Tag: terrorism
Cayman joins regional anti-terrorist security plan
(CNS): The Cayman Islands took part in a CARICOM-EU conference earlier this month aimed at developing a Counter-Terrorism Strategy for the region. Michael Ebanks, the chief officer at the home affairs ministry, led the local delegation of law enforcement officials, where a joint strategy to guide the region’s efforts to address terrorism and violent extremism […]
Seven dead in third UK terrorist attack in 3 months
(CNS): The UK faced a night of terror Saturday after three men killed seven people and wounded 48 victims in the country’s third terrorist attack in as many months. British Prime Minister Theresa May suspended election campaigning in the country Sunday, after chairing a crisis meeting of the nation’s Cobra committee to discuss the UK’s response […]
Killer and first victims named in Manchester terror attack
(CNS): British born Salman Abedi (22) has been confirmed by the chief constable of Greater Manchester Police as the suicide bomber who blew himself up outside a pop concert in the city last night, killing 22 people and wounding at least 59 others. As world leaders reacted to the terrorist attack, Cayman’s premier and the […]
Children among 22 dead in Manchester bombing
(CNS): The death toll in the suicide bomber attack, at around 10:30 UK time Monday night, at the Manchester Arena rose to 22 and included children, British officials said Tuesday morning. Another 59 people have been injured in what is the worst terrorist atrocity in the north of England and the deadliest in the UK since […]
Court clears Kildag to go home
(CNS): Celal Kildag and his wife told the media Wednesday that they were immensely relieved after Magistrate Grace Donalds delivered her ruling stopping his extradition to Turkey, having found that the delay of 29 years was a barrier to the process. Magistrate Donalds said the Turkish authorities had not given “an adequate explanation” for the […]
‘Plethora of grounds’ to stop extradition
(CNS): The lawyer defending German citizen Celal Kildag, who was arrested in Cayman on an Interpol warrant on behalf of Turkey when he was visiting the island by cruise ship last year, has argued that there are “a plethora of grounds” why the extradition should be stopped and the man allowed to return home. It is […]
Four killed in London terror attack
(CNS): The Metropolitan Police Service has confirmed that a police officer, a terror suspect and two members of the public have been killed during an attack around the seat of government in the UK. At least 20 more people have been injured in the attack which took place today in London on Westminster Bridge and […]
Cruise visitor to fight extradition
(CNS): A German national who arrived in Cayman on a cruise ship and arrested on an Interpol warrant on behalf of the Turkish authorities has confirmed that he will be fighting the extradition, after the court heard the governor had certified the request. Celal Kildag (58), who is accused by the Turkish government of terrorist […]
Governor reviews extradition request
(CNS): The Cayman Islands governor has not yet certified a request by the Turkish government to extradite a German citizen who was arrested on an Interpol warrant in Cayman when he arrived here on a cruise ship last November. Celal Kildag (58) appeared in court Friday on the eve of the legal deadline for his possible […]
No word from Turkey over jailed suspect
(CNS): Director of Public Prosecutions Cheryl Richards has said that her office has still not received any information from the Turkish authorities regarding the visiting cruise passenger who was arrested in Cayman on an Interpol warrant earlier this month. The Turkish government claims Celal Kildag (58), who is now a German citizen, was involved in terrorist […]
Questions raised over Turkish suspect
(CNS): Celal Kildag (58), the man who Turkish authorities claim is wanted for murder and arson in relation to alleged terrorist acts in 1988 by the Kurdish separatist group the PKK, was remanded in custody again by the courts following his second appearance Wednesday. But since his arrest on an Interpol warrant by local police on […]
