civilian casualties

Death toll from Sri Lanka Easter attacks rises to 290 as police announce new arrests

The death toll from bomb blasts that ripped through churches and luxury hotels in Sri Lanka rose dramatically to 290 as police announced new arrests

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Series of explosions in Sri Lanka churches and hotels kills dozens

Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured in a string of blasts at hotels and churches in Sri Lanka as worshippers attended Easter services

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Boko Haram kills 11 in overnight attack in Cameroon’s Far North

Boko Haram fighters have killed 11 civilians in an overnight attack in Cameroon's troubled Far North Region

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Pakistan navy and coast guard personnel among 14 gunned down in Balochistan

Gunmen killed at least 14 people after forcing them to disembark from buses in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, officials said

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Car bomb in Mogadishu kills 4 despite heavy security following Al-Shabaab attacks

Four people were killed and five injured when a car loaded with explosives detonated on a busy road in Somalia's capital Mogadishu

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Pakistan: Bomb targeting Hazaras in Quetta market kills at least 16

At least 16 people were killed and 30 wounded by a blast apparently targeting the Hazara community at a market in Pakistan's Quetta city

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Double car bomb in Syria’s Raqqa kills at least 8, mostly civilians

A double bomb attack in the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, a former ISIS bastion, killed at least eight people, mostly civilians

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Mali soldiers shoot civilians in Dioura after ‘surprise’ mortar test fire

Malian soldiers shot dead at least one villager and injured four others after an explosion they mistook for an attack in Dioura in the central Mopti region

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UN humanitarian coordinator urges investigation into Yemen students’ deaths blamed on airstrike

The UN called for an investigation into the deaths of 11 civilians in Yemen's capital, where rebels accused a Saudi-led coalition of carrying out an airstrike

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Nigeria: Three killed in twin suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri

Three people were killed and more than 30 were injured in a twin suicide bomb attack in Muna Dalti on the outskirts of Maiduguri in Nigeria's Borno state

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