Daily JournalThe Daily Journal, or Dagbog in Davostani and Dagbók in Skjöld, is a predominantly center-left news organization, largely centered around digital and print media. The Daily Journal mainly reports national and global political news, and occasionally entertainment.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________17th July 4689Ministry of Internal Affairs to focus wholly on hardline Satanailist terrorism after two deadly attacksWhile reports are still oncoming, there have been two confirmed attacks in the cities of Tezdaryo and Vodisi within the span of three hours, with one being a stabbing in the former and a shooting in the latter.________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________As the reforms introduced and passed under the ruling DFP government were met with sharp criticism by elements tied to the previous theocratic regime, open anti-government demonstrations began in the late summer of last year to limited amounts, but then greatly gained steam with the successful passage of the
Sekularisering reforms. The Ministry of Internal Affairs had since kept an observational glance on such matters, cooperating with local police forces when such instances required further investigation, but now with two deadly terrorist attacks having occurred in just the span of three hours, Internal Affairs Minister Henrik Petersen has enlisted the full powers of the Office of Investigative Services to conduct sweeping anti-terrorist measures. "Any attempt to paint this as something else is shameful," he stated during an impromptu press conference outside his office. "My condolences to those who've lost family members, of which we're still unsure the amount of, but this is as clear as possible—What we're seeing is open, anti-government terrorism advocating for the return of a dictatorship."
While reports are still being provided, of varying nature, what has been confirmed is that in the early morning, around 9:15 am at a farmer's market in Tezdaryo, in the Province of Tarkut, was the subject of a vicious stabbing attack which has been confirmed to have taken the lives of 5 people, and injured 4. Police reportedly engaged in a chase with the suspect as they entered a vehicle for approximately 20 minutes before successfully incapacitating them as they crashed their getaway vehicle into a lightpole. The names of the deceased have yet to be released by local police, citing their contacting of the victims' families for confirmation. Three hours after this, nearing the end of the lunch rush in Vodisi, in the Province of Armonde, a mere few miles from the nation's capital, a plaza was the victim of a shooting apparently conducted by two suspects, with fatalities unconfirmed at this moment, but range within 15-20 victims. Local police had reportedly engaged in a gunfight with the two suspects as they continued to attempt to gain more victims. It has been confirmed that one of the suspects was eliminated by police, whereas another was incapacitated by shooting them in the kneecap.
An emergency session of the Folketinget convened within just 20 minutes of the second attack, with MPs of the majority DFP government debating a variety of methods for dealing with the current crisis, before a unanimous agreement was reached: The complete banning of authoritarian right-wing groups, alongside theocratic groups advocating for a return of the previous government. Combining these measures into the
Protection of Democracy Act, which included such provisions alongside measures which would give local police forces more power in dealing with such insurrectionist activity. Many politicians took to social media today, alongside members of the general public expressing their support of the government's swift movement on such dangerous actions. Prime Minister Mortensen also expressed his gratitude, stating "If we are to sit on our hands and do nothing, then our democracy is over before it has even been given a chance to breath. I thank the efforts of our fellow MPs, alongside the Ministry of Internal Affairs for their no-nonsense approach to such heinous activities."
Ambulances and emergency crews fill the road near the plaza shooting within Vodisi, which occurred just three hours after a stabbing in Tezdaryo.