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Thanks to Jet Jaguar for starting this thread:
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Explosion Outside Popular Nightclub in Trinidad's Capital Wounds Six
AP ^ | Oct 14, 2005 | Kerry-Ann Hamilton
Posted on 10/15/2005 12:16:03 AM PDT by Jet Jaguar
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - An explosion wounded at least six people outside of a popular nightclub in Trinidad's capital on Friday, police said.
Five people were rushed to a nearby hospital, while a sixth person with cuts and burns on both arms, was treated at the scene.
One of the wounded was in serious condition, police said.
The explosion happened at 7:05 p.m. on a sidewalk outside of a popular club in the St. James section of the city, where the main streets are lined with bars and clubs.
Police cordoned off the scene of the explosion after hundreds of onlookers began gathering. Authorities were unsure if the explosion was caused by a bomb.
The explosion comes just days after the expiration of a U.S. Embassy advisory warning American citizens to avoid the downtown area of the capital from Oct. 9 to Oct. 12.
Friday night's explosion follows a series of bombings that have all occurred around the same time of the month.
The bombings began July 11, when an explosion in a trash bin on a busy downtown street injured 14 people - including a woman whose foot was amputated as a result of her injuries from the blast.
A second went off in a pile of trash bags on Aug. 11 and the third exploded in a trash bin behind a fast-food restaurant on Sept. 10. No one was injured in either incident.
Trinidad's government, which has not announced any arrests in the bombings, said it has increased security in the capital but has not urged its citizens to avoid the downtown.
(kah-jhe)
AP-ES-10-14-05 2106EDT
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Man beheaded, two shot dead
AFP ^ | October 14, 2005
Posted on 10/14/2005 11:25:44 PM PDT by Mount Athos
An elderly Buddhist man has been beheaded and two other Buddhist men shot dead by suspected Islamic insurgents in separate attacks in Thailand's southern provinces, police said today.
The grisly death of 66-year-old Song Fangpetch, whose headless body was found early this morning in Pattani province's Mayo district, brings to 15 the number of people decapitated in 21 months of unrest.
Song was attacked while taking his cattle to a field in nearby Panare district and a note left on his body, police said.
"He was slashed with a sharp knife probably at 6:00 am and people found his body at 7:00 am," Colonel Wanchai Piemsomboon superintendent of Mayo police said.
"We also found note written in Thai saying 'as long as you continue to kill innocent people, we will kill your innocent people'."
"We are searching for his head now," Colonel Wanchai added.
In neighbouring Narathiwat province this morning, two gunmen on a motorcycle shot Saroj Sopin, 43, twice as he rode his motorcycle through his village in Sungai Padi district.
Saroj worked for the provincial electricity authority whose staff are often targeted by Islamic militants, Colonel Term Inthasara, superintendent of Sungai Padi said.
Separately, Nathawut Sujit, 46, a fruit trader from Bangkok, was shot dead yesterday evening in Salo village of Ruso district in Narathiwat province by two suspected Islamic gunmen while he was buying fruit, police said.
Nearly 1000 people have been killed since January 2004 in increasingly deadly unrest in Thailand's Muslim-majority south along the Malaysian border.
Analysts and authorities say the almost daily shootings, bombings and arson attacks in the southern provinces are a result of a mix of Islamic separatists, organised criminals and local corruption.
While Thailand is mainly Buddhist, most of the population in the southern provinces are ethnic Malay, who feel a close affinity to Malays in neighbouring Malaysia.
http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=108229098
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"Terror suspect freed
...after three days of interrogation"
Hayden Mills and Imran Ali
Friday, October 14th 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "Terror suspect Umar Mohammed walked out of police custody yesterday afternoon after three days of further interrogation.
He left sometime after 5 p.m. shielded by family and made no comments.
The Daily Express understands that both foreign officials from the New Scotland Yard and local officials have ended their questioning of Mohammed for now.
It was reported that he was being questioned in relation to the deadly London bombings and the local explosions."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "Attorneys Rishi Dass, Ravi Heffes-Doon and Nyree Alfonso appeared with Hosein for Mohammed, who has a Trinidadian father and works as a delivery driver in London."
UPDATE...
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AP
"Explosion Near Trinidad Club Wounds Ten"
Updated: Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005 - 12:37 AM
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) - An explosion outside a popular nightclub in Trinidad's capital wounded at least 10 people on Friday, police said.
It was not clear what caused the explosion, but it followed a series of bombings that have all occurred around the same time of the month. No one has claimed responsibility for the bombings or linked them to any political movement."
ARTICLE SNIPPET #2: "Five suspects were detained and being questioned by police, he said.
The explosion happened at 7:05 p.m. on a sidewalk outside of a popular club in the St. James section of the city where the main streets are lined with bars and clubs.
Nine people were rushed to a nearby hospital, and one person with cuts and burns on both arms, was treated at the scene. One was in serious condition, police said."
