WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A man opened fire Sunday at a birthday party in Colorado, killing six people before taking his own life, US police said. Colorado Springs police responded to an emergency call in the morning at a mobile home park, where they found six adults shot dead and one adult male who was seriously injured. He was transported to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries. Preliminary investigations revealed that […]
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Man with knife attacks kindergarten in China, killing two
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A man with a knife attacked a kindergarten in southern China on Wednesday, killing two children and wounding 16 other people, state media reported. The Xinhua news agency said the “knife-stabbing incident” took place in Beiliu, a city in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region. Police arrested a suspect and a probe of the attack is under way, the agency said. Knife attacks are not uncommon in China, which heavily restricts access […]
Indonesia police seize meth worth $82 million, arrest 17
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — Indonesian police said Wednesday they have smashed a drug smuggling ring that moved 2.5 tons of methamphetamine into the country from Afghanistan, a haul worth about $82 million. One Indonesian suspect was shot dead while 17 others including a Nigerian were arrested during a series of police raids in Sumatra’s Aceh province and the capital Jakarta in recent weeks, they said. Some of the meth had been placed inside food containers […]
Knife attacker in France said to have watched jihadist videos
by Murielle KASPRZAK and Joseph SCHMID RAMBOUILLET, France (AFP) — A Tunisian man who stabbed to death a police employee outside Paris watched jihadist propaganda videos just before the attack, France’s anti-terror prosecutor said Sunday, adding that a fifth person was detained for questioning. Based on an analysis of the killer’s cellphone as well as his social media postings, “his radicalisation appears little in doubt,” Jean-Francois Ricard said at a press conference. The 36-year-old attacker, […]
‘Justice’: America reacts to Floyd murderer’s conviction
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Politicians, rights activists and family members and even world leaders reacted with jubilation and relief Tuesday as sacked Minneapolis policeman Derek Chauvin was convicted of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died when the officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes last year. Here are some the immediate reactions following the announcement of the guilty verdicts on all three counts — second degree murder, […]
French police warn Macron about rising violence
by Jérôme RIVET MONTPELLIER, France (AFP) — French police warned President Emmanuel Macron about rising levels of street violence, as he toured crime hotspots on Monday following a string of shocking assaults. A spate of violent attacks in recent months has made fear of crime a top political issue ahead of presidential elections next year in which Macron is expected to seek a second term. “We are faced with young people who are more organised, […]
Stalker-plagued Taylor Swift has break-in at New York home
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — An alleged stalker of pop superstar Taylor Swift was arrested after she suffered a break-in at her New York apartment, police said Monday. Hanks Johnson, 52, was charged with criminal trespassing after police responded to an emergency call on Saturday, reporting that someone was breaking into Swift’s home in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. Johnson was released on his own recognizance following an arraignment in Manhattan criminal court Sunday […]
JUST IN: Two injured in shooting outside Paris hospital: investigating source
PARIS, France (AFP) — Two people were injured in a shooting outside a Paris hospital on Monday, a source close to the investigation said. No further details were available about the incident at the Henry Dunant private hospital owned by the Red Cross in the upmarket 16th district of the capital. © Agence France-Presse
US Capitol attack sparks debate over security
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Officials in Washington appealed Sunday for balance between securing the US Capitol and public accessibility after the second deadly attack this year targeted the seat of American democracy. A policeman was killed and another wounded Friday after a man rammed through security and crashed into a barrier at the complex, forcing it into lockdown less than three months after a mob insurrection at Congress. Capitol Police shot the driver […]
Suspect arrested in brutal New York assault of Asian woman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dLlo175c3E by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York police on Wednesday charged a suspect in a brutal, videotaped assault of a 65-year-old Asian-American woman that sparked outrage amid a surge of anti-Asian violence in the United States. Police identified the man as 38-year-old Brandon Elliot, who was released from prison in 2019 on lifetime parole for stabbing his mother to death in front of his five-year-old sister […]
Video shows Asian-American woman attacked on New York street
https://youtu.be/5dLlo175c3E NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York police were searching Tuesday for a man who violently attacked an Asian-American woman as bystanders seemingly looked on without intervening, the latest incident of anti-Asian violence in the United States. The attack, which took place on a sidewalk in broad daylight in Midtown Manhattan on Monday, was caught on CCTV footage from inside an adjacent building. In the video, posted online by police, the man […]
‘Active shooter’ at Colorado grocery store: police
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Police responded to an active shooter at a grocery store in the western US state of Colorado on Monday, law enforcement in the city of Boulder said. A law enforcement source told ABC News police had responded to a report of a person shot in the parking area of King Soopers and were subsequently fired at, but did not confirm early reports of multiple injuries. “Active Shooter at the […]
