Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

Suspect dies after council man is shot

- BY ADAM ASPINALL BY CHRIS HUGHES Defence and Security Editor

A PARISH councillor is in hospital after being shot by a man who crashed his motorbike and died while fleeing armed police.

Locals named the victim as James Nash, 42 – a selfemploy­ed artist who writes children’s books.

Police said he suffered “serious head injuries”.

Officers rushed to the village of Upper Enham in Hampshire on Wednesday.

The 34-year-old suspect is believed to have fled on foot before getting on his bike, which crashed three miles away on the A343.

Police said a 40-year-old woman sustained minor injuries and that the biker was known to Mr Nash.

One local described Mr Nash – whose wife Sarah is a top space scientist – as “a lovely guy who would do anything for anyone”.

THIS haunting photo is believed to show the final moments of three brave firefighte­rs.

Seconds later the blazing warehouse they were battling to enter in Beirut was destroyed in the colossal explosion which killed at least 147 and injured 5000.

Even the person who took this picture on a phone has been confirmed dead.

Inside Warehouse 12 flames were about to set off a 2,700-ton pile of discarded ammonium nitrate fertiliser. The shock wave, equal to that of a small nuclear bomb, devastated the surroundin­g area.

The men thought to be pictured; Jo Noon, Methal Hawwa and Najib Hati were part of a rapid response unit. Nine are still missing, including Ellie Khuzami. Team member Sahar Faris, 25, dubbed the “Bride of Beirut”, has been confirmed dead.

Ms Faris was to be married in June next year. Her fiance, Gilbert Karaan, posted a tribute saying: “you broke my back, you broke my heart.” Yesterday angry crowds took to Beirut’s blast-shattered streets demanding an end to the Lebanese

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Macron meeting the crowd
FEARS Fireman Ellie Khuzami
Sahar Faris was due to marry
Warehouse explodes
Beirut port area after the blast
Emergency team try to pry their way in Macron meeting the crowd FEARS Fireman Ellie Khuzami Sahar Faris was due to marry Warehouse explodes Beirut port area after the blast
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INJURIES James Nash

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