Showing posts with label CRIME. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CRIME. Show all posts
16 February, 2016
26 May, 2015
Kenyan police clash with al-Shabab in Garissa County
Al-Shabab has been intensifying attacks in KenyaSomalia - Failed State
Al-Shabab: A defector's story
Who was suicide bomber Luul Dahir?
The shadowy centre helping former al-Shabab members quit
Mogadishu's Lido beach: Sun, surf and... grenades?
Kenyan police have been involved in a fierce gun battle with militant Islamists in north-eastern Garissa County, leaving one officer wounded, a government spokesman has told the BBC.
The al-Shabab militants had ambushed the police near Yumbis town in Garissa County, Mwenda Njoka added.
He dismissed as propaganda al-Shabab's claim that at least 20 policemen were killed in the attack.
Al-Shabab is a Somalia-based group which has stepped up attacks in Kenya.
In April, it carried out a siege on Garissa University College and 148 people were killed.
'Vehicles burnt'
Last week, the militants briefly seized control of Yumbis, about 100km (62 miles) east of Garissa town, and warned residents not to work with the government.
http://samotalis.blogspot.com/
23 May, 2015
War Degdeg ah: Xildhibaan Yuusuf Dirir Cabdi Oo Goor Dhoweyd Muqdisho Ugu Geeryoodey Dhaawacyo Dabley Hubaysani Gaadhsiiyeen
War Degdeg ah: Xildhibaan Yuusuf Dirir Cabdi Oo Goor Dhoweyd Muqdisho Ugu Geeryoodey Dhaawacyo Dabley Hubaysani Gaadhsiiyeen
Muqdisho(OWN) Alle Ha U Naxariistee Marxuum-Yuusuf Dirir Cabdi oo ka mid ahaa Xildhibannada Baarlammaanka Somalia ayaa goor dhowayd magaalada Muqdisho ugu geeryoodey dhaawacyo kazoo gaadhey weerar maanta dabley hubaysani ku qaadeen baabuur ay wateen marxuumkan iyo shakhsiyaad kale halkaasna uu hore ugu geeryoodey wadihii baabuurkaasi sidoo kalena dhaawacyo kazoo gaadheen Xildhibaan C/lle Boos Axmed oo isaguna ka mid ah isla Xildhibaannada Baarlammaanka Somalia balse isagu weli cusbitaalka dhaawacyadaas u jiifa.
WAxa la sheegayaa in Xildhibaanku ka soo jeeday Demada Ceerigaabo ee Soomaliland.
Xig/Oodweyne.com
Oodweynenews.com/Muqdisho
http://samotalis.blogspot.com/
Oodweynenews.com/Muqdisho
http://samotalis.blogspot.com/
05 May, 2015
Gabadh 12 Jir Ah Oo Laga Afduubay Gudaha Magaalada Hargeysa Kana Warantay Sidii Loo Afduubay
May 5, 2015( Hargeysa ) – Waxa Axadii toddobaadkan magaalada Hargeysa afduub loogu gaystay gabadh lagu magacaabo Muhiim Cumar Aadan Muxumed oo ah ardayad 12jir ah, waxaana ay sheegtay in haweenay wadatay gaadhi yar oo nooca Dukhaanka loo yaqaan ah ay ka kaxaysatay xaafada jameeco weyn ee Hargeysa, iyadoo markaas ka soo baxday dugsi ay wax ka barato, waxaana ay carabka ku dhufatay in markii danbe la geeyey gur weyn oo Gan-jeel ah oo ay ku sugnaayeen Laba nin oo ajaanib ahi, inkastoo markii dambe ay iska soo daayeen.
Muhiim Cumar Aadan Muxumed, oo argagaxsan ayaa hadalkan ku sheegtay waraysi ay iyada iyo aabaheed Cumar Aadan Maxumed si wada jir uu ula yeeshay wargeyska Geeska Afrika, waxaana ay sida oo kale tibaaxday in markii gabadhu ay kaxaynaysay ay ka soo rawaxday iskuul halkaasi ku yaala isla mar ahaantaana ay waraaq gacanta u galisay taasi oo sababtay sida ay sheegtay in ay waxba kala garan weydo sida oo kalena ay markiiba gaadhiga gudahiisa soo gasho. “Aniga oo ka soo baxay iskuulkii aan dhigan jiray, ayaa gaadhi lay hor dhigay, deedna gabadh ayaa inta ay ka soo degtay gaadhiga waraaq cad oo aanay waxba ku qornayn ii dhiibtay, deedna anigu markiiba waan isbedalay oo waxaan is arkay aniga oo gaadhiga ku dhex jira uun maan hadli karayn, waxaa hareeraha iga fadhyey Laba nin oo gabadhuna gaadhiga ayey waday, markii danbe waxaa la’ igeeyey guri weyn oo aanan garanayn meesha uu ku yaalo, meel ayaa la i fadhiisiiyey, guriga waxaa joogay Laba nin oo cadaan ah, gabadhii iyo ninkii cadaanka ahaa xoogaa ayey wada sheekaysteen deedna cabaar ka dib ayaa inta ay gabadhii igu soo jeedsatay ay dibada ii soo tuurtay, anigu waan naxsanaa waanan ooyayey, kadib waan soo cararay oo caruur meel joogta ayaan ku soo baxay, deedna caruurtii ayaa ika xaysay, intaa ka dib waxaa markii danbe la i keenay Saldhig boolis. hadda xaaladaydu waa ay iska fiican tahay inkasta oo wali aan baqo xoogaa ah qabo, illaa xalayna waxba maan cunin, naxdinta i haysa awgeed.” Ayay tidhi gabadhan yari.
