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  • Indonesian police name 15 suspects after discovery of 7 bodies in Bekasi river

    JAKARTA — Indonesian police have named 15 suspects in connection with the discovery of seven bodies floating in the Bekasi river, West Java, on Sunday morning.

    Local media reported the first five bodies were found around 6:00 a.m. local time, followed by the discovery of two more soon after. The victims, reportedly teenagers, may have thrown themselves into the river while being chased by a police patrol.

    “A total of 15 people were named as suspects and three of them were charged with carrying sharp weapons,” said Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Karyoto at the river on Sunday.

    He stressed that although it remains unclear whether the weapons were involved in the deaths, authorities continue to gather information from witnesses and suspects to clarify the circumstances.

    Initial reports suggested the teenagers were involved in a brawl and fled from a police patrol that was passing through the area at 3:00 a.m. Police believed fear of the patrol may have driven them to jump into the river.

    Karyoto emphasized that the patrol was acting within its duties, as brawls have become increasingly frequent in areas like East and South Jakarta, as well as Bekasi and Depok.

    The bodies have been sent to Kramat Jati Police Hospital for identification, with DNA testing underway. The hospital has asked the victims’ families to provide personal items such as toothbrushes or unwashed clothing to aid in the identification process.

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  • Building collapse in Naples kills 2 siblings and buries mother and another woman

    ROME — A two-story building collapsed in the southern Italian province of Naples early Sunday, killing two young siblings and burying their mother and another woman in the rubble, firefighters said.

    The firefighters said on their official Telegram channel that a gas explosion likely caused the collapse.

    Rescuers in the town of Saviano recovered the bodies of a 6-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl. Their 2-year-old brother was found alive and the father was hospitalized in Naples in serious condition.

    Firefighers’ spokesman Luca Cari said that rescuers had to be “very careful and move slowly, to avoid new collapses” as they searched for the two women.

    Mayor Vincenzo Simonelli was at the scene and told reporters that the building appeared “crumpled up on itself,” adding it was “a very serious situation.”

    Media reports said a gas leak could have caused the explosion that rocked the second floor of the building, which crumbled down, covering the lower floor with rubble.

    AP

  • Lelaki dikhuatiri dibaham buaya ketika periksa pukat

    KUCHING — Seorang lelaki yang hilang ketika memeriksa pukat yang dipasangnya di tebing sungai di Batu 4, Kuala Baram, di Miri dikhuatiri disambar buaya.

    Minggu anak Ikum, 59, dikatakan turun ke tebing sungai itu petang tadi, namun tidak kembali ke rumah sehingga jam 5 petang.

    Sumber berkata, anaknya kemudian memeriksa di lokasi mangsa memasang pukat, selepas cubaannya menghubungi telefon bimbit mangsa sebelum itu gagal.

    “Setibanya di lokasi pukat itu, anak mangsa hanya menemui barang milik mangsa di tebing sungai.

    “Pukat milik mangsa juga didapati koyak dan kesan buaya ditemui di tebing sungai,” katanya.

    Berikutan itu, anak mangsa memaklumkan kepada penduduk kampung dan mereka mula mencari di kawasan sekitar.

    Selepas gagal mengesannya, anak mangsa membuat laporan polis sebelum Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia (JBPM) dihubungi pada jam 5.55 petang.

    Jurucakap Pusat Gerakan Operasi (PGO) JBPM Sarawak berkata, sepasukan anggota dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Lutong diarah ke lokasi yang terletak kira-kira sembilan kilometer dari balai.

    “Anggota bomba bersama orang awam membuat pencarian di sekitar tebing sungaidalam radius satu kilometer, namun mangsa masih gagal ditemui.

    “Operasi pencarian ditangguhkan pada jam 7.28 malam disebabkan faktor cuaca gelap dan pencarian akan disambung semula pagi esok,” katanya.

    BH ONLINE

  • 15 rumah hangus, 150 hilang tempat tinggal

    SIBU — Seramai 150 penduduk di Kampung Hilir di Jalan Kampung Hilir di sini hilang tempat berteduh selepas 15 rumah musnah dalam kebakaran petang tadi.

