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Eight killed in Serbia’s second mass shooting in less than 48 hours

Serbian police said Friday they had arrested a man suspected of killing eight people and injuring at least 14 others in the country's second mass shooting this week, following a manhunt through the night. The back-to-back shootings have left Serbians horrified, spurring vows from President Aleksandar Vucic to launch a massive crackdown to remove hundreds of thousands of guns from the Balkan country. The latest shooting erupted around midnight near […]

today6 May 2023

International

Grief and shock in Thailand after mass killing of ‘tiny angels’

Thais have turned to social media to mourn as 4.7 million people sent posts under a commemorative hashtag on Friday. Grief and anger have engulfed Thailand a day after the mass killing of children and adults at a preschool daycare centre by a former Thai police officer who went on a rampage of stabbing and shooting before he shot his wife, child, and himself. The country reeled as details of Thursday’s […]

today7 October 2022

Local

26 people killed in mass shootings in Khayelitsha since March, summit hears

There were 26 victims of mass shootings in Khayelitsha in Cape Town since March of this year. These shocking statistics were revealed at the Khayelitsha Crisis Response Summit held on Thursday. Police Minister Bheki Cele was also in attendance. The streets of Khayelitsha have become warzones in recent months. Gangs that have been involved in extortion-related crimes are also believed to be behind a series of mass shootings. Community Safety […]

today17 June 2022

International

Gunman kills four in Oklahoma medical centre, police say

A man armed with a rifle and a handgun killed four people inside a medical building in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Wednesday before fatally shooting himself, police said, in the latest of a series of mass shootings to rattle the US. Police arrived at the St. Francis Hospital campus three minutes after receiving a call about the shooting on Wednesday afternoon and followed the sound of gunfire up to the Natalie […]

today2 June 2022

International News

Police seek clues to bloodiest shooting in modern U.S. history

Police sought clues on Tuesday to explain why a retiree with a penchant for gambling but no criminal record set up a sniper’s nest in a high-rise Las Vegas hotel and poured gunfire onto a concert below, slaying dozens of people before killing himself. The Sunday night shooting spree from a 32nd-floor window of the Mandalay Bay hotel, on the Las Vegas Strip, killed at least 59 people before the […]

today3 October 2017

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