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Washington Post
9 hours ago
- General
- Washington Post
At least 20 people killed in simultaneous attacks on communities in Nigeria's Benue state
ABUJA, Nigeria — At least 20 people have been killed during simultaneous attacks by unidentified gunmen on several communities in Nigeria's north-central Benue state, police said on Tuesday. The attacks occurred late Sunday in communities within the Gwer West and Apa areas, said Udeme Edet, spokesperson for the Benue police.
Reuters
3 days ago
- Politics
- Reuters
Ukrainian ex-politician shot dead outside elite school in Madrid
Unidentified gunmen shot dead a former Ukrainian politician on Wednesday (May 21) outside a school in a wealthy suburb of Madrid, Spain's Interior Ministry said. Kristy Kilburn reports.
Bloomberg
23-05-2025
- Politics
- Bloomberg
How China Factors Into the Conflict Between India and Pakistan
The most recent conflict in the longstanding tensions between India and Pakistan may not have directly involved its neighbor, China. Nonetheless, Beijing's influence looms large. On April 22, gunmen in the disputed region of Kashmir killed 26 people, mostly Indian tourists, sparking a four-day clash that brought India and Pakistan to the brink of a full-blown war before a ceasefire was negotiated.
CBS News
17-05-2025
- CBS News
8 people shot dead in a bar found "lying in a pool of blood," South Africa police say
Police in South Africa launched a manhunt on Saturday for gunmen who killed eight customers at a tavern in the southeastern city of Durban. The attack late on Friday evening was the latest mass shooting in the crime-weary African nation that has one of the world's highest murder rates. The incident unfolded when an unknown number of gunmen entered the bar in Umlazi township and opened fire, police said. First responders found the eight dead people "lying in a pool of blood with multiple gunshot wounds", police said in a statement, adding that two of them were women. The victims were aged between 22 and 40 years old, police said. "Investigations into the possible motive of the killings are underway," they said. Shootings are common in South Africa, often fueled by gang violence and alcohol. Many people own licensed firearms for personal protection, yet there are many more illegal guns in circulation. There are around 75 murders a day in South Africa, according to police data. According to the most recent government crime statistics, 6,953 people were murdered in the country from October 2024 to December 2024. Sometimes entire families are targeted. Last September, gunmen shot dead seven members of the same family, including three children, in an execution-style killing in their home in a rural part of the country. In 2013, 10 members of the same family — including a 13-year-old — were killed in a mass shooting at their house in South Africa. Sometimes, more high-profile people are targeted. Last month, gunmen in South Africa abducted a U.S. missionary from his church as he was delivering a sermon. Pastor Josh Sullivan was later rescued during a shootout between police and his captors that left three suspects dead. In April 2024, soccer star Luke Fleurs was gunned down as he refilled his car at a gas station in South Africa. Six suspects were arrested.
Arab News
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
In separate attacks, gunmen kill two, set police vehicle ablaze in southwest Pakistan
QUETTA: Gunmen killed three people, including two barbers from the eastern Punjab province, and set a police vehicle ablaze in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province in the southwest, police and paramilitary Levies officials said on Saturday. Balochistan, Pakistan's most impoverished province, has been the site of a decades-old insurgency, where separatist militants often target security forces, police, foreigners and ethnic Punjabi commuters and workers, who they see as 'outsiders,' by wresting control of highways and remote towns. In this first attack, gunmen shot dead three people and injured another one inside a barber shop in Lasbela, a district adjacent to Pakistan's commercial capital of Karachi, according to Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Atif Amir. 'Two of the deceased hailed from Bahawalpur (Punjab) and one from Quetta,' the official told Arab News. 'Hunt for the attackers is underway.' In another incident, dozens of armed men entered the Panjgur district late on Friday night and attempted to seize control of the Panjgur city and nearby areas. 'The armed men set a police vehicle and record of the Panjgur police station on fire,' Abdullah Baloch, an official at the Panjgur Levies control room, told Arab News. 'No casualty was reported despite an exchange of fire between security forces and armed men in Panjgur city and Goran, another area located 15 kilometers from Panjgur.' No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Baloch separatists have carried out similar assaults on law enforcers and ethnic Punjabis in the past. The separatists accuse Islamabad of exploiting the province's natural resources, such as gold and copper, and accuse foreigners and people from other province of backing the Pakistani state. Successive Pakistani governments have denied the allegations and said they only worked for the uplift of the region and its people. The latest attacks come at a time, when Pakistan is fighting another insurgency by religiously motivated militant groups in its northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, while the country's eastern border with India has also flared up in recent weeks over an attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 tourists last month. Islamabad has variously accused Afghanistan and India of supporting the Pakistani Taliban and Baloch separatist groups, an allegation denied by Kabul and New Delhi. In March, the Baloch Liberation Army separatist group hijacked a train with hundreds of passengers aboard near Balochistan's Bolan Pass, which resulted in the deaths of 23 soldiers, three railway employees and five passengers. At least 33 insurgents were also killed, according to officials. Late last month, police killed nine suspected militants in an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan's Pishin district.