Aabo Cumar Aadan Muxumed oo sida oo kale hadal kooban siiyey wargeyska Geeska Afrika, ayaa waxaa uu sheegay in ay ka waalid ahaan ay markii arrintaasi ay maqleen ay soo waajahday naxdin iyo anfariir aad u badan , waxaana uu tibaaxay in inantiisa la geeyey guri aan illaa hada la garayn meesha uu ku yaalo, isaga oo sida oo kalena tilmaamay in ciidanka saldhiga booliska degmada macalin Haaruun ay soo gaadhsiiyeen inantiisa oo bad qabta, iyaguna ay u sheegeen in ay baadhitaan bilaabi doonaan ku saabsan dhacdadan, waxaan uu hay’adaha ammaanka iyo shacbigaba uu u soo jeediyey in ay arrintaasi ka digtoonaadaan fiiro dheeri ahna ay ka yeeshaan. “Aniga oo Cumar ah, waxaa la afduubay inantayda muhiim Cumar Aadan Muxumed,sida ay sheegtay waxaa lagu qaaday gaadhi yar oo la yidhaahdo nooca dukhaanka ayaa lagu qaaday Afartii galabnimo, dee gabadhii ka soo degtay markii ay waraaqda u dhiibtay waa ay gashay gaadhiga, sida ay idiin ka warantayna way noo sheegtay, aniga markii danbe ayuunbaa ay Saldhiga Macalin Haaruun illa soo hadleen, waan u tagnay, deedna ciidankii waxay igu yidhaahdeen mar haddii aad inantaadii haysato waa Illaahay mahadii ee kaxayso, anna dee dabagal ha la’iigu sameeyo ayaan ku idhi ciidankii, iyaguna annaga ayaa baadhitaan galayna ayey igu yidhaahdeen, waa arrin musiibo ah, markii shalay [Axadii] warkaasi nagu soo dhacay argagax weyn ayaanu qaadnay illaa hadana aanu la anfariirsanahay, se Illaahay ayaa mahad iska leh mar haddii aanu ubadkii haysano, sida ay sheegtay inantaydu guriga la geeyey waxaa uu ahaa guri ganjeel ah, dadkuna waxaa ay iskula hadlayeen waxaa uu ahaa ayey tidhi Af Ingiriisi.runtiina naxdin iyo dhibaato aanan qaadi karin ayey nagu ahayd, runtii waa arrin khatar ku ah Somaliland, waxaana aan Illahay ka baryeyaa in uu caafimaad ii siiyo inanta, dadkana waxaan leeyahay fiiro gaar ah yeesha oo sida ilmahaas guriga loogala soo baxay ayaa aayo xumo badan uga soo socotaa Somaliland, xukuumadana waxaan ugu baaqayaa oo aan u soo jeedinayaa, waad aragteen oo way dhacdeen, ee haddii aniga inantaydii uu Illaahay badbaadiyey, cid kalena waa ay ku dhici kartaayee arrintaa wax ha laga qabto.”.Ayuu yidhi Cumar Aadan Muxumed.
Labadii sannadood ee u dambeeyay waxa soo baxayay carruur badan oo laga afduubay magaalada Hargeysa, kuwaas oo sheega in la geeyay guryo waaweyn oo ku yaala Hargeysa oo ay dad ajaanib ahi joogaan. Mana jiraan weli cid loo qabtay falalkaas oo naxdin ku haya waalidka iyo carruurtaba.
29 April, 2015
"You Can Replace Property, You Can’t Replace a Life": Voices of the Unheard in the Baltimore Streets
Democracy Now! reports from the streets of Baltimore, where an overnight curfew has taken effect following Monday’s riots sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old African-American man who died of neck injuries suffered in police custody. Tuesday night, police in riot gear fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied the curfew when it began at 10 p.m. At least 10 people were arrested. But overall, the Baltimore Police Department declared "the city is stable." Thousands of forces, including National Guard troops, have deployed throughout the city streets. Monday’s unrest led to more than 200 arrests, dozens of cars set on fire, and many buildings badly damaged. Democracy Now!'s Aaron Maté and videographer Hany Massoud speak with locals as they take part in both the clean-up effort and the continued protests over Freddie Gray's death.
TRANSCRIPT
This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.
AMY GOODMAN: As we broadcast from the World Forum in The Hague, we begin, though, today’s show in Baltimore, where an overnight curfew has taken effect following Monday’s riots sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, the 25-year-old African-American man who died of neck injuries suffered in police custody. Last night, Maryland police in riot gear fired tear gas at hundreds of protesters who defied the curfew when it began at 10:00 p.m. At least 10 people were arrested. But overall, the Baltimore Police Department declared, quote, "the city is stable."
