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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 […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — A shooter opened fire on a concert in Las Vegas, killing 58 people and wounding nearly 500 in a 10-minute barrage of gunfire. Here is a timeline of the attack and the law enforcement response released by Las Vegas Sheriff Joseph Lombardo: —10:05 pm: Shooter Stephen Paddock opens fire on the concert. —10:12 pm: Two officers arrive on the 31st floor of the Mandalay Bay hotel and say the […]
by Martin Parry SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia offered to help the United States reform its gun laws Tuesday after a successful two-decade clampdown on firearms in the wake of its own worst mass shooting. The US is reeling after at least 59 people were killed and more than 500 injured when retired accountant Stephen Paddock opened fire on thousands of concertgoers in Las Vegas before killing himself. The shocking tragedy has sparked renewed calls […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Green Day is taking aim at the US culture around mass shootings as the punk rockers return with their first album in four years. The group, who rode a rebirth of punk in the early 1990s, announced Thursday that its 12th studio album, “Revolution Radio,” would come out on October 7. Green Day released the first single, “Bang Bang,” which is marked by the blistering guitar chords of the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama said Monday there was no evidence that the massacre of 49 people in a Florida nightclub was directed from abroad or was part of a larger plot. After being briefed on America’s deadliest mass shooting in modern times by top security aides, Obama said “we don’t yet know” the shooter’s motivations. Obama said 29-year-old Omar Mateen did appear to have been “inspired by various extremist information that […]
by Veronique DUPONT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — The deadliest mass shooting in US history has once again unleashed gun control advocates clamoring for curbs on weapons sales. But the Florida carnage also shows the scale of their challenge in a country where a 29-year-old once flagged on an FBI watchlist was able to commit mass murder with a legally-bought assault rifle. As has become a somber ritual after each of the mass shootings […]
