Smoke bombs set off during Dutch league football match

Smoke bombs set off during Dutch league football match

Smoke bombs set off during a Dutch league football match between Ajax and host PSV Eindhoven injured 15 people on Sunday, 23 April, according to AFP. Defending champions PSV dealt Ajax a crushing blow when the titleholders won 1-0, dropping the Amsterdam team four points behind this year’s table leader, Feyenoord Rotterdam. Feyenoord will clinch the Eredivisie title if they beat Excelsior on 7 May.Officials in Ajax’s match at Eindhoven were forced to stop play just five minutes in due to the thick smoke engulfing a section of the stands. Apr 24, 2017
Police arrest share speculator for Borussia Dortmund bomb attack

Police arrest share speculator for Borussia Dortmund bomb attack

German police have arrested a 28-year-old man suspected of carrying out the triple bomb attack on the Borussia Dortmund football team bus on 11 April. The man, known as Sergei W, was allegedly hoping to profit from falling Borussia Dortmund stock prices after the incident, having bought 15,000 options of Borussia Dortmunds stock. Apr 21, 2017
UN criticises Syria bus attack that left at least 112 Syrian refugees dead

UN criticises Syria bus attack that left at least 112 Syrian refugees dead

At least 112 people have been killed in a suicide bomb blast when a convoy of buses carrying refugees into Aleppo was attacked. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the death toll is expected to rise further.Around 5,000 people were in the pro-government convoy, including civilians and fighters. They were part of an exchange of evacuees between government and rebel-held areas. Thousands were stranded in convoys for more than 30 hours over disputes between the two sides. Apr 16, 2017