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/ 10 October 2005
Aircraft rushed in supplies from abroad and Washington pledged -million in aid on Monday as hungry families displaced in Pakistan’s worst earthquake huddled in tents and shopkeepers clashed with looters. Death-toll estimates ranged from 20 000 to 40 000.
Government soldiers looted homes, beat people and fired gunshots into the air on Sunday in the western Democratic Republic of Congo, a United Nations spokesperson said. The looting spree in Mbandaka was sparked after a soldier was found slain and his body mutilated early on Sunday morning, said UN spokesperson Kemal Saiki.
Four Bangladeshi babies appeared in court in their parents’ arms accused of looting and causing criminal damage, officials said on Tuesday. The magistrate on Monday asked the parents to post bail of 3 000 taka (about R290) for each child. The children’s ages ranged from three months to two years.
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/ 7 November 2004
A French military helicopter swept in to pluck civilians from a hotel in Abidjan on Sunday as mobs burned and looted buildings across Côte d’Ivoire’s largest city. A French military helicopter landed early on Sunday afternoon at Hotel Ivoire, one of the country’s leading hotels. Witnesses watched as about 12 people with suitcases ran to the helicopter.
Britain on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on corruption in Kenya, saying that ”a gigantic looting spree” is hampering development and placing risks on continued donor support. Corruption allegedly accounts for ”about 8%” of the East African country’s gross domestic product.
Hundreds of people went on a looting rampage on Monday at an industrial park near Port-au-Prince airport, attacking passing cars and threatening journalists with machetes, witnesses said. The latest unrest came one day after at least six peoplewere killed when gunmen opened fire on an opposition rally in the Haitian capital.
Partisans of exiled Haitian president Jean-Bertrand Aristide looted a container port on the northern fringe of Port-au-Prince late on Thursday as United States and French patrols sought to enforce an overnight curfew in its fifth consecutive night. Meanwhile, a meeting took place to start the process of naming a new Haitian government.
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/ 27 February 2004
Looting and killings were reported in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, on Friday as loyalists of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide manned barricades and vowed to beat back an expected rebel assault. Banks and most other businesses were shuttered and there was virtually no traffic in the city centre.
Bodies lay in the streets of the DRC town of Bunia on Friday, following a day of clashes between rival militia groups vying to fill a power vacuum left by departing Ugandan soldiers, witnesses said.
Three decades of iron rule by Saddam Hussein appeared to be collapsing in Baghdad today as US troops mopping up fading resistance were met by jubilant Iraqis and looting broke out unhindered.