Incidents | Schweboo Magazine

Interesting times and places over the years

All part of the joys of travel to interesting places

This pages covers some incidents in which we have become involved that have been a little out of the ordinary....here are the first seven. More to follow - another car crash, bombs in Pakistan, and other fun times...

Photo: Chris Frost

Stoned in the Congo (2009)

Windscreen smashed and car door damaged

While heading back to the airport after a visit to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, youths on the roof of a passing train fired projectiles at my car

Photo: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Suspect bomb destroyed in Charles De Gaulle Airport (1999)

Controlled explosion destroyed suitcase left in departures area

In Charles de Gaulle, Paris when suitcase suspected as holding a bomb was blown up 50m from me.

Photo: Petr Novák, Wikipedia

Drugged and robbed in Prague (1999)

Beer spiked in bar

Woke up on floor of bathroom in hotel room with massive bruise on ankle after being dumped in front of hotel by speeding car.

Photo: Alina Zienowicz

Experienced earthquake in Belgium - 5.5 on Richter Scale (1992)

Unlucky 13 April

The earthquake lasted thirty seconds and shook the house violently from side to side.

Photo: Chris Frost

Honeymoon blast in Kashmir (1989)

Kashmir and Jammu Liberation Front make a point

Terrorist attack in Srinagar by Kashmir and Jammu Liberation Front.Reinforced concrete urinal in front of police station blown up.

Photo: Chris Frost

A riot in Tibet (1987)

First riot in Tibet since 1959 Eight Tibetans shot and killed, many wounded, in Chinese over reaction. This was the first major Tibetan demonstration in against the Chinese since 1959. Read more