Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Suspect in mass shooting at Colorado gay nightclub expected to take plea deal
The suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado Springs gay nightclub is expected to strike a plea deal to state murder and hate charges that would ensure at least a life sentence for the attack that killed five people and wounded 17, several survivors told The Associated Press. Word of a possible legal resolution…
Read MoreFrance knife attack suspect transferred to psychiatric hospital
The suspect, named as Abdalmasih H, was charged with attempted murder following the June 8 stabbing rampage at a park in the Alpine town of Annecy, a normally idyllic lakeside spot popular with tourists. A Syrian refugee in his early 30s who had been living in Europe for the last decade, he had undergone two…
Read MoreRecruit fatally shoots 2 SDF instructors, hurts 1 at Japan gun range
A Ground Self-Defense Force recruit shot three instructors, two of whom were killed and another seriously injured, on Wednesday during a live-fire training exercise at the force’s firing range in central Japan, the GSDF said. The new recruit, an 18-year-old male, was arrested at the site following the incident that occurred at around 9:10 a.m.…
Read MoreUK police arrest murder suspect after three found dead on Nottingham streets
British police said a man had been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were found dead on the street in the central English city of Nottingham and three were in hospital after an attempt to run them over with a van. Police said two people had been found dead on one road in…
Read MoreAnnapolis shooting leaves three dead, three more injured; person of interest in custody
Three people were killed and three others were injured in a mass shooting Sunday evening in an Annapolis community. Police confirmed that a person of interest is in custody. At least one weapon was recovered. “We are saddened for the families and for Annapolis that they have to deal with this,” Annapolis Mayor Gavin Buckley…
Read MoreFrance knife attacker did not have ‘terrorist motive’: prosecutor
A suspect, identified by police as a 31-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker, was detained and did not appear to have a terrorist motive, according to the local prosecutor. The youngest victim in the quiet town of Annecy was just 22 months old and investigators are trying to understand the reasons for the frenzied rampage in a sunny…
Read MoreOntario judge deems Toronto spa murder an act of incel-motivated terrorism
An Ontario Superior Court judge has ruled that the murder of a Toronto massage parlour employee amounted to an act of terrorism. Crown prosecutor Lisa Mathews says Justice Suhail Akhtar ruled Tuesday that the attack linked to so-called “incel” ideology is considered “terrorist activity” for sentencing purposes. She says it is believed to be the…
Read MoreDefendant in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre carried out attack, defense acknowledges as trial begins
Robert Bowers carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history when he killed 11 people and injured seven others by storming a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find. On that, everyone agrees. Even though Bowers’ defense conceded the point Tuesday at the outset of his federal trial, they hope to spare the…
Read MoreSuspect arrested after shooting and stabbing attack in Japan leaves four dead
The suspect in a shooting and stabbing incident that left four people dead in central Japan is now in police custody, according to Japanese public broadcaster NHK, citing local police early Friday. Police in Nakano City received a call on Thursday with reports that a “man stabbed a woman,” a city police official told CNN.…
Read MoreSearch warrants show Louisville mass shooter planned attack, according to notes, messages found on phone
Connor Sturgeon, who opened fire in a downtown bank branch killing five people April 10, planned the mass shooting, according to messages and notes found on an iPhone used to livestream the attack from his Instagram page. Some information from the phone, which was found “affixed to his shirt” after Sturgeon was shot and killed…
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