On Tuesday, thousands of forces, including National Guard troops, were deployed throughout Baltimore streets as residents took stock of the damage from Monday’s unrest, which led to more than 200 arrests, dozens of cars set on fire, and many buildings badly damaged. Democracy Now!'s Aaron Maté was in Baltimore to speak with locals as they took part in both the clean-up effort and the continued protests over Freddie Gray's death.
AARON MATÉ: We’re at the corner of Penn and North, just a few blocks from where Freddie Gray was [arrested]. It’s one day after the uprisings left a trail of damage and a few dozen arrests. We’re here on the front line of the protest zone. There’s a large police contingent here. Behind them, some armored trucks and other vehicles. In front of the police, though, there’s another line of residents who are standing guard, and we’re going to talk to some of the people who are here.
SHOW FULL TRANSCRIPT ›
06 March, 2015
Nagaland: Angry mob raids Dimapur Central Jail, lynches 35-year-old rape accused alleged to be ‘Bangladeshi infiltrator’
Security personnel at the site after the mob dragged out the rape accused out of Dimapur district jail and lynched in Dimapur, Nagaland on Thursday. (source: PTI)Written by Samudra Gupta Kashyap | Guwahati | Updated: March 6, 2015 2:20 pm
A mob in Nagaland barged into the Dimapur Central Jail on Thursday afternoon, dragged out a rape accused and lynched him. Police said the mob overpowered jail security, tied up the man and dragged him for seven kilometres, thrashing him along the way. By the end, he succumbed to his injuries.
Later in the evening, curfew was imposed in Dimapur town following incidents of arson. “The situation is grim. The rape accused is said to be an illegal Bangladeshi infiltrator,” Nagaland DGP L L Doungel, who rushed from Kohima to Dimapur, said. He added that a few arrests had been made.
The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Syed Farid Khan, a small-time trader who dealt in scrap and used motor cars. The incident triggered a backlash against Bangladeshi immigrants, with houses and shops run by them coming under attack.
RELATED
Abducted Dimapur Schoolboy Freed
As Traders Protest,Nagaland Wakes Up To Extortion Menace
To Avoid Rape,Stop Dressing ‘Indecently’: Naga Women’S Body
Incidentally, the state has been in the grip of an agitation over the issue of illegal immigrants for the past two weeks.
According to reports, despite Section 144 being imposed in Dimapur since Wednesday evening, the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) and some other local groups called a rally on Thursday to protest against the alleged rape. In the afternoon, a mob rushed to the jail, broke open the gates by overpowering the security personnel on duty. Khan was stripped, tied up and dragged to City Clock Tower area — being kicked and pelted with stones along the way.
Khan was accused of raping a student of a local women’s college on February 24. The NSF and other groups had earlier demanded that he should not be granted bail.
When police turned up to remove Khan’s body, the mob started pelting stones, injuring several personnel. The police then resorted to lathi charge and opened fire. The mob also set an Indian Reserve Battalion bus on fire.
The mob then headed to Purana Bazar area, where the rape-accused had his shop, and reportedly set several shops and houses on fire.
Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang, who is in New Delhi, called up senior ministers and officers, following which a government statement was issued asking people to show restraint. As visuals of the lynching started doing the rounds, the state government requested the media not to share them — in a bid to prevent any more violence.
“Many ugly, objectionable pictures are already on social media, but the traditional media, which is available more widely, has been requested to be more sensitive and apply self censorship to help mitigate the possible ramifications,” the appeal read.
20 February, 2015
Deadly blasts rock Mogadishu hotel
advertisements
MOGADISHU (HOL)----At least 10 people were killed and many others were wounded after two suicide attacks rocked a hotel frequented by Somali government officials on Friday, officials said.
The attack started after a suicide car bomber detonated his explosives-laden car onto the gate of Central town which is close to Somalia's presidential palace, followed by a suicide bomber who walked into the hotel where Somali politicians were staying.
The dead include Somali MP Omar Ali Nur (Furdug), the deputy Mogadishu mayor Mohamed Adan Guled (Ano-Geel) and other politicians. Soldiers were killed in the blasts as well.
Among those also died is Abdifatah Khalif Badiyow who is from Toronto, Canada
Soldiers sealed off the scene of the attack as ambulances rushed the wounded to the hospitals in the city which has seen attacks by the Al-Qaeda-linked militants in Somalia. Al-shabab has claimed the responsibility for the latest attack.
Those who died today deadly attack in MogadishuSomali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud condemned the attack, vowing his government would continue fighting against Al-Shabab.
The bombing happened as residents of the hotel were preparing to pray at a mosque in the hotel.
The attack comes as Somalia's security forces started a large sweeping against suspected militants in the town last week.
Hiiraan Online
http://samotalis.blogspot.com/
09 February, 2015
Gunmen kill Somali MP in drive-by shooting in Mogadishu
Hiiraan Online
MOGADISHU (HOL) ---Gunmen travelling in a vehicle have shot dead a Somali parliamentarian in a drive-by shooting in Mogadishu on Monday, the latest attack targeting the country's legislative body members.
