Hundreds of Palestinans gathered on Friday in the town of Beit Ummar, located northwest of Hebron, to mourn the death of a protester killed by the Israeli military a day before. Shawkat Awad, 20, was shot in the head and abdomen on Thursday during clashes that erupted after the funeral …
Read More »Several injured in shooting in Berlin carpark, German police mount major operation – reports
The shooting reportedly occurred on Thursday in a store carpark. Fire department officials quoted by local outlet Berliner Zeitung said that three men and one woman were injured in the incident, with all four receiving medical treatment at the scene before being taken to hospital. The severity of their injuries has …
Read More »At least 5 injured after ‘rare & violent’ tornadoes tear through eastern Pennsylvania (PHOTOS & VIDEOS)
The pair of twisters touched down in Pennsylvania’s Bucks County on Thursday, virtually destroying a car dealership and a mobile home park, local media reported. Five people were injured during the storm, Bensalem Police Public Safety Director Fred Harran said, though none were seriously harmed. Dramatic photos and videos of …
Read More »1 killed, several injured after car crashes into diners at outdoor cafe in Paris (VIDEO)
The incident occurred around 11 p.m. local time at a sports bar in Paris’s 17th district, French media reported. A police source, cited by Le Parisien, said that the car swerved into the establishment after a collision with another vehicle. The driver reportedly fled the scene on foot and is …
Read More »At least 16 injured & 5 missing after HUGE explosion rocks major German chemicals park as govt warns residents of ‘extreme danger’
The City of Leverkusen said in a statement that 16 people had been injured and that four of them had serious injuries. Five people remained missing, it said, reiterating the contents of an earlier press release by Currenta, the park’s operator. The huge explosion rocked the city of Leverkusen in …
Read More »10 killed, 44 injured as bus swerves off highway and crashes in Croatia (PHOTOS)
The incident took place early on Sunday morning. The bus was traveling along a highway linking the Croatian capital of Zagreb to the Serbian border when it suddenly swerved off the road and overturned. Photos published on social media show the bus lying on its side on a roadside. Police …
Read More »Over 40 killed, scores injured as blaze ravages Iraqi hospital’s Covid-19 ward (VIDEOS)
Footage from the scene shows dark smoke rising from a fire at the Imam Hussein Educational Hospital in Nasiriyah on Monday night. Another clip purports to show victims being carried out of the building. The fire broke out inside the hospital’s isolation area for Covid-19 treatment, Iraq’s state-run INA news …
Read More »Over 50 killed, dozens injured & many feared trapped in Bangladesh factory fire (VIDEO)
The fire began on the ground floor of a multi-story building in an industrial area some 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Dhaka on Thursday night. It originated at a facility producing noodles and drinks that belongs to Hashem Food and Beverage. On Friday morning, it was still raging, firefighters told …
Read More »Dead and injured after knife-wielding man goes on rampage in Germany’s Wuerzburg (VIDEO)
A “major police operation” was announced by local authorities on Friday afternoon, with law enforcement stating shortly afterwards that they had arrested a suspect. German tabloid Bild reported that three people were killed and six injured, some seriously, and that the perpetrator was stopped by police with a gunshot to the leg. …
Read More »Hundreds injured, villages DESTROYED as strong tornado rips through Czech Republic towns (VIDEOS)
A video circulating on social media captured the spout touching down somewhere between Breclav and Hodonin, in southeast Czechia. The aftermath of the tornado was also captured on camera. Here is the village of Luzice, with some 3,000 inhabitants. The mayor of Hrušky, which has a population of 1,500, says …
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