Saturday, June 29, 2013

Mandela's passing and the looming threat of a race war against South Africa's whites. As a widow mourns the latest murdered Afrikaner farmer, a chilling dispatch from a nation holding its breath

Slaughtered: Roelof du Plessis, 46, was shot dead in front of his wife Laura, 44 and son on their farm near Pretoria
Slaughtered: Roelof du Plessis, 46, was shot dead in front of his wife Laura, 44 and son on their farm



The horror started just before midnight on Wednesday this week.
After listening to the latest television news about the health of Nelson Mandela, a South African family living not far from the former President’s hospital unit turned in for the night.
But Roelof and Laura du Plessis, a married couple with four children who live on a heavily fortified farm outside Pretoria, did not have a peaceful night’s rest.
In fact they were about to become the latest victims of what white pressure groups in this troubled nation say is nothing less than a savage war against them.
Hearing noises outside their home, Mr du Plessis, 46, got out of bed and ran outside.
To his horror, he found his 19-year-old son being held with a gun to his head by a gang of five armed black attackers.
Father and son were ordered to lie on the ground. The invaders did not ask for money or the keys to the expensive vehicles in the drive. They were there only to terrorise and kill.
Hearing voices outside, Laura, 44, came out of her bedroom to investigate — and her torch illuminated an awful scene as the gang pointed guns at her husband.
Her son managed to get up and sprint off into the darkness when the men were confused by the flashlight. But Du Plessis was not so lucky.
The intruders opened fire at once, shooting him six times through the throat, lungs and abdomen.
As he writhed on the ground in agony, the men ran off into the night leaving empty bullet cartridges littering the yard.
In the darkness, Laura attempted heart massage on her husband, who could still talk despite his appalling injuries, but to no avail.
When I arrived at the farm on Thursday and was invited in by Mrs du Plessis, I found her with blood still caked under her fingernails after she’d cradled her dying husband.
‘He was shot through the lungs and I was doing CPR,’ she told me, between huge sobs. ‘He said “please go and fetch the car and take me to hospital”. But he was too badly hurt and he died in my arms.’
In the morning, when white friends from neighbouring farms followed the trail of the raiders, they discovered the men had carefully cut through fences and skirted areas with security patrols — suggesting how closely they had planned their route of attack.
‘It is definitely coming down to a race thing,’ Laura du Plessis told me as she was comforted by her family. ‘They hate white people. We have never had a fight with any black people. I always stop and give others a lift. We employ black people.
‘My husband fought for me. I am grateful that he wasn’t tied up and forced to watch me being raped before he was killed. He was an amazing man. He was my life.’
Gravely ill: As South Africa's unifying icon Nelson Mandela is on life support in hospital, his devoted people leave tributes outside
Gravely ill: As South Africa's unifying icon Nelson Mandela is on life support in hospital, his devoted people leave tributes outside

Troubled: South Africa is said to be on the brink of a national crisis as Nelson Mandela's health deteriorates
Troubled: South Africa is said to be on the brink of a national crisis as Nelson Mandela's health deteriorates
A friend of the family, who asked not to be named, told me he was certain that the killings are part of a sinister, systematic bid to drive white people — and, in particular, farmers — out of South Africa.
‘If this was happening in any other country, the military would be deployed to protect us,’ said the friend. ‘There are gangs moving around the country targeting white people.’
Of course the violence and privations South Africa’s blacks faced under apartheid were just as unforgiveable. Certainly, there would have been more bloodletting after the white government fell in the Nineties were it not for Mandela’s message of reconciliation.
But now, as he nears death, fears are growing that a wave of violence will be unleashed against the white population.
The statistics — and the savagery of the killings — appear to support claims by these residents that white people, and farmers in particular, are being targeted by black criminals.
Little wonder that what unfolded on the Du Plessis homestead has sent tremors of fear through the three-million-strong white community.
Last month alone there were 25 murders of white landowners, and more than 100 attacks, while Afrikaner protest groups claim that more than 4,000 have been killed since Mandela came to power — twice as many as the number of policemen who have died.
It is not just the death toll, but the extreme violence that is often brought to bear, that causes the greatest fear in the white community.
Documented cases of farm killings make for gruesome reading, with children murdered along with their parents, one family suffocated with plastic bags and countless brutal rapes of elderly women and young children.
These horrors have prompted Genocide Watch — a respected American organisation which monitors violence around the world — to claim that the murders of ‘Afrikaner farmers and other whites is organised by racist communists determined to drive whites out of South Africa, nationalise farms and mines, and bring on all the horrors of a communist state’.
Indeed, a disturbing number of whites are terrified that Mandela’s passing will lead to an outpouring of violence from black South Africans, no longer contained by the sheer power of the great man’s presence, which endures today even though he stood down as president in 1999.
For its part, the ruling ANC party dismisses claims that such murders are part of any sinister agenda, pointing out that South Africans of all colours suffer violent crime, and that wealthy whites are simply more likely to be targeted.
Splintered: Fears that Mandela's deteriorating health will lead to a surge in violence are growing
Splintered: Fears that Mandela's deteriorating health will lead to a surge in violence are growing