Witnesses in Hamarjajab district told HOL that suspected militants have sprayed bullets on Abdullahi Qayad's car on his way to the parliament's today meeting for voting on the newcabinet.
Mr. Qiyad's murder, the first in this year comes after five lawmakers were killed in attacks, mostly drive-by shootings in the Somali capital last year.
Somali parliamentarians often complain of insecurity in the Somali capital as militants stepped up attacks against them. Al-Shabab which is waging years of insurgency in Somalia has vowed more attacks against the parliamentarians.
Al-Shabab has claimed the responsibility for the latest murder of the MP
http://samotalis.blogspot.com/
03 February, 2015
Jordan pilot hostage Moaz al-Kasasbeh 'burned alive'
A video published online by Islamic State militants claims to show Jordanian pilot Moaz al-Kasasbeh being burned alive.
The video, which could not immediately be verified, showed a man standing in a cage and engulfed in flames.
Lt Moaz al-Kasasbeh was captured when his plane came down in December on a mission to support the US-led, anti-IS military coalition.
Jordan has been attempting to secure his release as part of a prisoner swap.
20 January, 2015
France security: Chechens arrested over alleged attack plan
Almost 15,000 extra police and troops have been mobilised to boost security across FranceContinue reading the main story
Paris attacks
New leads
The victims
Three days of terror
France and freedom
Police in southern France have detained five Chechens on suspicion of preparing an attack, prosecutors say.
The arrests took place in Beziers and Saint-Jean-de-Vedas, near Montpellier.
They come as France remains on high alert following attacks in Paris that killed 17, including 12 at the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
Four men charged with supporting Amedy Coulibaly, one of the gunmen behind the attacks, are due to appear in court in Paris later on Tuesday.
It is not known whether the arrest of the Chechens is connected to the attacks in Paris earlier this month.
One suspect was arrested in the city of Beziers and another four were detained near Saint-Jean-de-Vedas, according to local media.
Certain "products" were recovered during police searches, officials said, without giving further details. Unconfirmed reports said a stash of explosives was found.
Chechnya, a highly restive and predominantly Muslim region in Russia, has seen large demonstrations against cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by Charlie Hebdo last week.
First to face charges
Three days of attacks began in Paris on 7 January when brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi burst into the offices of Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 people.
Coulibaly killed four Jewish hostages on 9 January before being shot dead by police. He is also believed to have shot dead a policewoman the day before.
Lassana Bathily, who hid customers at the Jewish store from the gunman, is being awarded a French passportThe Paris prosecutor's office said the four men in court on Tuesday - the first to face charges in the Paris terror attacks - were suspected of providing logistical support to Coulibaly.
The men, aged 22 to 28, are expected to be placed under formal investigation.
They were among 12 people arrested in police raids on Friday. Three of the women detained in the raids were freed on Saturday and five people were released overnight on Tuesday.
Almost 15,000 extra police and troops have been mobilised to boost security across France since the Paris attacks.
Hundreds of soldiers are also being deployed across Belgium following a series of anti-terror raids and arrests.
Meanwhile, a Malian employee who helped shoppers during the supermarket siege by Coulibaly is due to receive French nationality on Tuesday.
Lassana Bathily, a 24-year-old Muslim, hid customers inside a basement cold store when the gunman stormed the shop and took people hostage.
He will receive a French passport at a ceremony in his honour after his application was fast-tracked.
It comes after a petition was circulated calling for him to be granted citizenship.
He has lived in France for nine years and applied for citizenship last year.
How the attacks unfolded (all times GMT)
Wednesday 7 January 10:30 - Two masked gunmen enter Charlie Hebdo offices, killing 11 people, including the magazine's editor. Shortly after the attack, the gunmen kill a police officer nearby.
11:00 - Police lose track of the men after they abandon their getaway car and hijack another vehicle. They are later identified as brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi.
Thursday 8 January 08:45 - A lone gunman shoots dead a policewoman and injures a man in the south of Paris. Gunman later identified as Amedy Coulibaly.
10:30 - The Kouachi brothers rob a service station near Villers-Cotterets, in the Aisne region, but disappear again.
Friday 9 January 08:30 - Police exchange gunfire with the Kouachi brothers during a car chase on the National 2 highway northeast of Paris.
10:00 - Police surround the brothers at an industrial building in at Dammartin-en-Goele, 35km (22 miles) from Paris.
12:15 - Coulibaly reappears and takes several people hostage at a kosher supermarket in eastern Paris. Heavily-armed police arrive and surround the store.
16:00 - Kouachi brothers come out of the warehouse, firing at police. They are both shot dead.
16:15 - Police storm the kosher supermarket in Paris, killing Coulibaly and rescuing 15 hostages. The bodies of four hostages are recovered.
