Thursday, July 17, 2014

Ramadan Death Count Round Up (July 17, 2014)

(Tunisia) Gunmen attacked Tunisian military checkpoints near the Algerian border, killing 14 soldiers in an area where the army has been conducting an operation to flush out Islamist militant fighters, the TAP state news agency and officials said on Wednesday.

(Afghanistan) A five-hour battle at Kabul’s international airport has ended, with six militants killed, the Afghan Interior Ministry has announced.

2 children were killed when a Taliban rocket hit their home in Chapa Dara district. kunar province.

(Pakistan) 2 Policemen and 1 terrorist were killed during an attempt by Terrorists to attack the home of the Pakistani PM.

A roadside bomb in Northern Pakistan killed 4 people and wounded 3 more.

(Somalia) Fighting between the locals and the Al-Shabaab terrorist group in the town Abdalla-Biroole has so far seen 8 people killed.

2 people were killed due to separate car bomb attacks in the capital Mogadishu.

(Iraq) Suicide bombs in Baghdad and fighting between the state and ISIS in the town of Amirli saw 58 people killed. The first of 2 suicide bombs, which claimed 42 lives, was carried out by ISIS member Abu Bakr al-Australi (the Australian) who detonated his device near a Shia mosque.

(Syria) ISIS terrorists captured the Shaar gas field near the city of Homs where they killed 23 of the field's guards.

(Saudi Arabia) A Saudi man shot his 56-year-old mother 3 times in the chest in the southern Asir province. He was captured by the police after a 3 hour dash for freedom across the border.

Ramadan death toll is now at 4,106.