Haiti Tanker Explosion Kills More Than 50

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INTERNATIONAL: A gasoline tanker has overturned and exploded in northern Haiti, unleashing a fireball that swept through homes and businesses on its way to killing at least 60 people in the latest tragedy to befall the Caribbean nation.

The blast has occurred shortly after midnight Tuesday in Cap-Haitien, Haiti's second-largest city, along the northern coast.

Hours later, at dawn, buildings and overturned vehicles were still fuming as firefighters covered the burned bodies of the young victims in white sheets and loaded them onto the back of a construction truck. Hundreds of Haitians looked on from rooftops in disbelief at the loss of so much life.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ariel Henry, himself a physician, has visited a hospital where victims bandaged head to toe were fighting for their lives amid a shortage of medical supplies and health workers.The death toll is expected to rise as first responders comb through buildings gutted by the fire.

Early reports indicate that the tanker was trying to avoid an oncoming motorcycle when it flipped. Onlookers then rushed to the scene with buckets to scoop up what they could of the tanker's valuable cargo, likely for resale on the black market, as the fuel spilled toward a nearby pile of smoldering trash.

Fuel deliveries across Haiti only resumed last month after a blockade by gangs who for nearly a month have prevented trucks from loading at the main fuel ports. Many businesses were forced to shut down.

As rescue workers have cleaned up in the aftermath of the explosion, bodies covered in white sheets lay on the ground before they were loaded on to trucks to be taken away.The blast has also damaged the fronts of houses and shops in the street and charred motorbikes and cars.

The government declared three days of mourning for the dead.The United Nations office in Haiti has declared it stood ready to help the national authorities in its response, and offered its condolences to the families of the victims.

Gangs have grown more powerful since the July assassination of President Jovenel Moise, which created a political vacuum and has allowed criminal groups to expand their territory.

Car Carrying Migrants Crashes in Hungary Kills Seven

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Seven people were killed and four injured when a car with a Serbian license plate carrying migrants crashed into a house in Hungary late on Monday, after its driver refused to stop for a police check.

The driver saw that police were stopping cars in the village of Morahalom near the Serbian border and has attempted to avoid them by speeding away.The car, which was carrying 10 migrants and was headed towards the town of Szeged, then crashed into a house and rolled over.

Police said that the driver, who was also injured, was detained and proceedings against him would be launched for people trafficking and causing a fatal mass accident.

Bombing Attacks at Colombian Airport Kill At Least Three

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And…Two police officers and a suspected attacker have been killed in bomb blasts on Tuesday morning, at an airport in northeastern Colombia near the border with Venezuela.The two dead policemen, William Bareno Ardila and David Reyes Jimenez had both been recognized for their work to remove landmines.

The suspected attacker has managed to cross a wire fence to access the runaway at the Camilo Daza International Airport in the border city of Cucuta.

Police have reported that the first blast took place at 5am as a man carrying explosives tried to climb over a fence that separates the airport’s runway from one of the city’s neighbourhoods.The man died instantly in the blast and his body parts were scattered around the area.

About an hour later, a second blast occurred when police were searching for a suspicious package.The explosions took place near the airport’s runway but the passenger terminal was not affected. Flights, however, were suspended and passengers were evacuated.

Cucuta is the capital of North Santander state, a border region that has recently seen a surge in fighting between rebel groups and drug trafficking gangs that are vying for control of coca crops and trafficking routes.