saturday 8 September, 2012
Police investigating petrol bomb attack on Belfast house
Three petrol bombs were thrown at a house in Newtownabbey in the early hours of this morning.
# bomb-attack - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Petrol bomb thrown at North Belfast home
PSNI appealing for information about this morning’s attack.
# bomb-attack - Monday 25 June, 2012
Three killed in grenade attack on bar in Kenya
US Embassy in Nairobi had warned its citizens on Friday of threat of “imminent” terrorist attack in Mombasa.
# bomb-attack - Wednesday 4 April, 2012
Suicide bomber on motorbike kills 10 in Afghanistan
Meanwhile, NATO says two service members in Afghanistan were killed today in an explosion.
# bomb-attack - Wednesday 7 March, 2012
Norway formally charges Anders Behring Breivik with terror offences
The man who admitted carrying out two deadly attacks in July is due to go on trial next month.
# bomb-attack - Friday 27 January, 2012
Dozens killed in bombing at Baghdad hospital
A car bomb exploded as a funeral procession passed near the hospital, killing 28 people and injuring at least 60 others.
# bomb-attack - Thursday 19 January, 2012
Bomb attack targets packed refugee camp in Somali capital
Two people have died in the explosion which occurred shortly after a UN and media visit.
# bomb-attack - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
Iranian nuclear facility official killed in ‘magnetic bomb’ attack
Killing bears strong similarities to earlier attacks on nuclear scientists in Iran.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 10 January, 2012
Taliban opposition group targeted in deadly bombing
A bomb exploded in the Kyber region of Pakistan today, killing 25 and injuring dozens.
# bomb-attack - Friday 6 January, 2012
15 killed in Damascus suicide bombing: report
Syrian state media reports that a bomb exploded in the city earlier today.
# bomb-attack - Wednesday 14 December, 2011
Toddler among six dead following Liège attack
The body of a 45-year-old cleaner is found at the home of gunman Nordine Amrani, who killed himself and four others yesterday.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
Four killed, over 70 injured in Liege grenade attack
Belgian officials say they do not believe the grenade and gun attack on Place Saint-Lambert in Liege today was linked to terrorism.
# bomb-attack - Monday 28 November, 2011
Three killed in bomb attack on Philippines hotel
Officials said that two more devices were planned to explode, but were discovered on a nearby island and defused.
# bomb-attack - Thursday 3 November, 2011
Double bombing kills six in Iraq
More than 30 people were injured in today’s bombing in Baqouba.
# bomb-attack - Monday 24 October, 2011
14 injured in grenade attack at Kenyan nightclub
Kenyan police say they believe Somali militant group al-Shabab is behind the attack, which comes after the group’s recent warning of “bloody battles” which would endanger the lives of civilians.
# bomb-attack - Thursday 13 October, 2011
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things to know this morning…
# bomb-attack - Wednesday 12 October, 2011
23 killed in Baghdad bomb attacks
Successive bomb attacks targeting police officers in Iraq raises more questions about vulnerability of the country’s security forces.
# bomb-attack - Thursday 15 September, 2011
Six arrested after ‘Real IRA’ bomb attempt on police doctor
It is believed to be the first time a PSNI medical officer has been targeted by sectarian terror groups in the North.
# bomb-attack - Wednesday 31 August, 2011
Nigeria says man with al-Qaeda links masterminded UN bomb attack
Twenty-three people were killed in the attack on the UN’s headquarters in the Nigerian capital Abuja last week.
# bomb-attack - Friday 19 August, 2011
Take 5: Friday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
# bomb-attack - Wednesday 17 August, 2011
Florida teen planned school bomb attack, say police
The former student allegedly threatened to plant a bomb at the Tampa school and detonate it on the first day of the new term.
# bomb-attack - Wednesday 27 July, 2011
Kandahar mayor killed by suicide bomber
The US citizen’s son-in-law says he begged Ghulam Haider Hamidi to step down as mayor for fear he would be targeted.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 26 July, 2011
Five arrested in PC Ronan Kerr murder inquiry
PSNI say a “major search and arrest operation” is underway.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 5 July, 2011
Twin bomb attacks kills 35 people north of Baghdad
As Iraq debates whether to ask the United States to keep some American troops here past their year-end withdrawal deadline, twin bomb attacks kill at least 35 people.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 24 May, 2011
Ronan Kerr’s family criticise his killers for attacking an ‘Irish patriot’
The PSNI officer had completed his training three months before republican dissidents killed him at his home in Omagh using a bomb planted beneath his car.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 19 April, 2011
Two men released without charge in Ronan Kerr murder inquiry
The 25-year-old PSNI officer was killed when a bomb under his car exploded outside of his home in Highfield Close, Omagh, on 2 April.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 12 April, 2011
Several arrests as Minsk metro bombing toll rises to 12
Over 200 people were injured in yesterday’s bomb attack on a central underground rail station in the capital of Belarus.
# bomb-attack - Friday 1 April, 2011
Disguised suicide bomber targets Iraq mosque
Three killed in suicide bomb attack in Fallujah, Iraq, today.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 8 March, 2011
Scottish arrest made following Swedish suicide bomb attack
Man taken into custody after joint operation by Scottish and Swedish authorities after December’s double bombing in Stockholm.
# bomb-attack - Thursday 27 January, 2011
53 killed in Baghdad bomb attacks
In one attack, a car bomb exploded during a funeral ceremony today, killing 48 people and injuring 121 others.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 28 December, 2010
Pipe bomb explodes in Limerick
Second device was made safe after it was discovered by emergency services called to scene of explosion.
# bomb-attack - Thursday 2 September, 2010
31 killed in Pakistan triple bombing
Muslim procession attacked by Taliban bombs.
# bomb-attack - Tuesday 31 August, 2010
# bomb-attack - Wednesday 25 August, 2010
MORE THAN 30 PEOPLE have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in Iraq.
Fifteen people were killed in one attack in the city of Kut, south of Baghdad. Five explosions were roadside bombs targeting police.
Although no group has claimed responsibility for the attacks yet, Taliban insurgents are being blamed.
Bomb attacks
The explosions are marked on this map from Al Jazeera:
The attacks include:
- A suicide car bomb attacked a police station in Kut, killing 15 and injuring at least 84 others
- A car bomb killed one person and injured eight in Kirkuk
- Two car bombs in Ramadi injured 12 people
- A car bomb exploded in Basra, killing one and injuring eight
- A suicide car bomb in Karbala outside a police station injured 30 people
Soothing the Taliban?
The explosions could help to undermine public confidence in Iraqi security forces as the US troops withdraw from the country. Under 50,000 US troops are still in Iraq after the main troop withdrawal took place ahead of schedule.
A senior US commander said yesterday that the troop withdrawal sentence was “giving our enemy substance”, and warned of a resurgence among Taliban militants ahead of the deadline.
General James Conway says that the withdrawal date could send a signal to the Taliban that they may only have to “hold out for so long” as the US prepared to wind down the war.
Conway is the head of the US Marine Corps.
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MINISTER JAMES REILLY has started a campaign to control the costs of health insurance this week with the appointment of an independent expert to chair a forum of providers.
The Fine Gael TD has voiced his disappointment at rising premium prices in recent weeks but insurers insist they have been forced into the increases because of higher charges for public hospital beds and a government levy.
Regardless of where the expenses originate, the customer has experienced annual hikes in their payments, to the point where many have reduced their cover or cancelled it entirely. Last month, figures from the Health Insurance Authority showed the percentage of the population with cover fell to 45.3 per cent.
Today, we ask about your own experiences. Have you given up your health insurance in recent years?
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