There has been an increase in murders of white farmers
There has been an increase in murders of white farmers in a country where there are already 60 murders each day
Critical: Neslon Mandela, pictured here in May, cannot breathe unaided
Critical: Neslon Mandela, pictured here in May, is in hospital. He cannot breathe unaided
Perhaps. But white nerves have not been soothed by the disturbing behaviour of Jacob Zuma, the ANC’s leader and the country’s third black president since Mandela.
At a centenary gathering of the African National Congress last year, Zuma was filmed singing a so-called ‘struggle song’ called Kill The Boer (the old name for much of the white Afrikaner population).
As fellow senior ANC members clapped along, Zuma sang: ‘We are going to shoot them, they are going to run, Shoot the Boer, shoot them, they are going to run, Shoot the Boer, we are going to hit them, they are going to run, the Cabinet will shoot them, with the machine-gun, the Cabinet will shoot them, with the machine-gun . . .’
Alongside him was a notorious character called Julius ‘Juju’ Malema, a former leader of the ANC youth league, who is now Zuma’s bitter enemy and is reportedly planning to launch a new political party after Mandela’s death.
A bogeyman to white South Africans, Malema is popular among young blacks, and has also been an enthusiastic singer of Kill The Boer and another song called Bring Me My Machine-Gun.
Polls this week showed a huge surge in support among young black South Africans for his policies, which he says will ignore reconciliation, and fight for social justice in an ‘onslaught against [the] white male monopoly’.
With chilling echoes of neighbouring Zimbabwe, where dictator Robert Mugabe launched a murderous campaign to drive white farmers off the land in 2000, Malema wants all white-owned land to be seized without compensation, along with nationalisation of the country’s lucrative mines.
Ominously, Malema, 32, who wears a trademark beret and has a fondness for Rolex watches, this month promised his new party will take the land from white people without recompense and give it to blacks. 
‘We need the land that was taken from our people, and we are not going to pay for it,’ he said. ‘We need a party that will say those who were victims of apartheid stand to benefit unashamedly, and those who perpetuated apartheid must show remorse and behave in a manner that says they regret their conduct.’
Enthusiastically backed by Winnie Mandela, Nelson’s second wife — who is still hugely popular in South Africa despite her suspected role in several murders — Malema is a charismatic figure who once threw a BBC correspondent out of a press conference for asking about his wealthy lifestyle.
His words have done nothing to allay the fears of white communities, some of which have taken extreme measures to protect themselves.
This week I visited Kleinfontein in Pretoria, a white-only community of 1,000 men, women and children who live behind high fences, with a gatehouse manned by men in military fatigues, who also carry out regular patrols of the grounds to prevent black intruders entering.
Anyone without an appointment with an official resident is refused entry. If they are black, they will not get in at all.
Inside, there is a shopping mall, while the town has its own water supply and sewage system. All manual work is carried out by white residents. 
There is a rugby pitch, opulent homes overlooking miles of open countryside where antelope and zebra roam, and a hospital for the elderly residents.
Most crucially of all, in a country with 60 murders a day, there is no armed robbery, murder or rape in Kleinfontein. ‘An old lady can draw money here without any fear,’ says Marisa Haasbroek, a resident, mother of two teenage girls, and my guide for the morning.
‘It’s safe, quiet and peaceful. It’s not racist — it is about protecting our Afrikaner cultural identity.’
Like all the residents, she is descended from the first Afrikaners, the Dutch settlers who came to South Africa and were driven into the African interior on the famous Great Trek during the war with the British from 1899 to 1902.
Kleinfontein has been in existence since Mandela’s first presidency in 1994 — but its existence remained largely unknown until reports last year that black police officers had been barred from entry to the property.
Divisive: President Jacob Zuma is known for singing 'struggle songs' about killing white Afrikaners
Divisive: President Jacob Zuma is known for singing 'struggle songs' about killing white Afrikaners
To get round race laws, Kleinfontein insists its criteria for entry are not based on skin colour. It claims to exist to protect distinct Afrikaans-speaking people and culture, and that English-speaking white people are also banned, so the community is non-racist.
The Afrikaners, of course, were those who devised and presided over apartheid, a gruesome social experiment that did so much to divide the nation and subjugate the black population.
With Mandela on a life support machine, the founders of this community in the so-called ‘Rainbow Nation’ were this week being inundated with requests by other whites to join them.
‘I think there will be trouble,’ Anna, an elderly lady tending her garden inside the all-white compound, tells me. 
‘There may be tribal warfare first between the black races. Then they might turn on us.’ 
Standing near a sign written in Afrikaans stating ‘ons is hier om te bly’ (we are here to stay), Marike, another resident, was convinced that there is a sinister plot to kill all whites.
‘You don’t attack farms and rape 80-year-old women with broken bottles and kill their husbands for a mobile phone,’ Marike says. ‘People say it’s not genocide — but it is.’ 
Such uncertainty about the future has been given added credence by the tawdry, shameful scenes surrounding Mandela’s death bed — where his family were last night continuing to squabble over where he should be buried and who should get the most loot from tourists visiting the grave.
Despite all the arguments about the future direction of the country, the truth is that only one thing has stayed the same in South Africa before and after Mandela’s presidency: the mutual fear and distrust between some blacks and whites, particularly in rural areas away from the cosmopolitan cities of Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Yet as one acquaintance of mine, a black security guard named Pietor, told me yesterday: ‘The whites said they would be slaughtered when Mandela came to power, and thought they’d be killed when he stood down as President.
'Now, they’re saying they will be slaughtered when Mandela dies. Black people just want jobs and a decent life, not killing.’
Nelson Mandela dreamed of a South Africa that was at peace with itself — and warned that the black population taking vengeance on whites would only deepen old enmities.
Whether the black leaders who are following him can muster an ounce of his authority or humanity remains to be seen.

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Research reveals HALF of all Britain's mosques have been attacked since 9/11 as anti-Islam violence spreads

About half of all mosques and Muslim centres in Britain have been subjected to Islamophobic attacks since 9/11, it has been revealed.
The figures, from the Islamophobia watchdog Tell Mama, found that between 40 and 60 per cent of mosques and other Islamic centres - about 700 - have been targeted in Britain since the 2001 attack on New York's World Trade Center.
It comes as English Defence League supporters prepare to gather in Woolwich at the scene of Drummer Lee Rigby's murder later this afternoon.
Drummer Rigby was hacked to death in front of horrified on-lookers in south-east London last month.
The number of anti-Islamic attacks has gone up significantly since the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in south east London in May
The number of anti-Islamic attacks has gone up significantly since the murder of Drummer Lee Rigby in south east London in May
Drummer Lee Rigby, who was killed on the streets of south east London in May
Drummer Lee Rigby, who was killed on the streets of south east London in May
Report author Professor Nigel Copsey, of Teesside University, said: 'What is significant about our analysis is the extent to which the far right is implicated in anti-Muslim hate crime.'
Research by the Independent newspaper also found almost a tenfold increase in attacks in the days after Drummer Rigby's death, with mosques being set alight and Muslims targeted at home.
There were nearly nine attacks per day in the immediate aftermath of the killing, settling back to around two per day over in the following weeks.
Professor Copsey said: 'There has undoubtedly been a spike in anti-Muslim incidents since the Woolwich murder.
'An obvious concern now is whether the number of hate crime incidents return to "normal" levels or whether Woolwich has been a game-changer in terms of increasing the underlying incidence of anti-Muslim hate over the longer term.'
Forensics officers work outside a mosque after a suspected bomb was found in Walsall earlier this month
Forensics officers work outside a mosque after a suspected bomb was found in Walsall earlier this month

A mixed faith group lay a peace wreath outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich
A mixed faith group lay a peace wreath outside the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich
Earlier this week, swastikas and the letters 'EDL', 'KKK' and 'NF' were sprayed on the walls of a mosque in Redditch.

There were also reports of pigs’ heads being left at Muslim families’ homes and other attacks against individuals.

In addition, there was an attack on an Islamic centre in north London.
Despite the warning signs, a senior Government adviser told the paper there remains a 'lack of political will' to take on the issue and identified Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles as one of the ministers slow to react to the problem.

The adviser, who did not want to be named, said attempts to 'tackle this issue – even before Woolwich – struggled to attract buy-in'.
The Muslim community was warned yesterday of the dangers it faces from hate groups in a sermon delivered at 500 mosques.
The piece said high-profile cases of sexual grooming of children by small groups of Muslim men 'hitting the headlines in a short space of time and the fallout from the Woolwich case will create a major challenge for the Muslim community'.
English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson has been banned from staging a protest march with supporters in Woolwich today
English Defence League leader Tommy Robinson has been banned from staging a protest march with supporters in Woolwich today
But Dr Matthew Goodwin, associate fellow at Chatham House and an expert on extremist groups, said: 'The broader picture is more positive than we think. Young people are more at ease accepting Muslims in society.'
A spokesman for the Department for Communities and Local Government said: 'There is no place for anti-Muslim hatred or any kind of hatred in Britain, and we are committed to tackling this unacceptable scourge.'
The revelations came ahead of today's EDL march, which was set to route past the East London Mosque and assemble outside Woolwich Barracks.
But police have imposed conditions on the protest and the march will now take place between Hyde Park Corner and end opposite the House of Lords, where supporters will be allowed to loiter for a maximum of two hours.
Any supporters seen gathering in Woolwich will be arrested, the Metropolitan Police said.
As well as laying flowers in memory of Drummer Rigby in Woolwich, EDL leader Tommy Robinson and his co-leader Kevin Carroll had planned to walk to raise money for a young girl fighting against neuroblastoma.
Reacting to the Met's decision, Mr Robinson said: 'The police are enforcing no-go zones for non-Muslims. It's a charity walk with two people taking part.
'When has a Muslim charity walk ever been made to have conditions?'

