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The white teenager accused of gunning down 10 Black people during a racist rampage at a supermarket in New York state was back in court Thursday. Payton Gendron, 18, wore orange prison fatigues and a white face mask as he appeared for the pre-trial felony hearing at the county court in Buffalo. He said nothing during the hearing, which lasted just a few minutes. Several of the suspect’s family members were in the courtroom, […]
by Nicholas Kamm with Sebastian Smith in Washington © Agence France-Presse Buffalo, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday called out what he branded the “poison” of white supremacist ideology behind a deadly mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, and said that racism is being stoked for political gain. Speaking in the city where a white teen is accused of murdering 10 African Americans in a neighborhood supermarket, Biden said, “What […]
by Paul HANDLEY The teenager charged with shooting dead 10 African Americans at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York followed an insidious racist creed gaining ground among white Americans that minorities are taking over society. The 18-year-old suspect Payton Gendron took explicit inspiration from the white supremacist gunman who murdered 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2019. The Christchurch killer had warned in a manifesto of a “Great Replacement” of white […]
by Jorge Uzon, with Maggy Donaldson in New York Agence France Presse BUFFALO, United States (AFP) — Grieving Buffalo residents held vigils Sunday after a white gunman who officials have branded “pure evil” shot dead 10 people at a grocery store in a “racist” rampage. The police commissioner for the US city in western New York, Joseph Gramaglia, told reporters the 18-year-old suspect did “reconnaissance” on the predominantly Black area surrounding Tops Friendly Market and […]
LAGUNA WOODS, United States (AFP)– One person was dead and four others in critical condition after a shooting at a church near Los Angeles, law enforcement said Sunday, just one day after a gunman killed 10 people at a grocery store in New York state. Shortly before 1.30 pm (2030 GMT), parishioners were attending a banquet following a morning service at Geneva Presbyterian Church when the gunman began his rampage, authorities said. There were […]
by Ferdinandh Cabrera with Cecil Morella in Manila Agence France Presse Three security guards were killed Monday when gunmen opened fire at a polling station in a restive region of the southern Philippines, police said, as millions of Filipinos voted in national elections. Elections are a traditionally volatile time in a country with lax gun laws and a violent political culture, but police said this season had been comparatively peaceful. The deadly shooting happened […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — An armed man opened fire in a kindergarten Tuesday in Russia’s central Ulyanovsk region, leaving at least four people dead, local authorities told AFP. “According to preliminary information there was a shooting in a kindergarten. As a result, two children, a teacher and the attacker died,” the head of the Ulyanovsk region information department, Dmitry Kamal, told AFP. He said investigators were working at the scene to establish further information. The […]
Three people were wounded on Friday after a gunman opened fire with an automatic weapon in an upscale neighborhood of the US capital, police said. The Connecticut Avenue-Van Ness neighborhood of Washington was on lockdown after the mid-afternoon shooting and residents were evacuated as police hunted for the gunman. WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 22: Police provide cover as area residents are told to run with their hands up while being evacuated from their homes after a shooting in the […]
by Angela WEISS A massive manhunt was underway Tuesday in New York for a man who shot 10 people on a packed subway train, donning a gas mask before setting off two smoke bombs and opening fire on terrified commuters. Police said the incident in Brooklyn was not being investigated as an act of terrorism, with no indication of a motive at this stage. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening. New York Police Department […]
Smoke, followed by scattered pops that some commuters mistake for fireworks but are really gunshots, then panic as a quick escape is thwarted by the subway car’s locked doors. A passenger pounds on the door of the neighboring carriage, desperate to be let out. As the train pulls into the platform, some scream, a man grips his coffee tightly, seemingly dazed — and others tend to the wounded who lie bleeding on the floor. […]
Six people were killed and 12 others injured, some critically, in a shooting early Sunday morning in California’s state capital of Sacramento. The city’s police chief, Kathy Lester, told reporters that around 2:00 am, “a large fight took place” in the downtown area just before “multiple shooters” opened fire. Officers on patrol nearby heard the gunshots and saw people running, she said. Upon arriving at the scene, “they encountered a large crowd and multiple gunshot […]
JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) – Two of the five men killed by a Palestinian gunman in the central Israeli city of Bnei Brak were Ukrainian nationals, Israeli police said on Wednesday. A police statement identified those slain in Tuesday’s attack, noting that “a foreigner from Ukraine, aged 23” and “a foreigner from Ukraine, aged 32” were among them. According to police, Diaa Armashah, a Palestinian from the West Bank village Yabad, had opened fire in the […]