    Jurucakap Pusat Gerakan Operasi Sarawak dalam kenyataannya hari ini berkata, sepasukan anggota bomba dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Sibu Sentral dengan bantuan BBP Sungai Merah dan BBP Sibu Jaya bergegas ke lokasi sejurus menerima panggilan kecemasan berhubung kebakaran pada jam 6.43 petang.

    “Setiba di lokasi, pasukan bomba mendapati api sedang marak memusnahkan keseluruhan struktur kediaman jenis tidak kekal itu,” katanya.

    Api berjaya dikawal dalam masa satu jam. Punca kebakaran serta anggaran kerugian masih dalam siasatan.

    BH ONLINE

  • Death toll in Gaza surges to 41,431, over 95,818 wounded

    GAZA — Israeli occupation forces committed four massacres against families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, resulting in the killing of at least 40 Palestinians and the injury of 58 others, according to medical reports.

    Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 41,431 reported fatalities, with an additional 95,818 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.

    According to the same sources, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.

    WAFA

  • Bomb blast kills police officer in foreign diplomats’ security detail in Pakistan, police say

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb blast on Sunday killed a police officer in the security detail of nearly a dozen foreign diplomats in northwest Pakistan, police said.

    Swat district police officer Zahidullah Khan said the diplomats were visiting area on the invitation of local chamber of commerce.

    “The squad that was leading the convoy was hit by a roadside bomb,” he said.

    Another four police officers were wounded, Khan said.

    All diplomats were safe and were heading back to Islamabad, police said.

    REUTERS

  • At least 51 dead in Iran coal mine blast

    TEHRAN — A gas explosion in a coal mine in Iran’s South Khorasan Province killed at least 51 people and injured 20, Iran’s state media said on Sunday.

    The accident was caused by a methane gas explosion in two blocks, B and C, of the mine run by the Madanjoo company, state media said.

    “76 percent of the country’s coal is provided from this region and around 8 to 10 big companies are working in the region including Madanjoo company,” the governor of South Khorasan Province Ali Akbar Rahimi told state TV on Sunday.

    The rescue operation in block B has been completed. Of the 47 workers who were in the block 30 died and 17 were injured, Rahimi said earlier.

    Rescue operations in block C have started. Methane density in the block is high and the operation will take around 3-4 hours, he added.

    There were 69 workers in the blocks at the time of the explosion, state TV reported.

    “Seventeen injured people were transported to the hospital and 24 people are still missing,” it said earlier on Sunday citing the head of Iran’s Red Crescent.

    The explosion occurred at 9 p.m. (1730 GMT) on Saturday, state media said.
    President Masoud Pezeshkian expressed condolences to the victims’ families. “I spoke with ministers and we will do our best to follow up,” Pezeshkian said in televised comments.

    AN – REUTERS

  • Six Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on school in Gaza

    GAZA — At least six Palestinians were killed and several others injured today in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school housing displaced families in western Gaza City.

    Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes struck the Kafr Qassem School in the al-Shati refugee camp, resulting in the murder of six individuals and various injuries. The wounded were transported to Al-Shifa Medical Complex for treatment.

    This incident follows a previous attack yesterday on the Al-Falah School in the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, which resulted in the killing of 21 people, including 13 children, six women, and an infant, while injuring 30 others.

    The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in 41,391 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 95,760 others injured.

    In addition, thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

    WAFA

  • Seven Palestinians killed in ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza

    GAZA — Seven Palestinians were killed and others injured today in renewed Israeli shelling across southern and central Gaza, marking the 352nd day of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region.

    According to local reports, Israeli artillery targeted the town of Khuza’a, east of Khan Younis, resulting in the murder of two individuals.

    Simultaneously, emergency teams from the Palestinian Red Crescent later recovered the bodies of four victims from the Al-Attatirah area east of Rafah, following additional bombardments.

    In a separate incident, an Israeli army quadcopter opened fire on civilians west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, resulting in the murder of another individual.

    WAFA

  • Israeli warplanes launch massive airstrikes on southern Lebanon

    BEIRUT — Israeli warplanes carried out a series of intense airstrikes this morning on multiple towns in southern Lebanon.