Three days of terror
http://samotalis.blogspot.com/
06 December, 2014
SUV driver is charged with murder after he 'intentionally hit and killed' Somali teen for being Muslim then fled
SUV driver is charged with murder after he 'intentionally hit and killed' Somali teen for being Muslim then fled
Ahmed H. Aden, 34, of Kansas City, was charged Friday in Jackson County
He allegedly killed Abdisamad Sheikh-Hussein, 15, in the crash
A witness reported seeing the teen 'fly through the air'
However, Aden initially told authorities that he had lost control of his SUV
Members of the Somalian community prayed for the boy after his death
By BELINDA ROBINSON FOR MAIL ONLINE
An SUV driver who was accused of deliberately running down a Muslim teenager in a 'hate crime' has been charged with first-degree murder.
Ahmed H. Aden, 34, of Kansas City, was charged in Jackson County in the crash that killed Abdisamad Sheikh-Hussein, 15, outside a Somali community center.
The convenience store manager was seen driving the sport utility vehicle toward the teen as the boy got into a car Thursday evening.
Fatal: Ahmed H. Aden, 34, left, was charged in the crash that killed Abdisamad Sheikh-Hussein, 15, right,
A witness saw Hussein 'fly through the air' as the SUV hit him then ran over him.
His legs were nearly severed, and he later died in hospital from his wounds.
According to the witness, Aden crashed the SUV then got out of the vehicle with a knife.
Occupants of the car told officers they followed him and pointed him out to police.
One witness said the suspect swung what appeared to be a baseball bat at people, and another witness reported that Aden pulled out a handgun and said to 'Stay there' as he walked away.
However, Aden initially told authorities that he had lost control of his vehicle and struck the teen because he thought he looked like a man who'd threatened him several days earlier.
FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said: 'Federal agents are assisting in the investigation and have opened this matter as a federal civil rights investigation as a potential hate crimes violation.'
Patton said she could not release any information on why the case could be considered a hate crime, but Muslim leaders had called for such an investigation early Friday.
Scene: The crash unfolded outside the Somali Center, pictured, which the boy's father heads. Community members said that the driver had previously pulled a gun on people there for being Muslim
Death: Teenager Abdisamad Sheikh-Hussein, who also called himself 'Adam' is seen here in Facebook photos
In the weeks before the crash, worshipers said they saw a black SUV painted with threatening messages at the center and cruising around a nearby shopping area.
Mohamed Ahmed, 13, of Kansas City said: 'One of the messages was 'Islam Is Worse Than Ebola.'
'I would have thought the police would have taken care of it, but they didn't,' he said.
But there was no mention of those incidents in court records and police didn't immediately comment on whether they're connected to the teen's death.
Prayer: Men gather to pray the day after 15-year-old Abdisamad Sheikh-Hussein was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in front of the Somali Center of Kansas City, Mo., Friday, Dec. 5, 2014
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2862389/Kansas-City-teen-dies-targeted-hit-run.html#ixzz3L7JZPEq0
Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
03 December, 2014
Slain Somali nurse moved family to women’s shelter, says its boss
Zahra Abdille, left, and her eldest son Faris.
By: Olivia Carville Staff Reporter, Katrina Clarke Staff Reporter, Published on Tue Dec 02 2014
A slain Toronto nurse fled a violent relationship to stay with her two young sons in a safe house while she tried to gain custody of her children last year, according to abused women’s centre Dr. Roz’s Healing Place.
On Saturday afternoon, Zahra Abdille, 43, and her sons, Faris, 13, and Zain, 8, were found dead in the same East York apartment they ran from last July, the centre’s executive director Roz Roach told the Star Tuesday.
Roach said the family stayed in the centre’s shelter for three weeks while Abdille battled for the custody of her children.
During her stay at the centre, the Toronto Public Health nurse went to court twice to fight for custody, but Abdille did not qualify for legal aid and could not afford a lawyer, Roach said.
When Abdille and her sons arrived at the centre on July 10, she told staff she was running away from a long-term violent relationship, Roach, who has a PhD in health and human sciences, said.
Abdille had escaped war-torn Somalia and arrived into Toronto in the late 1990s. She had no family in Canada, Roach said.
Roach says Abdille’s file Dr. Roz’s Healing Place states that she met her partner in 1997 and the couple married a year later in Toronto.
Roach said police would be collecting the Abdille family file from the centre Wednesday morning.
Valerie McRobie, the centre’s child advocate, worked closely with the family and said Abdille was “a very hands-on mother.”
“Her children’s happiness came first on top of everything else that was happening in her life,” McRobie said.
Abdille watched her son’s soccer games and was seen helping the boys with homework during their three-week stay, McRobie said. “She was trying really hard to keep herself and the boys safe and she was going through the legal process but coming up against a lot of roadblocks, she was getting so frustrated.”
McRobie said she can still remember the “bright smiles” of Faris and Zain.
“They always had smiles on their faces and they were happy, happy to be little boys,” she told the Star.
Roach said Abdille was also a “very private woman” who did not want the Somali community to know she was staying in the shelter.
“She was a nurse and she found coming to the shelter had a stigma about it. She didn’t want anyone to know,” Roach said.
The family stayed until July 23 when Roach said they moved into a downtown private rental.
The nurse was last seen at the centre earlier this year collecting mail she had redirected there while she was living in the shelter. Roach said Abdille told staff at the time “everything was going well.”
