Tag Archives: Bystanders

British Ambassador in Yemen Narrowly Escapes Bomb Attack

By Gideon Swift | Published: April 26, 2010

The British ambassador in Yemen escaped a homicide bomb attack Monday, when a young man in a school uniform detonated his explosives belt near his armored car at a poor neighborhood of San’a, officials said. Police and forensic officers gather evidence from the site of a suicide bomb blast in Sanaa April 26, 2010. [...]

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UK: Police handling of protests needs national overhaul, says review

By Gideon Swift | Published: July 7, 2009

There should be a national overhaul of the policing of protests that reasserts the state’s obligation to allow lawful demonstrations, a scathing report into how the Metropolitan police handled the G20 protests recommended today. Advocating major reforms in the way such marches are handled, Denis O’Connor, the chief inspector of constabulary, said national tactics for [...]