{"id":13760,"date":"2025-11-18T04:50:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T04:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/pregnant-woman-among-at-least-five-dead-as-indonesian-ferry-bursts-into-flames\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T04:50:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T04:50:48","slug":"pregnant-woman-among-at-least-five-dead-as-indonesian-ferry-bursts-into-flames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2.watchtowatch.top\/?p=13760","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant Woman Among At Least Five Dead As Indonesian Ferry Bursts Into Flames"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Indonesia, a boat carrying hundreds of people caught fire, forcing frightened passengers to jump overboard into the sea, killing at least five people, including a pregnant mother.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following the tragedy on Sunday, over 280 individuals were rescued, and evacuation operations were still in progress.<\/p>\n

\u00a0According to Vice Admiral Denih Hendrata, commander of the Indonesian Fleet Command, the KM Barcelona 5 caught fire in waters close to Talise while it was traveling from Talaud, an island district in the province, to Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province.<\/p>\n

According to the senior commander, 284 passengers and crew members have been evacuated thus far from three navy ships that have been sent.<\/p>\n

However, according to Nuriadin Gumeleng, public relations officer for the Manado SAR Office, one terrible victim was a pregnant woman who was sent to Manado from Talaud.<\/p>\n

\u201cCurrently, only one person has been identified as having died, a pregnant woman. Her body is now on land,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Gumeleng told local news site\u00a0Harian Jogja.<\/p>\n

Local fisherman helped with the rescue effort, saving a few people who were wearing life jackets as they floated to neighboring islands in the rough seas.<\/p>\n

The precise number of passengers and staff members on board the boat was unknown, and there were no early reports of injuries.<\/p>\n

As plumes of grey smoke rise above the debris, striking video of the tragedy shows the entire ship completely consumed by blazing orange flames.<\/p>\n

A recording of the wrecked boat shows several passengers sitting on the side of the ship in orange life vests, driven into the sea, and a woman sobbing uncontrollably.<\/p>\n

After swimming away from the boat, the camera suddenly shows several hundred individuals already in the water.<\/p>\n

A man recounting his story of the horrific events appears to be saving a toddler from the sea in another video.<\/p>\n

As the father talks, he is seen recording the debris from a distance while holding the small infant in his arms while the child coughs.<\/p>\n

In one chilling broadcast uploaded to Facebook a passenger named Abdul Rahmad Agu pleaded:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Emergency personnel are rushing to make sure that every passenger is safe as rescue efforts continue.<\/p>\n

The three rescue vessels sent to the area were identified as the KM Barcelona III, KM Venecian, and KM Cantika Lestari 9F by a Manado KSOP officer.<\/p>\n

According to local publication IDN Times, the boat was supposed to dock at Manado Port when the catastrophe occurred.<\/p>\n

Official updates have been requested, and families of those on board have been asked to remain calm.<\/p>\n

A tourist boat carrying 53 persons sank in Vietnam a few days prior, killing at least 38 people.<\/p>\n

The Wonder Sea boat was hit by strong winds in Halong Bay. Rescue workers rescued 11 people and recovered 37 bodies, while five people are still missing, according to Vn Express.<\/p>\n

For years, one name haunted the political establishment \u2014 a man once praised as incorruptible, later accused of weaponizing the highest law enforcement agency in the nation.<\/p>\n

Now, that same man faces a criminal indictment.<\/p>\n

And in the hours after the news broke, a powerful message echoed across Fox News:\u00a0\u201cThe weaponization of the legal system has ended.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Those words came from Attorney General\u00a0Pam Bondi<\/strong>, who appeared on\u00a0Hannity<\/em>\u00a0Friday night \u2014 a segment that instantly went viral, not only for her fiery tone but for what it symbolized.<\/p>\n

A turning point. A reckoning. The end of an era that had once placed former FBI Director\u00a0James Comey<\/strong>\u00a0at the center of American politics.<\/p>\n

When the Justice Department confirmed the indictment Thursday afternoon, it sent shockwaves through Washington.<\/p>\n

Comey \u2014 the man whose public image once rested on a reputation for integrity \u2014 now stood accused of\u00a0<\/p>\n

Two felony counts.
One fallen icon.
And a nation watching.<\/p>\n

For many Americans, especially those who had followed the saga of the Russia probe from the beginning, the moment felt surreal.<\/p>\n

How had the country gone from lionizing James Comey as a defender of democracy to seeing him booked on federal charges?<\/p>\n

Bondi\u2019s answer was blunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t be nervous any longer,\u201d she told Sean Hannity. \u201cBecause Donald Trump is in office \u2014 and the weaponization has ended.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her words cut through the noise.<\/p>\n

Bondi\u2019s statement wasn\u2019t just a soundbite \u2014 it was a declaration.<\/p>\n

For years, conservatives had accused the FBI and DOJ of becoming political weapons, targeting Trump and his allies while protecting the Washington elite.<\/p>\n

Comey, who once led the FBI during some of the most divisive political investigations in modern history, had become a symbol of that imbalance.<\/p>\n

Now, Bondi was promising accountability.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether you\u2019re a former FBI director, whether you\u2019re a former head of an intel community, whether you\u2019re a current state or local elected official, whether you\u2019re a billionaire funding organizations to try to keep Donald Trump out of office \u2014 everything is on the table,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Her message was clear: no one, not even a man who once ran the FBI, would be above the law.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been almost a decade since Comey first dominated national headlines.<\/p>\n

In 2016, he was the man who publicly reopened the investigation into Hillary Clinton\u2019s private email server just days before the presidential election \u2014 a move that infuriated Democrats and stunned the media.<\/p>\n

Months later, he became the man who helped ignite the Russia investigation, authorizing the use of the\u00a0Steele dossier<\/strong>, a collection of unverified claims about then-candidate Donald Trump\u2019s alleged ties to Moscow.<\/p>\n

That dossier, now widely discredited, became the backbone of\u00a0Crossfire Hurricane<\/strong>, the FBI\u2019s 2016 probe into Trump\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n

The investigation dragged on for years, damaging public trust and deepening the partisan divide.<\/p>\n

When Trump fired Comey in May 2017, the political world erupted. His dismissal became the catalyst for the appointment of Special Counsel\u00a0Robert Mueller<\/strong>, whose two-year investigation ended without charging Trump or any of his aides with collusion.<\/p>\n

But the damage was done \u2014 and Comey\u2019s name became forever linked to one of the most controversial chapters in U.S. political history.<\/p>\n

According to the indictment filed Thursday, Comey faces two federal charges:<\/p>\n

One count of making a false statement<\/strong>\u00a0within the jurisdiction of Congress<\/p>\n

One count of obstruction<\/strong>\u00a0of a congressional investigation<\/p>\n

Prosecutors allege that Comey lied under oath when he claimed during a 2020 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing that he had not authorized anyone at the FBI to act as an anonymous source for media leaks.<\/p>\n

They also accuse him of obstructing a congressional inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation by concealing evidence and misleading lawmakers about the FBI\u2019s use of the Steele dossier.<\/p>\n

If convicted, Comey could face up to 10 years in federal prison.<\/p>\n

But beyond the legal implications, the indictment has reignited a national debate \u2014 one that stretches far beyond the courtroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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