Sunday became the bloodiest day of protests that have been ongoing since early February, when the army arrested the democratically elected leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, over claims of election fraud. “Police and military forces have confronted peaceful demonstrations, using lethal force and less-than-lethal force that – according to credible …
Read More »IDF soldier killed in training accident ‘saves’ Covid-stricken Israeli man with lung transplant
Yonatan Granot, 22, who was a Nahal Brigade infantry unit soldier, suffered a gunshot wound to the head during training at a firing range on Tuesday. According to the IDF’s initial probe, a Ruger rifle, which had just been used by one of the troops, accidentally discharged a bullet after …
Read More »Murder most fowl? Fighting cock that killed owner with three-inch knife to appear in court in India
The incident took place on February 23 in the Jagtial district in the Indian state of Telangana. Raja was brought by his owner Thanugula Satish to a cock fight at the Yellamma temple on the outskirts of Lothunur village in Gollapalli mandal. Satish affixed a three-inch knife, known as kodi …
Read More »Italian ambassador killed in attack on UN peacekeepers in DR Congo
The Italian Foreign Ministry confirmed that Ambassador Luca Attanasio and a member of the country’s Carabinieri police were killed during an attack on a UN convoy in the city of Goma in eastern Congo, near the border with Rwanda. According to Rai News, the head of the EU delegation in …
Read More »3 killed after man opens fire inside GUN STORE in New Orleans, gets neutralized by other customers
The incident took place at the Jefferson Gun Outlet – a firearms store and a shooting range – in Metairie, Louisiana, around 3pm, resulting in at least three deaths. According to local media reports, the shooting happened after a clerk scolded one of the customers for carrying a loaded gun …
Read More »‘He would’ve killed us all’: 12yo hailed after he shoots intruder during botched robbery attempt, that left his grandma wounded
The incident unfolded in the city of Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina in the early hours of Saturday. Two mask-clad intruders forced their way into the home after one of the boy’s relatives opened the door. The suspects demanded money, then one of them drew his weapon and shot 73-year-old …
Read More »Russian conscript who killed 8 fellow soldiers after ‘humiliating’ treatment at secret nuclear base handed 24-year prison sentence
On Thursday, the Second Eastern District Military Court handed Shamsutdinov a sentence of 24 and a half years in a maximum-security prison colony. He will also have to pay a fine of 9.8 million rubles ($130,000) by way of compensation to his victims and their families. The attack, at a …
Read More »Ethiopia’s former FM among three Tigray leaders killed in crackdown on region
Seyoum, Abay Tsehaye, Asmelash Woldeselassie and Colonel Kiros Hagos were killed “in fire exchanges undertaken with the criminal clique’s personal security” after refusing to surrender to the Ethiopian military, the government’s crisis center tweeted on Wednesday. Five “key” officers of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) were captured in the …
Read More »Three killed after massive avalanche hits ski resort in Russian Arctic city of Norilsk (VIDEOS)
The avalanche hit the Gora Otdelnaya (Separate Mountain) resort complex outside the city, which lies some 300km (190 miles) inside the Arctic Circle, late on Friday. The snow mass covered an area of around 300 square meters, crushing several huts that hosted skiers. The incident prompted a massive overnight rescue …
Read More »Texas pastor killed WITH OWN GUN after confronting fugitive in church bathroom
The pastor opened a stall in the bathroom of Starrville Methodist Church in Winona, Texas, on Sunday morning to find a man hiding inside. The suspect, identified as a 21-year-old black man, had been involved in a car chase with police the night before, the Smith County Sheriff’s Office told …
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