Working saturday night at many of its oakland stations. But not the west oakland station. Now the Transit Agency is hoping Surveillance Video helps cath the group. The distress call from bart around 9 30 saturday night as 40 to 60 juveniles jump the gates, go up to the platform, and rob passengers aboard a 9 car dublin train as it entered coliseum station passenger shocking, scary as well. Alicia trost bart spokesperson the moment the doors opened they jumped on board committed 7 robberies, 6 on the train, one on the platform. We had 5 cell phones stolen, one duffel bag, one purse, i do know 2 people were punched in the face. grant now authorities are reviewing Surveillance Footage from the station, platform and 6 of the 9 train cars that had working cameras. Bart is also sharing surveillance images with opd, police at oakland high schools, and the oakland Housing Authority. grant sadly this is not an issue thats limited to one part of the bay. Last week in San Francisco. Our Stanley R
And why spend 160 hours cramped below a hot air balloon . To break a world record, of course. Isjapans government says its highly likely that the video of killing of kenji goto is authentic. Prime minister shinzo abe describes it as a heinous act. Threatening to kill a jordanian pilot as well. Visibly shaken Prime Minister of japan had this reaction. Translator we are deeply saddened by this despicable and horrendous act of terrorism and we denounce it in the strongest terms. To the terrorists we will never never forgive you for this act. Since this act was committed we are going to coordinate with the international community. Japan will never be defeated by terrorism. Reporter this is kenji goto in a video he recorded last year before crossing into syria and into siem i. S. I. L. Territory. If something happens please dont claim any claim to experience there. He always hoped to make the world a place without any wars and to save children from war and poverty. I promise here to carry o
It out has opened up old wounds. Free aj staff. Its 400 days since three of our journalists have been gaoled in egypt. Al jazeera demands their release. Flying high we tell you about a recordbreaking balloon journey we begin in nigeria, where the army is battling boko haram fighters after they launched an attack on the northeastern city of maiduguri. The military sent in enforcements. Boko haram attempts to take over maiduguri were stopped a week ago. We go our ahmed idris with us from the capital. Over the last two weeks or so there was an attack launched by suspected boko haram fighters about 2 oclock or 3 oclock local time. So far there is no detail. But the boko haram fighters suspected to have launched an offensive on three or four fronts. Attack attacking from three different areas. They are lying on the outskirts, fleeing into the city to save themselves. According to some people inside maiduguri, a rocket expected to by fired by boko haram into the city theres damage and no one
World, doctors in india carry out a successful double hand transplant. We begin with breaking news out of egypt. One of our journalists peter greste has been freed from prison after 400 days behind bars in good health. He was arrested alongside our colleagues. They remain behind bars and al jazeera continues to demand their release. The three were falsely accused of colluding with the outlawed muslim brotherhood. Al jazeera had this release the network said all three have to be exonerated and the convictions against its other journalists tried in abstention have to be lifted. This was the most recent media protest against the detention of al jazeera staff in egypt. At the end of december, mash ago year since their arrest, journalists rallied in london and around the world. Sydney the hague sarajevo. It had been a year of agony for the families of the men. Australias peter grestes parents hoped for his release by christmas. Giving him a hug at the end was quite difficult. Just to say go
The Nigerian Army alongside civilians and vigilantes have driven out boko haram from the capitol in northeastern nigeria. Sunday the armed Group Launched an attack on the outskirts of the city that lasted several hours. The battle has moved on to the town of maffa. We have more from the capitol. The guns are silent after the military in collaboration with civilians repelled an attack from four different locations on the city. A Security Source told al jazeera that the fighters from boko haram have been chased away and now there is as raging battle currently going on in the town of maffa after the failure failure. This is coming at a time boko haram has suffered defeat in the hands of the nigerian mill at her, the chadian military, following the launch of attacks on several positions of boko haram in northeastern nigeria. This mornings attacks signify the desperation on the part of boko haram to make in roads into borno state. This mornings attack resulted in the death of several boko h