In this episode of World View, CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar brings you the latest in Woolwich killing in London and links there are to known Islamic groups. ...
09:58 AM, May 25, 2013
London: The family of the British soldier who was beheaded by two armed men outside a military barrack in Woolwich in London have expressed their sorrow and grief on the soldier's death. Lee Rigby was due to travel home from London to see them this weekend, his family informed. "I just want to say that I love Lee. I always will and I'm proud to be his wife. He was...
07:56 AM, May 25, 2013
London: Britain's security services faced questions on Friday over whether they could have done more to prevent the murder of a soldier hacked to death in a busy London street after it emerged that his suspected killers were known to intelligence officers. Suspects Michael Adebolajo, 28 and Michael Adebowale, 22, are under guard in hospital after being shot and arrested by police after the murder of 25-year-old Afghan war veteran...
06:15 AM, May 25, 2013
The beheading of Lee Rigby in broad daylight in Woolwich, London, has got authorities in the UK, Europe and the US brainstorming over the possibility of 'homegrown' terror groups taking over the mantle of jehadi terror from trans-national entities like al-Qaeda. With groups like al-Muhajiroun, led by Anjem Choudhary, operating in the UK for long with impunity, is this the new concern for the west? CNN-IBN's London Correspondent Sanjay Suri...
06:31 PM, May 24, 2013
London: A brave scout leader 48-year-old Ingrid Loyau-Kennett has become an unlikely star after confronting two alleged attackers who beheaded a British soldier outside military barracks in Woolwich in London. Kennett arrived at the spot soon after the soldier Drummer Lee Rigby was beheaded and tried to convince one of the attackers to throw away his arms and surrender without any concern for her safety. According to Kennett she was...
01:25 PM, May 24, 2013
Many fear that the soldier beheading incident in London would spark reprisal attacks against Muslims. England's far-right protest groups called for a protest shortly after the attack in Woolwich. The English Defense League used social media to rally its supporters. ...
10:33 AM, May 24, 2013
London: The Muslim Council of Britain has condemned the brutal attack on the UK soldier, Lee Rigby, in Woolwich and appealed for calm and prevention of reprisal attacks on Muslims. However, Anjem Choudary, the head of the radical British Islamist group Al-Muhajiroun raised concerns about the Muslim affairs worldwide and the British foreign policy in Muslim countries. In fact one of the attackers used to attend Al-Muhajiroun demonstrations and lectures....
09:37 AM, May 24, 2013
London: The Scotland Yard on Thursday arrested two more people, including a woman, in connection with the murder of a soldier on a busy London street by two suspected Islamist extremists, as Prime Minister David Cameron vowed the country would remain resolute in its opposition to terrorism. A man and a woman, both 29, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder in relation to the Woolwich terror murder of...
01:06 AM, May 24, 2013
London is in shock after a British soldier was beheaded by two armed men outside military barracks in Woolwich. ...
11:02 PM, May 23, 2013
London: British Police on Thursday carried out raids to probe the murder of a soldier who was butchered and beheaded on a busy London street by two suspected Islamist extremists, as Prime Minister David Cameron vowed the country would remain resolute in its opposition to terrorism. After chairing an emergency meeting of the high-level COBRA crisis group, Cameron said Britain's communities would unite in condemning Wednesday's attack, which he described...
09:03 PM, May 23, 2013
London: British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said on Thursday. Local media named one of the two suspects as British-born, 28-year-old Londoner Michael Adebolajo and said police raided homes of relatives in the city and near the town of Lincoln. Both...
07:53 PM, May 23, 2013
London: The British government's emergency committee is going to meet after two attackers butchered a man in a brutal daylight attack in London amid fears that terrorism has returned to the capital. Prime Minister David Cameron says there are strong indications it was an act of terrorism and his top advisers will be examining the potential security implications on Thursday. The police counter-terror unit is leading the investigation. Authorities did...
01:50 PM, May 23, 2013
Islamabad: "You're going to lose," a brave woman told one of the two machete-wielding London attackers who killed a soldier. "You're going to lose. It's only you versus many," said Ingrid Loyau-Kennett as she tried keep the attacker talking so he would not kill anyone else. Two men carrying weapons brutally assaulted and killed the soldier in Woolwich in southeast London on Wednesday afternoon. The two attackers were later shot...
11:16 AM, May 23, 2013
London: Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death on Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime - shouting political statements, gesturing with bloodied hands and waving a meat cleaver. Soon after, arriving police shot and wounded the unidentified assailants and took them into custody. The brutal daylight attack galvanized this city and raised fears that terrorism had returned to...
08:30 AM, May 23, 2013
London: In a shocking attack, a British soldier was beheaded by two armed men outside military barracks in Woolwich in London. The two men were shot by police as they arrived on the scene minutes later. One of the suspects was recorded going on a rant brandishing bloody meat cleavers before the police arrived. The attacker said he was taking revenge for crimes by the British army abroad. "We swear...
08:16 AM, May 23, 2013
London: The UK government on Wednesday swung into action after a man was beheaded in an alleged Islamist terror attack outside Royal Military Barracks in Woolwich in southeast London. Unconfirmed reports said that victim was a soldier. According to the police, the two attackers had been shot. MP Nick Raynsford said the two were undergoing treatment at a hospital. CNN reported that the assailants used a meat cleaver to attack...
10:52 PM, May 22, 2013
Washington: A US Marine officer will be court martialed for his alleged role in the scandal sparked by a 2011 video that showed American soldiers urinating on the corpse of a Taliban fighter. Captain James V Clement will be tried at a special court-martial for his alleged misconduct during a counter-insurgency operation in the vicinity of Sandala, Musa Qala District in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, on or about July 27, 2011,...
10:00 AM, May 14, 2013
Dera Ismail Khan: Military operations and insurgent attacks in lawless districts of Pakistan on Sunday left eight members of the security forces and around 30 militants and criminal suspects dead, officials said. Two soldiers and 16 militants were killed in clashes in the Tirah Valley area of the Khyber tribal region in the northwest, the military said in a statement. Another three soldiers were wounded in the remote mountainous district...
01:50 AM, May 06, 2013
Kolkata: Actor Ashish Vidyarthi, known for portraying baddies in films, is happy that Bollywood's famous villain Pran will be honoured with the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award. "Yes, it's a huge thing. His impact on the Indian society cannot be understated. For many years no kid was named 'Pran'. Just imagine he had such a big impact," said Ashish on the sidelines of a programme here Tuesday. Pran, who acted...
05:34 PM, Apr 24, 2013
United Nations: Despite being outnumbered, Indian peacekeepers fought with valour and prevented more casualties in the recent attack against a UN peacekeeping convoy that killed five Indian soldiers in South Sudan, a senior UN official said on Sunday. Assistant Secretary General for Field Support, United Nations, Anthony Banbury travelled to Jonglei state in South Sudan and met the Indian contingent in the wake of the April 9 attack that killed...
08:56 PM, Apr 14, 2013
