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Manchester Bombing Inquiry Shows Multiple Factors in the Radicalisation of Abedi
March 2, 2023 By Faith Matters

Manchester Bombing Inquiry Shows Multiple Factors in the Radicalisation of Abedi

The Manchester Bombing Inquiry by Sir John Sawyers presented its third report today that highlighted the influences on Salman Abedi and how a confluence of familial, social and political factors came together to produce a radicalised and dangerous individual. Twenty two people were murdered in the bombing and hundreds injured with many unable to forget […]

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Five dead after boat carrying migrants to Europe falls apart
November 12, 2020 By Faith Matters

Five dead after boat carrying migrants to Europe falls apart

Five people died after a Europe-bound rubber boat carrying 116 migrants and asylum-seekers fell apart in the central Mediterranean Sea, a Spanish humanitarian group said. The Open Arms rescue ship had been searching for the boat in distress for hours before finally locating it on Wednesday morning in international waters north of Libya. The NGO […]

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Egypt launches air raids on Libya after Christians killed
May 28, 2017 By Faith Matters

Egypt launches air raids on Libya after Christians killed

Egyptian fighter jets carried out strikes on Friday directed at camps in Libya which Cairo says have been training militants who killed dozens of Christians earlier in the day. President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said he had ordered strikes against what he called terrorist camps, declaring in a televised address that states that sponsored terrorism would […]

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Migrants rescued off Libyan coast
August 19, 2016 By Faith Matters

Migrants rescued off Libyan coast

Dozens of migrants bound for Italy are rescued off the Libyan coast by a Spanish volunteer rescue ship, including one boat that is in the middle of sinking. A dramatic rescue at sea. Migrants bound for Italy plucked out of the sea after their dingy sank off the Libyan coast. Later they sit safely aboard […]

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