Hostage Crisis
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UP hostage crisis: Captor shot dead by police, all children rescued after eight-hour standoff
Subhash Batham demanded to speak to local BJP MLA Nagendra Singh Rathore. But when the legislator arrived, he fired at him.
Scroll Staff
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Australia: At least two killed in Brighton hostage situation, gunman shot dead, say police
The attacker had allegedly called a TV channel during the standoff and told them that ‘this is for IS [Islamic State]’.
Scroll Staff
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Explainer: What is going on in Mali?
The Islamists of Mali are products of very localised conditions, specifically decades of neglect and marginalisation in the north of the country.
Paul Jackson, The Conversation
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