Tuesday, 31 May 2016
Somali Military court sentences masterminds of Daallo Airline bomb attack, including airport security chief
Somalia’s military court in Mogadishu on Monday, May 30 pronounced
sentence on Daallo Airline suicide attack suspects. Abdiwali Mohmoud
Mo’ow who was the security chief of aviation agency
at Adan Aden International Airport was given life in jail sentence.
Arays Hashi Abdi a businessman who is said to be the main mastermind of the attack received the sentences in absentia.
Abshir Mohmmed Malin and Safiyo Abdullahi Hassan- the security scan operators sentenced to four years in military jail.
Liban Mohammad Yalahow, Omar Muhaydadin Hassuin, Mohammad and Abdi
Ilmi have been slapped with a sentence of one year in military jail.
Bashir Abdullahi Afrah, Ali Nor Salad And Adan Dahir Salad Shiekhow
sentenced to 6 months in military Jail. Five others were acquitted
after they were found not guilty.
On February 2, laptop bomber identified as Abdullahi Abdisalam Borleh, an elderly Somali national attacked Daallo Airlines Flight 3159.
The suspected suicide bomber detonated on board the Somalia-owned
Daallo Airlines plane in mid-air, as it took off from Aden Adde
International airport in Mogadishu.
The explosion failed to down the commercial jet, but it left a
gaping hole in the fuselage. The force of the blast sucked the alleged
bomber out of the plane’s
cabin. His body fell to the ground near the district of Bal’ad, about 20
miles from the capital, where it was recovered by authorities.
The
pilot of the Airbus A321 was forced to make an emergency landing just
minutes after takeoff. The security footage released days later showed
two men – one wearing
a bright orange airport security vest (said to be Abdiweli, who is now
sentenced to life in jail)– handing over what looks like a laptop case
to a passenger waiting to board. Investigators said the laptop-like bag
contained the bomb that was detonated on board the Djibouti-bound
flight.
Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for a purported bomb attack on a
passenger plane, saying it was targeted at Western officials and
Turkish NATO forces.
Al Shabab said the operation was "retribution for the crimes
committed by the coalition of Western crusaders and their intelligence
agencies against the Muslims of Somalia"
North West throws a fit while out with her parents (photos)
North West was out with her mum and dad having a family lunch at Nobu
when she suddenly threw a tantrum when her dad left her with Kim to see
friends who joined them for lunch off. The 2+ year old calmed down when
her dad returned and joined the family.



Monday, 30 May 2016
Killing of gorilla to save 4-year-od boy at Ohio zoo sparks outrage, over 2,000 people sign a petition
The killing of a gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo on Saturday after a 4-year-old boy tumbled into the ape's enclosure triggered outrage and questions about safety, but zoo officials called the decision to use lethal force a tough but necessary choice, Reuters report.
Over 2,000 people signed a petition on Change.org that sharply criticized the Cincinnati Police Department and the zoo for putting down the animal and called for the child's parents to be "held accountable for their actions of not supervising their child."
Cincinnati police on Sunday said the parents had not been charged, but that charges could eventually be sought by the Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney. A spokeswoman for the prosecutor did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Authorities did not identify the child or his parents. The family could not be reached on Sunday. A Facebook page titled "Justice for Harambe" had more than 3,000 likes by Sunday afternoon, a day after the 400-pound (181-kg) gorilla was shot dead about 10 minutes after encountering and dragging the child.
The animal, named Harambe, was a Western lowland gorilla, an endangered species, and the zoo said it had intended to use him for breeding.
"If we think it's acceptable to kill a gorilla who has done nothing wrong, I don't think our city should have gorillas," Manvinder Singh posted on the Facebook page.
A blog post on the website for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals questioned why it was necessary to kill the gorilla and whether zoos could meet the needs of such animals.
"A 17-year-old gorilla named Harambe is dead, and a child is in the hospital. Why?" blogger Jennifer O'Connor wrote. "Western lowland gorillas are gentle animals. They don't attack unless they're provoked."
Witnesses told local television that the boy repeatedly expressed a desire to join the gorilla in the zoo habitat. Moments later, the boy crawled through a barrier and fell about 12 feet (3.7-meters) into a moat surrounding the habitat, where Harambe grabbed him, zoo officials said.
It was the first time in the 38-year history of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's gorilla exhibit that an unauthorized person was able to get into the enclosure, zoo president Thane Maynard said on Saturday.
"They made a tough choice and they made the right choice because they saved that little boy's life," he said, adding that a member of the zoo's Dangerous Animal Response Team fired the shot that killed the ape.
Maynard said the team decided to use deadly force instead of tranquilizers to subdue the gorilla because it could have taken some time for the drug to take effect when an animal was in agitated state.
The child was taken to Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center for treatment of non-life threatening injuries. Hospital officials, citing privacy laws, declined to say on Sunday whether the child had been released or to disclose any details about his injuries.
The Cincinnati zoo was open on Sunday, although Gorilla World was expected to be closed indefinitely. Neither the zoo nor the fire department responded to a request for comment.
Source: REUTERS
Libyan woman gives birth to quadruplets
Libya Observer posted these photos of a set of quadruplets born
yesterday, May 29, in Tripoli, Libya.



Kidnapped Mexican footballer Alan Pulido released after 24hours, meets state governor (photos)
A Mexican football star, Alana Pulido who was kidnapped in Mexico on Saturday night has been rescued by authorities, according to state officials. Pulido was rescued shortly before midnight Sunday in "a city operation in conjunction with the federal government," according to a statement from the Tamaulipas government.
