Nigeria: 15 killed in a suicide attack against a church in the northeast

Sunday a suicide bomber tried to detonate a car bomb in a church in northeastern Nigeria, killing at least fifteen bystanders in a predominantly Muslim region where Christians are a regular target of attacks by the Islamic sect Boko Haram. The man was dark when approaching a checkpoint near the church in the town of Bauchi, the state of the same name, where security had been tightened after the attacks attributed to Islamist group Boko Haram. At least fifteen people including the bomber, were killed and forty injured, said the regional emergency services. "Following the explosion of the bomb (in the city of Bauchi), the Emergency Operations Team has visited the country for help. She evacuated the victims: 40 people were injured and 15 died "said in a statement the relief agency of Bauchi State. The injured were admitted to a local hospital and police cordoned off the area where the crime was committed, the statement said. "We have a dam near the church which prevented the bomber from accessing its target," the official said the State Police, the Commissioner Momammed Ladan. "He launched his car into a security gate and the vehicle exploded." Residents said the violence of the explosion was collapsing church, located on the outskirts of Bauchi. Witnesses said dozens of people fled after the explosion, some rushing to the fire outside the church. "It was confusion when residents and worshipers tried to flee," said one witness, Timothy Joshua. Another witness, who requested anonymity, said that an alleged accomplice of the bomber was lynched by residents, but police did not confirm this information. Accomplice "abandoned the car in which they came and tried to" flee but was chased by an inhabitant of the faithful and beaten to death, "he told the witness. The attack has not been claimed, but the Islamist group Boko Haram, responsible for numerous attacks that have killed more than a thousand deaths since July 2009, in the past has targeted Christians and churches in the north, especially days of religious celebrations. Nigeria is divided between a mainly Muslim north and predominantly Christian south. Since the election of President Goodluck Jonathan a year ago, Boko Haram has stepped up deadly attacks, expanding its area of ​​operations and diversifying its targets dramatically. After multiplying the assassinations of police and local officials in his stronghold of north-east, the group has perpetrated over the past year a series of suicide bombings in the capital Abuja, aimed at the UN headquarters, the headquarters of the National Police or an influential newspaper. Hundreds of victims are predominantly Muslim but the group has also targeted Christians, churches in central and north. In Bauchi, where violence has in the past opposed the Muslim and Christian, an attack against Boko Haram was a military barracks killed 13 people May 29, 2011, hours after its inauguration by President Goodluck Jonathan. Boko Haram had also organized the escape of prisoners in Bauchi in September 2010, an operation that allowed the escape of hundreds of its members.

A plane with 159 people aboard crashed into a building in Lagos, Nigeria

The director of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, Donald Demuren, quoted by the source, has confirmed the incident and added that he believed there were no survivors among the 153 passengers and 6 crew members of the unit. "I do not have survived," said Demuren. In addition, residents of the area of the incident have said that there are several buildings on fire , so there is concern that too many victims among the residents of Iju neighborhood on the outskirts of the city. The first information on the incident indicate that the aircraft company Dana Air Nigeria, was preparing to land in Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, after a 60 minutes flight from Abuja when it crashed. It is expected that aviation authorities in Nigeria to give a press conference for additional details about the accident . At the time of the accident, the sky was clear and it was sunny. Local residents have said they heard a loud noise and saw smoke , after which several fire engines and ambulances began to move at high speed toward the scene. Local media shows images in their digital editions, the fuselage of the plane crash in flames and smoke, and groups of onlookers photographing the scene. This is the second Nigerian plane crash in less than 24 hours after this snabado a cargo aircraft of Allied Air off the runway while trying to land in Accra and rammed into a bus , causing 10 deaths.

Procession of boats in London to mark the jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II

A procession of a thousand boats on the river Thames on Sunday, is one of the highlights of the celebrations of 60 years of the reign of Elizabeth II in the UK. The British are taking four days of festivities to celebrate the diamond jubilee - which until then had only been signed by Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 until his death in 1901. The ride down the Thames is being watched by millions of British television and on the banks of the river, despite the bad weather in London. Meanwhile, several street parties are being organized across the country to celebrate the jubilee. Elizabeth II, accompanied by her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, and other royals travel from Albert Bridge, west of the river to the Tower Bridge in the east, on board a luxury boat decorated with real flowers 10 000.  The Thames is a crucial part of British history from Roman times, and processions through its waters were used several times in demonstrations of the power of monarchs. At the same time, the site should receive some protesters Republicans, who criticize the expenditure made in commemoration of the jubilee.The procession on the river is expected to cost more than $ 30 million, funded by private donations, but security costs will fall on taxes.

Porn actor Luka Magnotta Rocco: "Sex-killer" in Paris recognized police locates mobile phone

French police suspect the murder porn actor Luka Magnotta Rocco on the track. His cell phone told the 29-year-old Canadian, who is said to have carved up a Chinese student on camera, according to French media reports about matching. Citing police districts reported the news agency AFP and the TV news channel BFM that a signal of his mobile phone on Saturday in the Paris suburb of Bagnolet had been located. In addition, the man had been detected there in a hotel.When police arrived, he had left on the hasty flight into his room porn magazines and airsickness bags for an airline. Police have not yet to be officially voiced.However, the newspaper "Le Parisien" reported, citing police also parties on a systematic search for the suspects in the east of Paris. Claims to have detected a bar owner, the Magnotta in the night to Thursday, the paper quoted as saying: "He was very nervous and has ordered a Coke in English to go." He had emptied the bottle on a train and then was approached by a powerfully built man, who apparently knew him. Both were a little later at a nearby hotel gone. Another man was also reported, Magnotta Earlier this week, temporarily housed with you have to.It is not excluded that the Canadians dress as a woman. Interpol had issued a worldwide manhunt on Thursday evening after the 29-year-olds. Magnotta is killed one man and sent parts of the body of political parties in Canada. The victim is supposed to act according to media reports about a Chinese man who was studying at Concordia University. On Tuesday, the headquarters of the Conservative Party in Ottawa had received a package in which the decomposed foot was a man. A short time later, investigators discovered a hand in a different package, and finally in Montreal the torso of a human being. Magnotta is also known under the name Eric Clinton Newman and Vladimir Romanov. On various websites it is described as a failed porn actor, he should also have gone to the bar. With its 32-year-old victim, he should have maintained a sexual relationship.