Munich Airport temporarily shut after drone sightings
Munich, Oct 3: Munich Airport was temporarily shut down overnight after several drone sightings in the area, the latest mysterious drone overflights in the airspace of European Union member countries, officials said. Germany’s air traffic control restricted flights at the airport shortly after 10 pm (2000 GMT) on Thursday and then halted them altogether, airport operators said in a statement. Seventeen flights were unable to take off, affecting almost 3,000 passengers, while 15 arriving flights were diverted to three other airports in Germany and one in Vienna, Austria. Flights in and out of the airport resumed at 5 am (0300 GMT), said Stefan Bayer, a spokesperson for Germany’s federal police at Munich airport. Authorities were not immediately able to provide any information about who was responsible for the overflights. (AP)
Police fire may have killed UK synagogue attack victim
Manchester, Oct 3: One of the two men killed in a car and knife attack on a synagogue in the city of Manchester appears to have been killed by a bullet fired by a police officer as worshippers tried to stop the attacker getting into the building, law enforcement authorities said Friday. Police said local residents Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, died in the attack on the Heaton Park Congregation Synagogue in the Manchester suburb of Crumpsall on Thursday. Three other people are hospitalised in serious condition. Police shot and killed a suspect seven minutes after he rammed a car into pedestrians outside the synagogue and then attacked them with a knife. He wore what appeared to be an explosives belt, which was found to be fake. Greater Manchester Police chief Stephen Watson said a forensic examination has provisionally determined that one of those killed had a gunshot wound. He said the attacker did not have a gun, and “this injury may sadly have been sustained as a tragic and unforeseen consequence” of police actions. He said one of the hospitalised victims also appears to have been shot. “It is believed that both victims were close together behind the synagogue door, as worshippers acted bravely to prevent the attacker from gaining entry,” Watson said. The assault took place as people gathered at the Orthodox synagogue on Yom Kippur, the day of atonement and the most solemn day in the Jewish calendar. (AP)
Apple takes down app that report sightings of ICE agents
New York, Oct 3: Apple has taken down an app that uses crowdsourcing to flag sightings of US immigration agents, apparently after being pressured by US authorities. ICEBlock, a free iPhone-only app that lets users anonymously report and monitor activity by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers, was no longer available on Apple’s App Store as of Friday. “We just received a message from Apple’s App Review that #ICEBlock has been removed from the App Store due to ‘objectionable content,’” the developer said in a social media post. “The only thing we can imagine is that this is due to pressure from the Trump Admin. We have responded, and we’ll fight this!” (AP)
