8 h. ago Man shot dead by police at Westfield Mount Druitt shopping centre in Sydney

The man, allegedly armed with a machete, was shot at several times by NSW police who responded to reports of a brawlGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man allegedly armed with a machete has been shot dead by police at a western Sydney shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.Police were called to a car park at Westfield Mt Druitt at around 3.15pm on Saturday after reports of a brawl involving two groups of people.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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29 h. ago A tennis player was shot dead by her father as she cooked. Police reveal shocking reason behind murder

Radhika Yadav had opened a tennis academy after injury halted her playing career

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3 d. ago Fury as authorities refuse to release bodycam clip of police fatally shooting teenager

Jabari Peoples was shot dead by a police officer in a car park in Birmingham, Alabama, last month - and a lawyer has now claimed authorities could "shut us up" by releasing footage of the incident

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1 week ago At least 2 shot dead as snipers ambush firefighters and police in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, after 'blaze set as bait

At least two first responders were killed and numerous others were injured after coming under fire in an ambush attack as they responded to a fire in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

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2 w. ago Man, 41, shot dead in Croydon was attending funeral wake, police reveal

Costco shoppers fled as Anthony Morrison, 41, attacked in Imperial Way just after 5pm on last Thursday

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3 w. ago 'Loving father' shot dead in suspected case of mistaken identity as Met police launch appeal

Mahad Abdi Mohamed was a ‘loving father’ who was planning to get married in the summer

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3 w. ago Bali police hunt for two Australians after Melbourne man shot dead

‘They wanted him dead’, says Bali police based on wounds on victim

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3 w. ago Tourist injured in Bali shooting that killed fellow holidaymaker 'has underworld links'

Zivan Radmanovic, 32, from Australia, was brutally shot dead inside a holiday villa in Bali. Police are hunting for the attackers after another man was left injured

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3 w. ago Minnesota police search for suspect after Democratic lawmaker shot dead and another wounded

Governor Tim Walz condemns ‘politically motivated assassination’ as search continues for Vance Luther BoelterA prominent Democratic state lawmaker in Minnesota and her husband were killed and another Democratic state lawmaker and his wife were shot in the early hours of Saturday.State representative Melissa Hortman died, as has her husband, Mark, the state’s governor, Tim Walz, confirmed at a press conference on Saturday. Walz said the shooting “appears to be a politically motivated assassination”. Hortman was the top Democrat in the Minnesota house and the former speaker. The Democratic state senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were both shot multiple times and are out of surgery, and Walz said he was “cautiously optimistic” both will survive. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Minnesota politician and husband shot dead by person 'pretending to be police officer'

Senator Tim Walz says lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband have been killed while John Hoffman and his wife were injured after "targeted shootings".

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4 w. ago Minnesota politician and husband shot dead in home by man 'posing as a police officer'

State representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed and senator John Hoffman and his wife were injured by the gunman in the 'targeted shootings' which took place in their homes

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4 w. ago US politician and husband shot dead in 'politically motivated assassination' by suspect dressed as police officer

A US politician and her husband have been shot dead in a “politically motivated assassination,” while a second politician and his wife were wounded in a separate attack.

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4 w. ago Minnesota politician shot dead by 'person pretending to be police officer'

Senator Tim Walz says lawmaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, in the US state of Minnesota, have been killed while John Hoffman and his wife were injured after "targeted shootings"

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4 w. ago 'Chimpanzee tore off my face and ate my eyes – this one thing still haunts me'

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Charla was viciously attacked by a chimpanzee named Travis, who ripped off her face, hands and eyes before he was shot dead by police, leaving her with horrific injuries

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4 w. ago Australian man shot to death at a villa on the tourist island of Bali

Indonesian police say an Australian man was shot dead at a villa on the tourist island of Bali, in an attack that also left another Australian man injured

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