PHNOM PENH, June 16, 2023 (AFP) – Cambodian leader Hun Sen on Friday ordered armed forces to search border villages for suspects following gun attacks on two police headquarters in neighbouring Vietnam that killed at least nine people. Four police officers, two local officials and three civilians died in the rare shootings that occurred in the early hours of Sunday in Cu Kuin district of Vietnam’s Central Highlands. During a speech to garment workers, […]
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Two killed in shooting at Japan army training range
TOKYO, June 14, 2023 (AFP) – Two soldiers were killed and a third wounded when a fellow recruit opened fire at a training range in central Japan on Wednesday, the military said. “During a live-bullet exercise as part of new personnel training, one Self-Defense Forces candidate fired at three personnel,” the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) said in a statement. “The death of another person has been confirmed of the three who were shot at,” the […]
Death toll in Vietnam shootings climbs to nine
The death toll following gun attacks on two police headquarters in Vietnam’s Central Highlands has risen to nine, including four officers, authorities said Monday. Twenty-six people have been arrested in connection with the rare shootings that occurred in the early hours of Sunday in Cu Kuin district of Dak Lak province, according to the website of the ministry of public security (MPS). “In the early morning of June 11, 2023, a group of people riding […]
Nine injured in Denver shooting near Nuggets win celebrations
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2023 (AFP) – Nine people were shot and injured and a suspect put in custody in the US city of Denver, police said early Tuesday, after a shooting near the arena where the Nuggets won their first NBA title. Three victims were in critical condition and the others sustaining non-life-threatening injuries, the Denver Police Department said on Twitter. The shooting occurred about a mile (1.6 kilometers) from the Ball Arena, where the […]
Suspected Texas shooter was kicked out of US Army
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The man suspected of murdering eight people at a Texas shopping mall was kicked out of the US Army in 2008 less than three months after joining, a spokeswoman said Monday. Mauricio Garcia, 33, was shot dead by police after opening fire with a semi-automatic rifle in the parking lot of Allen Premium Outlets north of Dallas on Saturday afternoon. “Mauricio Garcia entered the regular Army in June 2008; he […]
Nine dead after shooting rampage at Texas mall: authorities
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2023 (AFP) – A man who went on a rampage at a Texas outlet mall on Saturday shot dead eight people before he was himself killed, authorities said. “(We) found seven deceased individuals on scene. We transported nine individuals to the hospital… Of those we transported, two have since died,” said fire chief Jonathan Boyd of Allen, Texas. The shooting sparked panic at Allen Premium Outlets, a sprawling shopping complex in Allen, […]
Developing story: Mass shooting at Texas mall leaves fatalities, 9 wounded
WASHINGTON, May 7, 2023 (AFP) – A shooter opened fire at an outlet mall north of Dallas, Texas on Saturday, and emergency officials confirmed fatalities and said at least nine wounded people were rushed to area hospitals. Some of the victims were as young as five years old, CNN reported. A police officer was in the mall on an unrelated call when gunfire broke out around 3:30 pm (2030 GMT), said chief Brian Harvey of […]
Serbian president vows to ‘disarm’ country after mass shootings
BELGRADE, May 5, 2023 (AFP) – Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic vowed on Friday to launch a large-scale disarmament plan to remove hundreds of thousands of guns from the country, following back-to-back mass shootings in the Balkan country this week. “We will do an almost complete disarming of Serbia,” Vucic said during a live broadcast, hours after the latest shooting killed eight people. The president said the plan aimed to remove hundreds of thousands of […]
‘I cried all day’: Serbia reels after deadly school shooting
By Miodrag SOVILJ Agence France-Presse BELGRADE, Serbia (AFP) — Serbia was in mourning on Thursday a day after a 13-year-old suspect shot dead eight fellow students and a security guard after allegedly drawing up a kill list. The tragedy has left the Balkan nation reeling. Gun violence at schools is extremely rare in Serbia and the country’s president called Wednesday’s shooting “one of the most difficult days” in recent history. On Thursday, schools across Serbia […]
Five teachers among seven killed in Pakistan school shooting: police
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, May 4, 2023 (AFP) – Five teachers and two labourers were gunned down Thursday at a school in northwest Pakistan, in an attack linked to Sunni-Shiite sectarian tensions, police and government officials said. “When the two attackers went inside (the school), they identified Shiite people and separated them before opening fire,” Muhammad Imran, police chief for Kurram district in Pakistan’s former tribal areas, told AFP. The attack came after a man from […]
Suspect in Texas neighbor slayings arrested
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A man accused of massacring five neighbors after they asked him to stop firing his rifle in his yard was captured Tuesday after a days-long manhunt, Texas law enforcement said. Francisco Oropesa had eluded authorities since the shooting Friday in the small town of Cleveland in southeastern Texas. “We now have this man in custody,” San Jacinto County Sheriff Greg Capers told reporters at a press conference Tuesday night. “He […]
Gunman on the run after five people shot dead in Texas
HOUSTON, Texas (AFP) – Police were searching Saturday for a gunman believed to have shot and killed five Hondurans after they asked him to stop late-night target practice that was keeping their baby awake, the local sheriff said Saturday, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. An eight-year-old child was among the victims when the apparently drunken gunman stormed into the crowded house and opened fire, reportedly infuriated by the request to […]
