12 killed, several injured in suicide blast in insurgency-hit Nigerian state
Local residents said at least 30 people were injured.Borno state is the heartland of an insurgency - primarily driven by the Islamist armed group Boko Haram - that has been raging for the past 16 years, killing thousands and displacing at least 2 million people, according to aid agencies.
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UP ATS arrests doctor in Maha for radicalising Muslim youth
. Lucknow: UP's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) arrested Monday a homeopathy practitioner, Usama Maj Sheikh (24), from Badlapur in Maharashtra's Thane for alleged involvement in a larger online network aimed at indoctrinating Indian Muslim youths with the help of Pakistani mentors. Usama's arrest came after the interrogation of Ajmal Ali (19), another alleged member of the network who was arrested two days ago. According to preliminary ATS probes, the group's objective is to incite communal hatred and prepare ground for a violent movement to establish Ghazwa-e-Hind - an Islamist concept of religious conquest - by spreading Sharia law through jihad. The duo allegedly influenced young Muslim men to harbour resentment against non-Muslims, encouraging them to join anti-national and criminal activities aimed at destabilising the country, ATS said. While Ajmal was remanded in judicial custody earlier, Usama was produced Monday before a court in Ulhasnagar, which granted transit remand to UP ATS officers. ATS sources said they were trying to identify other members of the network, including possible foreign handlers and local collaborators. (Inputs from Pradeep Gupta)
Time of India
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- Time of India
UP ATS arrests two, including ‘doc'from Thane, for Ghazwa-e-Hind plot
Lucknow: The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh arrested a doctor identified as Usama Maj Sheikh (24) from Badlapur in Maharashtra. Sheikh, who claims to be a homeopathy practitioner, was taken into custody from his residence in Badlapur East on Monday morning with the assistance of the local police. Earlier on August 2, ATS had arrested Ajmal Ali (19) from UP's Amroha. The ATS said that both accused were in contact with several Pakistani individuals through social media and were part of a larger online network aimed at indoctrinating Indian Muslim youth. Their objective, according to the preliminary findings of ATS, was to incite communal hatred, provoke religious animosity, and prepare ground for a violent movement to establish Ghazwa-e-Hind—an Islamist concept of religious conquest—by spreading Sharia law through jihad. The duo allegedly influenced and provoked young Muslim men to harbour resentment against non-Muslims, encouraging them to join anti-national and criminal activities aimed at destabilising the country, the ATS added. Ajmal was first summoned to the ATS headquarters in Lucknow for questioning where he revealed to have been in touch with his mentor Sheikh and several others in Pakistan. Based on the findings, UP ATS registered an FIR at ATS police station in Lucknow. Ajmal was arrested and produced before a court, which sent him to judicial custody. Following further leads, the ATS also tracked down Usama Maj Sheikh and placed him under arrest on August 4 from his residence in Badlapur, Maharashtra. Under tight security, Sheikh was produced before the Ulhasnagar court, which granted a transit remand. He was brought into custody and is being interrogated further regarding his role in the ideological indoctrination and recruitment of radical youth for extremist objectives, the ATS said. The ATS sources said they are trying to identify other members of the network, including possible foreign handlers and local collaborators. Digital evidence retrieved from seized mobile phones and social media accounts is being forensically analysed. More arrests are likely in the coming days.
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Deadly Attack Highlights Growing Instability in Burkina Faso & the Sahel
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