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Jura The idiot
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I now noticed the list of hospitalized (51, as of today early in the morning); the third column is, as you would've guessed, the year of birth (I noticed mine in three cases ... then I think like heck could've been me :-(My condolences to all the victims family.
what's very sad are items 28 - 31; literally "unidentified female #... born approximately 19xy"
Equation
Lieutenant General
Any news on the group or groups of perpetrators that are responsible for this horrible killing? My suspicion lies along Chechen rebels or some rogue Chechen separatist wanting to hurt Russia and President in some way.
Jura The idiot
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after I had seen your question, I was too low on battery, so I didn't post what I read in Russian Internet at that time, and what in the meantime has made it to for example:
St. Petersburg metro attack 'carried out by suicide bomber'
anyway now I noticed
saying the reaction of the subway driver was essential: he followed the procedure which was to go on to the next station (despite the blast) ... so the panic didn't start ... he's to get some award
EDIT
and reportedly this was the suicide-bomber:
originally from Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz agencies confirmed), a garage worker
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Miragedriver
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Miragedriver
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Protesters in Paraguay Set Fire to Congress After Presidential Reelection Vote
After hours of increasingly violent protest both ahead of and following a vote on a controversial change to the country's presidential election process, angry demonstrators broke into and set a fire on the ground floor of Paraguay's Congress building in its capital, Asuncion.
Protesters clashed with police for several hours in the capital city following a secret vote by 25 senators for a bill that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for reelection. Demonstrators contend that this is unconstitutional.
Instead of being held on the Senate floor as usual, the vote took place in a closed office in Congress.
Police have used rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the crowd, but protesters continue to surround the building and, according to reports, have broken in and are vandalizing the interior. Several journalists and politicians have been injured according to local media reports.
Senator Desiree Masi from the opposition Progressive Democratic Party said, "A coup has been carried out. We will resist and we invite the people to resist with us."
Tadeo Rojas, interior minister, said that a small group of protesters injured police as well, telling a press conference, "The national police were not under any instruction to repress. They were attacked."
The controversial bill will now go to Paraguay's House, where it was expected to be voted on Saturday morning.
If passed, the change would apply to Cartes, as well as future presidents. Paraguay's presidents are elected to five-year terms.
After hours of increasingly violent protest both ahead of and following a vote on a controversial change to the country's presidential election process, angry demonstrators broke into and set a fire on the ground floor of Paraguay's Congress building in its capital, Asuncion.
Protesters clashed with police for several hours in the capital city following a secret vote by 25 senators for a bill that would allow President Horacio Cartes to run for reelection. Demonstrators contend that this is unconstitutional.
Instead of being held on the Senate floor as usual, the vote took place in a closed office in Congress.
Police have used rubber bullets and water cannons to disperse the crowd, but protesters continue to surround the building and, according to reports, have broken in and are vandalizing the interior. Several journalists and politicians have been injured according to local media reports.
Senator Desiree Masi from the opposition Progressive Democratic Party said, "A coup has been carried out. We will resist and we invite the people to resist with us."
Tadeo Rojas, interior minister, said that a small group of protesters injured police as well, telling a press conference, "The national police were not under any instruction to repress. They were attacked."
The controversial bill will now go to Paraguay's House, where it was expected to be voted on Saturday morning.
If passed, the change would apply to Cartes, as well as future presidents. Paraguay's presidents are elected to five-year terms.
Jura The idiot
General
Yesterday at 9:06 PM
right now the recent are
while the day after ... here's the link to Russian news-feed:
right now the recent are
- 'no known Russian casualties'
- roughed up