Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Knife rampage at Polish school leaves at least eight injured
At least eight people, mostly students, were injured in a knife attack at a school in northeastern Poland on Wednesday, with two seriously hurt. A 19-year-old student was arrested after fleeing the scene in the city of Ostrołęka, with police detaining him near the city beach around noon. Adrian Stupski from the Ostrołęka fire brigade…
Read More12-year-old girl killed in crossfire during youth football game in Baltimore; 4 adults injured
“The words I would use are horrific. Heartbreaking,” said Erricka Bridgeford about Saturday’s deadly shooting of Khloe, a 12-year-old girl, during a youth football game. Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said officers were called around 6:15 p.m. Saturday to Leon Day Park on North Franklintown Road. Worley said officers arrived and found a woman and…
Read MoreAttack at a school in Mexico that leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
Two 18-year-old former students carried out an attack inside a school in Torreón, in the northern Mexican state of Coahuila, killing a vice principal and injuring three others. Local media reported that the attackers, known as “Los Cuates,” seriously injured a teacher and other students who were on school grounds. The attack led to the…
Read MoreHundreds of French schools remain closed as student protests turn violent
French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure of some 400 establishments showed no sign of abating. The movement, which began last week in the Paris region and rapidly spread nationwide, has seen teenage pupils at lycees in their…
Read More2 employees killed, 1 hurt in workplace shooting in Virginia; suspect dead: Police
An employee allegedly opened fire in an act of “workplace violence” in Virginia, killing two coworkers and wounding a third, before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. The shooting unfolded Wednesday morning at United Rentals in Manassas, a city about 30 miles outside of Washington, D.C., according to Manassas police. “There was some…
Read MoreSuspect arrested in alleged mass shooting threat at Texas State Capitol, ABC News sources say
A man is in custody after allegedly planning a mass shooting on the Texas State Capitol in Austin, sources told ABC News. After receiving credible information about an individual planning a violent attack on the Capitol on Tuesday evening, Texas Department of Public Safety SWAT said it arrested Benny Caldera, 40, at his residence in…
Read MorePM vows ‘full severity of Polish law’ after priest killed, four injured in abbey knife rampage
PM vows ‘full severity of Polish law’ after priest killed, four injured in abbey knife rampage A Ukrainian man who went on a knife rampage at a Benedictine abbey in southeastern Poland, leaving a priest dead and four other people injured, has been detained by police. Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Thursday that the…
Read MoreAt least 11 wounded in shooting outside Turkey school, suspect detained
A teenager opened fire outside a high school in western Turkey on Tuesday, wounding 11 people before being detained by police, authorities said. The incident happened around 8 am local time (7 am CEST) in Turgutlu, Manisa province, near the city of Izmir, the regional governor’s office said. “Eleven students were injured, two of them…
Read MoreSoCal assisted-living facility worker accused of shooting 3 people at work
Three people were wounded in a shooting at an assisted living facility building in South Los Angeles Monday and an employee is in police custody. Three staff members were wounded, one of them critically, in a shooting that occurred in the lobby of Progressive Home for the Elderly in the 7000 block of Denver Avenue,…
Read MoreShooting at high school in the Philippines leaves 2 students and gunman dead, several injured
A shooting at a high school in the southern Philippines on Friday left two 14-year-old students and the teenage gunman dead and wounded at least 10 people, local government and police officials said. The shooting at Banga National High School in the South Cotabato town of Banga “remains under investigation,” the Philippine National Police said…
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