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Captured in DR Congo, UN staff freed Earlier, Reuters reported that 100 unarmed refugees from South Sudan have kidnapped 13 employees of the UN mission. MOSCOW, April 19. /TASS/. The mission of the UN, occupied by the refugees from southern Sudan to a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, released. This was reported Wednesday by Agence France-Presse, with reference to the representative of the organization. Earlier, Reuters reported that 100 unarmed refugees from South Sudan have kidnapped 13 employees of the UN mission. According to him, the refugees demanded to be transferred to a third country.

The police of Egypt examines the surroundings of the monastery, where the shooting occurred CAIRO, 18 APR — news, Margarita Kislova. The police of Egypt inspects the surroundings of monastery of Sant Catherine in the South Sinai Peninsula, where on Tuesday the shooting happened at a police checkpoint, according to news portal “Youm7”, citing police sources. Earlier media reported that at a checkpoint at the monastery of Saint Catherine had been an armed attack, one policeman was killed and four wounded. Later on the portal “al-Masri al-Yaum” with reference to the statement of the head of the security Directorate of South Sinai reported that the fire was mistakenly opened by one of the officers.

The media learned about the capture of the refugees hostage of UN staff in DR Congo About a hundred refugees from South Sudan took hostage the staff of the UN mission in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. They are demanding relocation to a third country, said the head of the UN office in Goma, Daniel Ruiz. Kidnapping people from August of last year I lived at the base Munigi near the city of Goma on the border with Rwanda, Reuters reports. According to the Agency, just the hostages were taken 13 UN staff. The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) since 1999. It was established after the ceasefire between the DRC, Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Rwanda and Uganda. Initially, the mission has monitored the cease-fire. Since 2010, the decision of the UN Security Council, it was renamed the UN Mission for stabilization in DRC (MONUSCO),

The metro station in the city center was closed for entrance because of a suspicious object The St. Petersburg metro station “Admiralty” in the city centre was closed for entrance. On Tuesday, April 18, reports TASS with reference to information of the metro. “21:22 GMT station “Admiralty” is closed only at the entrance, in the lobby of detected orphan box”, — stated in the message. At 21.40 GMT, after testing, the entrance to the station was reopened. On 3 April a suicide bomber Akbarjon Jalilov blew up the train on the stretch between the stations “Sennaya Ploschad” and “Technological Institute” Saint-Petersburg metro. The victims were 14 people. On 18 April, the native of Kirghizia Abror Azimov, who was suspected of organizing the explosion, the ball arrested until June 3.

In Kyrgyzstan detained the brother of an alleged organizer of the explosion in St. Petersburg In Kyrgyzstan detained the brother of Abror Azimov, a suspect in the terrorist attack in the subway of Saint Petersburg On Tuesday, April 18, according to 24.kg with reference to siblings Asimovich. Close Abror Azimov, saying that his elder brother Akram Azimov arrived in the Republic for treatment on March 27. On 15 April it was put into operation in Jalal-Abad, on the same day, according to his aunt, from his hospital room for questioning was picked up by staff of the state Committee of national security. In the secret service assured that Akram released Asimov on the same day, but he did not come back home or to the hospital, as reported by the resource. However, the father of the brothers Asimovich claims that Akram was after the arrest sent to Moscow, reports “Moskovsky

In Mosul liquidated “master sniper” IG According to the channel Al Mayadeen, the fighter could be a native of Russia. KUWAIT city, April 18. /Offset. TASS Pavel Prokofiev/. The Federal police of Iraq announced the elimination of “main sniper” the terrorist group “Islamic state” (IG banned in Russia) in Mosul. As reported by TV channel Al Mayadeen, citing a source in the Iraqi police, the gunman responsible for the preparation of snipers in the IG, probably, was a native of Russia. Earlier, the commander of the Federal police involved in the Mosul campaign, General Raed shaker jawdat the reported neutralization of the field commander of IG of Abu Hajer al-Rus, which also likely had citizenship of the Russian Federation. Two militants were destroyed during the offensive by government forces in the Western neighborhoods of Mosul.

In London, some underground stations were evacuated because of a toaster MOSCOW, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti. Several London underground stations were forced to suspend work after the fire alarm was triggered from the smell of toasted toast, the newspaper Evening Standard. As notes the edition, incident happened independently from each other at different metro stations, two of which are the most loaded. Metro workers are roasted the bread in the toasters in the rooms for meals, and then the fire alarm went off. The metro station was closed and evacuated. According to the newspaper, another station was closed after a fire alarm went off from the electronic cigarette.

Former Deputy head of the Federal tourism Agency Amunts received seven years in prison MOSCOW, 18 Jul — RIA Novosti. The Tver court of Moscow on Tuesday was sentenced to seven years in prison a former Deputy head of the Federal tourism Agency, the former head of the company “OPK development” Dmitry Amenca in the case of embezzlement of nearly 29 billion rubles of Mezhprombank, the correspondent of RIA Novosti news from the courtroom. “To recognize Amounta guilty… of complicity in the embezzlement in especially large size and sentenced to seven years of imprisonment in a General regime colony,” said judge Maria Sizintsev. In addition, the court in a civil action recover from the former official the amount of damage. Amunts pleaded not guilty, his defense insisted on acquittal.