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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, April 8

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BERLIN -- German police have prevented an attack in Berlin during Berlin half marathon on Sunday, local media reported.

The police have arrested four suspected people who were linked to Anis Amri, a failed asylum seeker who hijacked a truck in December 2016 and then crashed into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin, according to German media Welt. (Germany-Terrorism)

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FRANKFURT -- Three people including the perpetrator died and a dozen more injured, after a van plowed into crowd in the old town of western German city of Muenster, interior minister of State North Rhine-Westphalia Herbert Reul told media Saturday night.

There have been no reports of casualties of Chinese nationals in this attack so far, the Chinese Consulate General in Dusseldorf told Xinhua. (Germany-Terrorist Attack)

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MEHATARLAM, Afghanistan -- Two mine planters and one civilian were killed and four others critically injured, as militants were carrying out an attack with Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a motorcycle in Afghanistan's eastern province of Laghman, authorities said Sunday.

The incident happened Saturday afternoon in Qassaban area of Alingar district of the province, where several armed militants were trying to blow up their explosives-laden motorbike in a crowded area of the district centre, Afghan army 201 Selaab Corps based in the region said in the statement. (Afghanistan-Bomb Attack)

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DAMASCUS -- The Islam Army rebels will evacuate the Douma district east of Damascus and release the kidnapped people under a new deal reached Sunday with the Syrian government forces, state TV reported.

The priority of the new deal is the evacuation of the kidnapped people in the captivity of the Islam Army militants in Douma, the last rebel-held area in the Eastern Ghouta countryside of Damascus. (Syria-Civil War)

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MOSCOW -- The Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday refuted reports purporting that Syrian government forces used chemical weapons in Douma district, a besieged enclave near capital Damascus, calling the allegation "fabrication" and "provocation."

The purpose of the "groundless" reports on Saturday is to protect "terrorists" and radical opposition and justify possible military actions from abroad, the ministry said in a statement. (Russia-Syria-Chemical Weapon) Enditem

 

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