Five people died in a fire at an apartment building in Manlleu, near Barcelona, Spain, on Monday night, while the Syrian government acknowledged widespread escapes from the al Hol camp, which housed thousands of women linked to ISIS. Meanwhile, in the UK, an undercover cop foiled an IS plot to massacre Jews, and in Canada, residents rallied around Tumbler Ridge after a school shooting. Additionally, plans for the execution of possibly hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held on charges of fatal attacks against Israelis are underway.
The fire in Spain broke out in a five-story building, starting in a storage room. Emergency services reported that the victims were unable to escape the attic storage room. The cause of the blaze is still unknown.
In Syria, a government official told Sky News that al Hol camp in northeastern Syria is now largely emptied, acknowledging that escapes continued after the state took control of the site. Al Hol had housed tens of thousands of women and children linked to suspected ISIS fighters for years. Former Kurdish staff who worked there have raised serious security concerns.
In the UK, an undercover operation thwarted a plot by two IS terrorists to massacre Jews in Manchester. Walid Saadaoui and Amar Hussein were sentenced to life imprisonment after attempting to carry out the attack, according to The Guardian. Saadaoui, who had previously worked as a holiday entertainer and restaurateur, had pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
Following a school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, Canada, residents have rallied to support the community. Jim Caruso, who traveled 700 miles to be there, said, "I wanted to be here to bring some level of comfort. I wanted to hug people, pray for them and, most importantly, to cry with them," according to The Guardian.
In the West Bank, Israel is considering executing possibly hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, according to an Israeli media report. This comes after dozens of Palestinian prisoners died in Israeli prisons over the past two and a half years, some during torture and others due to medical neglect, rights groups say, as reported by Al Jazeera.
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