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Three police officers face misconduct charges after woman who was seven months pregnant was 'assaulted, stripped and handcuffed for 11 hours in cell'

Complaint: Lynette Wallace said the way she was treated while in police custody triggered the premature birth of daughter Charna (pictured)
Complaint: Lynette Wallace said the way she was treated while in police custody triggered the premature birth of daughter Charna (pictured)



Three police officers are facing charges of gross misconduct after a heavily pregnant woman claimed she was assaulted, left half-naked and handcuffed for 11 hours while in custody.
Lynette Wallace, 42, was seven-and-a-half months pregnant at the time and went into premature labour days after the incident.
Her baby Charna, now nearly two, was born 10 weeks early by emergency caesarean and was treated with a ventilator in hospital. Miss Wallace claims she now has developmental problems caused by her premature birth.
An Independent Police Complaints Commission investigation found an inspector and two sergeants 'had a case to answer' for gross misconduct charges regarding the amount of time Miss Wallace was handcuffed, while one sergeant was also accused of failing to help her get childcare for her other six children.
It also recommended two other sergeants and two PCs face disciplinary proceedings in relation to the incident.
Miss Wallace's claim that the stressful situation caused her to go into labour early was not part of the investigation.
The mum-of-six, from Aspley, Nottinghamshire, was held on suspicion of blowing up a car in 2011 but charges were later dropped.
She was pregnant with her seventh child when she was arrested at her home on July 7 on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life and intimidating a witness.

She was taken to the force’s Bridewell custody suite in Nottingham where she claims she was told to remove her trousers, which she agreed to do.
After telling officers she had a history of self harm she claims they forcibly removed the clothing from her top half, cutting her bra off with a knife, The Guardian reported.
She was left handcuffed in the cell for 11 hours before she was interviewed and was then 'repeatedly punched in the arm by police officers' when she refused to be handcuffed again as she was in pain.
She said: 'The police officers jumped on me and assaulted me and left me in handcuffs for 11 hours while I was heavily pregnant.
'The assault caused me to go into premature labour which almost killed my baby. I am extremely angry and want justice.'
Investigation: An IPCC report has recommended several officers have disciplinary hearings while three should face gross misconduct charges
Investigation: An IPCC report has recommended several officers have disciplinary hearings while three should face gross misconduct charges

Stressed: Miss Wallace claimed she was stripped half naked and handcuffed for 11 hours
Stressed: Miss Wallace claimed she was stripped half naked and handcuffed for 11 hours
Miss Wallace was also very worried about her children, as no-one was there to pick them up from school.
The next day Miss Wallace was charged with witness intimidation and arson and appeared before Nottingham Magistrates who remanded her in custody.
She was taken to Peterborough Prison but started suffering cramps and bleeding.
An ambulance was called to the prison and she was taken to hospital where she had an emergency caesarean section on July 11, giving birth to Charna who weighed just 3lb 3oz.
Miss Wallace said: 'At one point, I wasn’t sure if she was going to live or die. It was a nightmare, I have never gone through so much stress in my life.'
The three police officers will face the charges at a gross misconduct hearing next month, where they could face dismissal from the force.
An IPCC spokesman told MailOnline it had previously decided not to refer the case to the CPS for criminal charges but it was now 'reconsidering'.
Arrest: The pregnant mother-of-six was charged with arson with intent and intimidation of a witness but the charges were dropped
Arrest: The pregnant mother-of-six was charged with arson with intent and intimidation of a witness but the charges were dropped
He said: 'The IPCC has independently investigated the treatment of a woman while she was in police custody at Bridewell custody suite in Nottingham in July 2011. Among the woman's complaints were that unnecessary and unreasonable force had been used against her and that she had been left in handcuffs for extended periods.
'At the conclusion of the investigation, the IPCC has recommended a number of officers face disciplinary proceedings and that that three police officers have a case to answer for gross misconduct.
'The IPCC is reconsidering an earlier decision not to refer its final investigation report to the CPS and will be discussing this with relevant parties.'
While a spokesman for Nottinghamshire Police said it had received the IPCC report in March and was acting on the recommendations.
'Until disciplinary proceedings, due to take place in July, are completed, and until the IPCC makes public its report, it would not be appropriate to make further comment,' he added.

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Women are just as fertile at 39 as they are at 27: Professor dismisses theory that it's harder to get pregnant in your thirties

Many women who juggle career and travel plans fear 'leaving it too late' to have a baby.But one professor has dismissed the theory that once women pass 30 they will immediately begin to suffer fertility problems.
Psychologist Jean Twenge has controversially claimed that there's not really a difference between trying to get pregnant in your late twenties and your late thirties.
Psychologist Jean Twenge has controversially claimed that there's not really a difference between trying to get pregnant in your late twenties and your late thirties
Psychologist Jean Twenge has controversially claimed that there's not really a difference between trying to get pregnant in your late twenties and your late thirties
The San Diego State University professor has refuted statistics that claim there is a significant difference in the odds of getting pregnant in your late twenties.
Prof Twenge claims that many women are reading statistics based on outdated records, taken from a time before antibiotics, electricity and advanced medical treatment were in use and the quality of life was much lower.
The professor has dismissed statistics that claim there is a significant difference in the odds of getting pregnant in your late twenties
The professor has dismissed statistics that claim there is a significant difference in the odds of getting pregnant in your late twenties
Writing in The Atlantic, the author - who has written the book 'The Impatient Women's Guide to Getting Pregnant' - says that she too feared she would be left childless as she had not tried for a baby and had passed 30.
She said: 'Most books and websites I read said that one in three women ages 35 to 39 would not get pregnant within a year of starting to try.
'The first page of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine's (ASRM) 2003 guide for patients noted that women in their late 30s had a 30 per cent chance of remaining childless altogether.
'The guide also included statistics that I’d seen repeated in many other places: a woman’s chance of pregnancy was 20 percent each month at age 30, dwindling to five per cent by age 40.
'Every time I read these statistics, my stomach dropped like a stone, heavy and foreboding.'
She counsels that there is a just a marginal difference between falling pregnant at 27 and 39 - despite what the majority of websites and books say.
Instead, she says that some statistics widely touted today are actually based on data from French birth records from 1670 to 1830.
She also rubbishes the widely cited statistic that one in three women ages 35 to 39 will not be pregnant after a year of trying, which is based on a 2004 article in the Human Reproduction journal, which used the historical record as its source.
She says that women are now basing their pregnancy plans on these antiquated reports, and should focus on modern studies, that show a more encouraging outlook when it comes to getting pregnant.
She rubbished the widely cited statistic that one in three women ages 35 to 39 will not be pregnant after a year of trying
She rubbished the widely cited statistic that one in three women ages 35 to 39 will not be pregnant after a year of trying
She said a 2004 study in Obstetrics & Gynecology studied the chances of pregnancy among 770 European women, and found positive results.
The study, led by David Dunson, discovered that of the subjects who had sex at least twice a week, 82 per cent of 35-to-39-year-old women conceived within a year, compared with 86 per cent of 27-to-34-year-olds.
This showed that the fertility rates of women in their late 20s and early 30s was almost identical - which will bring considerable relief to worried women who fear that their chasing other priorities has wiped their chances of motherhood.
The author seeks to calm the panic many women feel, using herself as an example - she had three children and all after the age of 35.
She says fertility problems are not solely based on a woman's age, and points to endometriosis and blocked fallopian tubes for causing difficulties in conceiving.
But her comments have been met with criticism from other experts, who insist that age does significantly affect fertility.
Lord Winston, The Times reports, claims that medical data collated over 20 years shows a definite decline in fertility with age and, while warning doctors from urging women to have children at a young age, says that there is good evidence of a decline with age.
The newspaper also reported that consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist Valentine Akende said that generally, women's fertility rates began to slip at 31, dropped at age 37 and sharply fell after age 41.
But despite Prof Twenge's reassurances, it would seem that the statistics have had a lasting impact on women's views of motherhood.
According to a new survey, nearly 70 per cent of British women think a woman having a baby in her forties is too old - with the most critical being the older generation.
Of those surveyed, over three quarters aged 55 and over were against woman having a baby in their fifth decade.
The survey, undertaken by YouGov on behalf of First Response Early Pregnancy test, appears to show a deep-rooted discomfort with women who delay motherhood until their fifth decade.