    Local sources reported that Israeli fighter jets targeted several towns and villages, including Al-Aziyah, Ayta al-Shab, Al-Zrarieh, Al-Taybeh, Ein Qana, Kafr Maki, Majdel Zoun, Al-Mahmoudiyah, Al-Ayshiyeh, Zebqin, Ansar, and Wadi Hassan. This bombardment coincided with extensive Israeli reconnaissance flights over Lebanese airspace.

    Additionally, airstrikes were reported in towns such as Talousah, Rob Thalathin, Shehine, Al-Malakiyeh, Yater, Khiam, Markaba, and Hawla, as well as in Wadi al-Salouqi in the south and the town of Zalaya in the western Beqaa region.

    WAFA

  • Hezbollah fires over 110 rockets into Israel

    JERUSALEM — Hezbollah forces in Lebanon fired approximately 115 rockets into Israel early Sunday, with some reaching areas near the northern city of Haifa, extending their range to previously untargeted locations amid the ongoing conflict.

    Israeli media reported that Hezbollah targeted a military airport located in the northern Jezreel Valley, triggering sirens across the region and in various areas of the occupied Golan Heights and Upper Galilee.

    Buildings were damaged and cars caught fire near Haifa. The Israeli Magen David Adom emergency service said four people were injured by shrapnel, including a 76-year-old man who sustained moderate wounds, while the other three were lightly injured.

    The Israeli military said in a statement that Hezbollah’s rockets were fired toward “civilian areas” and that its defensive systems “are deployed in the area and on high alert to thwart threats.”

    The Israeli military carried out additional airstrikes in southern Lebanon on Sunday morning and vowed that its strikes “will continue and intensify against Hezbollah.”

    Following the rocket attack, Israel’s Home Front Command announced that schools would be closed and gatherings and movements would be restricted in all areas north of Haifa.

    Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying that they were targeting a military industry complex of Rafael, a weapons company.

    The attacks, Hezbollah said, were the “initial response to the brutal massacre” on Tuesday and Wednesday.

    Israel allegedly caused thousands of pagers and wireless devices to explode, killing at least 37 people, including civilians, and injuring thousands. An Israeli airstrike on the weekend in Beirut targeted a senior Hezbollah commander, killing at least 45 people.

    Also before dawn, multiple drones approached Israel from the direction of Iraq. The Israeli military said they were intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory.

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  • 4 killed, dozens injured in mass shooting in U.S. State of Alabama – media

    WASHINGTON — Four people were killed and dozens injured in a mass shooting Saturday night in Birmingham, in the U.S. State of Alabama, according to U.S. media reports.

    Birmingham police reported that the shooting occurred in a busy neighborhood on the 2000 block of Magnolia Avenue, in the Five Points South area near the University of Alabama. Three victims were pronounced dead at the scene, and a fourth died later at the university’s hospital. Several others sustained serious injuries.

    Authorities believe multiple gunmen were involved in the shooting. As of early Sunday morning, no suspects had been apprehended.

    XINHUA

  • ‘Counter setting’ Imigresen: Suspek utama direman di Selangor pula

    KUALA LUMPUR — Suspek utama yang dipercayai bersekongkol dengan sindiket membawa masuk warga asing menerusi pintu masuk udara negara menggunakan modus operandi ‘Counter Setting’ ditahan Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia (SPRM) Selangor.

    Menurut sumber, suspek lelaki berusia lingkungan 40-an itu dipercayai bersekongkol dengan ejen-ejen sindiket membawa masuk warga asing yang tiba di Terminal 1 dan Terminal 2, Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA).

    “Sebelum ini, suspek ditahan SPRM Negeri Sembilan pada Rabu lalu dan direman pada Khamis hingga 23 September ini selepas permohonan dibuat SPRM.

    “Semalam suspek dibawa ke Pejabat SPRM Selangor bagi membantu siasatan kes yang turut disiasat oleh SPRM Selangor,” katanya.

    Majistret Mohd Sabri Ismail membenarkan permohonan SPRM untuk menahan reman suspek direman tujuh hari hingga 28 September ini bagi membantu siasatan.

