Tour buses (two in number), occupied by rap star Lil Wane and his entourage was attacked earlier on Sunday at Georgia by unknown gun men alleged to have attacked with an SUV and one other vehicle - US media, although no one was injured in the shooting, the rap artist was returning from a performance in an area night club before the incident occurred....
"Witnesses
could only provide a limited description of the suspect vehicles," Cobb
County Police SOURCE
According to reports getting to via from BBC news, more than 2,300 people were
killed in the worst earthquake there in more than 80 years.
Rescue missions and aid material have started arriving in the country.
Seventeen people have been killed on Mt Everest by avalanches - the mountain's worst-ever disaster.
Meanwhile
a powerful aftershock was felt on Sunday in Nepal, India and
Bangladesh, and more avalanches were reported near Everest.
The
6.7-magnitude tremor, centred 60km (40 miles) east of Nepal's capital
Kathmandu, sent people running in panic for open ground in the city.
"We
have launched a massive rescue and rehabilitation action plan and lots
needs to be done," Information and Broadcasting Minister Minendra Rijal
told Indian television."Our country is in a moment of crisis and we will require tremendous support and aid."
The rescue effort began in earnest in Kathmandu on Sunday morning
.
There are fears the death toll could rise yet further
Aid - such as this material from Sri Lanka - has gradually started to arrive in Nepal
Historic buildings were badly damaged in the quake
Scores of people slept outside
on Saturday night - braving wet and cold weather - either because their
homes were destroyed or because they feared numerous aftershocks.
World
leaders and global charities have offered emergency aid to Nepal, as
the government grapples with the scale of the disaster.
India is at the forefront of the relief effort, offering help including helicopters which have been deployed to remote areas....... Source
Boko Haram has attacked again, this time
troops from Niger on an island base in Lake Chad, the
ministry of defence said.
"At
dawn on April 25, fighters from the terrorist group Boko Haram riding
motorised canoes attacked the island of Karamga, a position northwest of
of the town of Bosso held by our defence and security forces,"
"Operations are ongoing with the
support of partners to counter the ambitions of this terrorist group,"
the ministry added in a statement broadcast on television.
Diffa, An
official from the capital of the southeast, however warned the death toll was "very heavy in the ranks of the Nigerien army," without providing further details.
State television has reported that Niger's
President Mahamadou Issoufou had called a meeting of the national
security council after the Islamists' attack. Niger, along with
Chad, Cameroon and Nigeria, has recently launched a joint offensive to
end Boko Haram's six-year insurgency, which has claimed 13,000 lives and
caused about 1.5 million people to flee their homes.
it was not indicated by the ministry if their where casualties Source:
