Conscript killed by gunmen in Egypt’s Sharqiya
Armed attackers shot two police conscripts, killing one in the Nile Delta governorate of Sharqiya
Ahram Online , Wednesday 5 Feb 2014
A police conscript was killed by unidentified gunmen on Wednesday in Egypt’s Sharqiya governorate in the Nile Delta.
Sherif Bayoumi, 30, and another conscript, El-Tablawi Mousa, 31, were shot at by hooded men riding a motorcycle. Bayoumi died soon after being transferred to hospital while Mousa is in critical condition.
Both victims sustained gunshot wounds to the head, reported Al-Ahram’s Arabic website.
A spate of similar attacks occurred in Sharqiya over the past month, killing three police personnel and injuring another.
10,000 Syrian children killed in civil war, others raped, tortured and maimed: United Nations
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More than 10,000 children have been killed in the Syrian civil war, the United Nations says, while many more are subjected to “unspeakable” suffering, including rape, torture and recruitment for combat.
Thousands more have also been forced to flee their homes during the three-year conflict, according to a report released this week to the Security Council and posted on the UN website.
Many more are the victims of the use of heavy weapons by government forces and allied militias in their fight with rebels who oppose the regime of president Bashar al-Assad, the report says.
However, it adds, both sides in the conflict are guilty of abusing and misusing children, with even the Free Syrian Army – the so-called moderate opposition – recruiting them for combat roles.
The report says methods of torture inflicted on children include beatings with metal cables, whips and metal batons; electric shock, including to the genitals; the ripping out of fingernails and toenails; sexual violence, including rape or threats of rape; mock executions; cigarette burns; sleep deprivation; solitary confinement; and exposure to the torture of relatives.
3 Taliban militants killed, 5 injured in Afghan operations
By GHANIZADA – Wed Feb 05 2014, 3:32 pm
At least three Taliban militants were killed and five and others were injured during coordinated military operations conducted by Afghan national security forces.
The operations were conducted during the past 24 hours Afghan national police, Afghan natioanl army and Afghan intelligence – National Directorate of Security (NDS) operatives.
The interior ministry of Afghanistan following a statement confirmed that three Taliban militants were killed and five others were injured during military operations in Nangarhar, Kapisa, Kunduz, Kandahar, Zabul and Logar provinces of Afghanistan.
The statement further added that the operations were conducted by Afghan national security forces to clear the mentioned areas from militants activities.
Afghan national security forces also discovered and seized weapons, ammunition and explosives during the military operations, interior ministry added in its statement.
According to interior ministry officials, Afghan national police forces discovered and seized at least four improvised explosive device (IEDs) during separate operations in Nangarahr, Kandahar and Nimroz provinces of Afghanistan.
Peace Committee members killed in Tank clash
TANK: Two persons including the leader of Peace Committee (Aman Lashkar), Haider Jan were killed when a clash took place between the committee volunteers and terrorists in Tank on Thursday, Geo News reported.
According to the sources, an exchange of fire took place between peace committee members and the militants in Karhi Haider area of Tank. As a result of firing, two Peace Committee members including their leader Haider Jan were killed.
Mass graves to bury South Sudan’s dead
As an uneasy quiet returns to South Sudan, the scars of last year’s rebellion are now beginning to show, with authorities in the town of Bor planning a mass grave to bury more than 100 dead bodies.
Bor witnessed several battles when fighting broke out last December between troops loyal to President Silva Kiir and his former deputy, Riek Machar, during a violent power struggle.
Some of the dead bodies are beyond recognition because they have decomposed
The town’s mayor, Nhial Majak says the authorities are preparing to bury more than 100 bodies scattered all over the town in a mass grave.
“Some of the dead bodies are beyond recognition because they have decomposed,” John Madit, a security officer in the war ravaged town said, explaining Bor’s decision to bury corpses en masse.
“Others have no one to claim for them after relatives fled.”
The announcement comes after some local leaders called on the authorities to accord the dead decent burials, instead of being leaving them in the open or shallow graves.
Yemen Gunmen Kill 4 Soldiers, Commander
Security officials say gunmen have attacked an army patrol near a gas export terminal in southern Yemen, killing four soldiers.
The officials say another seven soldiers were wounded in the Wednesday attack near the vital Balhaf terminal in Shabwa province. The area has witnessed previous attacks by al-Qaida-linked militants.
Separately, a special forces commander named Fadi Gebil was killed in a drive-by shooting in the southern city of Aden.
Yemen’s branch of al-Qaida is considered the most dangerous in the world. It took over swaths of the south in 2011 before being ousted in an army offensive.
