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Sweden just experienced the worst mass shooting in its history. Here’s what we know
At 12:33 p.m. local time (6:33 a.m. ET) on Tuesday, police received reports of a shooting in Örebro, a city about 160 kilometers (100 miles) west of the capital, Stockholm. The shooting occurred at Campus Risbergska, a school for adults who have not completed earlier stages of education. Such facilities are known as a Komvux…
Read MoreMan detained over Ciampino airport fire
A Georgian citizen who allegedly set fire to an office under the control tower of Rome’s Ciampino airport on Wednesday has been arrested by police. The man, who arrived in Italy a few days ago, does not have a criminal record, investigative sources said. Air traffic was temporarily suspended at Ciampino airport as a consequence…
Read MoreTemple Hills Man Found Guilty Of Arson Conspiracy Targeting Convenience Stores
After a 5-day trial, a federal jury found Stephen Kennedy, 33, of Temple Hills, Maryland, guilty of conspiracy to commit arson, arson affecting interstate commerce, commercial robbery, using or carrying a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, carrying and explosive device during the commission of a felony, and being a felon…
Read MoreBelgian police hunt for gunmen in Brussels underground
Belgian police are looking for armed men after a shooting was reported outside a metro station in the centre of Brussels. CCTV footage broadcast by local media shows at least two men wearing balaclavas and carrying weapons at the entrance of Clémenceau station in the Belgian capital early on Wednesday. Video from the scene shows…
Read MoreTemple University student arrested for impersonating ICE officer: Police
A Temple University student has been arrested and charged with impersonating an ICE officer after showing up at a residence hall and attempting to enter. Two “suspicious” males identified themselves as police and ICE agents to dorm security on Saturday, according to Philadelphia police. The individuals were denied access to the residence hall, according to…
Read MoreProud Boys lose their trademark ownership to a Black church they vandalized, court rules
The ownership of the Proud Boys’ trademark is now in the hands of a Black church that the White supremacist group vandalized in 2020. The Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C., was granted ownership of the group’s trademark in a Feb. 3 ruling from Judge Tanya M. Jones Bosier of the Superior Court…
Read MoreSwedish police say ‘around 10 dead’ in Örebro campus shooting
Örebro police district chief Roberto Eid Forest told media on Tuesday evening that around 10 people were killed in the shooting at the Campus Risbergska adult education centre. “The suspected assailant is not known to police,” he said. The shooting took place shortly before lunchtime with initial reports claiming five people had been injured. But…
Read MoreEast Congo city of Goma rushes to bury bodies after rebel offensive
Over 2,000 bodies require burial in Goma after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels took over the Democratic Republic of Congo city last week, inflaming a decade-old conflict and humanitarian crisis, Congo’s communications minister Patrick Muyaya said late on Monday. Relative calm has returned to Goma, where the rebel alliance that includes M23 declared a ceasefire for humanitarian…
Read MoreRussia accelerating executions of Ukrainian POWs: UN
The United Nations has expressed “alarm” over a sharp rise in reported executions of Ukrainian soldiers captured by Russian armed forces. According to a report published on Monday by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, 79 executions took place in 24 separate incidents since August 2024. The mission obtained footage and photographs published…
Read MorePro-Russia paramilitary leader killed in Moscow blast
The leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary group in eastern Ukraine has died in hospital after being injured in an explosion in Moscow on Monday morning, Russian media have said. Armen Sargsyan, the leader of the “Arbat” battalion, was severely injured following a blast in the entrance hall of a residential building in north-west Moscow, 12km…
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