Saturday, July 4, 2015

Ramadan Death Count Round Up (July 4th, 2015)

(Saudi Arabia) Saudi Arabia's interior ministry said on Saturday a wanted militant, a supporter of Islamic State, had been killed in an exchange of fire with police when he refused to surrender. Also, a Saudi policeman was killed in an exchange of fire on Friday in the same city when investigating a house where the suspect was believed to be hiding.

(Syria) An explosion at a mosque in Syria's Idlib province on Friday killed at least 25 members of the Al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front as they gathered at the mosque for iftar, the meal with which Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan.

In an attempt to push the Syrian Government totally out of the second city, 13 Islamist groups joined al-Nusra Front, and on Thursday mounted the biggest offensive against the government for 3 years. Despite the rebels firing hundreds of rockets and shells into at least seven government-held areas, they failed to make any headway, and by Saturday, Syrian army counterattacks has resulted in over 100 rebels being killed.

(Egypt) Egyptian warplanes killed 25 Islamist militants in North Sinai on Saturday, security sources said, as the Egyptian president visited the province after a major escalation of the conflict there. The sources said the air strikes hit militant targets near the town of Sheikh Zuweid, destroying weapons and explosives caches. They also said security forces had found about half a tonne of explosives in a tunnel on the border between the Sinai and Gaza.

(Iraq) A number of car bombs were detonated in Baghdad today resulting in the deaths of 19 people. One bomb targeted the Shi'ite Amil district in the southwest of the city around dusk, killing nine people and wounding 27. Another hit a bus garage in Doura in the south of the capital, killing three people. Northeast of Baghdad, in the town of Balad Roz, a third car bomb killed four people and an explosion near an outdoor market killed three people in Mhamoudiya town, just south of Baghdad.

(Afghanistan) Clearance operations against insurgents in different areas of Afghanistan. Have resulted in 73 terrorists killed and 80 others injured. Also six soldiers were killed in landmines explosion and rockets shelling in different provinces.

(India) 6 Pakistani terrorists have been killed by the Indian army as they tried to sneak into India.

(Yemen) Saudi air raids across the country have seen 34 people killed.

(Nigeria) At least several female suicide bombers struck the village of Zabarmari, killing 55 people and wounding over 100. With the death toll set to rise as so many people have been killed, the local authority has been unable to ascertain the exact number of people killed.

Ramadan death toll is now at 3,614.