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May

2023

At least 8 people killed by gunman at Texas mall, police kill shooter

BRAD BROOKS and BRENDAN O'BRIEN A gunman shot and killed eight people and wounded at least seven others at a busy mall north of Dallas, police said. The gunman, whom authorities said they think acted alone and whose motive was not yet known, was killed by a police officer after he began firing outside of the Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, Texas, the city's police chief Brian Harvey said at a press conference. Allen fire department chief Jon Boyd told the same press conference that his department took at least nine victims with gunshot wounds to area hospitals. Two…

May

2023

By ANTONIO BRONIC and ALEKSANDAR VASOVIC

Eight killed in second Serbia mass shooting, suspect arrested

WORLD

POLICE arrested a suspect after eight people were killed and 14 wounded in Serbia's second mass shooting in two days in what President Aleksandar Vucic called a "terrorist attack" as the government approved tough new gun controls. The Balkan country was already reeling from a mass shooting on Wednesday when authorities say a 13-year-old boy shot dead nine and wounded seven at a school in Belgrade before turning himself in. Serbs had just begun three days of mourning on Friday for those victims as news broke of the second shooting, which authorities said began late on Thursday in the village of Dubona,…

Jan

2023

By The African Mirror

South Africa: Eight killed in shooting at birthday party

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GUNMEN killed eight people and wounded three others at a birthday party in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, police said, adding that a manhunt was underway to find the killers. The mass shooting was carried out by two attackers and occurred between 5:15 and 5:30 p.m. (1515 and 1530 GMT) on Sunday at a house in Kwazakele, Gqeberha, the South African Police Service (SAPS) said in a statement. The gunmen fled after the attack, and no arrests have been made, the police said. Investigations into the circumstances and possible motives for the attack were ongoing. Police have not named the…

Mar

2021

By The African Mirror

Six women of Asian descent among eight killed in shootings at Atlanta day spas

WORLD

RICH McKAY EIGHT people, six of them women of Asian descent, were shot dead in a string of attacks at day spas in and around Atlanta, and a man suspected of carrying out the killings was in custody on Wednesday in southern Georgia, police said. Although authorities in the southern U.S. state declined to offer a motive for the violence, the attacks on Tuesday prompted the New York Police Department's counter-terrorism unit to announce the deployment of additional patrols in Asian communities there as a precaution. South Korea's foreign ministry said its consulate-general in Atlanta had confirmed that the victims…