Tag: crime

Three Chinese students hurt in car attack near Toulouse

  by Hugues Jeanneaud © Agence France-Presse TOULOUSE, France (AFP) — A man “deliberately” rammed his car into a group of pedestrians, injuring three Chinese students one of them seriously, near the French city of Toulouse on Friday, authorities said, adding that the attack was not linked to terrorism. The 28-year-old driver, who was arrested immediately afterwards in the city’s Blagnac suburb, “purposefully hit three people” on a crosswalk, Toulouse prosecutor Pierre-Yves Couilleau said. The suspect, a […]

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Texas church shooting witness: ‘He wouldn’t stop’

by Nova Safo Agence France Presse SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, United States (AFP) — Terrie Smith was planning a lazy Sunday, before the bullets started flying. The 54-year-old owns a restaurant in a gas station across the street from the First Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas. She had gone to fill up her car to enjoy her day off, when the unthinkable happened. Smith watched, horrified, as 26-year-old gunman Devin Patrick Kelley encircled the church, raining […]

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N. Korean suspects named in Kim Jong-Nam murder trial

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AFP) — Four men suspected of plotting with two women to murder the North Korean leader’s half-brother were Monday named by police as North Koreans who fled Malaysia after the assassination. They were identified at the trial of Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, the women accused of killing Kim Jong-Nam on February 13 with nerve agent VX at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in a hit that stunned the world. The pair, who […]

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Texas church shooting: what we know

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, United States (AFP) — A gunman wearing all black armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small-town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 more in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. Here’s what we know so far about the attack. – What happened – Around 11:20 am (1720 GMT), the gunman fired outside at First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, a rural […]

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Gunman kills 26 at Texas church service

  by Suzanne Cordeiro © Agence France-Presse SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, United States (AFP) — A black-clad gunman armed with an assault rifle opened fire on a small town Texas church during Sunday morning services, killing 26 people and wounding 20 in the last mass shooting to shock the United States. Authorities did not identify the gunman, saying only that he was a “young white male, maybe in his early 20s,” who was wearing a bulletproof vest and found dead […]

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Worst mass shootings in modern United States

WASHINGTON, united States (AFP) — A gunman killed 26 worshippers at a rural Texas church on Sunday. Here are some of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States in the past three decades. Vegas concert: 58 killed A 64-year-old man whose father had been on the FBI’s most wanted list in the late 1960s shoots down from his hotel room at a crowd attending an outdoor country music concert on October 1, 2017, killing […]

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26 killed in church shooting: Texas governor

SUTHERLAND SPRINGS, United States (AFP) — A total of 26 people were killed during a gunman’s shooting rampage at a Texas church during Sunday services, Governor Greg Abbott said, warning the toll may rise. “We are dealing with the largest mass shooting in our state’s history. There’s so many families who have lost family members. Fathers, mothers, sons and daughters,” Abbott said. “The tragedy, of course, is worsened by the fact that it occurred in […]

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In reversal, US tech firms back bill on human trafficking

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Major US tech firms reversed course Friday and endorsed a proposal in Congress which could hold website owners liable for human trafficking. The Internet Association, which includes giants Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon, said in a statement it supported the measure after reaching a compromise with legislative sponsors. The association “is committed to combating sexual exploitation and sex trafficking online” president Michael Beckerman said in endorsing the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act (SESTA). “Important […]

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Trump says New York attack suspect should be put to death

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US President Donald Trump called Wednesday for the man suspected of killing eight people in a New York City truck rampage to be put to death. “NYC terrorist was happy as he asked to hang ISIS flag in his hospital room. He killed 8 people, badly injured 12. SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY!” Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to the Islamic State jihadist group (Agence France-Presse).

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Director, radio boss implicated in Hollywood abuse scandal

by Veronique DUPONT Agence France-Presse LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) – Blockbuster director Brett Ratner and the head of news at American radio station NPR were drawn into Hollywood’s widening sexual misconduct scandal Wednesday as more women came forward with stories of abuse. Actresses Natasha Henstridge and Olivia Munn have accused Ratner of sexual harassment, the Los Angeles Times reported, as A-lister Kevin Spacey faced fresh accusations over his own conduct with young actors. Henstridge […]

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Putin assassination plot suspect wounded, wife killed in Ukraine

by Dmitry Zaks  KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — A Chechen volunteer soldier who was accused of plotting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin was wounded and his wife killed Monday when their car was strafed by gunfire near Kiev. The apparent assassination was the latest involving high-profile figures in Ukraine who bitterly opposed Russia. Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Gerashchenko said Amina Okuyeva died and her husband Adam Osmayev was injured when their car was hit by a […]

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Philippines promises compensation for slain Vietnamese fishermen

MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — The Philippines apologized Thursday and promised compensation for two Vietnamese fishermen killed by its naval personnel during an anti-poaching operation at sea. Philippine Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made the apology in a meeting with Vietnam’s Defense Minister Ngo Xuan Lich as the two Southeast Asian neighbors discussed ways to improve cooperation, especially in naval matters. “Secretary Lorenzana also relayed President Rodrigo Duterte’s assurance that the families of the Vietnamese fishermen who […]

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