Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
10 stabbed in Seattle over two days in random attacks that may be connected
Five people were stabbed in an apparently random attack in Seattle on Friday, and police are investigating whether the suspect may have stabbed five other people since Thursday morning. Two people were in critical condition after the attack that occurred around 2 p.m. in the city’s Chinatown-International District, police and a spokesperson for Harborview Medical…
Read MoreNC State student charged after 12 shootings into cars, homes on and around I-40 in Raleigh
Raleigh police charged a 23-year-old student at NC State University with felony assault early Friday after a week-long flurry of rush-hour shootings along Interstate 40 and near I-440. Andrew Thomas Graney of Kentford Court faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and discharging a weapon into an…
Read More2 dead, 6 wounded in mass shooting during Halloween celebration in downtown Orlando
Eight people were shot, two fatally in a large crowd celebrating Halloween in downtown Orlando early Friday and a suspect was in custody, authorities said. Orlando Police Chief Eric Smith told reporters the wounded were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center and were in stable condition. They ranged in age from 19 to 39, he…
Read MoreAt least 10 shot dead in Mozambique post-election protests, medical associations say
At least 10 people were shot dead and another 63 injured by gunfire during post-election protests in Mozambique last week, medical associations said on Wednesday, as the country braced for further demonstrations. Protests broke out before and after Mozambique’s electoral commission announced that ruling party Frelimo had won an Oct. 9 poll, extending its 49…
Read MoreTeen accused of fatally stabbing 3 girls at U.K. dance class made ricin and had al Qaeda training manual, police say
The teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and now faces a terror offense for possessing a jihadi training manual, police said Tuesday. Axel Rudakubana, 18, who is charged with murdering three girls and stabbing…
Read MoreMaine marking one year since worst mass shooting in its history
With flags lowered across the state, Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by the deadliest mass shooting in the state’s history planned to mark the day Friday in ways big and small, including a planned memorial service. The killings of 18 people by an Army reservist in Lewiston drove home the…
Read MoreGunman kills 3 people in southern Brazil during hours-long shootout
A 45-year-old man in southern Brazil barricaded himself in a house and killed his father, brother and a police officer in an hours-long shootout before he himself was fatally shot, authorities said Wednesday. Nine other people were injured. The incident in Novo Hamburgo, part of the metro area of Rio Grande do Sul state’s capital…
Read MoreJuvenile shooter kills 5, including 3 kids, in Washington state, authorities say
Five people, including three children, were killed Monday in a Washington state shooting, and a juvenile suspect was taken into custody, authorities said. Deputies responded shortly before 5 a.m. to reports of a shooting at a home in the Lake Alice Road neighborhood in Fall City, about 25 miles east of Seattle, the King County…
Read MoreGeorgia school shooter and his father indicted on new counts in Apalachee High School killings
A Georgia grand jury indicted a father and son on murder and other charges Thursday in the mass shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, last month that left four people dead and another nine injured. Colt Gray, 14, was indicted on a total of 55 counts, including four counts of felony and malice…
Read MoreAfghan National Arrested for Plotting an Election Day Terrorist Attack in the Name of ISIS
The Justice Department today announced charges against a citizen of Afghanistan residing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO). According to a criminal complaint filed today, Nasir Ahmad…
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