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crime2 years ago•2 min saved

Armed Robbers on Divvy Bikes Target Downtown Chicago in String of Robberies

Chicago police are searching for a group of two to four armed individuals who have been robbing and threatening victims while riding Divvy bikes. The group has targeted multiple people in over a dozen attacks, mostly in Chicago's Loop, stealing belongings and even a car. The robberies occurred in the early morning hours, and the suspects are believed to be between 15 and 25 years old. Police are urging the public to remain calm if approached by the group and to provide any physical characteristics they can remember, but not to chase after them.

via WLS-TV|

#armed-group #chicago #crime

world2 years ago•2 min saved

Surviving a Plane Crash and Fleeing Violence: The Incredible Story of Colombian Children in the Amazon Jungle.

The four Colombian children who survived a plane crash in the Amazon jungle were fleeing from a violent armed group that was recruiting children in their home region. The siblings, aged 13, 9, 4 and 1, were flying with their mother, the pilot and another adult from the Amazonian village of Araracuara to the town of San Jose del Guaviare when the Cessna single-engine propeller plane crashed May 1. The bodies of the three adults were found at the crash site 16 days later. The children survived for 40 days in the jungle before being rescued.

via Fox News|

#amazon #armed-group #children

world2 years ago•6 min saved

Survival and Rescue: Colombian Children's Incredible Journey in the Amazon

Four Indigenous children survived 40 days in the Colombian jungle after their plane crashed in the Amazon rainforest. The children had boarded the plane to flee an armed group that had seized control of their home region in southern Colombia. The oldest of the children, Lesly, 13, played the role of guide and mother to her siblings, helping them navigate the forest. The rescue of the children has provided a rare moment of unified celebration in a deeply divided nation, with broad swaths of society, from left to right, praising the work of the search team.

via The New York Times|

#armed-group #colombia #indigenous-children

conflict2 years ago•1 min saved

Russian Tanks and Armored Personnel Carriers Destroyed by Freedom of Russia Legion - Video Evidence

The Freedom of Russia Legion, an anti-Putin armed group, claimed to have destroyed two tanks and two armored personnel carriers in the vicinity of the Shebekino checkpoint in Russia. The group used drones to carry out the attack. The Russian Volunteer Corps, another anti-Putin armed group, has also been involved in battles in Belgorod Oblast and offered to return captured Russian army soldiers as a goodwill gesture. The groups have advanced 42 kilometers into Russia and controlled some settlements in Belgorod Oblast for a day.

via Yahoo! Voices|

#armed-group #belgorod-oblast #conflict

conflict2 years ago•1 min saved

Armed group kills 5 Iranian border guards near Pakistani border.

Five Iranian border guards were killed and two were wounded in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country near the Pakistani border. The militants fled the area with casualties, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The area is one of the least developed parts of Iran, and the relationship between the predominantly Sunni residents of the region and Iran’s Shiite theocracy has long been fraught.

via ABC News|

#armed-group #border-guards #clash

conflict2 years ago•1 min saved

Iranian border guards killed in clash with armed group near Pakistan.

Six Iranian border guards were killed and two were wounded in a clash with an unknown armed group near the Pakistani border. The militants fled the area with casualties, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The area is one of the least developed parts of Iran, and the relationship between the predominantly Sunni residents of the region and Iran’s Shiite theocracy has long been fraught.

via The Times of Israel|

#armed-group #border-guards #clash

conflict2 years ago•1 min saved

Deadly Clash in Southeastern Iran Leaves Border Guards Dead.

Five Iranian border guards were killed and two were wounded in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country near the Pakistani border in the town of Saravan in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan. The militants fled the area with casualties, and no group has claimed responsibility for the attack. The relationship between the predominantly Sunni residents of the region and Iran’s Shiite theocracy has long been fraught.

via FRANCE 24 English|

#armed-group #border-guards #clash