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Attackers who 'stabbed British teenager 17 times and stripped him naked for kissing a Turkish girl tried to slit his wrists to finish him off'

Dwayne Ward is pictured in a football team line-up. As we look at the pic he is o
Horrifying: Dwayne Ward, 17, is fighting for his life following the attack in Turkey



A group of attackers who stripped a British teenager naked and 'stabbed him 17 times' for kissing a local girl in a Turkish bar also tried to slit his wrists to 'finish him off'.
Dwayne Ward, 17, was found with his wrists slashed and his body soaked in blood in a garden in the Tepe district of Marmaris by locals.
The teenager, who has been enjoying a night out with his older brother on Tuesday, is now out of intensive care after fighting for his life, and doctors hope he will fully recover, The Sun reported.
A police report revealed Dwayne said: 'I was having fun while I was out and I kissed a Turkish girl at the bar I was in.'
'I went to another bar and that was when they hit me in the head with a hard object.'

He then added, according to The Sun: 'I don't remember the rest.'
The teenager, from Middlesbrough, Cleveland, was on holiday with his brother Darren, 32, and their mother Doris. 
He was found at 7.30am with injuries including cuts to the throat, chest, groin, legs and back.
The teenager was taken to the intensive care unit of the Marmaris State Hospital and was initially in a critical condition.
Darren Ward, 32, waits outside Marmaris state hospital for news on his stabbed brother Dwayne.
Dwayne Ward's mother outside the Marmaris hospital where he underwent further life saving surgery today
Anxious wait: Today Dwayne Ward's mother Doris, right, and brother Darren, 32, left, were seen waiting outside Marmaris State Hospital as he underwent further surgery - he was found stabbed over a dozen times on Tuesday

Treatment:
Treatment: The state hospital in Marmaris where 17-year-old Dwayne Ward is fighting for his life
Around 270 officers had been deployed on the case. Between them they watched footage from 217 CCTV cameras over 48 hours finally getting a clear clip of Ismail A, 24, and Attila Dincer, 26, closing in on Dwayne.
Police CCTV clearly shows Dwayne wobbling down a deserted street as his two alleged attackers move in behind him. Attila Dincer, 31, links arm with the drunken Dwayne as Ismail A, walks on his other side.

Marmaris police showed photos of the pair to hundreds of locals ultimately leading to the identification and arrest of Attila who quickly gave up his accomplice.
The pair are now in custody having reportedly admitted the attack.
Attila is facing charges of robbery and wounding with intent while Ismail is charged with robbery and attempted murder crimes which can carry prison sentences of up to 36 years.
Suspect: Attila Dincer (blue T-shirt) is led away by police. He is being questioned in connection with the stabbing of 17-year-old Dwaine Ward
Suspect: Attila Dincer (blue T-shirt) is led away by police. He is being questioned in connection with the stabbing of 17-year-old Dwaine Ward in the Turkish resort town of Marmaris
Ismail A, 24, the second suspect being questioned. He was arrested on a bus in Konya, 354 miles from Marmaris
Ismail A, 24, the second suspect being questioned. He was arrested on a bus in Konya, 354 miles from Marmaris
Troubling time: Older brother Darren, visits the police station to give evidence
Troubling time: Older brother Darren, visits the police station to give evidence
Dincer was arrested in the early hours of Thursday morning and shortly after Ismail from Aksaray, was arrested on a bus in Konya, 354 miles away.
Using information believed to have come from Dincer, Turkish police in Mugla liased with other forces across the country - tracking Ismail on a bus heading for his home town.
According to police and hospital reports Dwayne had been stabbed more than a dozen times including twice in the throat and several times in the chest. It is said to have pierced his heart.
It is said he had also been stabbed in the groin, legs and back and his arms had been slashed with a razor.
Today family and friends today spoke of their horror after the 'quiet, decent' football-loving teen was attacked.

Carolyn Ward, a relative of Dwayne's, said: 'It has been a massive shock to the family, his dad Wayne is due to fly out out to Turkey soon.
Two British men are believed to have died in separate drowning incidents in Turkey, while a teenager is fighting for his life after he was stabbed ten times
Two British men are believed to have died in separate drowning incidents in Turkey, while a teenager is fighting for his life after he was stabbed ten times
Horrifying
Horrifying: The naked body of Dwayne Ward, was discovered by horrified local residents in this public garden in Marmaris - he'd been stripped and stabbed more than a dozen times
'From what we understand his condition has improved slightly and we are hoping that proves to be the case. He's such a nice, quiet young lad, it's hard to believe he's been set on like this.'
Dwayne's uncle, Vincent Ward said: 'It's hit everyone very hard, his Dad's in bits about it but is going out there tomorrow.'
Wayne Hand, 17, a former school friend at Middlesbrough's Macmillan Academy, which Dwayne left last year.
Wayne said: 'He's a really nice genuine lad and definitely not the sort to go looking for trouble.

'If he got into bother it will have come to him because he's just not one of those people who invites it.

At school he was quiet and well liked.

'After leaving MacMillan he moved on to Middlesbrough College and that's where he's studying now, I think it's something sports based.
People on Belcekiz beach called paramedics after noticing that a body, believed to be that of Anthony Gissing, was floating in the sea without moving
People on Belcekiz beach called paramedics after noticing that a body, believed to be that of Anthony Gissing, was floating in the sea without moving
'He's a good footballer and loves sport of all kinds. There have been loads of people on Twitter and Facebook this morning talking about him as word has spread of what's happened.
'He's a very popular lad and we're all totally shocked. We just want to see him him recovered and home as soon as possible.'
Neighbours at the family's neat semi detached home were also shocked by the news that Dwayne had been left fighting for his life.
One neighbour said: 'He is a respectable, decent lad from a nice family. He is certainly not the sort of kid who would have gone looking for trouble.
'He spent most of his time kicking a football around at the back of the house either on his own or with his mates.
The attack took place after the young man and his older brother, had been out drinking in the town's Bar Street on Monday night.
The brothers had reportedly become separated among the crowds and Darren had returned to their hotel alone.
The brothers are believed to be on holiday with their mother- staying at the privately run Ali Baba Otel close to the town's busy market place.
The local dignitaries from the popular Mediterranean seaside town took flowers and chocolates when they visited the family to offer their apologies for the brutal attack which took place in their resort.
Speaking from the Ali Baba Otel, his mother said: 'Dwayne's facing another operation this morning. His dad's flying out from the UK to be with him.
'I'm too distressed to talk about it.'
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) confirmed hospitalisation of the teenager.