Roach feared Abdille may have been unable to afford rent in the city’s strained private market and been forced to return to her abusive partner, a situation many other clients from the centre had faced, she said.
“Some of the obstacles these women have to go through are unbelievable. She was devastated when she tried to get interim custody of the kids but she did not get it. For me personally, I get really angry at the system when these things happen,” Roach said.
According to Abdille’s file, which was read out to the Star over the phone, staff at the Ontario Court of Justice on Sheppard Ave. told the nurse she did not qualify for legal aid and that she should speak to a student lawyer for further advice.
She was also told by the court that she needed to provide additional documents, such as income tax returns and receipts for daycare and school camps before her application would be processed, her file states.
“Zahra was a wonderful human being and her sons were two bright boys who we had hope for,” she said.
Faris Abdille was in Grade 8 at Westwood Middle School and principal Marc Sprack told the Star he loved skateboarding and drawing and had an “infectious smile.”
“We’re having a hard time here trying to make sense of a very difficult situation,” Sprack said Tuesday.
Zain Abdille was attending William Burgess elementary, Faris’ old school. Shane Colby, 10, said Faris, who was three years older than him at William Burgess, was always nice to the younger kids and even protected Shane when he was being bullied at school.
“He was a really good guy. He was one of the reasons I could go to Grade 1 feeling safe,” Shane said.
Faris, whose nickname was Faris Wheel, would stand beside Shane when older boys were tying to bully him; the pair would also trade hockey cards, he said.
“He also did really nice things for other people,” Shane said. He’d race the younger students and let them win, “so they could feel like winners.”
“He’s just a great person and life wouldn’t be the same without him. It’s just really sad that he has to go away,” Shane said.
Shane’s mother, Nancy Adderley-Colby, said all the younger boys adored Faris. He graduated from William Burgess after Grade 5, but would come back to the school to visit Zain.
“Just even a few months ago, I went to pick up the kids and there is this buzz of excitement because Faris is there and he’s got this swarm of younger kids around him and he’s playing with them,” Adderley-Colby said.
Both Faris and Zain attended the Danforth Ave. Pat Schulz Child Care Centre as toddlers, director Kristi Bovaconti said.
“They were that family that reached out and wanted to talk to you and tell you how much they appreciate everything you’re doing for them,” Bovaconti said. “They just loved being here.”
In the years following, Abdille regularly kept in touch with Bovaconti — the two women spoke just a week ago. Abdille sounded like her upbeat self, Bovaconti said.
“She was just really happy and friendly and just a lovely, lovely person,” Bovaconti said.
Toronto police remain tight-lipped about a possible connection between a man who fell to his death from a bridge over the Don Valley Parkway and the triple homicide. Policediscovered the bodies of Abdille and her two sons a few hours after finding the man’s body.
On Tuesday afternoon, Toronto police Const. Clint Stibbe said traffic services have not yet identified the man.
With files from Scott Colby
http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/12/02/community_mourns_thorncliffe_park_triple_homicide_victims.html
http://samotalis.blogspot.com/
01 December, 2014
Doctor Myles Bradbury jailed for abusing young patients
Dr Myles Bradbury admitted abusing 18 boys in his care
A paedophile doctor who abused young cancer patients has been sentenced to 22 years in jail.
Myles Bradbury, 41, of Herringswell in Suffolk, admitted abusing 18 children in his care at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge, between 2009 and 2013.
Bradbury has admitted 25 offences, including sexual assault, voyeurism and possessing more than 16,000 indecent images.
The judge told him his offences were a "gross and grotesque breach of trust".
Victims' lawyer Renu Daly: "This has been a traumatic and devastating time"
Sentencing him at Cambridge Crown Court, Judge Gareth Hawkesworth said: "In many years' experience on the bench, I have never come across a more culpable or grave course of sexual criminality which has involved such a gross and grotesque breach and betrayal of your Hippocratic Oath and trust reposed in you by your patients, their families and colleagues."
Bradbury's actions amounted to a "prolonged, carefully planned, cruel and persistent campaign of abuse" he said.
The judge told Bradbury, a blood cancer specialist who was arrested in December 2013, he had no doubt he had caused psychological harm to his victims and was at risk of doing so in future.
Abuse victim: "He was meant to be checking my joints and instead he was making me strip down"
"He would ask to get me in the room on my own, and say I'm old enough to go in a room on my own.
"And then he'd want to check me.
"Instead of checking just my joints, he'd want to check my whole body.
"He'd make me strip down.
"He focused on my private parts."
Canadian authorities had alerted the UK's Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (Ceop) in July 2012 that Bradbury had bought a DVD containing indecent images of children, but Ceop did not pass on the information until November 2013.
In September, he pleaded guilty to six counts of sexual assault and 13 counts of engaging in sexual activity with a child.
Bradbury also admitted three counts of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity, one count of voyeurism and two counts of making indecent images of a child.
He was a charming intellectual with a grotesque secret.
Myles Bradbury hid his depravity from everyone. No-one suspected a thing - not even his wife, his hospital colleagues or worshippers at his local church.
