By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Nouvelle Tribune
Masked Israeli settlers beat Bernard Baudoux, the French mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries, during a visit to Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. The attackers also targeted European diplomats and Catholic representatives; Israeli police have opened an investigation, AP reports.
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Countries condemn Israel’s settlement plan in the West Bank, and Netanyahu denounces settler violence.
18 OctSettlers attack European diplomats near Taybeh
18 OctIsrael accuses European diplomats after settler attack
17 OctWest Bank: Huckabee calls for prosecution of settlersMasked Israeli settlers attacked near Taybeh in the West Bank vehicles carrying French, Belgian and Polish diplomats, also assaulting Bernard Baudoux, mayor of Aulnoye-Aymeries. French minister Jean-Noël Barrot and his Belgian counterpart Maxime Prévot condemned the violence, while Israel announced a police investigation, reports Al Jazeera.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu’s office said European diplomats should have coordinated their movement with the Israeli army after a settler attack in the West Bank. It also commented on the violence targeting 78-year-old French mayor Bernard Baudoux, according to Le Monde.
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The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, is calling for legal action against settlers involved in the assault of a photographer in the West Bank. He described the attack as “heinous terror” and adopted a firmer tone than Washington in an earlier statement, reports Le Monde.
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Aly Ngouille Ndiaye, leader of the Party for Sovereignty and Development (PSD Njariñ), criticised the conduct of some hearings by Senegalese parliamentary commissions of inquiry, saying they must not replace oversight bodies or the police. The former interior minister discussed several current affairs issues in an interview broadcast by Senegal7, Seneweb reports.
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Fire at Canadian military base leaves people deadAn incident followed by a fire at the Wainwright military base in Alberta left people dead and injured, Canadian Defence Minister David McGuinty announced. The fire spread beyond the base and mobilised firefighters from several jurisdictions; Canadian authorities said the situation remained under surveillance, according to AFP.
Three Peruvian women rescued from suspected scam network in GqeberhaThree Peruvian women were rescued from a lodge in Gqeberha, where they were allegedly lured under false pretences and involved in an online scam operation targeting people in Peru. The intervention by the Hawks and South African immigration services followed a report passed on by the national human trafficking hotline, according to Hawks spokesperson Ndiphiwe Mhlakuvana.The week in Africa
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