The United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), in coordination with the Federal Government of Somalia, conducted an airstrike on several ISIS-Somalia targets in the east African country.
Terror The New Year’s Eve attack in New Orleans, when an US Army veteran drove a truck into a crowd of revellers, has shaken America and raised difficult questions about the rising threat of ISIS-inspired violence in everyday spaces.
The FBI has recovered the two IEDs that the attacker, Shamsud Din Jabbar, placed in the coolers,
The New Orleans attacker had posted videos indicating he was inspired by ISIS before he ploughed New Year's eve revellers in a popular area.
The US on Sunday conducted precision strikes in Syria, killing 37 terrorist operatives, including high-ranking leaders from ISIS.
Late on Friday, the Karnataka Police reportedly received an input about major terror attacks planned in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Puducherry, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Police said they found an ISIS flag and uniforms similar to those worn by the eight fighters for the video before they launched the attacks.
A person arrested in Dambulla has been identified as the second-in-command of the terror network operated by local Muslim group, the National Thowheed Jamath.
Security forces had been on a desperate hunt for Hashim, believed to be around 40, after the government named the group he led -- the National Thowheeth Jama'ath -- as its prime suspect.
Police said the explosion was reported in a garbage dump behind the Pugoda Magistrate's Court.
