A gunman opened fire inside the Catholic cathedral in the Brazilian city of Campinas on Tuesday and fatally shot four people praying in the pews before killing himself after police wounded him, authorities said. Police identified the shooter as Euler Fernando Gandolfo, 49, a systems analyst with no criminal record. Gandolfo entered the cathedral and […]
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The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt says it has discovered an illegal militia training camp inside a Rivers community. Aminu Iliyasu, the spokesman of the division, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Port Harcourt that soldiers had taken over the camp. He said the illegal camp was […]
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A man and a woman have been shot dead and the third person was left seriously injured following a shooting that took place at the Durban’s Magistrate Court, South Africa on Monday. KwaZulu-Natal Police spokesperson, Tembeka Mbele, said the shooting occurred in the divorce court just before lunch when a man opened fire on his […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the service chiefs and inspector-general of police because of the spate of attacks on Nigerian troops by Boko Haram insurgents. Over 100 soldiers are believed to have been killed in the most recent attack in Metele, Borno state. It was gathered from a reliable source that Buhari met with […]
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The Nigerian Army has finally confirmed that there was an attack on soldiers in Metele in Borno State. The Army, which confirmed the attack in a statement on its official Twitter handle on Friday night, however, described the casualty figures as false and “various footages” in circulation as “old and inaccurate BHT (Boko Haram Terrorist) […]
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Not less than 50 people were killed in a suicide attack on a religious celebration in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said, in one of the deadliest assaults to strike Afghanistan this year. It follows a wave of bloody violence across the war-torn country in recent weeks that has killed hundreds of people as militants step […]
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Boko Haram jihadists at the weekend attacked three military bases in northeast Nigeria, putting the spotlight on insecurity in Nigeria just three months before presidential polls. On Sunday, fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province faction attacked a base in Metele, a remote village in northeast Borno State, near the Niger border. Troops were […]
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Hundreds of residents have been forced out of their homes as Boko Haram insurgents have attacked Judumri community in Jere local government area (LGA) of Borno. According to witnesses, sounds of gunshot rent the air on Saturday evening while the Muslim faithful were praying. The insurgents were said to have attempted to infiltrate Maiduguri but […]
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The Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation LAFIYA DOLE has neutralized several Boko Haram Terrorists (BHTs) in air strikes conducted yesterday, 9 November 2018, at Talala in Borno State. The operation was carried out following credible intelligence reports indicating that the BHTs appeared to have relocated some of their fighters from the fringes of Lake […]
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Two murder suspects were on Wednesday paraded by the Edo State Police Command. The suspects were among 84 suspects paraded by the police for various crimes ranging from cultism, kidnapping, rape, armed robbery, murder and burglary. There was 18-year-old Akpobome Samuel, who confessed to killing his mother, Mrs. Gift Samuel, by strangulating her and also slept […]
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