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Paedophile priest claims 'rent boy' scandal operated at Vatican with 'starving' victims picked up at gay bar for sex with clergymen

Accuser: Convicted paedophile priest Don Patrizio Poggi who claims there was a rent boy ring at the Vatican
Accuser: Convicted paedophile priest Don Patrizio Poggi who claims there was a rent boy ring at the Vatican



A convicted paedophile priest has claimed a rent boy ring operated at the Vatican with clergymen hiring teenagers for sex inside churches.
Don Patrizio Poggi, 46, who served a five-year sentence for abusing five boys aged 14 to 15, at his parish outside Rome, has given police a list of nine names.
Four people have been placed under investigation - including a monsignor who is currently the secretary of an important bishop, it has been alleged.
Also being investigated is a former Carabinieri policeman suspected of recruiting under-age boys for the alleged prostitution ring.
The ex-officer apparently snared the teenagers, mostly eastern European immigrants, outside a gay bar named Twink near Rome's Termini train station.
A senior Vatican official has dismissed the allegations, accusing Poggi of seeking revenge because the church refused to reinstate him.
Poggi, the former priest at the San Filippo Neri church in Rome, said he made the allegations to 'protect the Holy Church and the Christian community.'
The boys were chosen because they were starving and desperate, he claimed, according to Il Messaggero newspaper.
Faithful: The crowds in St Peter's Square Vatican City: The disgraced priest has named nine clergymen he alleges were involved in the prostitution ring
Faithful: The crowds in St Peter's Square Vatican City: The disgraced priest has named nine clergymen he alleges were involved in the prostitution ring
The former policeman allegedly selected the victims as he sat in his Fiat Panda - marked 'Emergency Blood' to avoid parking fines.
He was helped by a friend who ran a modelling agency, luring underage boys through 'false work offers for modelling and acting roles', Poggi said.
Scandal: Pope Francis has admitted there is a 'gay lobby' inside the Vatican
Scandal: Pope Francis has admitted there is a 'gay lobby' inside the Vatican
The agent also looked for victims at gay discos, saunas and gyms across Rome. An accountant was also said to be involved.
The boys were paid €150-€500 (£130-£425) to perform sex acts in church premises across the capital.
Poggi also accused the former Carabinieri of selling consecrated hosts for satanic rites.
When he met the authorities, Poggi reportedly presented documentary and photographic evidence in the company of two senior Vatican clergymen who vouched for his credibility.
One of the clergymen was Monsignor Luca Lorusso, an adviser to the Papal Nuncio to Italy, who is himself a confidante of Pope Francis.
Poggi's list of names included two senior church officials and a religion lecturer.
Cardinal Agostino Vallini, head of the Catholic Vicariate of Rome, accused Poggi of making false claims out of a desire for vengeance and personal resentment.
Vallini said: 'The cardinal expresses his full confidence in the magistracy and declares himself full convinced that this slander will be demolished, demonstrating Poggi's claims to be untrue
'God will hold everyone accountable for their deeds.'
The controversy comes just weeks after Pope Francis confirmed the existence of a 'gay lobby' in the Vatican to a visiting Latin American church group.
The apparent network inside the supposedly celibate and staunchly anti-homosexual Church is one reason why Pope Francis is working on a thorough house-cleaning of the Roman curia.
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DOG BREEDER IN CAGE FOR DISTRIBUTING UNILAG GIRL"S NUDE PHOTOS ON NET

The Lagos State Police command have arrested a young man who kidnapped a female undergraduate of the University of Lagos State, Akoka, stripped her naked and beat her black blue for refusing to date him.
The suspect, identified as Babajide Bashorun, 22, a dog breeder, did not only stripped and beat the 22-year-old girl, but also raped and took snaps shot of her nudity.
Few days later, the pictures were all over the internet. The picture had the name and surname of the girl, her university, age, department and course of study.
Before the girl knew what was happening, people were stopping her in the campus to tell her they had seen her nude pictures on the internet.
The tensed situation finally came to a head after her relations in overseas saw the pictures and called her parents. It was gathered that the parents broke down and wept.
Bashorun had since been arrested by detectives at t
he Adeniji Adele Police Station.
The detectives are however hunting for two undergraduates of the University of Lagos, Akoka, identified as Aje Mayowa, 400level, studying Architecture and his partner, one Babajide Ademuyiwa, also 400level, Architecture student, for their complicity in the crime.
According to Bashorun, after he took the snap shots of the girl, he sent them to Mayowa, who sent it to Ademuyiwa. Ademuyiwa made sure the pictures were distributed on the internet.
Detectives from Adeniji Adele Police Station are working on the theory that Bashorun told the duo of Mayowa and Ademuyiwa to distribute the nude pictures on net, but the suspect insisted that he only sent the pictures to Mayowa, but did not tell anyone to distribute the pictures on the internet.
Asked why he sent the pictures to Mayowa, he kept mute.
The drama started in April 2013, but was blown open June, when a family member called the girl’s parents from USA.
The girl who had kept her kidnap, beating and rape subsequently  finally opened up to her parents about what happened in April. The parents had immediately rushed down to Adeniji Adele Police Station, to report the crime.
Narrating the incident of how she was kidnapped, the girl said:
“Jide (suspect) came to our house to treat our dog. He asked for my BB number and phone number. I gave him because he was friendly and I saw him as a friend. We became friends. Then he suddenly started calling me. He said he wanted to date me, but I told him that I already had somebody I was dating. I love this guy that I’m dating. But Jide kept calling me, saying he wanted to marry me. But he’s not even my type. He kept monitoring my moment. Even the guy I’m dating does not monitor my movement that much.
“I deleted him from my BB and phone. I was returning home for the weekend one day, when a car drove and blocked me at Idumota bus stop. Jide was in the car. Someone else was driving. When I saw it was Jide, I hissed and made to walk away. But he held my hand, dragged me closer and showed me a gun under the waist band of his trouser.
“He dragged me into the car and took me to his house. He started beating me and tore my clothes. He and his friend raped me. As he was beating me, he kept asking me what was it I wanted that he couldn’t  give me.
“He said I should unlock my phone. My password is my boy friend’s name. He started beating me again because I used my boy friend’s name as my password. He gave me his phone to speak to friends. They threatened me. They told me that they were cultists. They said they would kill me for treating their friend badly. I was afraid.
“He used bottle to hit me on my head and forehead. He hit me repeatedly on my back.  When he wanted to take my picture, I tried to cover my face but he started beating me. He took different snap shots of me.
“When he saw that I was bleeding, he stopped beating me. He started begging me. He said he was sorry, he didn’t know what came over him. He said he didn’t mean to take things that far. The second friend, who raped me with him, had since left.
“I laid down crying. He asked me what I would eat, I said nothing. I told him I was not hungry. I begged him to allow me call my mother. I wanted my mother badly. I used to be close to my father, but he was not around. And since he married another wife, we’ve drifted apart.
“Jide wouldn’t allow me to call my mother. I begged him to delete my nude pictures from his phone, but I guessed he didn’t. He used one of his shirts to cover my body. In the morning, he said he was going to buy some drugs for me.
“After he left, I tried the door and was surprised to discover it was unlocked. I was going home for the weekend when he kidnapped me. I had some of my dirty clothes in my bag. I quickly changed into one of those clothes and ran out of the apartment.
“The first person I saw when I got home was my elder brother. When he saw the blood on me, he shouted and asked what happened to me, I told him that I had an accident. When my mother saw me, I told her I fought with a fellow female student, who used to smoke Indian hemp. She wanted to go to school with me but I asked her how many people had she seen who used to follow their undergraduate children to school.
“When Jide discovered I had escaped, he called and threatened me. He said that if I tell anybody what he had done  to me, that he would kill me. He was a cult member. I didn’t want anything to happen to any member of my family, thus I didn’t tell my family. As Jide was calling and threatening me, his friends were also doing the same.”
Bashorun and his friends would have gotten away with the crime, but for the discovery of the nude pictures on the internet by family members in USA.
The girl’s mother said: “When Jide discovered that we now knew of the crime, he called a family friend, threatening that he and his cult members would come down to our house and burn it down. It was a terrible that day! We couldn’t sleep. We embarked on a night vigil.”
Bashorun also have his defence. According to him, he and the girl had been dating for long and he had spent a lot of money on her.
He  denied beating her in April, insisting that they only fought, but “I didn’t beat her.”
Explaining that he was shocked by his arrest and the girl’s claims, he said: “She is my girl friend. We fought in April and had since settled. I have begged her and she has forgiven me. What happened in April was that she asked me for money, that she wanted to buy I Pad. Its cost is about a hundred thousand. She’s always asking for money. And I always try my best to satisfy her.
“I ran around to raise the money to buy the I Pad for her. I was able to raise about N70, 000. She came to my house to collect the money. I started talking to her, telling her to change her ways. I didn’t like the fact that she was always going to club, prostituting. We now fought. I used floor mop to hit her on her back. I now took her pictures. I sent the pictures to my friend, but I didn’t tell him to distribute the pictures on internet.”
On June 24, 2013, Jide was charged to Tinubu Court 5, Lagos lsland. He was charged on six counts: kidnapping, rape, conspiracy, and attempt to commit murder, indecent assault, and assault occasioning harm.
Jide pleaded not guilty to the charge. He was granted bail with three Sureties, the sum of N250,000.00 each, with three years tax clearance.
The case was adjoined to July 10, 2013.

