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New York Muslims accuse Trump for stoking Islamophobia over imam's death

Residents of Queens in New York gathered at the mosque where just hours earlier an imam and his assistant were shot dead.

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Violent protests in Milwaukee after police shoot dead armed suspect

Anger has erupted into violence in the US city of Milwaukee, after police shot and killed an armed suspect.

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'Hate crime' denounced as New York imam and assistant are shot dead

A Muslim imam and his assistant were gunned down and killed while walking home from afternoon prayers on Saturday, according to reports from New York.

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One dead, five injured in two isolated shootings in Austin, Texas

Emergency service officials in Austin say a woman in her 20s has died and at least five people have been injured in isolated shootings in the Texas capital.

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Armenia

Policeman shot dead as Armenia hostage siege escalates

An Armenian policeman was killed on Saturday as chaos gripping Yerevan spirals increasingly out of control.

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US President Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin to be freed

The man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan in 1981 can be freed from a psychiatric hospital.

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Charges dropped against police officers involved in death of Freddie Gray

US prosecutors in Baltimore have dropped charges against three officers awaiting trial over the death of a black detainee whose his neck was broken while being transported in a police van.

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Public awareness is best prevention against mass shootings, expert says

Germany

Munich gunman planned had been planning attack 'for a year'

The teenage gunman who killed nine people and wounded 35 more in Munich on Friday had been planning the attack for a year.

Germany

Shooting victims were not classmates of Munich gunman

Those gunned down in Munich last Friday were not former classmates of the killer, nor were they specifically targeted.

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Mourners pay respects at scene of Munich shooting rampage

Mourners have been laying flowers and lighting candles at the scene of Friday’s attack in Munich.

Germany

Munich killer no links to any terrorist organisation

The teenage killer who murdered nine people in Munich and then turned the gun on himself was a loner obsessed with mass murder.

Germany

Munich struggles to come to terms with the killings

Munich is coming to terms with the trauma of the killings that left nine innocent people dead.

Germany

Merkel in mourning over Munich murders

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has addressed the country following the killing spree in Munich that left nine innocent people dead.

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Amateur video shows chaotic scene after Munich attack

Video taken from the scene shows panic and people sprinting away after shooter opens fire at Munich shopping centre.

Germany

'He was a really quiet boy' neighbours describe suspected Munich murderer

Neighbours of the 18-year-old suspected of killing nine people in a mass shooting in Munich have described the teenager as a quiet loner.

Germany

Munich: police rule out ISIL link

However, officers say the 18-year-old attacker did have an obsessive interest in mass shootings.

Germany

Munich: what happened and when

How Germany's third-largest city went into lockdown when the shooting rampage began at around 6pm on Friday evening.

Germany

Police raid Munich apartment

The operation came early on Saturday morning, hours after the shooting rampage in the city's Olympia shopping mall.

Germany

Amateur video shows Munich gunman at mall

Police are looking for a motive for Friday's attack. A spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel would neither confirm nor deny a link to terrorism.

the action or practice of shooting with a gun