But the consultant also fitted the profile of a paedophile - someone who goes out of his way to get access to children. His choice of profession, and his decision to work in an African AIDS orphanage.
He's lost a £100,000 career, his wife has separated from him, taking their new child with her.
He only answered "no comment" in police interviews. So we may never know how many boys he molested.
His greatest claim to fame was that he once met the Queen. Now he will be detained at her pleasure for a very long time.
Bradbury had used a spy pen to take pictures of his victims.
It contained 170,425 images of "boys partially clothed... none indecent", the court heard.
Bradbury days before his arrest last November (left), his police mug shot in December 2013 (centre) and arriving at Cambridge Crown Court charged with child sex offences in September this year
The images of his victims, some of whom had haemophilia, leukaemia and other serious illnesses, were gathered at Addenbrooke's Hospital.
The hospital's chief executive, Dr Keith McNeil, said: "Our thoughts today are with our patients and families who were victims of Bradbury's shocking and cynical abuse.
"Today's sentencing of Bradbury cannot undo the damage he caused but he is finally behind bars and is no longer a risk to vulnerable children.
"The lengthy sentence shows Bradbury's abhorrent betrayal and manipulation of his position as a doctor has been fully recognised."
Victims' 'bravery'
As well as sentencing him to 22 years, Judge Hawkesworth said Bradbury would be placed on the sex offenders register for life and also made subject of a sexual offences prevention order for life.
Bradbury must serve half his prison sentence before being released on licence, the judge said.
The hospital said it was "sickened" by the abuse
Myles Bradbury visited an orphanage in Swaziland in 2012 as part of a team helping 300 children
The Crown Prosecution Service for the East of England (CPS) described Bradbury's abuse of his patients as "one of the worst cases of a breach of trust" it had prosecuted.
Michelle Brown, head of the CPS Rape and Serious Sexual Offences Unit (RASSO), said: "This paedophile doctor took advantage of his young patients battling serious illness by systematically sexually abusing them. Such cruelty is unimaginable to most of us."
Det Supt Gary Ridgway, from Cambridgeshire Police, said: "This case has understandably caused distress to many people.
"Bradbury was highly respected and revered by the families of his victims who trusted him implicitly but he betrayed that trust in an appalling way, by carrying out examinations purely for his own sexual gratification."
Reacting to the sentence, the parents of one victim said: "We're very happy... it may be over for him but it's not for us."
Another mother said: "I'm very pleased - he's got what he deserved."
Mr Ridgeway paid tribute to the victims and their families, saying they showed "great bravery in coming forward and ensuring Bradbury was held to account".
08 October, 2014
Afghan executions: Five hanged for Paghman gang-rape
Afghan executions: Five hanged for Paghman gang-rape
The rapes, which happened near Kabul in August, caused outrage
Five Afghan men convicted of gang-raping four women have been executed in a case that sparked national outrage.
Officials say the men were hanged at Pul-e-Charkhi prison east of Kabul. A sixth man convicted of unrelated crimes was also hanged.
The authorities ignored last-minute appeals for clemency from rights groups who said the convictions were unsafe.
Violence against women in Afghanistan is rife but correspondents say cases rarely attract this much attention.
Many Afghans had demanded the death penalty. Correspondents say that given public opinion, there was little chance of the sentences not being carried out.
There was tight security outside Kabul's main prison
"The court's verdict has been implemented and all the convicts have been executed - five from the Paghman case, plus Habib Istalifi, who was head of a notorious kidnapping gang," the attorney general's chief-of-staff Atta Mohammad Noori told AFP news agency.
Former President Hamid Karzai signed the death warrants on his last day in office. There was no word from new President Ashraf Ghani, who took over in September.
The 23 August rapes took place at night at a popular picnic spot in Paghman district near Kabul as the women were returning to the capital with their families from a wedding.
The attackers - armed and some dressed in police uniforms - tied up the men in the group and dragged the women from their cars before raping them.
There was a chorus of outrage. Many campaigners in Afghanistan - where women who are raped sometimes find themselves accused of adultery and punished - even wanted the executions to go ahead, correspondents say.
One of the women who was raped is seen here giving evidence in court
But critics say the legal process was rushed - the televised trial took only two hours. One defendant said he had been tortured into confessing.
The UN's High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed "grave concerns" that hanging the men would not deliver justice to them or their victims. International human rights groups also criticised Mr Karzai for calling for the men to be hanged even before they were tried.
Amnesty International called the hangings an "affront to justice".
The five were originally sentenced to death for armed robbery along with two other men. The other two, who were not convicted of rape, later had their death sentences commuted to life in prison.
In a separate case, police said they had been pursuing Habib Istalifi, the sixth man to be hanged for crimes unconnected to the gang rape, for the past 10 years.
"He was head of a major crime gang involved in several cases of kidnapping and armed robbery," Hashmat Stanekzai, a Kabul police spokesman, told the BBC. "He was involved in several murders of vehicle drivers."
Capital punishment is relatively rare in Afghanistan.
Since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, hundreds of people have been sentenced to death but Mr Karzai signed warrants for the execution of just 30, BBC correspondents say.
