Fire causes 45pct damage to new shophouse
KOTA SAMARAHAN: A newly constructed shophouse in Jalan Datuk Mohammad Musa here caught fire this morning. Firefighters from the Kota Samarahan station were sent to the location — behind a hypermarket — after receiving a call around 8.10am. The fire occurred on the first floor of the premises. Firefighters later managed to put out the […]
Bomb blasts in southern Somalia kill at least 20
MOGADISHU (Somalia): At least 20 people were killed and several wounded in separate bomb attacks Wednesday in southern Somalia. A police officer in the town of Marka in the Lower Shabelle region told Anadolu Agency (AA) by phone that a suicide bomber killed 13 people, including the town’s mayor, Abdullahi Ali Wafow, as well as […]
WWII bomb safely detonated
MIRI: A World War II bomb found at Tanjong Lobang beach on Monday afternoon was detonated safely today. The detonation operation was carried out by a team from the Miri District Police Headquarters bomb disposal unit. “The unit personnel successfully defused the 250-pound (or 113.4kg) aerial bomb this (yesterday) morning at Tanjong Lobang after it was […]
Search for missing man halted
KUCHING: The search and rescue (SAR) operation for Mohamed Ekhwan Mohamed who was reported missing at Loba Rambungan river, Kampung Trombol Telaga Air Matang, was called a halt on Monday. According to the State Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) operation centre, the decision was made after consultation with the victim’s family to stop the operation. […]