SSS arrests army officer

There were strong indications yesterday that operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) may have arrested an army officer for his alleged association with the murderous Boko Haram Islamic sect.
The arrest, which was said to have taken place on Thursday, was the outcome of the raid on a residential duplex in Jikwoyi area of Abuja.  Although the identity of the officer could not be established last night, he was however said to have been arrested in a posh home in Jikwoyi, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Military authorities declined yesterday to discuss the reported arrest.
Instructively, troops of the Nigerian army are currently conducting operations in the north eastern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe, to  flush out the Boko Haram insurgents whose blood-thirsty members have killed and maimed hundreds of innocent citizens.
At a press briefing yesterday in Abuja, which was addressed by the Chief of Civil/Military Affairs, Major General Mobolaji Koleosho on behalf of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Azubuike Ihejirika, to mark  the commencement of the ‘2013 Army Week’, inquiries about the reported arrest were not attended to by the military authorities. Reporters were requested to restrict their questions to the ‘Army Week’ alone. Even a few that defied the directive and sought clarifications on the alleged arrest of the army officer over terrorism, the latest operations in the troubled northern states and in Mali, were politely turned down.
Major General Kolosho instructed specifically that any matter outside the ‘Army Week’ should be reserved for the monthly briefing of the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier Attahiru Ibrahim, who was also present at the briefing but equally refused to answer questions outside the forthcoming event. It was, however, gathered that operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) in two unmarked vehicles, zoomed into a residential duplex believed to be owned by a soldier at Jikwoyi Phase Four and whisked away the officer. A senior officer at the SSS head office behind the Millennium Park on Aso Drive confirmed yesterday to Saturday Newswatch that the service had been talking to a soldier, but failed to say precisely what allegations the army officer is facing.
The Director of Media and Publicity for the SSS, Mrs. Marilyn Ogar, could not be reached for her comments. Her regular mobile phone number was switched off for a better part of the period Saturday Newswatch reporter tried to contact her.  But when our reporter eventually got her at about 2:40pm yesterday, Ogar said she had not been briefed on the operation. “I do not know anything about that operation,” she said, and switched off her mobile phone again in a manner that suggested that she was avoiding being ‘disturbed’ by newshounds over the matter.  Meanwhile, the identity of the arrested officer, the brief of the security operatives and the crime the officer is suspected to have committed were still unclear as at press time last night.  Also, inquires made at the office of the FCT Director of the State Security Services (SSS), Mr. LittleJohn Okojie, did not yield results.
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Why we executed 4 convicts on death row – Edo Govt

Edo State government has explained why it recently executed four convicts who were on death row.  The state’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Mr. Henry Idahagbon, threw more light on why the ordered the execution of the convicts, an action that has drawn the ire of the human rights community in the country and internationally. Idahagbon made this clarification when civil society organizations and student leaders led by the Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, Reverend David Ugolor protested to the State Ministry of Justice. They presented two communiqués on extra judicial killings and the killing of criminals on death row issued at the end of two separate meetings held by civil society organizations and student leaders from various higher institutions in Edo State.  According to Idahagbon, any state governor is under a legal duty to sign execution warrants, saying failure which the governor can be sued in accordance with the provisions of the law. He said the advocacy of the Amnesty International and the civil societies in Edo State should therefore be directed towards amending the country’s criminal code so that death sentences can be commuted to life imprisonment, and expunged from the law.
“The advocacy of the Amnesty International; the advocacy of the civil societies here should be directed towards amending our laws. As we speak today; in Edo State, there are three offences that carry death penalty. The first is murder under section 319, the second is armed robbery, the third is treasonable felony. And when a person is charged with armed robbery or any of these three offences, the judge has no discretion. He must impose the sentence of death, because that is the law. “And let me say finally, every governor of a state is under a legal duty, a constitutional responsibility to sign execution warrant,” Idahagbon  emphasised. He said the execution warrant was signed on the four convicts after they had exhausted all their rights known to law in the country, right from the High Court to Appeal Court and finally at the Supreme Court where death sentences were imposed on them all through. Idahagbon said they were sentenced to death due to the level of crime they committed. “The four convicts are persons who have exhausted all their rights known to law in this country. Their sentences had been confirmed since 1993, 1994 and only one of them was 2000.
“Daniel Nsofor entered a vehicle from Ekpan to Ehor and with two others and a lady called Maria Imariagbe. At about 07:15, they disembarked from the vehicle at Ehor and then they got Maria Imariagbe; they strangulated her, killed her and collected her money. “Chima Ejiofor was an auto spare parts dealer in Benin here. He had a relationship with a woman that led to the birth of a baby. The baby was two-and half-months old. He came to visit the baby and the mother at their house; he gave money to the mother to go and buy Coca Cola, and before she came back, he poured acid into the mouth of the baby and the baby died. What was his excuse, that as a first child, from his state of origin, he is not expected to have a child out of wedlock.
“Osarenmwinda Aigbokhian went into the bush and he claimed he saw a big deer, so he shot at the deer and the deer died. He went there and he started butchering the deer. While butchering the deer, the deer turned to a human being. He didn’t stop to say let me run to the village; come and see the wonder of the world, the deer has turned to a human being, but he kept on butchering his victim. He cut the human being into small parts and buried it; (in) several parts of the bush. And when autopsy was done, there was no mark of any bullet, so there was no shooting. The person was killed with a very sharp object. “The one remaining (Richard Igagu) was not executed because the sentence of the court is that he should die by firing squad. He went with his gang to a house to rob. After robbing the man of his possession, they raped the wife. And after raping the woman, they took a bottle and inserted into her private part until she bled to death.” Earlier, leader of the advocacy group, the Executive Director of Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, Reverend David Ugolor said their concern is to put an end to the incidence of extra-judicial killings and killing of convicts on death row as there are other stiffer punishments that could be meted out to offenders instead of death sentence.
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Hemp photos: Tonto Dikeh risks 15-year jail term


