Both passports used by missing Malaysian Airline passengers were stolen in Phuket

The MH370 vanished mid-air, an hour after taking off from Kuala Lumpur, enroute to Beijing and investigation teams have been doing a desperate search to locate the aircraft and coming up with a number of theories behind the missing plane.

According to the Guardian, the Italian national who was believed to be on board the plane said that his passport went missing last year from a motorbike rental shop in Phuket, where hundreds of passports are thought to be lost or stolen every year in a black-market racket.

Luigi Maraldi, 37, said that he was on holiday last summer when he left his passport at an undisclosed rental shop in Patong, only to discover when he later went to collect it that the shop owner had handed it over to a man who 'looked similar'.

Italian honorary consul Francesco Pensato confirmed that Maraldi lost his passport in July last year, and that the number of the passport used to board the flight was the same as that of the stolen passport.

Another Austrian citizen, Christian Kozel, 30, listed on the missing flight's manifest, also revealed that his passport was stolen two years ago during a flight from Phuket to Bangkok.

Investigators were now looking if other passengers were also traveling on false documents and not ruling out the possibility of terrorism and asylum as six Syrians hoping to seek refugee status in Sweden have been detained for over a month at Phuket's international airport after attempting to fly to Stockholm via Beijing on Greek passports, the report said.

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Robbers Kills Two, Injured More Than 40 Over Sunday Service Offering In Ibadan Church

At least six robbers laid siege on the Vine Branch Church, Mokola Ibadan today, killing two policemen and potentially losing two of their own men to fatal gun wounds in a failed attempt to steal the church’s Sunday service offering.

According to a member of the congregation who spoke anonymously with eeporters, the robbers arrived at the church — located on No 1, Olubadan Palace Road, Off Queen Elizabeth Road — at exactly 12:15pm in a Black Toyota Corolla car. Dressed in black suits and white shirts, the gunmen caught the policemen on duty unawares, as they were mistaken for church worshippers.

“The robbers arrived at exactly 12:15pm, some 15 minutes to the end of the second service”, said the source, who sat by the window and consequently watched the whole shock unfold.

“The policemen attempted to resist but two of them were killed instantly, as they were unprepared for that sort of daredevil confrontation in a church and on a Sunday. Six of the robbers entered the church, and there is a possibility that few others remained outside”.

He added that notwithstanding the killing of two of their colleagues, the other policemen fought back gallantly and shot two of the robbers.

“I saw the robbers drag their wounded fellows out of the church when they could not lay hands on the office, and when they got an alert that police reinforcement was coming”, he continued.

“The two robbers who were shot, there is no chance that any of them would survive. They were still breathing when they were being dragged into the Toyota Corolla to escape, but they were very seriously injured. The robbers also rained bullets on the police van in the church. They shot so many times that after they escaped, we were freely picking bullets from the floor”.

The source also said that once the six robbers gained entry into the church, they shot indiscriminately, causing pandemonium that resulted into all manners of bodily injuries to more than 40 congregators.

“The church has five exit points, and these robbers came in through three. This meant that more than 1,000 worshippers had to scuttle for only two doors”, he continued.

“No one was hit by a bullet, but there was a stampede. Many people tripped. Some others were suffocated, and they fainted. Some sustained bruises, others sustained sprains. I was lucky only to have sustained minor bruises and sprained my leg, and I’m sure they heal fast”.

The more-than-40 injured worshippers were rushed to the hospital adjacent to the church, which is owned by Pastor of the church, Sola Kolade and his wife, who are both medical doctors.

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A 500-level student of the Ambrose Alli University and At Least Four Other Killed In Edo Renewed Cult war

AT least five persons, including a 500-level student of the Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, have been killed in the past two weeks in a renewed cult war in Edo State.

The Edo State Police Commissioner who had earlier warned that the command would not tolerate any form of cult related killing in the state, vowed to fish out the perpetrators after investigations must have been carried out.

The 500-level Computer Science student of the AAU identified as Osagie Osamudiamen, was said to have been shot at close range in a popular hotel in the university town of Ekpoma.

We learnt that he was trailed by members of a rival cult group to a serene location where he was caught. He was said to be a leader of one of the cult groups in the school.

Also, a musician simply identified as Jonathan was killed in front of a hotel opposite the popular Ekiosa market, near Third Junction in Benin City, last Thursday.

It was learnt that three other persons yet to be identified were found dead around St Saviour area, near Niger College in Upper Sakpoba road and New Benin area.
It was further learnt that the killing of the 500-level student led to a reprisal attack in different parts of the state.

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