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| Maldives vice president arrested in probe of explosion targeting president-police |
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 Maldives Vice President Ahmed Adheeb was arrested on Saturday in a probe over a speedboat explosion targeting President Abdulla Yameen, a police official told Reuters. Yameen was unhurt in the Sept. 28 blast in his presidential boat Finifenmaa while he was returning from Saudi Arabia after the haj pilgrimage. "He is now in police custody in Dhoonidhoo detention centre." Home minister Umar Naseer in his twitter feed said the charge against the vice president was "high treason".
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| Blasts in Bangladesh target Shias, kill at least one, wound dozens |
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| By Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - A series of blasts targeting Shia Muslims in Dhaka killed at least one person and wounded dozens more early on Saturday as they gathered for a procession in the old part of the Bangladesh capital to mark the holy day of Ashura, police said. At least 10 people were admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital, and most of them were in a stable condition, according to Nazimunnesa, a deputy director. Attacks on the Shia minority have been rare in Sunni majority Bangladesh, but Sunni militant groups have become more active. |
| Colorado movie gunman James Holmes assaulted by fellow prisoner |
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 By Keith Coffman DENVER (Reuters) - Convicted mass killer James Holmes, who is serving multiple life sentences for gunning down a dozen people at a movie theater in 2012, was assaulted by another inmate at a high-security Colorado prison, a corrections official said on Friday. Holmes was not injured when he was attacked by 27-year-old Mark C. Daniels at the Colorado State Penitentiary in Canon City, said Adrienne Jacobson, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections. Daniels lunged at Holmes and "took some swings" at him as the two prisoners were being escorted by guards down a hallway inside the lockup on Oct. 8, she said.
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