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Day: June 4, 2017

Calls for General Election to be postponed after second terror attack in two weeks
4Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Calls for General Election to be postponed after second terror attack in two weeks

    Wire Calls for General Election to be postponed after second terror attack in two weeks Politicians are coming under pressure to suspend the General Election after the latest terrorist outrage. Within hours of the attack on London Bridge, there were calls on social media for Thursday's poll to be postponed. The demands came as police said that six victims had been killed in the attack along with the perpetrators of the outrage. After last month's attack at the Manchester Arena, which claimed 22 lives , campaigning was suspended for several days. The call for political activity to be put on hold was made by Mark Oxley in a petition he posted on the Change.org website. I and I'm quite sure a high percentage of the UK population agree that now is not the time to have a ...
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We are too tolerant of extremism: Theresa May
4Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

We are too tolerant of extremism: Theresa May

    Theresa May has said there is far too much tolerance of extremism in our country and that its time to be more robust in tackling it. Delivering a statement outside Downing Street following the terror attack that has killed seven and injured 48, the Prime Minister said it was time to say enough is enough. She said that identifying and stamping it out across the public sector and across society would require difficult and embarrassing conversations. Theresa May Warning that the UK was facing a new trend of terrorism she described a copycat situation where terrorism breeds terrorism and perpetrators are inspired to attack. by copying one another and often using crudest means of attack. Mrs May said that this was the third terror attack on UK soil in three months and during th...
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Terror in Turin as stampede leaves 1000 injured
4Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Terror in Turin as stampede leaves 1000 injured

    At least 1,000 people were injured, seven seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans watching he Champions League final in Turin, local authorities said Sunday. AFP reporters witnessed the chaotic scenes that ensued in a packed square 10 minutes before the end of the match on Saturday evening. The panic seemed to have been triggered by fireworks being let off and one or more people shouting that a bomb had exploded—a notion that quickly filtered through the crowd. The incident compounded a miserable night for supporters of Juventus, who lost the Cardiff final 4-1 to Real Madrid. It also underlined the impact recent acts of terror are having on a jittery public across Europe and the problems now faced by organisers of any mass gathering of people...
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Manchester attack: Was Salman Abedi a MI-5 terrorist asset
4Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, United Kingdom

Manchester attack: Was Salman Abedi a MI-5 terrorist asset

    The unsayable in Britain's general election campaign is this. The causes of the Manchester atrocity, in which 22 mostly young people were murdered by a jihadist, are being suppressed to protect the secrets of British foreign policy. Critical questions such as why the security service MI5 maintained terrorist "assets" in Manchester and why the government did not warn the public of the threat in their midst remain unanswered, deflected by the promise of an internal "review". The alleged suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, was part of an extremist group, the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, that thrived in Manchester and was cultivated and used by MI5 for more than 20 years. The LIFG is proscribed by Britain as a terrorist organisation which seeks a "hardline Islamic state" in Libya ...
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Tough measures to combat electoral fraud
4Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

Tough measures to combat electoral fraud

Measures put in place by Tower Hamlets Council to combat electoral fraud for the UK Parliamentary General Election have been recommended nationally as good practice by elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission (EC). Will Tuckley, Acting Returning Officer for Tower Hamlets said: "We work closely with the police and the Electoral Commission to monitor elections and this has resulted in a significant reduction in allegations of fraud since 2014, and only a handful in the last three elections (GLA, EU referendum and Whitechapel by-election). "Some of the measures brought in by the council such as "exclusion zones" outside polling stations have now been recommended nationally as good practice." When residents go to the polls to elect Members of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow; and Popla...
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London attack death toll rises to 10: incident under control
4Jun By Sumon AdminNo Comments
ENGLISH, London

London attack death toll rises to 10: incident under control

    Seven people are confirmed to have died in an attack by three assailants who drove a van at pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in the nearby Borough Market area, London’s Metropolitan Police chief Cressida Dick said on Sunday. ‘It has now been confirmed sadly that seven members of the public have died. In addition, as you know, we believe, three suspects are dead,’ she said in a televised statement. Dick said police believed the incident was under control, but officers needed to conduct a thorough search of the area to ensure everyone was accounted for and no further suspects were at large. Our priority now is to work with our colleagues in the national counter-terrorism police network and also with the intelligence agencies and other security services to ...
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