Tonto Dikeh


The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Friday said controversial Nigerian actress, Tonto Dikeh, risks a minimum of 15 years in jail for encouraging the consumption of hemp.
Dikeh had on Friday posted photographs of a wrap of hemp and grains of the weed formed into the letters, ‘Happy birthday POKO.’
She also posted a photograph of herself and added the inscription, ‘Mi smoke ganja mi smoke weed while my hatez smoke ma gossip.’
Her picture is a close-up of her face that seemed to depict her in a high state.
When Saturday PUNCH contacted NDLEA for comments, its spokesman, Mr. Mitchell Ofoyeju, said the matter would be investigated.
He said the matter had been referred to the appropriate department of the agency.
Ofoyeju said, “Our attention has been drawn to the post quite frankly and I can tell you that action will be taken on it. The law is clear and NDLEA has been very clear on the issue. No one is permitted to sell, use, cultivate or encourage the use of Indian hemp in Nigeria. The weed is one of the banned narcotics in the country.
“NDLEA Act Section 14 (b) states that any person who conspires with, aids, abets, counsels, attempts to commit or is an accessory to any act or offence referred to in this act shall be guilty of an offence under this act and liable on conviction to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term not less than 15 years and not exceeding 25 years.
“Investigation has not started as of now but definitely, a step has to be taken on the matter. Ignorance of the law is not an excuse; so, it is obvious that the actress stands the risk of 15 years jail term. The appropriate department is meeting on the issue for necessary action.”
The NDLEA spokesman, however, declined to give any hint on particular steps the agency would take in its investigation, citing reasons bearing on ethics.
Dikeh’s post has expectedly drawn mixed reactions from readers, with many of them voicing concern for the way she is living her life.
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200 SUVs, others seized from Boko Haram •JTF nabs 4 sect leaders •Detention camps overflowing



OVER 200 vehicles, consisting mainly of Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs), have so far been recovered from the camps of the Boko Haram Islamic sect since the beginning of the onslaught against the insurgents.
The vehicles are believed to have been stolen from their owners in various parts of the country.
The insurgents are said to have demonstrated a preference for SUVs or 4-wheel drive vehicles as these facilitate their quick escape in the desert area.
On Friday, four members of the sect, including one believed to be very close to the Boko Haram leader, Sheikh Abubakar Shekau, were arrested by the ‘civilian joint task force’ in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Saturday Tribune gathered on Friday that  three of the sect members were arrested at Galtimari Ward, close to Giwa Barracks, and handed over to the unit along Barracks Road, while the remaining one was arrested at Kawar-Maila, in Shehuri Ward of the state.
One of the task force officials who arrested the fourth sect member on Friday told Saturday Tribune that the suspect would be taken to one of the car wash centres near the Maiduguri zoo so as to make him indentify some other members of his group and also show (the task force) where they keep their guns.
A military source who spoke to Saturday Tribune on Thursday had foreclosed an early restoration of communication facilities in parts of the North currently under state of emergency, saying there were security reports that the terrorists were making efforts to contact one another so that they could regroup.
Also, those hoping that the state of emergency currently in place in the three northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe will soon be lifted may also have to wait a little longer, as military authorities have declared that they are determined to see the current anti-terrorists clampdown to its logical conclusion.
Saturday Tribune gathered from informed security sources that the detention camps are already overflowing with terrorists captured during the various raids, while the Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Ibrahim, has set up an assessment team on the development.
The defence headquarters is bothered that the facilities in the detention camps have been overstretched, and has mandated the assessment team to ascertain the level of involvement of the terrorists so that those not deeply involved can be recommended to the Federal Government for amnesty.
Also, it was gathered that the military task force has been given a marching order to either capture or eliminate Shekau, as it is believed that this is the only way to end insurgency in the country.
He recounted how a member of the sect riding a motorcycle in Borno tried to beat a checkpoint but was pursued by troops who shot at him. When the bag he was carrying was searched, a recent recording of Shekau was found in it. When the tape was played, it had the voice of Shekau, the Boko Haram leader, warning the people not to cooperate with the troops, as those who do so would be risking their lives.
The recording was to be posted on Youtube.
The troops also recovered various hand bills that would have been distributed to cause disaffection between the people and the troops.
According to the source, military authorities believe that this particular terrorist is very close to Shekau and would provide useful information about his whereabouts.
Saturday Tribune gathered that various types of activities go on inside the sect’s camps in Sambisa forest, which stretches over 16 kilometres on the outskirts of Borno and lies between Bama and Maiduguri.
According to the source, locally fabricated rocket stands and other equipment were being manufactured in the forest.
One of the bullion vans taken away by the terrorists when Bama prison was attacked was seen in the forest, which the terrorists set ablaze while they were fleeing.
Also, the troops discovered a tailoring factory where the terrorists were sewing fake army uniforms and camouflage and other materials.
Defence spokesman, Brigadier-General Chris Olukolade, said that it was not easy for the insurgents to regroup and that this was why communication in those areas cannot be restored now.
On the involvement of youths in hunting for the sect members, Olukolade said the youth were being watched and controlled, since (their involvement) is a voluntary effort, having experienced the ferocity of the terrorists.
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Friday, June 28, 2013

Sri Lankan man claims to have lived without eating food for FIVE YEARS

A Sri Lankan man claims he has survived without food for the last five years.Although experts believe humans can only live for two months without a meal, Kirby de Lanerolle insists he has only needed fresh air as nourishment.
The breatharian also claims his lifestyle - which he says harnesses light, wind and the 'vibrations of God' - can reverse the ageing process and make him immortal.
'In a new state of consciousness': Sri Lankan Kirby de Lanerolle claims he has survived without eating food for the last five years
'In a new state of consciousness': Sri Lankan Kirby de Lanerolle claims he has survived without eating food for the last five years
'Calories comes from photons': De Lanerolle claims his breatharian lifestyle - which he says harnesses light, wind and the 'vibrations of God' - can reverse the ageing process and make him immortal
'Calories comes from photons': De Lanerolle claims his breatharian lifestyle - which he says harnesses light, wind and the 'vibrations of God' - can reverse the ageing process and make him immortal
In an interview on TV show Taboo USA cited by The Sun, de Lanerolle said: 'There are energy sources out there that are greater than the food calories you are putting in your body.
'Calories come from photons and light and vibrations and wind. Anything can feed you if your energy centres are open.'
He admits to having eaten seven 500-calorie meals over the last ten months, but claims they made him feel ill.
He said: 'In this consciousness, when I do eat food, it makes me feel very tired. And my alertness goes away when I eat now.'
No need to feed: He admits to having eaten seven 500-calorie meals over the last ten months, but claims they made him feel ill
No need to feed: He admits to having eaten seven 500-calorie meals over the last ten months, but claims they made him feel ill
Controversial: Experts are worried about his claims because some people have died trying adopt the lifestyle
Controversial: Experts are worried about his claims because some people have died trying adopt the lifestyle

VITAL LIFE FORCE OR DANGEROUS PSEUDOSCIENCE?