    Sementara itu, Pengarah SPRM Selangor, Datuk Alias Salim ketika dihubungi mengesahkan tangkapan suspek berkenaan.

    Katanya, kes itu disiasat mengikut Seksyen 17(a) Akta SPRM 2009.

    BH ONLINE

  • Pencari emas maut tertimbus tanah runtuh

    TANAH MERAH — Seorang lelaki maut selepas tertimbus dalam kejadian tanah runtuh di Kampung Cabang Bijih, Perala dekat Sokor, di sini, semalam.

    Mangsa, Rosli Dahalan, 56, dari Kampung Air Resom, Gual Ipoh di sini, disahkan maut dalam kejadian kira-kira 4 petang.

    Difahamkan, mangsa ke lokasi itu untuk mencari emas sebelum berlaku runtuhan tanah.

    Ketua Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Kemahang, Disagar Mani Mustafa berkata, pihaknya menerima panggilan daripada Polis Diraja Malaysia (PDRM) pada jam 4.11 petang.

    Katanya, enam anggota yang diketuai oleh Komander Operasi BBP Kemahang, Rohapzal Mohd Hussain ke lokasi kejadian dan mendapati seorang mangsa tertimbus tanah.

    “Pihak kita membantu mengeluarkan mayat mangsa sebaik jentera sampai pada jam 4.43 petang dan operasi tamat sekitar jam 6 petang.

    “Mayat mangsa kemudian diserahkan kepada pihak polis untuk tindakan selanjutnya dan dihantar ke Hospital Tanah Merah,” katanya ketika dihubungi di sini, hari ini.

    BH ONLINE

  • Pendaki Gunung Yong Balar meninggal dunia

    GUA MUSANG — Seorang pendaki lelaki meninggal dunia di Gunung Yong Balar selepas menunjukkan tanda tiada selera makan dan muntah ketika berada di kawasan pergunungan itu.

    Ketua Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat (BBP) Gua Musang, Penolong Kanan Penguasa Bomba, Nor Azizi Che Noh, berkata kumpulan pendaki seramai tujuh orang bersama seorang malim gunung itu mula mendaki sejak 16 September lalu.

    Katanya, selepas empat hari mendaki, malim gunung membawa seorang peserta keluar dan keesokannya dua lagi pendaki keluar.

    “Makluman daripada pendaki yang keluar pada hari kelima, mangsa yang juga lelaki berusia 37 tahun sudah menunjukkan tanda-tanda tidak mahu makan dan muntah.

    “Malim gunung yang berada di luar, masuk kembali bersama seorang lagi pendaki untuk mencari tiga lagi rakannya termasuk mangsa.

    “Selepas dua jam setengah perjalanan, mereka bertemu mangsa dalam keadaan separuh sedar dan rakannya dalam keadaan kelaparan kerana kehabisan makanan,” katanya ketika dihubungi di sini.

    Nor Azizi berkata, malim gunung cuba membawa keluar mangsa dengan menggunakan ‘sleeping bag’, namun hanya mampu melakukannya setengah jam sebelum berhenti.

    Malim gunung kemudiannya keluar seorang diri dengan meninggalkan mangsa bersama rakan apabila dimaklumkan pasukan mencari dan menyelamat (SAR) anggota Bomba Gua Musang tiba kira-kira jam 5 petang.

    “Dalam usaha masuk ke lokasi mangsa berada, pasukan SAR bersama malim gunung tersasar dua kali dari trek menyebabkan mereka gagal sampai dan terpaksa berpatah balik.

    “Dalam masa yang sama malim gunung dihubungi melalui radio oleh peserta yang berada bersama mangsa memaklumkan mangsa sudah meninggal dunia.

    “Ketika hampir sampai ke tempat bermula masuk, anggota SAR Bomba Gua Musang bertemu anggota SAR Bomba Cameron Highlands.

    “Anggota Bomba Cameron Highlands bersama malim gunung masuk semula mencari mangsa dan rakannya dan berjaya sampai di lokasi kira-kira jam 10 malam,” katanya.

