Russia opens investigation after gunmen kill 11 at Russian army base in new blow to Moscow’s Ukraine campaign
Kyiv, UkraineReuters Russia has opened a criminal investigation after gunmen shot dead 11 people at a military training ground near the Ukrainian border, authorities said on Sunday, as fighting raged in eastern and southern Ukraine. Russia’s RIA news agency, citing the defence ministry, said two gunmen opened fire with small arms during a firearms training […]
Before fatal shooting, Japan’s Abe was up close with the crowd
Nara, Japan Reuters Moments before he was fatally shot from behind on Friday, Japanese former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was doing what he’d done for decades: getting up close to the crowds and stumping for a local candidate. As is typical in Japan, where violent crime is rare and guns are scarce, security appeared to […]
Updated: Gunman assassinates Japan ex-PM Abe on campaign trail
Updated: 9:45am, 9th July, 2022 (AEST)Tokyo, JapanReuters Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the longest-serving leader of modern Japan, was gunned down on Friday while campaigning for a parliamentary election, shocking a country where guns are tightly controlled and political violence almost unthinkable. Abe, 67, was pronounced dead around five and a half hours after the […]
Updated: Denmark in shock as gunman kills three at Copenhagen shopping mall
Updated: 11am (AEST)Copenhagen, DenmarkReuters Three people were killed and several more were wounded in a shooting at a shopping centre in Copenhagen on Sunday, Danish police said, adding they had arrested a 22-year-old Danish man and charged him with manslaughter. The attack rocked Denmark at the end of an otherwise joyful week, just after it […]
After US church shooting, Iowa pastor tells flock: “God is near to the broken-hearted”
United StatesRNS At a Friday morning prayer service, stunned and shattered worshippers gathered to weep, pray, sing and mourn two young women killed at an Iowa church. The service was hours after a fatal shooting in the parking lot of Cornerstone Church in Ames, Iowa, home to Iowa State University. The shooting occurred on the […]
“Hero” guard, shoppers among Buffalo shooting victims in US
Buffalo, New YorkAP Aaron Salter was a beloved community member and security guard who knew the shoppers of Tops Friendly Market by name. When they came under attack from a gunman with a rifle, he quickly sprung into action to protect his community. The retired Buffalo police officer fired multiple times at the attacker, striking […]
Israel and West Bank on edge after more bloodshed
Jerusalem, Israel Reuters Israeli forces killed two Palestinian women on Sunday after one ran towards troops and the other stabbed a soldier in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank, Israeli security officials said. With violence surging after a string of deadly Arab attacks in Israel, a Palestinian man was killed by Israeli soldiers during what […]
Fasting protesters defy military rule in massive Sudan marches
Khartoum, Sudan Reuters Despite high temperatures, tear gas, and a Ramadan fast, tens of thousands of Sudanese protesters marched in the capital Khartoum and more in towns across the country on Wednesday, marking the third anniversary of the fall of former President Omar al-Bashir and rejecting the recent power grab by the generals that ousted […]
Violence escalates in India’s north-east after forces mistakenly fire on civilians – officials
Guwahati, IndiaReuters Protesters threw stones and set fire to areas around a camp belonging to Indian forces in the remote north-east, with one civilian shot dead in renewed violence a day after 14 people were killed by defence forces, officials said. At least 14 civilians and one member of the security forces were killed in […]
Mexico’s National Guard kills Cuban migrant, wounds four others as caravan advances
Mexico City, MexicoReuters A Cuban migrant was shot dead by the Mexican National Guard and four others were wounded after the vehicle they were in did not stop when ordered to do so, Mexican authorities said on Tuesday. The shooting occurred early on Sunday in the southern state of Chiapas, in an area where a […]