5 d. ago Trump threatens to ‘go in and kill’ Hamas if Gaza killings continue

US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to “go in and kill” Hamas if it keeps killing people in Gaza, in an apparent reference to recent shootings of Palestinian civilians following a ceasefire deal with Israel. Trump’s comments come just days after he said that the Hamas shootings – which include public executions – “didn’t bother me much” and described them as killings of gang members. “If Hamas continues to kill people in Gaza, which was not the Deal, we will have no choice but to go...

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9 d. ago Mass shooting at crowded South Carolina bar kills 4, injures 20

A mass shooting early Sunday at a crowded bar on an idyllic island considered to be the largest Gullah community on the South Carolina coast has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials said. A large crowd was at Willie’s Bar and Grill on St Helena Island when sheriff’s deputies arrived and found many people with gunshot wounds. An estimated 5,000 or more Gullah people living on the island trace their ancestry back to enslaved West Africans who once worked rice plantations in the...

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2 w. ago Gunman in Australia fires up to 100 bullets, wounds 20 in ‘terrifying’ shooting

A man is in custody after allegedly shooting up to a hundred bullets into a busy Sydney street, wounding 20 people, with Australian police on Monday ruling out links to terrorism or gang activity. Police were called on Sunday evening to a street in the city’s Inner West, where the alleged gunman was firing at random at passing cars and police. Office worker Joe Azar said he was working across the road when he heard what he thought were fireworks or rocks being thrown at the windows. “Some guy’s...

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2 w. ago Alabama capital rocked by ‘mass shooting’ as rival gunmen open fire in crowd

Rival gunmen shot at each other in a crowded downtown nightlife district in Alabama’s capital city on Saturday night, killing two people and injuring 12 others in a chaotic street scene that left authorities trying to find out who started it, police said. The dead included a 43-year-old woman, identified by police as Shalanda Williams, and a 17-year-old identified as Jeremiah Morris. Five of the wounded were hospitalised with life-threatening injuries, including a juvenile, Montgomery police...

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3 w. ago Gunman at Dallas ICE facility wanted to terrorise agents, officials say

The gunman who opened fire on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas hated the US government and wanted to incite terror by killing federal agents, officials said Thursday, offering the first hint of a motive in the attack. Citing handwritten notes found at his suburban home, authorities said 29-year-old Joshua Jahn set out to ambush the agency and then fatally shot himself following the assault. The shooting at daybreak Wednesday targeted the ICE office building, including a...

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3 w. ago Shooting at Dallas ICE office injures multiple people; gunman dead

Multiple people were wounded and one person was killed in a shooting on Wednesday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas, and the shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, federal officials said. Police responded to reports of the shooting at the office in northwest Dallas at about 7.30am local time, local media reported. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a social media post that there were multiple injuries and fatalities and...

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3 w. ago At least one killed in shooting at Dallas ICE office; gunman dead

A shooter killed at least one person and wounded others in a shooting on Wednesday at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas before dying of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, local and federal authorities said. Police responded to reports of the shooting at the office in northwest Dallas at about 6.40am local time, the Dallas Police Department said on social media. The suspect opened fire on the office from an adjacent building, according to the preliminary...

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3 w. ago Gunman kills at least 1 at Dallas ICE office before taking his own life

A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing at least one person and wounding others before taking his own life, authorities said. The exact motivation of the attack was not immediately known. The FBI said at a morning news conference that ammunition found at the scene contained anti-ICE messaging. The head of the agency, Kash Patel, released a photo on social media that shows a bullet containing the...

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3 w. ago Detainee killed, 2 others wounded in shooting at Dallas ICE facility

A shooter with a rifle opened fire from a nearby roof onto a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement location in Dallas on Wednesday, killing a detainee and wounding two others before taking his own life, authorities said. The exact motivation for the attack was not immediately known. The head of the FBI, Kash Patel, released a photo on social media that shows a bullet found at the scene containing the words “ANTI-ICE” written in what appears to be marker. The attack is the latest public,...

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