Deadly shooting rocks Beirut as tensions over blast probe erupt
Beirut, LebanonReuters Tensions over a probe into last year’s massive blast in Beirut burst into the worst street violence in more than a decade on Thursday, with six Shi’ites shot dead and gun battles reviving memories of the country’s 1975-90 civil war. Bullets bounced off buildings and people ran for cover during bursts of gunfire […]
“Social contagion” as Sweden sees surge in deadly shootings
Stockholm, SwedenReuters Sweden has gone from having one of the lowest rates of gun violence in Europe to having one of the highest, a report said on Wednesday, describing what one researcher called a “social contagion” of killings. Sweden, with a population of 10 million, saw 42 deadly shootings in 2019, the last year with […]
Eight reported killed as Myanmar protests aim to “shake the world”
Reuters Myanmar security forces opened fire on some of the biggest protests against military rule in days on Sunday killing eight people, media reported, three months after a coup plunged the country into crisis. The protests, after a spell of dwindling crowds and what appeared to be more restraint by the security forces, were coordinated […]
Suspected shisha bar gunman published racist manifesto – German prosecutor
Hanau, GermanyReuters A man suspected of shooting dead nine people in shisha bars in a German town before killing himself and his mother had posted a manifesto online including conspiracy theories and deeply racist views, prosecutors said on Thursday. The presumed attacker – a 43-year-old German man identified as Tobias R – was found dead […]