Somalia executes three over deadly 2017 hotel attack
MOGADISHU, July 10: Somalia's military says it executed three men convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a hotel in the capital in 2017. A statement issued by the military said the three were shot dead by a firing squad at a police academy in Mogadishu on Wednesday. The men were convicted of participating in an assault on Nasa-Hablod hotel which killed 18 people and wounded 47 others in October, 2017. The three were members of Somalia's al-Shabab Islamic extremist rebels and were arrested during the attack on the hotel. — AP
Merkel suffers third shaking spell
Cambodian cops nab seven marking death of govt critic
PHNOM PENH, July 10: A Cambodian human rights group says police have detained seven people in connection with activities marking the third anniversary of the killing of a prominent government critic. Political analyst Kem Ley was shot dead at a store in Phnom Penh, the capital, on July 10, 2016. The killing took place shortly after he had spoken on radio about a report alleging that long-serving Prime Minister Hun Sen's family had taken advantage of its connections for financial gain. — AP
Two US Marines held for migrant trafficking
LOS ANGELES, July 10: Two US Marines have been arrested for smuggling undocumented Mexican migrants into the United States in exchange for money, according to a court document. Byron Darnell Law II and David Javier Salazar-Quintero were arrested on July 3 along the Mexican border in Jacumba, California, the document said. They were charged with having transported three undocumented migrants about six miles (10 kilometres) over the border. — AFP
News in Brief -(11-07-2019)
FE Team | Published: July 11, 2019 00:28:03
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