•South African police South African police said today they were hunting for attackers who burst into a bar in a township outside the capital and killed five customers and wounded three others. The attack at approximately 10:30 pm (2030 GMT) yesterday is the latest mass shooting in the crime-ridden country, where murders average over 75 [&helli...
•Late Melissa Hortman and wounded John Hoffman A gunman shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota early yesterday, killing one and her husband and wounding the other, in what the northern US state’s governor said were politically motivated attacks. The shootings came at a moment of deep political divisions in the United States, as thous...
•Late Valeria Marquez A popular Mexican social media influencer was shot dead during a live stream on TikTok, where she had tens of thousands of followers, authorities said yesterday. The Mexican press named her as Valeria Marquez, 23, who posted videos related to beauty and lifestyle, some of which had hundreds of thousands of views, [&hellip...
•Gunmen A mayoral candidate was shot dead yesterday at a campaign event in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, the state governor said. Yesenia Lara, the candidate of President Claudia Sheinbaum’s Morena party for mayor of Texistepec, was identified by local media as the slain politician, reports AFP. Footage posted online shows people runn...
The Public Relations Officer of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Joshua Uwaila on behalf of the management of the hospital, today confirmed the killing of one of its physiotherapists, identified as Dr Alex Ogunniyi. Uwaila said that the management of the hospital has written to the Edo State Police Command and copied the [&hel...
A 77-year-old Nigerian Uber driver, Olatunji W. Bolaji, was shot and killed while on duty in Philadelphia, United States. His 22-year-old passenger was also critically injured in the attack, reports AFP. The incident happened around 2 a.m. on Wednesday. Bolaji, who lived in Norristown, Pennsylvania, had just picked up the passenger outside Byb...
A man has been charged with murder after allegedly shooting the administrator of a community WhatsApp group who removed him from the chat, police said today. Mushtaq Ahmed was shot dead on Thursday evening in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province that borders Afghanistan, which has a history of bloody sectarian violence, repo...
•Police Four people have allegedly been killed in Rimin Auzinawa, Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, following a violent clash with security operatives over demolition of properties. The victims were reportedly shot dead by security personnel after residents retaliated against the destruction of their buildings, reports Daily Trust. S...
•Gunmen A man who repeatedly burnt the Quran in 2023 in Sweden, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, media reported today, as police confirmed a fatal shooting the day before. A Stockholm court was due to rule today whether Salwan Momika, a Christian Iraqi who burned Qurans at multiple protests, was guilty […]
No fewer than five persons including a Chieftain of the All Progressive Congress in Owo, in Ondo State, Fisayo Oladipupo, a mother and her child, have been shot dead during a violent clash between suspected cult groups in the ancient town. Tension has therefore enveloped the ancient town following the casualties recorded within ten hours, [&he...
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