Pakistan steps up security after IS<<<<<<<<<=========kills 9 in church attack
By ABDUL SATTAR, ASSOCIATED PRESS
QUETTA, Pakistan — Dec 18, 2017, 2:58 AM ET
Pakistani Christians hold candles during a demonstration to condemn the Quettas suicide-attack <<<<<<<<<========= on a church, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. Two suicide bombers attacked the church in Quetta when hundreds of worshippers were attending The Associated Press
Pakistani Christians hold candles during a demonstration to condemn the Quetta's suicide_________attack<<<<<<<<<========= on a church, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017. Two suicide bombers attacked the church<<<<<<<<<========= in Quetta when hundreds of worshippers were attending<<<<<<<<<========= services ahead of Christmas. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)more +
Pakistani security forces were on high alert across the country on Monday, following a suicide attack by the Islamic State group that targeted a church, killing nine people, officials said.
The assault on Sunday in Quetta, the capital of southwestern Baluchistan province, also wounded about 60 worshippers. It was the first attack on a church claimed by the IS affiliate in Pakistan.
Mass funerals of those killed in the attack were to be held later Monday in Quetta. The provincial police chief, Moazzam Ansari, said security forces were trying to find those who orchestrated the attack.
About 400 worshippers were attending the service when two bombers carrying assault rifles stormed the church, triggering a gun-battle in which one assailant was killed by police guards and the other opened fire at worshippers and detonated his explosives' vest.
The Islamic State affiliate initially only claimed responsibility for the attack but a second statement posted on the IS-linked Aamaq news agency said two IS "martyrdom-seeking fighters clad in explosive vests and carrying machineguns and hand grenades, attacked the church."
One of the attackers detonated his vest among the "Crusaders while the other was killed in a clash with the renegade Pakistani security forces," it said.
IS has claimed several attacks in Pakistan in recent years though Islamabad denies the group's presence and claims it has no organized network in the country.
Prime Minister Shahif Khaqan Abbasi and army chief Gen. Qamer Javed Bajwa condemned the attack.
Naseem Masih, who was wounded in the assault, said one of the attackers reached the entrance of the prayer hall, <<<<<<<<<=========where he opened fire before blowing himself up.
"We were praying<<<<<<<<<=========when a bullet hit me," Masih said.
It was the first time IS claimed an attack on a church in Pakistan, though Muslim extremists have targeted churches in the past<<<<<<<<<========= .
The deadliest previous attack on a church was in September 2013, when twin suicide bomb blasts killed 85 people _________in_________ a Peshawar church<<<<<<<<<=========.Jundullah, or Army of God, then a little-known militant group, claimed responsibility for that attack.
In March 2015, two suicide bombers attacked two churches in the eastern city of Lahore, killing 15 people. The Pakistani Taliban claimed that attack.<<<<<<<<<=========
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Associated Press Writers Maamoun Youssef from Cairo and Munir Ahmed in Islamabad contributed to this report.
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A truck plowed into a crowd of pilgrims after apparently losing its brakes in north-central Mexico, killing at least 16 people and injuring 30 others, authorities said.Some 200 people were taking part in a religious procession on the main street of the town of Mazapil in Zacatecas state when the truck ran into them in the late afternoon, officials said.
The dump truck “was apparently left without brakes and struck the crowd,” which was heading to a Catholic church, an official in the state’s civil protection agency told AFP.
In a statement, the state government’s secretary general, Jaime Santoyo Castro, said 16 people died and 30 more were injured.
The truck driver fled the scene of the tragedy, according to the civil protection official.
Local media showed pictures of the dump truck turned on its side. A red pick-up truck is stopped in front of it.
A police car and an ambulance had escorted the pilgrims during the procession, according to press reports.
Catholics have been taking part in a pilgrimage to the San Gregorio Magno church in Mazapil since Sunday as part of a celebration for a patron saint.
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A white man walked intoa historic African-American churchin Charleston, South Carolina, and opened fire during a Bible study class, killingnine people Wednesday evening.
The suspect was still at large early Thursday morning. And the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldestAME church in the South, is being investigated as a hate crime.
“The only reason someone would walk into a church and shoot people that were prayingis hate,” said Charleston Mayor Joe Riley.
Eight churchgoers died at the scene; a ninth at a hospital, police said.
