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A suicide bomber blew himself up outside the French embassy in Mauritania's capital, wounding two members of staff. Mauritanian police say the suicide bomber was a wanted "member of the jihadist movement". AFP - A suicide bomber died Saturday after staging an explosion near the French embassy in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, as two members of staff were jogging nearby, police and embassy staff said. Two French nationals, security employees at the French embassy, were near the man at the moment of the blast," embassy official Marc Flattot told AFP. "They are in hospital, they are unharmed, but in shock,"...

On October 10, 1996, 25 churches in several towns in East Java were vandalized and burned down Unlike the previous incident on June 9, 1996, these incidents occurred in several towns surrounding the township of Situbondo where the attack first started. They are Situbondo, Besuki, Penarukan, Asembagus/Banyuputih, Wonorejo, and Ranurejo. This attack came only months after the authority promised to find the perpetrators in the last incident and are still without significant progress. [14]GKJW Induk Ranurejo Jawi Wetan Christian Church in Ranurejo Location: Ranurejo, East Java [15]Gereja Kristus Tuhan Christ the Lord Church Location: Ranurejo, East Java [16]Gereja Sidang Jemaat...