25 year old Pulido plays for Olympiacos in Greece and was rescued shortly before midnight Sunday in "a city operation in conjunction with the federal government," according to a statement from the Tamaulipas government.
Family
members told authorities that six armed men snatched Pulido around dawn
in his home town of Ciudad Victoria in the northwest of the country.
Military and police forces had been searching for the 25-year-old in Tamaulipas, which shares a border with the US.
"I'm
good, I'm good, thank you," Alan Pulido with an injured hand,said as he
faced reporters alongside the governor of Mexico's Tamaulipas state,
Egidio Torre CantĂș, in a video posted on Twitter.
Woman seen driving her dog around in a remote-controlled BMW in New York
This woman was seen driving her dog around in a remote-controlled BMW in
Upper East Side, New York. #Bigdog! Photo credit: Neil Paine/Twitter
Rihanna & Naomi Campbell step out for dinner date in vivid print dresses
Woman convinced teenage schoolgirls to sell their virginity for money (photos)
A Cambodian court has ordered the temporary imprisonment of a Mamasan
who convinced schoolgirls to sell their virginity. According to
Kampuchea Thmey Daily News,
the judge of municipal court temporary imprisoned a 32-year-old woman
who was
accused of convincing young schoolgirls to sell their virginity. The
trade normally took place at the hotel.
Anti-human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection said that in the evening on May 26, police cracked down on virginity trading related crimes when a woman was found brining some young schoolgirls to the hotel for their virginity trade business located in Chea Sim Blvd, Phnom Penh Thmey commune, Sen Sok district, Phnom Penh.
Police arrested Eng Bopha and saved four young schoolgirls whose age ranged from 17 to 23 years old. Police also confiscated $1,000 USD.
"The saved victims told police that they were brought to Cambodians who live abroad for the price ranging from $1,500 to $2,500. However, after they had slept with the customers, they only received $200. The suspect confessed to committing the crime of human trafficking." the police said
After questioning, the victims were sent to Social Ministry in Phnom Penh while the suspect was sent to court and later temporary imprisoned.
Anti-human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection said that in the evening on May 26, police cracked down on virginity trading related crimes when a woman was found brining some young schoolgirls to the hotel for their virginity trade business located in Chea Sim Blvd, Phnom Penh Thmey commune, Sen Sok district, Phnom Penh.
Police arrested Eng Bopha and saved four young schoolgirls whose age ranged from 17 to 23 years old. Police also confiscated $1,000 USD.
"The saved victims told police that they were brought to Cambodians who live abroad for the price ranging from $1,500 to $2,500. However, after they had slept with the customers, they only received $200. The suspect confessed to committing the crime of human trafficking." the police said
After questioning, the victims were sent to Social Ministry in Phnom Penh while the suspect was sent to court and later temporary imprisoned.
Humanitarian organization release heartbreaking photo of a migrant baby who drowned off Libyan coast
A photograph of a
drowned migrant baby in the arms of a German rescuer was distributed on
Monday, May 30 by a humanitarian organization aiming to persuade European
authorities to ensure safe passage to migrants, after hundreds are
feared to have drowned in the Mediterranean last week.
The
baby, who appears to be no more than a year old, was pulled from the
sea on Friday after the capsizing of a wooden boat. Forty-five bodies
arrived in the southern Italian port of Reggio Calabria on Sunday aboard
an Italian navy ship, which picked up 135 survivors from the same
incident.
German humanitarian
organization Sea-Watch, operating a rescue boat in the sea between Libya
and Italy, distributed the picture taken by a media production company
on board and which showed a rescuer cradling the child like a sleeping
baby.
In an email, the rescuer, who
gave his name as Martin but did not want his family name published,
said he had spotted the baby in the water "like a doll, arms
outstretched".
"I took hold of the
forearm of the baby and pulled the light body protectively into my arms
at once, as if it were still alive ... It held out its arms with tiny
fingers into the air, the sun shone into its bright, friendly but
motionless eyes."
The rescuer, a
father of three and by profession a music therapist, added: "I began to
sing to comfort myself and to give some kind of expression to this
incomprehensible, heart-rending moment. Just six hours ago this child
was alive."
Like the photograph of
the three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan lying lifeless on a Turkish beach
last year, the image puts a human face on the more than 8,000 people who
have died in the Mediterranean since the start of 2014.
Little
is known about the child, who according to Sea-Watch was immediately
handed over to the Italian navy. Rescuers could not confirm whether the
partially clothed infant was a boy or a girl and it is not known whether
the child's mother or father are among the survivors.
Sea-Watch
collected about 25 other bodies, including another child, according to
testimony from the crew seen by Reuters. The Sea-Watch team said it
unanimously decided to publish the photo.
"In
the wake of the disastrous events it becomes obvious to the
organizations on the ground that the calls by EU politicians to avoid
further death at sea sum up to nothing more than lip service," Sea-Watch
said in a statement in English distributed along with the photograph.
"If we do not want
to see such pictures we have to stop producing them," Sea-Watch said,
calling for Europe to allow migrants safe and legal passage as a way of
shutting down people smuggling and further tragedies.
At
least 700 migrants may have died at sea this past week in the busiest
week of migrant crossings from Libya towards Italy this year, the UN
Refugee agency said on Sunday.
The
boat carrying the baby left the shores of Libya near Sabratha late on
Thursday, and then began to take on water, according to accounts by
survivors collected by Save the Children on Sunday. Hundreds were on
board when it capsized, the survivors said.
Photo Credit: Christian Buettner/Eikon Nord GmbH Germany via Reuters
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