French police hunt suspected killer of
Muslim worshipper inside mosque
MARSEILLE, Apr 27: French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Saturday denounced the fatal stabbing of a Muslim worshipper inside a mosque as police hunted the killer, who filmed his victim as he lay dying. The attacker stabbed the worshipper dozens of times then filmed him with a mobile phone while shouting insults at Islam in Friday's attack in the village of La Grand-Combe in the Gard region of southern France. "A worshipper was murdered yesterday," wrote Bayrou in a message posted on X. "The Islamophobic atrocity was displayed in a video," he added. Earlier Saturday, investigators said they were treating the killing as a possible Islamophobic crime. — AFP
Nine killed as driver plows into
Vancouver festival crowd
MONTREAL, Apr 27: Nine people were killed after a driver plowed into a crowd at a street festival on Saturday in the Canadian city of Vancouver, local police said. "A number of people have been killed and multiple others are injured," Vancouver Police posted on X. "The driver is in custody." The incident happened as members of the Filipino community gathered to celebrate Lapu Lapu Day, Vancouver mayor Ken Sim posted on X. The festival, which commemorates a Filipino anti-colonial leader from the 16th century, falls this year on the weekend before Canada's election. "Our thoughts are with all those affected and with Vancouver's Filipino community during this incredibly difficult time," Sim wrote. — AFP
Iran port explosion toll hits 28
TEHRAN, Apr 27: Fires were still blazing on Sunday after a massive explosion tore through Iran's largest commercial port the day before, killing at least 25 people and leaving hundreds more injured, according to local media. The blast occurred Saturday at Shahid Rajaee Port in southern Iran, near the Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of world oil output passes. The port's customs office said in a statement carried by state television that the explosion probably resulted from a fire that broke out at the hazardous and chemical materials storage depot. A regional emergency official said several containers had exploded. — AFP
N Korea unveils new warship
NAMPO, Apr 27: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony for the launch of a "new multipurpose destroyer", state media KCNA reported on Saturday. The 5,000-tonne warship was equipped with the "most powerful weapons" and built "within 400-odd days perfectly with our own strength and technology", the report said, quoting Jo Chun Ryong, a secretary in the ruling Workers' Party. Kim, in a speech from the launch reported by KCNA, said the warship would be handed over to the navy and go into service early
next year. — Reuters
China seizes disputed reef in S China Sea
BEIJING, Apr 27: The Chinese coast guard has seized control of a disputed reef near a major Philippine military outpost in the South China Sea, according to Beijing's state media, adding to longstanding territorial tensions with Manila. Beijing claims sovereignty over almost all of the South China Sea and has waved away competing assertions from other regional countries as well as an international ruling that its position has no legal basis. China and the Philippines have engaged in months of confrontations in the contested waters, and Manila is currently taking part in sweeping joint military drills with the United States that Beijing has slammed as destabilising. — AFP
Algeria landslide leaves 4 dead, 13 hurt
ALGIERS, Apr 27: Four people have died and 13 others injured in a landslide in Algeria's western coastal city of Oran, authorities said on Sunday. The landslide occurred late Saturday in the city's Hai Essanouber district, the civil defence agency said. It said the four "deceased were between five and 43 years old", and that "13 other victims, aged between 12 and 75, suffered various injuries". Authorities did not comment on the reasons behind the landslide, which the interior ministry said "caused the collapse of five tin houses". With no one still missing from the landslide, the ministry said the death toll was "final". — AFP
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