    Beliau berkata mangsa bersama pendaki lain di bawa keluar pada jam 2 pagi dan diserahkan kepada pihak polis untuk dibawa ke Hospital Gua Musang.

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  • ‘Pulangkan semula ayah kami dengan selamat, sudah 15 hari tiada khabar berita’

    BALING — Seorang lelaki mengesyaki bapanya yang juga pesara pegawai kewangan FELCRA dilarikan individu tidak dikenali berikutan berlaku beberapa pemindahan wang ke akaun bank pihak lain dalam tempoh dua hari selepas kehilangan mangsa.

    Menurut Muhammad Amir Hakimi Sabari, 25, dia yakin bapanya, Sabari Baharom, 62, yang hilang sejak 3 September lalu masih hidup biarpun kereta dipandu bapanya ditemui penduduk terbakar di Belantik Sik dan dimaklumkan mengenainya kelmarin.

    Katanya, selepas meneliti beberapa akaun bapanya melalui aplikasi dalam talian terdapat pemindahan wang dari akaun Tabung Haji bapanya ke akaun Bank Islam seterusnya ke akaun Maybank milik seorang wanita.

    “Selepas penelitian pihak polis melalui sistem kamera litar tertutup didapati pada 4 dan 5 September kelihatan seorang wanita melakukan transaksi wang daripada akaun ayah.

    “Kami tidak tahu apa niat mereka sebenarnya mengambil wang ayah, walau apapun jika ayah masih dalam genggaman mereka, harap pulangkan semula ayah kami dengan selamat, kami amat merinduinya, sudah 15 hari kami tiada khabar berita mengenainya,” katanya ketika ditemui di rumah bapanya di Kampung Mengkuang Tengah, Kuala Pegang, hari ini.

    Amir Hakimi berkata bapa mereka sangat baik dan penyayang dan mereka tiada sebarang masalah dengannya.

    Katanya, bapa sering berulang alik ke rumah dia dan kakak sulungnya, Suraiya Izzaty Sabari, 29, di Sungai Petani untuk melihat dua cucunya (anak sulung Muhammad Amir Hakimi dan anak sulung Suraiya Izzaty) yang baharu lahir.

    Muhammad Amir Hakimi berkata beberapa hari sebelum kehilangan bapanya, bapanya menghubunginya untuk menghantar ubat-ubatan dan ramuan herba tradisional untuk mengubati bayinya yang terkena jangkitan demam kuning.

    “Biasanya jika ayah menelefon memberitahu dia hendak datang le rumah, pastinya sama ada hari itu atau keesokkan dia akan datang, tetapi sehingga ke hari ini terus hilang, inilah yang merisaukan kami,” katanya .

    Anak sulung Sabari, Suraiya Izzaty, berkata mereka tidak pernah duduk diam malah sentiasa sahaja mencari khabar melalui beberapa petunjuk seperti penelitian dan pergerakan akaun simpanan bapa dan berjumpa keluarga dan rakan bapa mereka.

    “Sebelum ini kami agak buntu dan memikirkan ke mana ayah pergi dan menghilangkan dirinya, tetapi selepas penemuan sebuah kereta Proton Waja berwarna emas milik ayah yang dibakar di kawasan pembuangan sampah di gaung Hutan Gubir, Sik, Jumaat lalu, kes kehilangan ayah dikategorikan sebagai kes jenayah.

    “Alhamdulillah ayah tiada dalam kereta yang terbakar itu, namun kami masih merasa risau keadaannya.

    “Kami membantu polis mendapatkan maklumat mengenai ayah yang mana ia sedikit sebanyak boleh membantu dan memberi petunjuk untuk siasatan, saya amat mengharapkan segala kemusykilan dan misteri kehilangan ayah dapat dirungkai dengan segera,” katanya yang bertugas sebagai doktor.

    Menurutnya, bapa seorang yang amat teliti berhubung pengeluaran wang dan sangat mengikuti perkembangan semasa termasuk mengenai penipuan dalam talian.

    “Rutin ayah selepas pencen lazimnya solat berjemaah di masjid… sarapan bersama jemaah di kedai, pergi ke kebun… dia juga tidak suka bermewah.., hidup biasa-biasa sahaja,” katanya.

