The Daily Observer: Ålesund Becomes A Bloodbath!

==Government Buildings Under Siege!==
Following on from attacks the week before Ålesund has once again come under intense attack from enemies both external and internal. It all began one morning when the Chairman of the UHC, Aleksandr Lukashenko, was travelling between buildings for a meeting when his entourage came under small arms fire in the street. Since then events have deteriorated severely to the point where it is no longer safe for people to leave buildings unless it is under the cover of night due to sniper fire.
Following directly on from the outbreak of small arms fire in the streets an estimated 1,000 New Haalsian Army soldiers came ashore on the island and began an intense fight amongst the villages and complexes which are the key points of the island. These soldiers have been bolstered by many prominent defections from the Home Guard units of the National Guard stationed on the Island who reportedly killed their own commander, Ferdinand Roethke, in his sleep before taking up arms against the UHC. An estimated 1,800 hostiles are actively attacking individuals and beginning occupational activities across the island, aiming to cut off communications and supplies to the facilities.
A prominent horror came that very evening when the entire complex which housed the Ålesunder Youth Corps went up in flames following a suspected arson attack. Over 100 members of the Youth Corps were killed in the blaze with many more injured and suffering from smoke inhalation. Reports from Youth members who escaped the fire have told of how the fire was seemingly started in the dormitory section but the main access points to the building were either locked or blocked off before it was began making escape from the violent blaze even trickier. Many are calling this a horrific attack against the youth of Haalsia but the New Haalsian Army dispute this was their doing and claim their only grievance is with the UHC, not the young people of the nation.
Those which still actively resist are confined to a small number of official buildings and fortifications scattered across the island although roughly 400 National Guardsmen who have remained loyal have barricaded themselves inside the main building of the UHC complex, along with the bulk of the UHC members and leadership, and are actively resisting although their supply status is unknown due to patchy communication links.
Ålesund is certainly paying the price for being the centre of the UHC.
Category:Historical Battles