ARMED ATTACK

Slovakia

'Lone wolf' suspect charged in shooting of Slovakian PM Robert Fico

Authorities have charged a man in connection with the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico who was shot on Wednesday, the country’s interior minister said.

15/05/2024

Russia

Seven dead in attack on Russian police checkpoint

The same gunmen had previously attacked another checkpoint a week earlier, according to Russian authorities.

29/04/2024

Turkey

2 assailants shot dead during an attack on an Istanbul courthouse

A far-left group has been blamed for the incident, which saw two people storm a courthouse before being killed by police.

06/02/2024

Uganda

Grieving families bury their dead after Uganda school attack

Officials say at least 41 people were massacred and half a dozen kidnapped in the worst attack of its kind in Uganda since 2010.

19/06/2023

France

Paris shooting: Clashes as vigil held for Kurdish victims of attack

Hundreds of people converged on Place de la République in the French capital, some waving flags of the Kurdistan Workers' Party PKK as a show of solidarity.

24/12/2022

Canada

Shooter targets homeless people in Vancouver suburb, killing two

Canadian police confirmed that a lone suspect was shot dead on the scene.

25/07/2022

USA

Biden on US shooting: 'White supremacy will not have the last word'

He was speaking after 10 people were killed in Buffalo in what is believed to have been a racially motivated hate crime.

18/05/2022

Belgium

Belgian manhunt for armed far-right suspect enters second month

46-year-old former soldier Jurgen Conings was placed on a watchlist in February and has threatened several people in the past months.

17/06/2021

Niger

Niger: Gunmen kill at least 58 in attack on market sellers

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for Monday's massacres, though extremists belonging to the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara group are known to be active in the region.

16/03/2021

Niger

Dozens killed in suspected jihadist attack in Niger

The attack in the border region of Tillabéri on Saturday left at least 50 dead.

03/01/2021

Germany

Racism and far-right threat 'very high' in Germany, says minister

"The threat posed by far-right extremism, anti-Semitism and racism is very high in Germany," Seehofer told reporters.

20/02/2020

USA

Armed Columbine-obsessed teenager found dead

The body has been found of an armed teenager said to be obsessed with the Columbine school shootings 20 years ago

17/04/2019