Mumbai, India: Mohammed Ajmal Amīr Kasāb has been convicted of 86 charges, including murder, for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, which killed over 150 people. He has been sentenced to death by hanging; while India technically still has the death penalty, it hasn’t been used since 2004, and there is currently not a single qualified hangman in the country.
Gulf of Aden, near Somalia: A Russian oil tanker carrying a cargo of about $50 million was seized by pirates off the coast of Somalia last Wednesday; the crew locked themself in a ‘safe-room’ and made a distress call. This prompted Russia to send a warship to recapture the boat, which they did, taking ten pirates captive, and killing one. The prisoners will be tried in Moscow.
Bankok, Thailand: the Thai government have promised to hold elections in November, following a prolonged series of protests, which at times turned violent. The ‘Red Shirts’ were protesting at the current military government, which overthrew elected PM Thaksin Shinawatra in 2006.
Post new comment