    Suraiya Izzaty merayu sesiapa yang melarikan bapa mereka supaya segera memulangkan bapa mereka dalam keadaan selamat dengan meninggalkan di tempat yang mudah ditemui.

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  • Lelaki acu parang bertengkar dengan pengguna jalan raya ditahan

    KUALA LANGAT — Berang kerana ditegur muntah dan buang sampah keluar dari tingkap hingga terkena kereta menyebabkan seorang lelaki bertindak luar kawalan dengan mengacukan senjata tajam dalam kejadian di Telok Panglima Garang, di sini, semalam.

    Tular di laman sosial video berdurasi 52 saat memaparkan seorang lelaki dalam keadaan marah memegang parang ke arah pengguna jalan raya.

    Ketua Polis Daerah Kuala Langat, Superintendan Ahmad Ridhwan Mohd Nor @ Saleh berkata, pihaknya menerima laporan daripada orang awam berhubung kejadian itu pada jam 10.50 malam.

    Beliau berkata, polis tiba kira-kira 10 minit kemudian dan menahan seorang lelaki berusia 24 tahun yang sedang memegang parang.

    “Semakan mendapati senjata tajam itu ada bersama suspek semasa kejadian. Pada masa sama, seorang lagi lelaki berusia 23 tahun serta dua wanita masing-masing berumur 22 dan 24 tahun turut ditahan di lokasi.

    “Hubungan semua individu terbabit adalah rakan,” katanya ketika dihubungi, hari ini.

    Ahmad Ridhwan berkata, dua lelaki dan dua wanita itu direman selama tiga hari bermula hari ini sehingga Selasa bagi membantu siasatan.

    “Polis membuka kertas siasatan mengikut Seksyen 427 Kanun Keseksaan, Seksyen 506 Kanun Keseksaan dan Seksyen 6 Akta Bahan Kakisan dan Letupan Senjata Berbahaya 1958.

    “Polis menasihatkan orang awam supaya tidak membuat spekulasi yang boleh mengganggu siasatan,” katanya.

    BH ONLINE

  • Rescue workers search for at least 6 people missing after heavy rain pounds Japan’s Noto region

    A street is flooded in Wajima, Japan, Sunday, Sept 22, 2024, following heavy rain in central Japan’s Noto peninsula area, where a devastating earthquake took place on Jan 1. AP

    TOKYO — Rescue workers searched for at least six people missing Sunday after heavy rain pounded Japan’s northcentral region of Noto, triggering landslides and floods and leaving one person dead in a region still recovering from a deadly Jan. 1 earthquake.

    The Japan Meteorological Agency on Saturday issued the highest alert level for heavy rain across several cities in the Ishikawa prefecture, including hard-hit cities Suzu and Wajima on the northern coast of the Noto peninsula.

    The agency has since downgraded the heavy rain alert, and kept landslide and flooding warnings in place.

    In Suzu, one person died and another was missing after being swept in floodwaters. Another went missing in the nearby town of Noto, according to the prefecture.

    In Wajima, rescue workers were searching for four people missing following a landslide at a construction site. They were among 60 construction workers repairing a tunnel damaged by January’s quake.

    The FDMA said another person was missing due to floods at a different location in the city.

    NHK footage at a coastal area of Wajima showed a wooden house torn and tilted after it was apparently hit by a landslide. No injuries were reported from the site.

    In Noto town, two people were seriously injured by a landslide while visiting their quake-damaged home.

    At least 16 rivers in Ishikawa breached their banks as of Saturday afternoon, according to the Land and Infrastructure Ministry.

    Residents were urged to use maximum caution against possible mudslides and building damage.

    By late afternoon Saturday, about 1,350 residents were taking shelter at designated community centers, school gymnasiums and other town facilities, authorities said.

    About 50 centimeters (20 inches) of rain has fallen in the region over the last three days, due to the rainbands that cause torrential rain above the Hokuriku region, JMA said.

    “Heavy rain is hitting the region that had been badly damaged by the Noto earthquake, and I believe many people are feeling very uneasy,” said Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi.

