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LAPD under scrutiny after police officer guns down mentally ill man

Skid Row, in downtown Los Angeles is an area of the city where a 39-year-old homeless man was shot dead by a police officer over the weekend. Around

USA

USA: gunned-down homeless man had 'history of mental illness'

The moment a homeless man in Los Angeles was shot dead has been caught on camera. Police say they were responding to reports of a robbery in the Skid

USA

USA: Los Angeles police shoot homeless man dead

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) have shot and killed a homeless man during a confrontation in the Skid Row area of the city

Czech Republic

Czech Republic shooting 'an isolated act'

Eight people have been killed in a shooting in the eastern Czech town of Uhersky Brod, the CTK news agency reported. The suspected shooter was among

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Denmark

Islamist "lone wolves" plot attacks inside Western societies where they live

The latest radical Islamist terrorist attacks in Denmark fall into the ‘lone wolf’ category. The general profile finds striking similarities between

Denmark

Police find no explosives in suspect package at Copenhagen cafe

Danish police say no explosives have been found in a suspect package left outside a Copenhagen cafe, the scene of a fatal shooting three days ago

Denmark

Danish police charge two people with aiding deadly shooting suspect

Danish police say they have charged two people with aiding the man suspected of shooting dead two people in attacks on a synagogue and an event

Denmark

Copenhagen: Man killed in police shoot-out after two deadly attacks

Police in Denmark have killed a man during an early morning shoot-out at a Copenhagen railway station. They believe he was one of possibly multiple

Denmark

One dead after shooting incident in Copenhagen

Canada

Canada: Valentine's Day mass shooting plot foiled say police

Canadian police say they have foiled an alleged plot to commit a mass shooting on Valentine’s Day in a public place. A woman picked up at Halifax

USA

Man charged with murder over Muslim students' death

France

Marseille housing estate sealed off after shots fired at police patrol car

French police have raised security levels in the southern city of Marseille after hooded gunmen armed with Kalashnikov rifles opened fire on a patrol

France

Hooded gunmen fire at police in Marseille

USA

Shots fired near US Vice President's home

US Secret Service officials said gun shots were fired near to the home of the Vice President Joe Biden in Delaware on Saturday night. He and his

France

French policewoman killed in morning shooting near Paris

One of two police officers shot south of Paris this morning has died. It does not appear to be linked to the Charlie Hebdo attack.

France

Charlie Hebdo's unrepentant record

Charlie Hebdo has been publishing satire since its creation in 1969. Its left-wing editorial content was like bare-knuckle boxing, pop, politics

France

Charlie Hebdo attackers targeted specific journalists, fought gun battles with police

Paris prosecutor says gunmen who attacked Charlie Hebdo office appeared to know the time and place of magazine's editorial meeting, targeted specific journalists and twice exchanged shots with police

USA

Condemnation of the Paris killings from the US

US Secretary of State John Kerry took the opportunity of a news conference to speak directly to the French people saying they have the support of all

France

Twelve dead as terrorists attack the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo

At 11.30 am CET three masked gunmen entered the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris and slaughtered ten unarmed staff and

France

Paris slaughter condemned by world leaders

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has condemned the slaughter in Paris and added in her statement, “It is also an attack on freedom of speech and the

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