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4 Bus and Taxi Drivers Shot to Death in Violent Southern Mexico City
MEXICO CITY—Four bus and taxi drivers were killed Monday following apparently coordinated attacks by gunmen in the city of Chilpancingo, the capital of the southern Pacific coast state of Guerrero. Drug gangs battling for control in the state have long been known to kill people for not paying “protection” fees, including drivers. In January, drivers […]
Gunmen Kill 6 People, Wound 26 Others in Attack on Party in Northern Mexico Border State
MEXICO CITY—Three gunmen pulled up to a party early on Friday in northern Mexico and opened fire on partygoers, killing six people and wounding 26 others. Two of the dead were under 18 years old, and five of the wounded were children. Four of the wounded were reported to be in critical condition at local […]
9 Injured by Gunfire at South Carolina Party Now Recovering
COLUMBIA, S.C.—Masked gunmen fired without warning into a crowd at a late night teen party at a South Carolina park over the weekend, wounding nine people, a sheriff said. All nine hit by gunfire are expected to live, as well as a woman who was injured when she was run over by a fleeing car […]
Gunmen Threaten Messi, Shoot up Family-Owned Supermarket
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi in a written message left Thursday when they opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina, police said. Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in the country’s third-largest […]
Gunmen Attack Major Shiite Mosque in Iran, Killing 15
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Gunmen attacked a major Shiite mosque in Iran on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens. The attack came as protesters elsewhere in Iran marked a symbolic 40 days since a woman’s death in custody ignited the biggest anti-government movement in over a decade. State TV blamed the attack on […]
Gunmen Kill 14 Villagers in Northcentral Nigeria
ABUJA, Nigeria— Gunmen attacked two communities in Nigeria’s north-central region, killing 14 people and injuring many others, authorities said Thursday. The attackers stormed the communities in Logo council area of Benue state Wednesday night, opening “unprovoked” fire on residents, said Paul Hemba, the state’s top security official. Police in Benue confirmed the attack. The assailants […]
At Least 50 Killed in Massacre at Catholic Church in Southwest Nigeria
LAGOS—Gunmen attacked a Catholic church in southwest Nigeria during mass on Sunday, killing at least 50 people including women and children, according to a hospital doctor and media reports. The gunmen shot at people outside and inside the church building, killing and injuring worshippers, said Funmilayo Ibukun Odunlami, police spokesperson for Ondo state. She did […]
Toronto Police Kill Man Carrying Gun Near Schools
TORONTO—Toronto police shot and killed a man who was walking down a street carrying a gun in a city neighborhood on Thursday afternoon, an incident that prompted five nearby schools to be placed under precautionary lockdowns, city officials said. Officers responding to a report of an armed man in the area fired after the gunman […]
19 Killed in Mexico at Clandestine Rooster Fight
MEXICO CITY—Nineteen people were killed when gunmen burst into a clandestine rooster fight in western Mexico, prosecutors in the western state of Michoacan said Monday. The attack occurred late Sunday near the town of Zinapecuaro, Michoacan. The dead include 16 men and three women, and a number of people were wounded in the attack. The […]
Gunmen Kill 47 in Latest Attacks in Nigeria’s Troubled North
LAGOS, Nigeria—Nigerian security forces are searching for armed gangs who killed 47 people in attacks in recent days in rural areas of the country’s northwest, the latest killings in the troubled region. The attacks took place in the northwest Kaduna state which neighbors Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, Kaduna commissioner for security Samuel Aruwan confirmed. No […]
Gunmen Kill 2, Injure 12 in Attack on Police Bus in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India—A gun attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday killed two police and wounded a dozen others, police said, hours after government forces killed two militants in a brief shootout. Gunmen sprayed with bullets a bus carrying police on the outskirts of Srinagar, the region’s main city, wounding fourteen officers, the police said in a […]
Gunmen Kill Town Mayor, Wound Another in South Philippines
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines—Motorcycle-riding gunmen killed a town mayor and wounded another in a brazen attack Monday that also killed their driver and caused villagers to flee to safety in a coastal village in the southern Philippines, police said. Mayor Darussalam Lajid of Al-Barka town was killed and Mayor Alih Sali of Akbar town was wounded by […]
Gunmen Abduct 73 Children From School in Northwest Nigeria
Armed men kidnapped 73 children from a school in the northwestern Nigerian state of Zamfara in the latest mass abduction in the region, police said in a statement on Wednesday. Police said a large number of armed bandits invaded the Government Day Secondary School in the village of Kaya in rural Zamfara state at 11:22 […]
Gunmen Kill at Least 17 in Latest Niger Village Attack
NIAMEY—At least 16 people have been killed in an attack on a village in southwestern Niger where Islamist terrorists have repeatedly massacred civilians this year, a local official and a security source said on Saturday. The unidentified gunmen opened fire during Friday prayers in the village of Theim in the Tillabery region and killed 16 […]
Gunmen Kidnap Dozens of Villagers in Northwestern Nigeria
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Gunmen abducted at least 60 people and killed one person in northwestern Nigeria after riding motorbikes into five villages and firing sporadically into the air, a police official and several residents said on Saturday. Nigeria is battling an increase in armed robberies and kidnappings for ransom, mainly in northwestern areas, where thinly stretched security […]
Gunmen Kill at Least 45 People in Northwest Nigerian Town
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria—Militants killed at least 45 people in an attack on the town of Faru in northwest Nigeria, residents and a hospital worker said on Friday. “The armed bandits stormed Faru town on more than 100 motorbikes, shooting sporadically on the people at about twelve noon yesterday,” said Abubakar Iliyasu, a resident who witnessed the […]
Some 150 Students Missing After Gunmen Raid Nigerian School
BAUCHI/KADUNA, Nigeria—About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, a parent and an administrator said on Monday, and police said they were in hot pursuit alongside military personnel. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School is the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria, […]
Two Spanish Citizens Dead After Attack in East Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso—Two Spanish citizens have been killed in an ambush in eastern Burkina Faso, the Spanish government said on Tuesday. The Spanish journalists and an Irish citizen went missing during an attack by gunmen Monday near a national park, said Arancha González Laya, Spain’s foreign affairs minister, in a press conference. The two Spaniards […]