Violence News

A series of clashes between security forces and supporters of former president Hosni Mubarak on Sunday have rendered much of Egypt into a combat-zone with streets covered in debris and dead-bodies and air thick with black smoke and tear gas. The government has reported 44 killed and more than 240 injured while police has detained 423 protestors across the nation.

Figures released by ministry of home affairs (MHA) reveal that out of total 2120 communal incidents in India, UP, MP and Maharashtra have 347, 299 and 326 communal clash records, respectively. Karnataka is fourth in India and tops in south India with 222 incidents of communal violence over the past three years followed by Kerala (126 cases).

A series of car bombings targeting Baghdad's Shiite neighbourhood killed at least 41 people Sunday, while 14 died in suicide assault in Mosul, officials said. The recent onslaughts are suspected to be al-Qaida's plan but no claim has been established yet. The attacks are latest in a surge in Iraq's violence amounting over 545 deaths so far this month.

Indian High Commissioner in Maldives Rajeev Shahare's car was attacked by unidentified motorcyclists in capital Male today damaging the car's windscreen; though no one was injured in the incident. President Waheed's spokesperson reacted to the attack saying it was a regrettable incident and they would arrest the suspects soon and make sure that no more attacks on Indians take place.

Singapore's Little India district was hit by a rare public outbreak on Sunday, after an Indian worker (33) was run over by a private bus. At least five vehicles including three police cars were torched in the violence, which is considered to be the worst outbreak of violence in Singapore in more than 40 years.

Iraq police have reported that two journalists were killed on Monday, after four suicide bombers attacked a television station headquarters in Baghdad. Some journalists managed to escape the headquarter's building, while others were still trapped inside. With the latest violence, nine Iraqi journalists have been killed in attacks in less than three months.