The suspected Lockerbie bombmaker is said to have told investigators how he positioned the explosive device near metal to avoid detection by airport scanners. Abu Agila Masud reportedly told Libyan law enforcement in 2012 how he was also given $500 to fill the suitcase containing the explosive with clothes. The United States on Monday unsealed … Read more
New suspect to be charged over 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing which killed 270 people – as it’s revealed he was bombmaker for late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi Abu Agila Mohammad Masud faces extradition to the United States, reports say Masud was allegedly a bombmaker for late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi The Justice Department expects to unseal … Read more
‘She said “am I going to die?” I said yes. I held her. She died in two minutes. I wept’: Emotional Tory MP and ex-officer Bob Stewart relives harrowing moment girl died in his arms after 1982 Ballykelly pub bombing that killed 17 – including 11 soldiers Bob Stewart was incident commander at the scene … Read more
A Manchester Arena security guard who was working on the night of Salman Abedi’s suicide bombing has told a public inquiry he was ‘naive’ about terrorism. Kyle Lawler, who was 18 at the time, was on duty when a colleague, Mohammed Agha, told him a member of the public had raised concerns about Abedi, who … Read more
Jimmy Barnes reveals how a split-second decision saved him from being killed in the 2015 Bangkok bombing along with his wife and his grandson By Marta Jary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 14:01 BST, 10 October 2020 | Updated: 14:01 BST, 10 October 2020 Jimmy Barnes has revealed that a split-second decision he made might … Read more
A video shared by Azerbaijan’s defence ministry claims to show Armenian military personnel being bombed as the conflict between the two nations escalates. The aerial footage – likely recorded from either a gunship or a drone – appears to show the Azerbaijani aircraft targeting Armenian soldiers and military equipment. Shared on Friday with the title … Read more
in a million’. Schoolgirl Nell Jones was one of 22 people killed in the attack at an Ariana Grande concert in May 2017 The best friend of an 14-year-old maths prodigy who was killed in the Manchester Arena attack has told an inquiry she was ‘irreplaceable’ and ‘one in a million’. Schoolgirl Nell Jones was one … Read more
One of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing was trying for a baby and had begun choosing baby names, the inquiry has been told. Kelly Brewster, 32, had started making a list of baby names on her phone and had an offer accepted on a new home on the morning of the attack in … Read more
The fire service had an ‘inadequate and ineffective’ response to the Manchester Arena bombing, experts told a public inquiry today. Training exercises raised ‘serious concerns’ about how the fire service and police worked together ahead of the terror attack but lessons were not learned, the inquiry has heard. On the night, the fire service decided … Read more
A desperate 999 call from a member of the public treating a dying victim of the Manchester Arena bombing was played on the second day of the public inquiry into the attack. Ronald Blake was trying to help stricken John Atkinson, 28, who had been caught in the blast carried out by suicide bomber Salman … Read more