Officials wouldn’t say how many people were at the prayer service during the shooting. There were survivors, said Charleston Police Chief Greg Mullen, but he didn’t elaborate.
Police in Charleston, South Carolina, are at the scene of a shooting at a historic black church, a local lawmaker told CNN Wednesday, June 17, 2015 night.There was no immediate information on potential victims.
The shooting took place at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, said State Rep. Wendell G. Gilliard who represents the district where the church is located.
Historic significance
Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has been a presence in Charleton since 1816 when African-American members of Charleston’s Methodist Episcopal Church formed their own congregation after a dispute over burial grounds.
It was burned to the ground at one point, but rebuilt.
Every Wednesday evening, the church holds a Bible study in its basement.
The shooting was “obviously the most intolerable and unbelievable act possible,” the mayor said.
“People in prayerWednesday evening. A ritual, a coming together, praying, worshiping God.An awful person come in and shoot them is inexplicable,” Riley said.
Police received the first call around 9:05 p.m. Officers arrived to find several victims inside.
“It’s really bad. It’s a very bad scene,” local pastor Thomas Dixon said.
Police in Charleston, South Carolina, are at the scene of a shooting at a historic black church, a local lawmaker told CNN Wednesday, June 17, 2015 night.
There was no immediate information on potential victims. The shooting took place at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, said State Rep. Wendell G. Gilliard who represents the district where the church is located.
Search on for suspect
Police said the suspect in the shooting is a clean-shaven white man in his 20s, with a slender build. He was wearing a gray sweatshirt, blue jeans and boots.
“He obviously is extremely dangerous,” Chief Mullen said. “We will put all our resources, we will put all of our energy in finding this individual.”
The department asked anyone with information to call 911 dispatchers.
“While we do not yet know all of the details, we do know that we’ll never understand what motivates anyone to enter one of our places of worship and take the life of another,” South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said.
Heavy police presence
“Like everybody out here, we’re sick to our stomachs that this could happen in a church,” Rep. Dave Mack, a friend of the church’s pastor, told CNN affiliate WCSC.
Corey Wessenger, who was standing across the street from the church, said the area was swarming with law enforcement.
“I just saw a group of about 40 people escorted by cops,” Wessenger told CNN by phone.
Community members gathered in a prayer circle just down the street from the scene.
Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush canceled a scheduled town hall in Charleston on Thursday “due to the tragic events unfolding in South Carolina tonight.”
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CHARLESTON, S.C. —
Nine people were killed in a “heinous” shooting during a prayer meeting at a historic black churchWednesday night, Charleston Police Chief Gregory Mullen said.
The gunman is believed to be a white man.
“I do believe this is a hate crime,” Mullen said.
The shooting happened shortly after 9 p.m. at Emanuel AME Churchon Calhoun Street.
Eight died in the church,Mullen said;
another was pronounced deadat a hospital. Mullen didn’t identify any of the victims; a reward for information on the gunman would be offered later Thursday, he said.
Police are saying on Twitter that they’re looking for a clean-shaven 21-year-old white man. He has a slender small build and is wearing a grey sweatshirt, blue jeans and Timberland boots.
“The message is that this is one hateful person — one hateful person — that did these dastardly deeds,” Charleston Mayor Joe Riley said.
Investigators are working to “find this individual, lock him up and make sure he doesn’t hurt anybody else,” Mullen said.
There was a bomb threat for the area near the church, but that threat has since been cleared, Mullen said.
An Associated Press reporter on the scene said police helicopters with searchlights circled overhead in the area, and a group of pastors kneeled and prayed across the street.
“Mother Emanuel” AME Church traces its roots to 1816, when several churches split from Charleston’s Methodist Episcopal church.
One of its founders, Denmark Vesey, tried to organize a slave revolt in 1822. He was caught, and white landowners had his church burned in revenge. Parishioners worshipped underground until after the Civil War.
WCPO will update this story as more information becomes available.
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>>> Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has been a presence in Charleston
>>> since 1816 when
>>> African-American members of Charleston’s Methodist Episcopal Church formed their own congregation
>>> after a dispute over burial grounds.
^the church could c[see] its 200th bday @ next year – 2016
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>>> Historic significance
>>>
>>> Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church has been a presence in Charleston
>>> since 1816 when
>>> African-American members of Charleston’s Methodist Episcopal Church formed their own congregation
>>> after a dispute over burial grounds.
^the church could c[see] its 200th bday @ next year – 2016