A man armed with a rifle and knife killed a woman and two police officers and injured another person on Thursday in the central Japanese city of Nakano before fleeing and shutting himself inside a home for several hours, the police said. It was an astonishing burst of violence in Japan, where gun-related homicides and […]
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After a School Shooting in Serbia, Belgrade Is Consumed With Grief
Thousands of students packed a neighborhood in central Belgrade on Thursday afternoon to mourn the eight children and one school guard gunned down by a 13-year-old boy in a shooting rampage that has plunged the Serbian capital into grief and stunned the entire country. Wearing black, their eyes brimming with tears, the students lit candles, […]
Gunman Kills 6 in Shooting at Jehovah’s Witness Hall in Germany
Weeks before a gunman opened fire on his former congregation at a Jehovah’s Witness hall in northern Germany, the authorities got a tip that he “harbored a special rage” toward religious groups, officials said Friday. But when they checked on him, they said, they determined they did not have grounds to seize his weapons. The […]
Germany Shooting: Several Killed in Attack on Jehovah’s Witness Hall
BERLIN — Several people were killed and several more were injured in a shooting in a Jehovah’s Witness hall in Hamburg, Germany, on Thursday night, in a rare mass shooting in the country. The police, including tactical and bomb disposal units, were on the scene late Thursday, and the injured were rushed to local hospitals. […]
At Least 5 Killed in Shooting at a Jerusalem Synagogue
At least five people were shot dead at a synagogue in East Jerusalem on Friday night in the deadliest attack in the city in several years. The Israeli police said that a gunman started firing at about 8:15 p.m. at people at a building used as a synagogue in Neve Yakov, an Israeli settlement in […]
Paris Shooting: At Least 3 Killed in Suspected Racist Attack
A gunman killed three people and wounded three others Friday at a Kurdish community center, a hair salon and a restaurant in central Paris in an attack that French officials said appeared directed at foreigners. A 69-year-old man with a criminal record was taken into custody in the attack, which ignited neighborhood protests that led […]
Gunman in Canada Condo Shooting Was Being Forced Out of Building
A gunman who killed five people on Sunday in a high-rise building outside Toronto where he lived had been ordered to appear in court the next day, where a board was seeking to force him to sell his apartment. The gunman, Francesco Villi, 73, who was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, also injured another tenant […]
Seven Injured in Shooting in Jerusalem
This is a developing story. Seven people were injured in the Old City of Jerusalem early Sunday in what emergency responders are considering a suspected terror attack. Two victims are in serious condition. The attack follows a conflict in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, who reached a cease-fire a week ago after dozens […]