BRASILIA – About 30 whales beached themselves over the weekend in the northeastern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte, with fishermen helping all except six of the marine mammals make it back out to sea, officials said.
The whales were found Sunday on Upanema beach, located about 327 kilometers (203 miles) from Natal, the capital of Rio Grande do Norte.
Fishermen immediately set up an improvised rescue operation and helped save most of the whales.
Personnel from a whale research institute at the University of Rio Grande do Norte and police officers also assisted in the rescue effort.
Six of the whales died on the beach despite the best efforts of rescuers, police Lt. Joao Almeida said.
The marine mammals were young pilot whales, University of Rio Grande do Norte researchers said. EFE
An employeeof the City Council,assignedto theCivilProtection Division,was eatingat the restaurant"Dogaut2",when he was killed. The location was on the edgeofcountry roadknown as"La Vereda" .
The incident occurredat 4pm yesterday,MontejoRomanDominguez,age 30,was accompanied byanother personfor lunch. At the time whenthe city officialwas eating,a groupof armed mentook him by surprise and started shooting at him while he was eating.
Aftercommittingthe execution, the suspectswhereabouts were unknown,theyfled aboarda van,white in color, lostin the streets ofCárdenas.
Authoritiesdo not precludethe possibilitythatthis may have beenperpetratedbyacartel over disputedterritory in the area.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up amid hundreds of worshippers at a historic church in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 78 people in the deadliest-ever attack against the country's Christian minority.
A wing of the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the bombing, raising new questions about the government's push to strike a peace deal with the militants to end a decade-long insurgency that has killed thousands of people.
The Jundullah arm of the Taliban said they would continue to target non-Muslims until the United States stopped drone attacks in Pakistan's remote tribal region. The latest drone strike came Sunday, when missiles hit a pair of compounds in the North Waziristan tribal area, killing six suspected militants.
The attack on the All Saints Church, which wounded 141 people, occurred as worshippers were leaving after services to get a free meal of rice offered on the front lawn, said a top government administrator, Sahibzada Anees.
There were blasts and there was hell for all of us," said Nazir John, who was at the church in the city's Kohati Gate district along with at least 400 other worshippers. "When I got my senses back, I found nothing but smoke, dust, blood and screaming people. I saw severed body parts and blood all around."
Survivors wailed and hugged one another in the wake of the blasts. The white walls of the church, which first opened in the late 1800s, were pockmarked with holes caused by ball bearings contained in the bombs to cause maximum damage. Blood stained the floor and the walls. Plates filled with rice were scattered on the ground.
The attack was carried out by two suicide bombers who detonated their explosives almost simultaneously, said police officer Shafqat Malik.
The 78 dead included 34 women and seven children, said Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan. Another 37 children were among the 141 wounded, he said.
GUATEMALA CITY – Fire rescue personnel found the charred bodies of two brothers alongside a little-traveled road in Amatitlan, 30 kilometers (19 miles) south of this capital, Guatemalan authorities said Thursday.
The bodies were apparently burned at the scene, a spokesman for fire rescue told reporters.
Relatives identified the victims as brothers Gustavo and Alex Hernandez Paiz, ages 25 and 22, respectively.
The men were last seen Wednesday afternoon as they left their home in Amatitlan, a police spokesman said. Unconfirmed media accounts described the brothers as criminals who preyed on their neighbors.
Guatemala is considered one of the most violent countries in Latin America.
A total of 4,132 murders were registered in the Central American country between January and August, up 5.84 percent from the 3,904 killings registered during the same period last year, the National Forensic Sciences Institute said. EFE