Anonymous ID: 3f03ff March 22, 2020, 6:17 a.m. No.8515169   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5225 >>5264

Strongest earthquake in 140 years rattles Croatia's capital, at least 1 dead

 

The star marks the epicenter of a strong earthquake that rattled Croatia on Sunday morning, local time. (USGS)

 

A strong earthquake rattled Zagreb on Sunday morning, local time, killing at least one person and littering the streets with debris.

 

The temblor, which struck 5.7 miles (9.2 km) to the north of Zagreb and had a depth of 6.2 miles (10 km), was rated a magnitude 5.4, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

 

There has been at least one strong aftershock thus far with a magnitude of 4.6.

 

A teenage boy has reportedly died after a roof collapse in Zagreb.

 

"We received a report of the collapse of the building at Djordjiceva 13. An ambulance team took to the field and found a seriously injured child who showed no signs of life," said Zarko Rasic, director of the Zagreb Institute of Emergency Medicine, via a local news outlet. The boy's death was confirmed at a nearby hospital.

 

People across the capital shared images on Twitter of debris from damaged buildings littering the streets. Vehicles were also seen nearly completely crumpled.

 

The historic Zagreb Cathedral also suffered damage, with the top of one of the spires being broken off. The cathedral was severely damaged in 1880 when a significant earthquake shook the city.

 

"It felt like a train was coming through my apartment, in all my time in the city I have never felt anything like that before," a resident told The Dubrovnik Times.

 

Electricity has been cut in parts of the capital, the news agency reported.

 

All occupants at Zagreb's airport were evacuated from the building after the earthquake. No infrastructure or runway damage was found and the airport is now operating on a normal schedule.

 

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Prior to the earthquake, a lockdown was put in place in Zagreb and elsewhere across Croatia to combat the spread of coronavirus.

 

"Now everyone's outside grouped in front of their buildings. This won't help," wrote one person on Twitter after the earthquake struck.

 

"This was the strongest earthquake in Zagreb in the last 140 years, but there is no need to panic and go to gas stations in large numbers," government officials stated on Twitter. "Regardless of the situation, we emphasize once again the importance of keeping a distance and following the instructions to combat #COVID ー 19!"

 

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Anonymous ID: 3f03ff March 22, 2020, 7:04 a.m. No.8515523   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5550 >>5574

Neo-Nazis from U.S. and Europe build far-right links at concerts in Germany

 

THEMAR, Germany — As the deafeningly loud, rapid-fire music known as "hate rock" blasted out, hundreds of white nationalists, skinheads and neo-Nazis nodded their heads and swigged their drinks.

 

Among them was Keith, 46, a welder from Las Vegas, who for the second year in a row had traveled from Nevada to Germany to attend several far-right events.

 

"We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children,'' Keith told NBC News in June.

 

However, he was not there just to enjoy the music. He said he was also hoping to share ideas and strategies with like-minded people — a small part of what Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said was becoming an increasingly interconnected international movement with "clear links" between Europe and the U.S.

 

"You can't just sit at home and eat cheeseburgers anymore. It's time to mobilize," said Keith, who did not wish to have his last name published, for fear of reprisals back in the U.S.

 

Events like the one in Themar, a small town in central Germany, are reluctantly tolerated and strictly controlled by the authorities. Both federal and local police could be seen monitoring the gathering, and riot squads with water cannons were braced for trouble nearby.

 

Keith changed his clothes before venturing to the event. At a privately run hotel before the event, he had been dressed from head to toe in clothing full of white power symbolism, and he wore a necklace showing Odin's wolves and Thor's hammer.

 

His big steel-capped boots, with 14 lace holes representing a popular white supremacist slogan, were scuffed from "brawling," he boasted.

 

He said he was prevented from wearing them outside because German police considered them a weapon.

 

The country's laws also ban the display of Nazi imagery and any action that could be deemed an incitement of hatred. To avoid arrest, many attendees walked around with Band-Aids on to hide their swastika tattoos.

 

"You'll notice there's a whole lot of people with scratches or bruises around here,” Keith said, adding that while he had given Nazi salutes many times, he would not do so in Germany because he would likely be arrested

 

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