Sunrise in Ko Samui, Thailand.

#AceNewsReport – Mar.30: Israeli #police say a court has extended the arrest of a 19-year-old American-Israeli Jew suspected in recent bomb threats against U.S. Jewish community centres.

CBS local reports that Israel Extends Arrest Of Teen Suspected Of US JCC Bomb Threats #Police say they are keeping the suspect in custody for another week and placing his father under house arrest. A court has banned the publication of their names.

Israeli media say the suspect’s father told the court on Thursday that his son spent hours alone in his room on the computer and that he was unaware of any suspicious behavior.

The suspect’s lawyer argues a growth in his brain may have affected his behaviour. #Police say his motives are unclear.

The suspect’s arrest followed an Israeli investigation with the FBI and other international law enforcement agencies. The #bomb threats stoked fears of anti-Semitism in the U.S.

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#AceNewsReport – Mar.30: #Police official Mahfuzullah Akbari told Pajhwok Afghan News insurgents stormed a local #police check post in Lala Guzar area of Khwaja Bahauddin district.

#Police official said Taliban mortar killed five civilians in Takhar he said the insurgents fired mortars at the checkpoint and one of the shells struck a civilian home, killing five members of a family, including women and children.

He said another three people wounded in the incident had been evacuated to hospital by #police. Akbari said security forces suffered no casualties and repulsed the attack.

Provincial #police spokesman Maj. Khalil Aseer confirmed the incident and the casualties.

A resident of the locality, Naseer, said militants attacked a check post under commander Malik Tatar.

He said Tatar was not a formal commander who spearheaded illegal armed individuals who had established their post near civilian homes. The Taliban have not yet commented over the attack.

EDITOR…

EUROPEAN Union boss Jean-Claude Juncker this afternoon issued a jaw-dropping threat to the United States, saying he could campaign to break up the country in revenge for Donald Trump’s supportive comments about Brexit.

AFP