Breatharians believe food and possibly water are not needed to sustain life.
Instead, all that's required is prana, a vital life force in Hinduism also known as 'living off light'.
Jasmuheen, formerly Ellen Greve, is credited with starting the Breatharian movement. 
She advises followers to convert gradually, first becoming a vegetarian, a vegan, moving to raw foods, fruits, then liquids and finally prana. 
However, many in the scientific community believe it is a dangerous pseudoscience that has caused many people to starve to death.
According to odditycentral.com, de Lanerolle was a drug addict at the age of 16.
But he has gone on to become a Gold medalist at the Junior National Level Championship for Rifle Shooting in 1995, winner of several boxing medals, Executive Advisor to the Ministry of Social Services in Sri Lanka and a successful entrepreneur.
He is also believed to be the only person known to have completed a marathon having only consumed water for three months.
He claims he owes his dramatic turnaround in fortunes to the breatharian lifestyle.
Around five years ago, he read about people who didn't eat for up to six years and didn't drink water for 40 days and 40 nights.
He was also convinced by the writings of a guru who said that cancer, diabetes and heart disease are caused by food.
He now wants to teach others to be breatharians, but experts are worried about his claims because some people have died trying adopt the lifestyle. 
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Couple discover 7,500 machine gun, shotgun and pistol bullets in their back garden while weeding their pond

A couple who recently moved into a rented home discovered a cache of 7,500 bullets in a pond in their back garden.
Neil Tipping, 33, who lives with his girlfriend Eleanor Mercer, 32, made the shocking discovery while he was clearing weeds from the water feature.
He said he saw a flash of metal and thought it was a piece of gold, but upon closer inspection he found that it was actually a bullet.
Police officers arrived at the house where they discovered 2.2mm rifle rounds, up to 30 machine gun rounds, shotgun cartridges, and a cache of 9mm and 8mm rounds.
Hands-on: A police officer wearing purple gloves lines up bullets found in pond
Hands-on: A police officer wearing purple gloves lines up a number of the bullets found in the pond at Mr Tipping and Ms Mercer's home
Safe: Despite the thousands of bullets that were found, the police did not feel the need to evacuate the couple
Safe: Despite the thousands of bullets that were found, the police did not feel the need to evacuate the couple
Now the pair are worried there may be more rounds of undiscovered ammunition in their home. 
Mr Tipping said: 'It’s really unnerved us. I’m terrified that next time I’m mowing the lawn I’ll run over a bullet that hasn’t been found yet. One of us could be seriously hurt.
'We have friends with young children who could have put one of the bullets in their mouth, or one of our cats could have got hold of one - it doesn’t bear thinking about.
Shocked: Eleanor Mercer and Neil Tipping stumbled upon a haul of ammunition in their rented home
Shocked: Eleanor Mercer and Neil Tipping stumbled upon a haul of ammunition in their rented home
'We were planning to be in this house for years - now we want to move out as soon as we can.
The couple, who have been together for 10 years, moved into the rented house last September.

Mr Tipping made the discovery earlier this month while using a rake to pull up long reeds from one of the two ponds.
'Something fell from the pile of weeds I’d pulled out and it hit the paving stones with a clink. I didn’t think much about it until it happened again with the next pile - and I saw a flash of gold.

'My first thought was ‘Oh my God, I’ve found treasure! I was thrilled. 
'But I picked the metal up and realised it was a bullet.'

Mr Tipping called alerted his partner Ms Mercer and  headed to a friend’s house - incredibly, with the bullets in his pocket.
'It seems really stupid now but I didn’t realise they could be dangerous, I just wanted to find out what they were. My friend used to live on a farm and told me they were 2.2mm bullets.
'I came home and looked in the pond for more - then we spotted some really big ones.'

Ms Mercer added: 'I rang my dad because he used to be in the Navy, and he told us not to touch them because they could be dangerous.
Haul: The pond also contained 20 to 30 machine gun rounds, two shotgun cartridges, more than 50 9mm rounds and 30 8mm rounds
Haul: The pond also contained 20 to 30 machine gun rounds, two shotgun cartridges, more than 50 9mm rounds and 30 8mm rounds
Ready to go: A view of police preparing to conduct search for bullets, from inside Mr Tipping and Ms Mercer's home
Ready to go: A view of police preparing to conduct search for bullets, from inside Mr Tipping and Ms Mercer's home
He said they could have eroded over time and we should call the police straight away. It was at that point that we started to panic.'
The couple dialled 101 and two officers arrived, quickly realised the seriousness of the situation, and called in CID officers who alerted the fire brigade to drain the ponds because the underwater search unit was not available.

Search: A picture taken from inside the house shows police officers scouring the pond for hidden ammunition in Mr Tipping and Ms Mercer's garden
Search: A picture taken from inside the house shows police officers scouring the pond for hidden ammunition in Mr Tipping and Ms Mercer's garden
Before the pair knew what was happening, two fire engines pulled up, followed by two police vans - and their garden was taken over as a full-scale assessment took place.
As an examination of the bullets deemed them not to be a risk, the couple were not evacuated, but officers stayed until 1am sifting through the sludge and mud in one of the ponds - where they found around 2,200 bullets - the majority of which were 2.2mm rifle rounds.
But shockingly, the pond also contained 20 to 30 machine gun rounds, two shotgun cartridges, more than 50 9mm rounds and 30 8mm rounds.
Police assured the Mr Tipping and Ms Mercer they would be back the next day to search the second pond.

Ms Mercer said: 'After the second seven-hour day, one of the officers asked me how many I thought they’d found in that pond.
'I thought it would maybe be the same amount as the first pond, and I couldn’t believe it when he said they’d found over 5,600 more.'

The next day police brought metal detectors and did a full search of the house and garden to make sure there was no more hidden ammunition, before giving the couple the all-clear.

'It’s just mind-blowing,' Mr Tipping said. 'The police told me that they found more rounds of ammunition in our back garden than at the local arms store.'
No stone unturned: A police officer in protective gear looks under the floorboards of the living room in the house
No stone unturned: A police officer in protective gear looks under the floorboards of the living room in the house
While West Yorkshire Police have launched an investigation into how the ammunition ended up in the ponds, the couple have contacted their letting agent - who in turn, spoke to the landlord who now lives in Turkey.

'He was astonished, and said he had no idea where it had come from,' Ms Mercer said. 'The house was empty for a year before we took it so we don’t know what has happened.

'It’s sad because we love this house and have spent time and effort making it a home. And somebody somewhere has ruined that. I don’t want to stay in a house where that kind of thing has been found in the garden. I’m gutted.'

Mr Tipping added: 'Of course for our family and friends this is a great story, but for us, it’s ruined our home.'
Concerned: Mr Tipping and Ms Mercer have expressed unease about continuing to live at their home in Leeds after police drained their pond and found thousands of bullets
Concerned: Mr Tipping and Ms Mercer have expressed unease about continuing to live at their home in Leeds after police drained their pond and found thousands of bullets

Probe: Police have launched an investigation while the couple's landlord, who lives in Turkey, is said to be 'astonished' at the find at his property in Leeds
Probe: Police have launched an investigation while the couple's landlord, who lives in Turkey, is said to be 'astonished' at the find at his property in Leeds

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