    Hayashi said the government “puts people’s lives first” and its priority was search and rescue operations. He also called on the residents to pay close attention to the latest weather and evacuation advisories and take precautions early, adding that the Self Defense Force troops have been dispatched to Ishikawa to join rescue efforts.

    A resident in Wajima told NHK that he has just finished cleaning his house from the quake damage and it was depressing to now see it flooded by muddy water.

    A number of roads flooded by muddy water were also blocked. Hokuriku Electric Power Co. said more than 5,000 homes were still without power Sunday. Traffic lights were out in the affected areas. Many homes were also without water supply.

    Heavy rain also fell in nearby northern prefectures of Niigata and Yamagata, threatening flooding and other damages and suspending train operations, including the Yamagata Shinkansen bullet trains, officials said.

    A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the region on Jan. 1, killing more than 370 people and damaging roads and other key infrastructure. Its aftermath still affects the local industry, economy and daily lives.

    AP

  • Pro-Iran groups in Iraq claim drone attack against Israel: statement

    An Iraqi coalition of pro-Iran armed groups claimed on Sunday a drone attack against Israel, where the military said it had intercepted “multiple suspicious aerial targets” coming from Iraq overnight.

    “The fighters of the Islamic Resistance of Iraq targeted on Sunday morning a strategic location in the occupied territories using drones,” the Iraqi coalition said in a statement on Telegram, referring to Israel, and adding it was carried out “in support of our people in Gaza.”

    The attack caused no injuries, according to the Israeli military.

    It came as regional tensions again soared nearly a year into the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, which has drawn in Iran-backed armed groups across the Middle East.

    The Tehran-backed Hezbollah movement in Lebanon announced Sunday it had launched rockets at Israeli military industry sites “in an initial response” to attacks blamed on Israel that saw pagers and two-way radios used by the group explode across Lebanon earlier this week.

    The Islamic Resistance of Iraq, a loose alliance of Iran-backed groups, has claimed several drone attacks targeting Israel in recent months, which have all been intercepted according to the Israeli military.

    Last winter, the Islamic Resistance of Iraq had also claimed more than 175 rocket and drone attacks against United States troops in Iraq and Syria.

    US forces carried out multiple retaliatory strikes against these militant factions in both countries.

    The attacks on American troops have largely subsided in the past few months.

    AN-AFP

  • Pegawai rendah polis ponteng tugas, menyamar Inspektor ditahan

    KOTA SAMARAHAN — Polis menahan pegawai rendah polis yang bukan sahaja ponteng tugas malah menyamar sebagai Inspektor.

    Ketua Polis Daerah Kota Samarahan Deputi Superintenden Jaimi Husin berkata, unit peronda yang membuat rondaan cegah jenayah terserempak dengan kereta dinaiki dua lelaki dalam keadaan mencurigakan di hadapan sebuah bangunan, di sini, semalam.

    Semasa pemeriksaan dibuat, beliau berkata, suspek memperkenalkan diri sebagai pegawai kanan polis dengan memakai vest polis berpangkat Inspektor dan sarung pistol di pinggang.

    “Selepas disoal lanjut, lelaki terbabit mengatakan bekerja di Unit Cawangan Khas Bukit Aman dan sedang membuat tugas risikan di lokasi berkenaan.

    “Apabila diminta kad kuasa polis untuk sahkan identitinya maka lelaki itu memberitahu tertinggal di rumah dan hanya memberi kad pengenalan awam. Setelah disemak kad pengenalan awam berkenaan tertera nombor polis RF,” katanya dalam kenyataan, hari ini.

    Menjelas lanjut, beliau berkata, hasil pemeriksaan lanjut, lelaki terbabit mengaku bertugas sebagai pegawai rendah polis sedang bercuti selama dua minggu.

    Jaimi menambah, pihaknya kemudian menghubungi balai polis tempat lelaki terbabit bertugas dan dimaklumkan dia tidak hadir tugas dari Mac lalu sehingga sekarang.

    Katanya, pegawai rendah polis itu bersama rakannya termasuk kereta, vest polis serta pangkat Inspektor dan sarung pistol dibawa ke Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah (IPD) Kota Samarahan untuk tindakan lanjut.

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