Kenyatta appears at ICC in Hague for landmark hearing
Kenyatta appears at ICC in Hague for landmark hearing
A large crowd was waiting for Uhuru Kenyatta outside the court, as Anna Holligan reports
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has appeared before the International Criminal Court (ICC) where he faces charges of crimes against humanity.
He is the first serving head of state to come before the court in The Hague.
He was called to appear at the ICC "status conference" when the prosecution said evidence needed to go ahead with a trial was being withheld.
The charges - which Mr Kenyatta denies - concern his alleged role in violence following the 2007 elections.
More than 1,000 people died in the aftermath of the poll.
Mr Kenyatta says the charges against him are politically motivated and insists that the case should be thrown out.
The prosecution accuses the Kenyan government of obstructing the investigation.
Packed gallery
The BBC's Anna Holligan in The Hague says there were chaotic scenes as Mr Kenyatta arrived at the ICC, where a large crowd was waiting.
The ICC wants him to explain allegations that evidence against him had been withheld by the Kenyan government - a claim rejected by Kenyan Attorney-General Githu Muigai, who appeared before the court on Tuesday.
Uhuru Kenyatta appeared relaxed as the hearing got under way
Uhuru Kenyatta cuts a composed figure in court. He sits back, occasionally glancing at his "first family"' on the front row of the public gallery. He is wearing a patriotic bracelet in the Kenyan colours. Never has there been a more glamorous audience in attendance. Pink and yellow headscarves and gold earrings punctuate the mostly grey suited public space, bringing some colour to the dark period of Kenyan history that is the subject of this hearing.
The president temporarily relinquished power to come to The Hague. Nevertheless, his convoy received a presidential welcome. Flag-waving crowds surged as his police-escorted car pulled up. International TV crews jostled to get him in their frame.
This trial is testing the limits of international justice. The prosecution says Kenya is not co-operating by handing over evidence. Kenya says that if they do not have the evidence, the charges must be thrown out. The ICC was partly designed to demonstrate that even the most powerful leaders cannot be above the law. Regardless of whether Uhuru Kenyatta is guilty or innocent, one thing he has proved is that it is extremely challenging to prosecute a president.
Scores of Mr Kenyatta's supporters packed the public gallery as the hearing got under way.
Defence lawyer Steven Kay said Mr Kenyatta would not be making a statement. He said the government had co-operated with the prosecution requests where it was possible to do so.
The hearing was later adjourned.
The prosecution has accused the Kenyan government of failing to hand over potentially crucial pieces of evidence, as Anna Holligan reports
ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, who is from The Gambia, said there was still a significant "body of evidence" against Mr Kenyatta.
The prosecution, which wants an indefinite adjournment, told the court it had phone data and nine witnesses who were willing to testify how Mr Kenyatta had funding links with the Mungiki sect which took part in the violence.
Fergal Gaynor, a lawyer for the victims, said they were entitled to know why witnesses for the prosecution had withdrawn from the case.
In September, the court postponed the trial after prosecutors said the Kenyan government had failed to deliver key documents.
Personal capacity
Deputy President William Ruto is acting president while Mr Kenyatta is at The Hague.
Supporters of President Kenyatta called on the ICC to drop the case
On Monday, the president again stressed his innocence, saying his conscience was clear.
In a speech to the Kenyan parliament, Mr Kenyatta said that he was going to The Hague in a personal capacity - not as president of the country - so as not to compromise the sovereignty of Kenyans.
No special arrangements have been made at the ICC. The main spokesperson for the court said that Mr Kenyatta would not be treated differently from any other accused person.
What is the ICC and how does it work?
Earlier, former ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo conceded that the trial "was not working well" but welcomed Mr Kenyatta's appearance as "showing African commitment to change".
Mr Kenyatta was elected in 2013, despite facing charges. Analysts said he turned the prosecution to his advantage, portraying it as foreign intervention in Kenya's domestic affairs.
Mr Kenyatta has accused the court of being biased against African leaders.
In 2009 the ICC also issued a warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir over alleged war crimes in Darfur, but he has not yet been arrested.
The violence after the 2007 poll left 1,200 people dead and displaced tens of thousands more
Presiding Judge Kuniko Ozaki from Japan opened Wednesday's hearing at the IC
William Ruto (waving) has been appointed acting president - he also faces charges at The Hague
Mr Kenyatta faces five charges relating to the ethnic massacres - the worst violence in Kenya since independence in 1963. Tens of thousands of people were displaced and Kenya's reputation for stability was tarnished.
Mr Kenyatta was a close ally of President Mwai Kibaki, who was declared the winner of the 2007 election. Mr Kibaki's rival, Raila Odinga, claimed the poll was marred by fraud.
The dispute took on an ethnic dimension, pitting members of the Kikuyu ethnic group of Mr Kenyatta and Mr Kibaki against other communities. Mr Kenyatta is accused of organising an ethnic Kikuyu gang, the Mungiki sect, to attack rival groups.
Deputy President Ruto also faces charges at The Hague, but he was on Mr Odinga's side during the violence. He also denies the charges.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)