Attacks Unleashed on Egelion
Tragedy struck Nordland today as the city was struck by two major attacks.
During the after-election party rally in Nordland, Caille, the SDLP caucus was literally rocked as two bombs were exploded outside of SDLP headquarters. As Prime Minister Smith and SDLP Chairman Goedring were attempting to escape through the back, their escorts were ambushed by two gunmen. While Chairman Goedring escaped with only minor wounds, Prime Minister Smith was shot fatally through the neck. Officials report that in the attack 12 people were killed, including Prime Minister Franklin Smith and the two gunmen, and 124 were injured.
Simultaneously on the other side of town, armed militia members of the Caille Byltingarkenndur Vörður (Caille Revolutionary Guard) launched an attack on downtown Nordland. The coordinated attack saw the militia seize all major governmental building in Nordland, including Parliament, Caillean Supreme Court and Governor’s Office. The group, upon seizing Parliament, raised the former flag of communist Egelion and declared the Lýðveldið Sosialism Caille (Socialist Republic of Caille). Military officials of been unable to defeat the rebels and CRG currently maintains control of the Caillean government. There were reports of minor attacks in Northmoor, but these attacks were quickly quelled. Officials state that these attacks were too well coordinated and the militias too well armed to be a purely domestic attack and it is suspected that the shipments seized previously were only a small portion of aid flooding into Egelion from Dolgaria, Nou Endralon and Trugania.
The CRG is the remnants of Caillean wing of the now defunct Popular Communist Front of Egelion. The PCF dominated Caillean politics for nearly 25 years between 2786 and 2811. After the party’s collapse in 2821, the CRG took over its party structure. It was largely a dormant force until the rise of KCCP parties elsewhere in Keris and the mass exodus of radical members of the Egelion Leftist Front. It is unknown the level of contact that CRG has with other potential leftist groups in Egelion or whether they are working solely with KCCP organizations