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Kyushu News Network: Blast Rocks Samura Industrial Zone. 500 Dead.

June 1st, 819

Early Friday morning at 03:23 AM local time, a massive explosion rocked the Fukuoka Industrial District on Planet Kyushu, killing an estimated five hundred civilians and leaving almost another two hundred missing. The explosion originated from the Gallic ship, the IDF Herriot, a Solar Engineering manufactured ME-UH type Vache transport, comparable to the modern Akegata in terms of size and hauling capacity. The ship originated from Planet Nevers in Gallia, and was supposedly carrying luxury goods.

The blast destroyed more than two thirds of the Samura owned Seinan Loading Docks and Warehouse Complex. The blast and the following fire caused massive damage to the surrounding infrastructure for several kilometers. Medical personnel and fire containment units arrived on the scene within minutes, but the sheer amount of damage to Seinan and the size of the fires left little hope at the time. Since the blast 248 people have been rescued from the ruins of Seinan. Damages are estimated to be in the hundreds of millions, and Seinan will likely have to be torn down and rebuilt from the ground up in the future.


Blast damage to the Seinan Loading Docks and Warehouse Complex

Local hotel employee and witness to the disaster, Kazuya Anno, had this to say:
“I was working in the lobby then, helping an older man unload his luggage from the tram... then there was a blue flash and all the windows shattered... there was a massive fireball on the horizon where the shipyard was.”

The KSP have been reluctant to comment on the disaster, but assure the public that everything is being done to bring those responsible to justice.

Confidential sources inside the KSP have stated that original suspicion had fallen on the Blood Dragon terrorist cells, but communications to New Tokyo from New Paris suggest a terrorist cell originating from Gallia who have called themselves the Maquis.

SGT. Jacques Lalique of the Gallic Royal Police stated that:
“The Maquis are a ruthless organization which has never shown any remorse, they aggressively target any person or organization loyal to the Crown… this of course could extend to any groups our government deals with. I would not put it past those terrorists to target freelancers, miners, or other civilians in Sirius space. ”

Unconfirmed reports say that Maquis terrorists smuggled a warhead from a nova antimatter bomb onto the IDF Herriot while it was moored in the Burgundy System. The device traveled undetected from Gallia to Kusari, but due to the design of most nova warheads it is possible that the device was assembled en route to Kyushu, rather than being smuggled onboard the transport in a complete and more obvious manner. Adding to the troubling reports, there have been sightings of three crew members of the IDF Herriot leaving Seinan on one of the high speed trams earlier in the morning, minutes before the blast.

The KSP refuses to comment the possibility of Maquis terrorists free in the Samura controlled sectors of Kyushu.


- Motomu Fuyutsuki