Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor HONG KONG, China (AFP) — A man went on a knife rampage in Hong Kong late Sunday leaving at least five people wounded, including a local pro-democracy politician who had his ear bitten off, capping another chaotic day of political unrest in the city. Flashmob rallies erupted inside multiple shopping centers across the international finance hub over the afternoon, sparking frequent clashes with riot police. The violence was less […]
By Gregory Danel Agence France-Presse PARIS, FRANCE (AFP) — A knife-wielding man working at police headquarters in central Paris went on a rampage Thursday, stabbing and killing four employees before himself being shot dead, officials said. A fifth person who was critically injured was being treated in hospital after what was the deadliest attack on police in France in years. Paris prosecutor Remy Heitz said that the attacker, a 45-year-old employee from the IT department […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Police shot a man wielding a knife inside a busy Hong Kong subway station on Wednesday after he tried to attack them, officials said. It is rare for police to shoot suspects in Hong Kong, where it is illegal for the public to carry firearms. Officers tried to question him in Sham Shui Po station during a routine security search but he then pulled a six-inch (15-centimeter) knife from his […]
by Gregory DANEL / Romain FONSEGRIVES Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) – Seven people including two British tourists were wounded Sunday in Paris after they were attacked by a man armed with a knife and an iron bar, according to police and other sources. A source close to the inquiry said the suspect, believed to be an Afghan national, has been arrested. “Nothing at this stage shows signs of a terrorist nature in these assaults,” […]
by Katell Prigent / Marie Giffard Agence France Presse TRAPPES, France (AFP) — A man stabbed his mother and sister to death and seriously injured another person in a town near Paris on Thursday before being shot dead by police. The 36-year-old had serious mental health problems and had been on a terror watch list since 2016, Interior Minister Gerard Collomb told reporters after visiting the scene in the town of Trappes. The motive for […]
(Eagle News) — No Filipino was hurt in the knife attack in Paris, France on Saturday, May 12, that led to the death of one person. This is according to the Department of Foreign Affairs that issued a statement on Monday, May 14. “Ambassador [Theresa] Lazaro said the Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack but has not provided evidence to support its claim,” the DFA said. Naturalized Frenchman Khamzat Azimov carried out the […]
VIENNA, Austria (AFP) — A 26-year-old Austrian was shot dead outside the Iranian ambassador’s residence in Vienna on Sunday night after he attacked a guard with a knife, police said. The assailant “died on the spot” after the guard opened fire, police spokesman Harald Soeros told AFP, adding that the attack took place just before midnight local time in a residential area. The motive for the attack is not yet known, police said. The guard, who […]
by Francois Becker with Adam Plowright in Paris Agence France Presse MARSEILLE, France — A suspected Islamist knifeman killed two women at the main train station in the French Mediterranean city of Marseille on Sunday before being shot dead by soldiers patrolling there, local officials and police said. One of the victims was fatally stabbed while the other had her throat slit by the assailant who is believed to have shouted “Allahu Akbar” (God is […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — British police investigating Friday’s sword attack outside Buckingham Palace in London arrested a second man on Sunday, as authorities in Belgium, Finland and Spain probed their own terror attacks. “The man was arrested on suspicion of being involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of terrorism at 10:15 hours (0915 GMT) today and he has been taken into custody,” a police statement said. It came hours after Islamic State jihadists […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A man arrested under the Terrorism Act after deliberately driving at police outside Queen Elizabeth II’s Buckingham Palace residence in London had a “four-foot sword” in his car, police said on Saturday. Upon being challenged by officers, the 26-year-old attacker “reached for what we now know to be a four-foot sword which was in the front passenger foot well,” the police statement said. “The man, who repeatedly shouted Allahu akbar […]
LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A man who attacked police Friday with a knife outside Queen Elizabeth II’s Buckingham Palace residence in London has been arrested under the Terrorism Act, police said. “Detectives from the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command are now investigating the incident which occurred near Buckingham Palace,” the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
MINNEAPOLIS, United States (AFP) – by Jared Goyette The Somali community in the US state of Minnesota braced for a backlash Monday after a man who stabbed nine people in a mall over the weekend was identified as one of their own. The FBI is investigating the Saturday attack in the city of St. Cloud as a potential act of terrorism. While authorities have not officially identified the attacker, local Somali leaders said he was 22-year-old […]
