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by with Olivia Hampton in Washington Laura Buckman DALLAS, United States (AFP) — Snipers shot dead five police officers and injured six others in Dallas, unleashing chaos during a protest against police shootings of black men in an ongoing standoff Friday. Police had the city on lockdown after a suspect warned that bombs had been planted throughout the city center. The shootings, which the police called a “terrorist incident”, took place as several hundred people […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A fifth police officer died during a shootout with snipers during a protest against police shootings of black men that also wounded six other officers and a civilian, authorities said. “It has been a devastating night. We are sad to report a fifth officer has died,” the Dallas Police Department wrote on Twitter. © 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse
by Olivia HAMPTON WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four police officers were killed and seven others wounded by snipers in chaotic scenes in Dallas during a protest against police shootings of black men, with a suspect warning that bombs were planted throughout the city center. City Police Chief David Brown said two snipers shot at “police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally.” A civilian was also wounded. Police were continuing to exchange gunfire with […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US Federal Aviation Administration restricted airspace over Dallas after gunmen shot at least 11 police officers in the Texan city, killing four during a protest over police shootings of black men. “No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM,” the FAA Notice to Airmen read. “Only relief aircraft operations under direction of Dallas Police Department are authorized in the airspace.” The restrictions, which are […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Four police officers were killed, at least seven were wounded and a civilian was also hurt late Thursday when two snipers opened fire during a protest in Dallas against police racial bias, authorities said. City Police Chief David Brown said two gunmen shot at “police officers from elevated positions during the protest/rally”, sparking an intense search for at least two suspects, adding that they had threatened to plant a bomb. The […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AFP) — Bangladesh security forces ended a siege Saturday after storming a cafe in Dhaka where dozens of diners had been held captive through the night and shot dead six of the hostage-takers. Police said at least 13 hostages, including three foreigners, had been rescued after commandos took control of the cafe in the upmarket Gulshan quarter but added that there had been an unknown number of casualties. Two police officers were also […]
ANKARA, Tukey (AFP) — Turkish police on Thursday rounded up 13 suspects over the triple suicide bombings at Istanbul’s international airport that left 42 people dead, a Turkish official said. “Earlier today, the police raided 16 locations to detain 13 ISIS suspects, including three foreign nationals,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. He did not reveal the nationalities of the foreign suspects, but said it was “probable” that at least one of the Ataturk […]
FRANCFORT, Germany (AFP) — A masked and armed man barricaded himself in a German multiplex cinema with dozens of people inside Thursday before being killed by police, officials said. No hostages were injured in the complex in the western town of Viernheim, 75 kilometres (50 miles) south of Frankfurt, Hesse state interior minister Peter Beuth said. “The assailant moved through the cinema complex, according to the information we have now, and appeared confused,” he said. […]
by Benoit TOUSSAINT VERHEIM, Germany (AFP) — A masked gunman barricaded himself in a German multiplex cinema with dozens of people Thursday before being killed by police on high security alert following a string of attacks around Europe, officials said. No-one else was injured at the complex in the western town of Viernheim, 75 kilometres (50 miles) south of Frankfurt, the interior minister of Hesse state, Peter Beuth, said. “The assailant moved through the cinema complex… […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — A suicide bomber hit a minibus carrying foreign security guards and caused several casualties early Monday in Kabul along the main road to the eastern city of Jalalabad, police said. The attacker was on foot, according to police, who refused to give a toll but said there were “multiple casualties” among the bus passengers who were “employees of a foreign compound”. The bus was carrying Nepalese guards, according to an AFP […]
by Victor Ruiz OAXA, Mexico (AFP) — At least three people were killed and dozens wounded when police clashed with thousands of teachers blocking roads in a protest in southern Mexico on Sunday, leaving three officers with bullet wounds. Police launched tear gas to disperse the teachers and authorities denied reports that officers were wielding lethal weapons to break up the protest in Asuncion Nochixtlan, a town in Oaxaca state. Some vehicles were set on […]
by Juliette COLLEN PARIS , France (AFP) — Forty people were hurt and dozens arrested Tuesday as violence between riot police and masked troublemakers gripped huge Paris protests over France’s labour reforms. Police fired water cannon in the south of the capital to quell rioters as “several hundred” masked protesters lobbed objects at security forces in bloody scenes in the French capital. As tens of thousands of people took to the streets in nationwide protests […]
