World News Briefs For Sunday, 27 March 2016
Hello Australia!! - Belgium appears to have caught the "man in white" - Calls for calm after a popular Muslim shopkeeper is killed in Scotland - North Korea's wishful thinking is getting a little graphic - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:
Belgian authorities have reportedly arrested and charged a man suspected of being the mysterious "man in white" seen at the Brussels airport in the moments before last week's terrorist bombings. A local reporter names him as Faycal Cheffou, and the BBC says this suspect was one of a dozen people arrested in a series of raids in France, Belgium, and Germany on Thursday and Friday of last week. Identified only as "Faycal C" in court documents, authorities charged him with "participation in the activities of a terrorist group, terrorist murders and attempted terrorist murders," a statement said. The "man in white" is believed to have fled the airport after failing to detonate his device. The death toll of the 22 March attack has been adjust to 31 lives lost - 28 victims and three terrorists.
A planned "March Against Fear" has been called off after police said they didn't have the resources to protect it and investigate last week's attack. In other words, they fear something might happen. (>_
Turkish police issued a nationwide alert warning of possible terrorist attacks against Christians and Jews at churches and synagogues over the Easter Weekend. This comes after last weekend's suicide bombings that killed three Israelis and an Iranian in a busy Istanbul shopping hub, blamed on Islamic State. In fact, IS is blamed in four of the six bombings that have rocked Turkey in the past eight months - the other two were claimed by a radical Kurdish dissident group.
Muslim groups are appealing for calm in Glasgow, after a shopkeeper was murdered shortly after posting an Easter greeting to his Christian customers. Police say the murder of 40-year old Asad Shah was a "religiously prejudiced" attack. They arrested a 32-year-old Muslim man in connection with the incident. Hundreds of Glaswegians including Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attended a memorial for the beloved Mr. Shah and continue to lay bouquets outside his shop.
A video on a North Korean government website threatens to explode a nuclear device in Washington, DC, with a computer animation of such a blast. The four-minute video, titled "Last Chance," whines about the annual US-South Korean military exercises taking place right now. This year's exercises are the largest ever,and Pyongyang apparently feels particularly threatened. Late Saturday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un threatened to attack the South's presidential palace unless South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologized for "treason" and publicly executed officials responsible for what Pyongyang says are plans to attack its leadership. So that's weird.