Hunt is on for a motive in Canada Mosque shooting
Police look for a motive Six killed, eight injured Condolences from around the world Police are searching for a motive after two gunmen opened fire on worshippers during Sunday night prayers at a mosque in Quebec. One suspect was identified as Alexandre Bissonnette, a French-Canadian, the other as Mohamed Khadir, who has a Moroccan background, […]
Quebec mosque attack: Social media tributes pour in
Soon after news broke that six Muslims had been killed in a shooting attack at a mosque in Canada’s Quebec City during evening prayers, people of all backgrounds took to social media to express their solidarity. Gunmen fired on about 50 people inside the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre on Sunday at 8pm local time (01:00 […]
Rohingya face Myanmar ‘ethnic cleansing’: UN official
UNHCR chief accuses country’s troops of killing men and raping women, forcing stateless minority to flee to Bangladesh. Myanmar is carrying out “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims, a UN official has said, as stories of gang rape, torture and murder emerge from among the thousands who have fled to Bangladesh. Up to 30,000 members of […]
Ex-N.J. man gets life in prison for LAX shooting rampage, report says
LOS ANGELES — The former South Jersey resident who went on a shooting spree in 2013 at Los Angeles International Airport that left one federal agent dead has been been sentenced to life in prison, a report says Paul Ciancia, 26, who grew up in Pennsville Township, was unapologetic about the grief and chaos he […]
Soldiers Rapes Myanmar Muslim Women: Report
At least eight women in Myanmar belonging to the long-persecuted Muslim minority Rohingya say Burmese soldiers raped or sexually abused them. The claims have come amid a bloody crackdown by the Myanmar military on rural villages alleged to be harboring Rohingya militants who have killed dozens and left thousands of people displaced and living on […]
IS Militant Atrocities Mount Against Mosul Civilians
The U.N. human rights office says atrocities against civilians in Mosul by Islamic State militants reportedly are increasing as Iraqi soldiers close in on the embattled northern Iraqi city. The U.N. human rights office says it is receiving disturbing reports of the extra judicial and summary execution of children and women, as well as male […]
UN calls for probe into attacks on Rohingya in Myanmar
UN human rights experts have called on Myanmar to investigate allegations that security forces have killed unarmed civilians, burned villages and made arbitrary arrests in a Muslim-majority region where a crackdown has followed attacks on border police. Aid agencies say up to 15,000 people, believed to be mostly Rohingya Muslims, have been displaced since armed […]
Why Japan’s Mass Killings Didn’t Make U.S. Headline News?
At least 19 people have been killed and another 26 injured some of them seriously at a residential care centre for the disabled in Japan. The attack happened in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the town of Sagamihara 40 km south west of Tokyo. 26 year old charged in one of the most […]
One Shooter; No Snipers-Grossly Inaccurate Police And Media Information About Dallas Killings
Published with permission from Alternet. The mainstream media in the U.S. and abroad badly botched the reporting of the Dallas police shooting that killed five officers Thursday, egged on by speculation by police sources that a team of snipers was bent on avenging the killing of two black men in Minnesota and Louisiana by white […]
Dallas attacker left behind tactical journal, mysterious initials
DALLAS — Micah Xavier Johnson used blood to write the initials “R.B.” on the walls of the downtown Dallas parking garage where he was barricaded last week after he opened fire police and protesters, killing five officers, wounding seven more and injuring two civilians. Dallas police are investigating the meaning of the two letters, Chief […]