Nocere – Earth Disasters

In Lahore, Pakistan on Wednesday, three different suicide bombs went off during the progression of the Shiite. At this time 31 deaths have been reported.

The three different blast happened within an area of 2000 feet injuring as many as 340 people. There were 7 that received serious injuries.

It was the work of suicide bombers. One officer saw a bomber just as the progression was coming to an end. He was unable to reach the person soon enough to stop him from detonating the bomb.

Just 3 to 4 minutes after the first went off, another explosion was set off and then another one 25 minutes later. While investigating the bombings there has been 2 heads and a torso found in separate areas.

Police had let up on the security during the procession as it was ending. There were 2500 officers patrolling during the procession. They had been told that a assault could be taking place.

“At the end of the procession, security should have been more vigilant,” Pervez said. “The incident happened because of security breach.”

The country of Pakistan consist of mainly Sunni Muslims. There have always been tension between the Sunni nation and the Shiites.

Local stations are showing photos of people who are very upset with the police, some are hitting them, others are burning cars and some are attempting to bust into a police station. Paramilitary units are patrolling the streets trying to regain some control.

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People were attending a contest where contestants would elude a bull while it ran loose in an arena.

This time the bull made it out of the arena and ended up with the crowd of people who were only there to watch the action, not be in the action.

Some of the people tried to hold back the bull. There was one brave soul that tried to hold onto his tail as it ran through the stands.

There were 40 people wounded in the incident. Most of the wounds were only cuts and bruises according to the officials in Tafalla.

There were 9 of the injured spectators that had to be transported to a hospital in the close by town of Pamplona.

A boy, ten years of age was amongst the ones transported to the hospital. He received many bruises when the bull fell upon him. There was also a 24 year old that was stabbed by the bulls horns.

The bull was finally quieted down and later it was put to death.

Bulls do sometimes get out of the arenas, but it was unusual for one to actually make it into to the stands.

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After 19 people, 11 women and 8 men died while attending the festival on Saturday, it was closed down on Sunday.

A festival that was always a peaceful even and a happy celebration will now be tainted in the memories of many as the day of a terrible catastrophe.

Along with possibly more then 19 dieing at the festival, there were at least 400 wounded.

The underpass between two areas of the festival had become over crowded. People from both sides were pushing trying to get through. Many were crushed up against the walls and passed out. 16 of the 19 that perished, died at the entrance to the underpass and not inside it.

The number of people attending the festival was far more then the festival planners had anticipated. This was the reason for opening the underpass to allow people access to the other areas. There was yet another entrance opened before the accident happened to try and help relieve the number building up where the accident happened.

It is not sure how the underpass became so jam packed with people and the incident is being investigated.

There was adequate police officials on the job providing security at the festival.

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The explosion happened in a marketplace close to the city of Baquba in Iraq. There were 15 or more people killed in the explosion of the car bombing. Another 40 were injured.

The bomb was set off close by a mosque in Abu Sayda. It is a village that consist of mostly Shia and is located around 45 miles on the north side of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.

According to police, the explosion resulted in buildings falling down. There were both women and children wounded in the explosion.

The city of Baquba has experienced quite a few assaults lately.

A curfew has been put into action in Abu Sayda by the officials. They are concerned there could be more explosives in the area.

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On Saturday, as a convoy of civilians traveled to Peshawar from Parachinar, they were attacked by a gang of rebels.

It was said that they came up from behind the convoy and took out the last two vehicles using automatic weapons.

Many more civilians were injured in the attack.

The exact number of dead is unknown at this time. It has been estimated that either 16 or 18 died. 2 of the dead were women.

All who died in the attack were Shia Muslims.

When the convoy was attacked, it was in a mostly Sunni area.

Kurram district, where the convoy was hit, has been the center of much activity by the rebels. There has been many kidnappings and robberies in the area.

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There were at least 21 people who lost their lives in two suicide assaults aimed at the prominent Shiite Muslim mosque located in the Zahedan.

Another 100 people were injured in the southeastern Iranian city.

Jundollah, a Sunni Muslim insurgent group took credit for the assaults. They reported in an email that the assault was in revenge for the hanging of the their leader, Abdolmalek Rigi.

Rigi was put to death last June after he was found guilty of conducting deadly assaults.

The organization of Jundollah says that they are defending the Iran Sunni Muslin minorities rights.

The two assaults happened close to the Zahedan’s Grand Mosque.

The dead include some Iran Revolutionary Guards. There were also some injured in the blast.

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There were two explosions that went off as innocent people were in the area watching the final moments of the World Cup Game. 74 people died in the explosions.

Somali Islamist has taken credit for the blasts. Saying they were the instigators in the attack that took place in Kampala, the capital of Ugandan.

There was mention of other pending attacks by the spokesman for the Somali group.

It is thought that possibly a head found nearby one of the explosions is the head of one of  the suicide bombers. He was a Somali so it is possible.

This  is not the first time that the al-Shabab has threatened Kampala. There have been more threats on other areas, Bujumbura is one.

There was about another 70 people wounded in the explosions.

The blast went through a rugby club and an Ethiopian eating place. At the rugby club, they found chairs toppled over, blood and parts of skin on the flooring.

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In Pakistan, as tribal elders and others gathered outside the office area of a senior government official, the bomber rode their motorcycle by the crowd and blew it up.

The elders had come to a meeting at the office of Rasool Khan. He is the assistant political agent of Mohamand territory.

The number that died in the bombing is said to be 65 at this time. There were another 112 injured.

A number of business’s also suffered from the bombing. Somewhere between 70 and 80 shops have been either messed up a bit or destroyed.

There was also a prison in the area where some low level prisoners managed to escape. Non are thought to have been rebels.

The incident happened on the Afghan border on Friday.

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