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Oct
06
2023
By PARISA HAFEZI and ELWELY ELWELLY
Iran rights group says mother of hospitalized teenage girl arrested

Iran rights group says mother of hospitalized teenage girl arrested

WORLD
AN Iranian rights group said that security forces arrested the mother of a teenage girl who was in a coma in a hospital following a confrontation with agents in the Tehran metro for not wearing the hijab. Iran's judiciary denied the report by the Iranian-Kurdish rights group Hengaw on the X social media platform. Iranian authorities also deny reports by rights activists that the 16-year-old girl, Armita Geravand, was injured on Sunday in a confrontation with officers enforcing the country's Islamic dress code, which requires women to wear a head covering. Hengaw said that security forces arrested Geravand's mother Shahin…
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Mar
28
2023
By The African Mirror
Female shooter kills 3 children, 3 adults in Nashville school attack

Female shooter kills 3 children, 3 adults in Nashville school attack

WORLD
A female shooter killed three children and three adults at a private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee, before police shot her dead. The assailant appeared to be a teenage girl, police said. Police began receiving calls at 10:13 a.m. of a shooter at The Covenant School, which teaches children up to 6th grade. Officers could hear gunfire coming from the school's second floor, Don Aaron, a spokesperson for Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, told reporters. The shooter had at least two semi-automatic rifles and a handgun, Aaron said. Two officers from a five-member team shot at her in what Aaron described…
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Feb
17
2023
By The African Mirror
Rescues dwindle in Turkey after earthquake, giving way to grief and anger

Rescues dwindle in Turkey after earthquake, giving way to grief and anger

WORLD
SUHAIB SALEM and ALI KUCUKGOCMEN A teenage girl was pulled alive from the rubble in Turkey more than 10 days after a devastating earthquake hit the region, but such rescues have become increasingly rare, leaving anger to smoulder as hope dies. The 17-year-old was extracted from the ruins of a collapsed apartment bloc in Turkey's southeastern Kahramanmaras province, broadcaster TRT Haber reported, 248 hours since the 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck in the dead of night on February 6. Footage showed her being carried away on a stretcher covered with a gold-coloured thermal blanket while an emergency worker held an intravenous…
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