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FBI Investigates Minneapolis Shooting As Anti-Catholic

FBI Investigates Minneapolis Shooting As Anti-Catholic

Federal investigators say a shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school that left two children dead and 17 others injured is being treated as a domestic terrorism case and a hate crime.

The attack unfolded Wednesday morning at Annunciation Church, where students were gathered for Mass to mark the start of the school year. Authorities say 23-year-old Robin Westman opened fire through the windows of the church and adjoining school, killing an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

“This was a deliberate act of violence against innocent children and people in worship,” Police Chief Brian O’Hara …

Gunman Shoots FRSC Officer In Ogun

An unidentified gunman, on Sunday, reportedly shot an officer of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attached to the Ogun State Sector Command.

The gunman was said to have wounded the operative severely on the leg before speeding away.

The incident,\THISDAY learnt, happened at the Ibafo corridor of the Lagos Ibadan Expressway when the FRSC operatives were controlling traffic.

The operatives, it was gathered, had stopped his vehicle marked WED264YE for route violation and driving against traffic, but the driver, an unidentified man who claimed to be a policeman, was said to have pulled a pistol and shot at …

Gunman Kills Himself After Deadly Czech Hospital Rampage

A gunman killed himself Tuesday after shooting dead six patients at a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrava, in what the premier has called “an immense tragedy”.

The attacker gunned down people at close range at the trauma ward of the Faculty Hospital in Ostrava, a steel hub located some 300 kilometres (190 miles) east of Prague.

Four men and two women died during the assault, which police said lasted only a few seconds.

Two other people were seriously wounded — one is in a critical condition after being shot in the head and the other is …

Gunman In US School Shooting Dies As Police Hunt Motive

The teenager who gunned down classmates at a California high school before shooting himself died Friday, leaving detectives baffled over the motive of a Boy Scout with no obvious alarm bells in his background.

Nathaniel Berhow died in a hospital one day after shooting himself in the head at the end of a 16th birthday rampage that left two fellow students dead.

Berhow had been in critical condition since police officers storming the campus found him lying among the wounded.

The Los Angeles sheriff’s department confirmed Berhow died shortly after 3:30 pm (2330 GMT) on Friday.

The puzzle of what …