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Spain imprisons ex-colonel for Jesuits slain in El Salvador
MADRID (AP) — A court in Spain on Friday sentenced a former Salvadoran colonel to 133 years in prison for the slaying of five Spanish priests in El Salvador more than three decades ago. Spain’s National Court ruled that Inocente Orlando Montano, a former colonel who served as El Salvador’s...
Suicide bomber kills 2, wounds 6 outside mosque in Somalia
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A Somali police officer says a suicide bomber attacked a mosque in the southern port city of Kismayo as Friday prayers ended, killing two people. Sahal Nur told The Associated Press that the bomber detonated his explosives belt near the gate of the mosque as worshippers were...
Death toll from Bangladesh mosque explosion rises to 24
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The death toll from a gas pipeline explosion in a mosque outside Bangladesh’s capital rose to 24 on Sunday while authorities were examining how a leakage caused the accident during evening prayers. A 7-year-old boy who went to pray with his father in Narayanganj district...
Gas pipeline blast kills 16 praying at Bangladesh mosque
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An underground gas pipeline near a mosque exploded during evening prayers outside Bangladesh's capital, leaving 16 Muslim worshipers dead and dozens injured with critical burns, officials said Saturday. The blast occurred Friday night as people were finishing their prayers at...
2 held in Romania in connection with slain German ex-pastor
BERLIN (AP) — Two men have been arrested in Romania in connection with the July slaying of a former pastor in Berlin, German police said Wednesday. Romanian authorities took the two men, aged 20 and 24, into custody on a German warrant on Aug. 21, police said in a statement. It was not clear where the men...
Amnesty says India police violated rights in religious riots
NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police violated human rights during deadly religious riots in New Delhi earlier this year, Amnesty International said in a report released Friday. It said police beat protesters, tortured detainees and in some cases took part in riots with Hindu mobs. Authorities say more than 50...
Australia open to taking gunman back from New Zealand
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister said Friday he was open to allowing an Australian white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques to serve his life sentence in his homeland but the victims’ wishes would be paramount. A transfer would buck...
Trolls flood social media in Pakistan amid virus lockdown
ISLAMABAD (AP) — It was a music video meant to depict a young bride’s joy: Actress Saba Qamar, in a flowing white wedding gown with a golden hem, was twirled by the singer playing her groom in front of the mosaics of a 17th-century mosque in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore. As soon as the...
New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — The white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers at two New Zealand mosques was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the first time the maximum available sentence has been imposed in the country. Judge Cameron Mander said the crimes...
Texas gunman had history of violence years before shooting
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The man who killed more than 20 people at a Texas church shooting massacre in 2017 had threatened violence years earlier and was “completely obsessed with mass shootings," according to federal court documents. Devin Kelley killed 26 people and wounded 20 others on Nov. 5, 2017,...
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