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Troops Kill High-Ranking ISWAP Fighters In Borno
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Troops Kill High-Ranking ISWAP Fighters In Borno

Troops of the Joint Task Force (North East), Operation HADIN KAI, have killed several Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters, including a member of the group’s Shura Council, Abu Hajara, and a prominent commander, Abul Walid, during an encounter in Kukawa, Borno State. According to the statement, troops deployed to Kukawa repelled a major ISWAP attack on their positions, with ground forces supported by air assets from the Air Component of Operation HADIN KAI.

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Police detain 325 people at pro-Palestine Action protest at US embassy in London
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Police detain 325 people at pro-Palestine Action protest at US embassy in London

Arrests come ahead of Wednesday’s supreme court challenge to the ban on the direct action group Police have said they arrested 325 people on Saturday at a demonstration outside the US embassy in London against the proscription of Palestine Action. In updated arrest figures released on Sunday, the Metropolitan police said 320 people were detained outside the building in Battersea, south London, for allegedly expressing support for an organisation banned under the Terrorism Act.

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NDLEA intercepts large consignments of illicit drugs in 7 states
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NDLEA intercepts large consignments of illicit drugs in 7 states

This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja. Breaking down the operation, Babafemi said NDLEA operatives, acting on actionable intelligence about the movement of skunk, intercepted a white Volkswagen LT 28 bus along Kudirat Abiola Way, Ikeja, Lagos.

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Attempted murder probe after petrol bomb thrown at French riot police
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Attempted murder probe after petrol bomb thrown at French riot police

Youth-led protests end with street violence in cities across France, Germany, Switzerland, Portugal and Albania French officials have opened an investigation into the attempted murder of a police officer and Germany’s interior minister has called for harsh penalties after peaceful and mainly youth-led protests across Europe ended in violence. In Portugal, police – some with dogs – cleared protest camps with baton charges, while security forces in Switzerland were attacked with paving stones.

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Five teenagers hurt in stabbing at Halloween party in Hampshire
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Five teenagers hurt in stabbing at Halloween party in Hampshire

Police searching for ‘unknown group’ that gained entry to property in Chandler’s Ford on Saturday night Five teenage boys were stabbed at a Halloween party, after an “unknown group” gained entry to the event on a residential road, police have been told. The boys, all aged 16 and 17, were found injured after police were called to a report five teenagers had been stabbed at a property in Chandler’s Ford near Eastleigh, Hampshire, just after 10.30pm on Saturday.

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NDLEA Intercepts Two Europe-Based Nigerians With Cocaine At Abuja Airport
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NDLEA Intercepts Two Europe-Based Nigerians With Cocaine At Abuja Airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two Nigerians living in Europe after they allegedly swallowed 200 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.46 kilogrammes while attempting to travel from Abuja to Paris, France. In a separate raid at Tashan Banke, Kano State, NDLEA operatives arrested seven suspects and recovered 178.85 kilogrammes of cannabis, alongside quantities of diazepam, tramadol, Exol-5 and pregabalin.

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