Daily Mail: Taliban gunmen killed 14 foreigners and four Afghans in armed assault on international hotel in Kabul where one desperate guest using bedsheets to escape survived a fall from the FIFTH FLOOR
* Eighteen people in total were killed at the Intercontinental Hotel in the Afghan capital last night by gunmen
* The Taliban has since claimed responsibility for the brutal attack at the six-storey luxury accommodation
* People trapped were seen climbing from the roof with bedsheets as black smoke billowed from windows
Taliban gunmen who stormed a Kabul hotel killed 14 foreigners and four Afghans during a 12-hour rampage which left desperate guests tying bedsheets together in an attempt to flee.
Terrorists stormed the luxury Intercontinental Hotel yesterday evening, with fire and smoke seen engulfing the building perched on a hilltop overlooking the Afghan capital.
Dramatic footage showed people climbing down from balconies on the six-storey block as black smoke billowed out of rooms.
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WNU Editor: Reports are now coming in that 40 were killed .... Kabul Intercontinental Hotel siege leaves more than 40 dead, Afghanistan official says (FOX News)
More News On The Deadly Siege At The Intercontinental Hotel In Kabul
The Latest: Afghanistan says Kabul hotel siege killed 18 -- AP
Taliban siege on Afghan hotel ends after 13 hours, 18 dead -- AP
At least 19 dead after overnight battle at Kabul hotel -- Reuters
Kabul Intercontinental Hotel siege ends with all gunmen killed, Afghanistan Government says -- ABC News Online
Afghan forces end Kabul hotel siege that left at least six dead -- The Guardian
Afghan forces end Kabul hotel siege -- Al Jazeera
Several Ukrainians among 18 dead in Taliban attack on Kabul hotel -- AFP
Taliban militants claim responsibility for attack on Kabul hotel -- DW
Taliban claims Kabul Intercontinental hotel siege -- Al Jazeera
Kabul hotel attack: guests 'sprayed with bullets as they ran' -- The Guardian
Kabul Intercontinental Hotel guests, staff speak of desperate escape during Taliban assault -- ABC News Online
'Pray for me': Kabul hotel guest's plea during bloody siege -- AFP
Kabul: Gunmen shot Intercontinental Hotel diners - eyewitness -- BBC
4 comments:
Won't happen, but guests need to carry guns.
Just having a revolver and 6 bullets would do wonders.
See how brave the Taliban are then.
This would have been front page news on every news channel and website for a week just a few years ago. Three, four decades ago it would have counted as one of the major news stories of an entire year. Now it barely makes headlines.
No one bats an eye.
I would not want to live in a country like that. Everyone armed. It'd be like in the US.
F'ing crazy to suggest that. Do you know how many people are shot every year in the US?
Wikipedia is helpful:
"Gun violence in the United States results in tens of thousands of deaths and injuries annually.[1] In 2013, there were 73,505 nonfatal firearm injuries (23.2 injuries per 100,000 U.S. citizens),[2][3] and 33,636 deaths due to "injury by firearms" (10.6 deaths per 100,000 U.S. citizens).[4] These deaths consisted of 11,208 homicides,[5] 21,175 suicides,[4] 505 deaths due to accidental or negligent discharge of a firearm, and 281 deaths due to firearms use with "undetermined intent"....
Compared to 22 other high-income nations, the U.S. gun-related murder rate is 25 times higher.[13] Although it has half the population of the other 22 nations combined, the U.S. had 82 percent of all gun deaths, 90 percent of all women killed by guns, 91 percent of children under 14 and 92 percent of young people between ages 15 and 24 killed by guns.[13] In 2010, gun violence cost U.S. taxpayers approximately $516 million in direct hospital costs."
Anon,
Take out the shooting and related to the drug trade and gangs and then recompute.
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