An Iranian court sentenced a man to death over an April shrine attack in the Shiite city of Mashhad that killed two clerics, the judiciary said on Tuesday. The April 5 attack on the Imam Reza shrine, where pilgrims had gathered to worship during the Muslim month of Ramadan, killed two clerics and injured a third. Local media at the time identified the assailant as Abdolatif Moradi, a 21-year-old Sunni extremist and ethnic Uzbek who […]
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Attack on church in southwest Nigeria kills 21
LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — Gunmen who attacked a Catholic church on Sunday with explosives in southwest Nigeria killed at least 21 worshippers, including some children, local officials said. The violence in St Francis Catholic Church in Owo town during a Sunday service prompted international condemnation after a rare attack in Nigeria’s usually safer southwestern region. Richard Olatunde, spokesman for the Ondo State governor’s office, told AFP that dynamite exploded inside the church before gunmen […]
Three killed in central Israel attack, police launch manhunt
by Ahmad Gharabli with Ben Simon in Jerusalem © Agence France-Presse ELAD, Israel (AFP) — Three people were killed in an attack in the central Israeli city of Elad, as the Jewish state marked the anniversary of its founding on Thursday, and follows a brief lull in deadly unrest. Police said that a manhunt using helicopters and roadblocks had been launched, with a larger number of officers and army units pursuing “one or two […]
Russia confirms ‘high-precision’ strike on Kyiv during UN visit; Ukraine says at least 1 person killed
KYIV, Ukraine (AFP) — Russia’s defence ministry on Friday confirmed it had carried out an air strike on Kyiv during a visit by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. “High-precision, long-range air-based weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces have destroyed the production buildings of the Artyom missile and space enterprise in Kyiv,” the ministry said in its daily briefing on the conflict in Ukraine. Ukraine said Friday that one person had been killed in the strike […]
Russia strikes Kyiv during UN chief’s visit as Moscow presses offensive
by Joshua Melvin with Emmanuel Peuchot in Kharkiv Agence France Presse Russian forces pressed their offensive in south and east Ukraine on Friday after bombarding its capital during a visit by the United Nations’ chief. At least three people were wounded in strikes late Thursday in the western part of Kyiv, the first in the capital in nearly two weeks, which came after Guterres toured Bucha and other suburbs where Moscow is alleged to have […]
Fifty killed in train station strike as civilians flee east Ukraine
by Hervé BAR Agence France Presse KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AFP) — A rocket attack on a train station in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk killed dozens on Friday, as civilians raced to flee the Donbas region bracing for a feared Russian offensive. World leaders condemned the attack with US President Joe Biden accusing Russia of being behind an “horrific atrocity” while the French government called it a “crime against humanity” and British Prime Minister […]
At least two killed in Tel Aviv shooting
by Daniella Cheslow with Guillaume Lavallee in Jerusalem © Agence France-Presse TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) — At least two people were killed Thursday and several wounded in a shooting spree in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, the latest in a surge of violence in Israel and the occupied West Bank since late March. The attack sparked mayhem in Dizengoff Street, a popular nightspot full of bars and restaurants. It was not immediately […]
Ukraine air strike on fuel depot in Russia: local governor
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Ukrainian helicopters have carried out a strike on a fuel storage facility in Russia’s western town of Belgorod, the local governor said on Friday. “There was a fire at the petrol depot because of an air strike carried out by two Ukrainian army helicopters, who entered Russian territory at a low altitude,” Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on his Telegram channel. Two employees at the storage facilities were injured as a result […]
Gun attacks kill five near Tel Aviv: Israel medics
BNEI BRAK, Israel (AFP) — Five people were killed in gun attacks Tuesday near the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, emergency responders said, in the third fatal gun or knife spree in the Jewish state in a week. Residents of the ultra-orthodox town of Bnei Brak and the neighboring town of Ramat Gan reported that a man had driven around and opened fire at passers-by, and Israeli police later said that security forces killed […]
Two Israeli police killed in attack claimed by Islamic State group
by Nir KAFRI Agence France-Presse HADERA, Israel (AFP) – Two police officers were shot dead in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group in the northern Israeli city of Hadera late Sunday as top US and Arab diplomats visited the Jewish state for an unprecedented regional meeting, authorities said. Police said the two gunmen — Israeli Arabs identified by Israeli intelligence as local IS operatives — were killed by counterterrorism officers who happened to […]
Four dead in Israel stabbing, car-ramming, assailant shot
by Daniella Cheslow BEERSHEBA, Israel (AFP) — A man wielding a knife stabbed several people and ran over another in southern Israel on Tuesday, killing four, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in recent years. The assailant, who Israeli media have identified as a Bedouin man who previously tried to join the Islamic State group, was shot dead by armed locals following the attack in the southern city of Beersheba, police said. […]
Two injured in attack at Swedish school
MALMO, Sweden (AFP) — Two people were injured and rushed to hospital on Monday after a “suspected serious crime” at a secondary school in the southern Swedish town of Malmo, police said. It was not immediately known what happened but police said there had been no reports of gunfire. “One person has been arrested. Police have the situation under control,” police said in a statement issued around 6:30 pm (1730 GMT). The incident took place […]
