Sweden to increase school security after mass-shooting, government says
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters All Swedish schools and pre-schools will have to make plans to keep unauthorised people off their premises, the government said on Wednesday, as the country tries to come to terms with the worst school shooting in its history last week. Ten people were shot dead at the Campus Risbergska school in Orebro, […]
Sweden mourns victims of mass shooting and searches for answers
Stockholm, Sweden Reuters Government offices, schools and workplaces fell silent in Sweden at midday on Tuesday in remembrance of the victims of a mass shooting at an adult education centre last week when a gunman killed 10 people before turning his weapon on himself. Swedes were still stunned by the 4th February attack, in which […]
Sweden to tighten gun laws after mass shooting at school
Orebro, Sweden Reuters Sweden’s right-wing government said on Friday it would seek to tighten gun laws in the wake of the country’s deadliest mass shooting at an adult education centre where the attacker appeared to have used several of his own licensed rifles. Ten people were shot dead at the Campus Risbergska school in Orebro […]
Police probe school link in Sweden’s worst mass shooting
Orebro, Sweden Reuters A gunman who killed 11 people, including himself, at an adult education centre in central Sweden may have been a student at the school, police said on Thursday, as they described chaotic scenes after the country’s deadliest mass shooting as being like an “inferno”. Police believe the suspected killer – identified by […]
Sweden’s deadliest attack leaves 11 dead at Orebro adult school
Updated: 12:45pm (AEST) Orebro, Sweden Reuters Eleven people were killed in a shooting at an adult education centre on Tuesday, Swedish police said, marking the country’s deadliest gun attack in what the prime minister called a “painful day.” Police said the gunman was believed to be among those killed and a search for other possible […]
Anger and tears as Montenegro town commemorates mass shooting victims
Cetinje, Montenegro Reuters Thousands of Montenegrins gathered in the town of Cetinje on Sunday to commemorate the 12 victims of a mass shooting last week, with many accusing police of not having done enough to stop the gunman’s rampage. In a crime that shocked the small Balkan nation, 45-year-old Aco Martinovic went on a shooting […]
South African police probe mass shooting in Eastern Cape region
Johannesburg, South Africa Reuters South African police said on Saturday that they had launched an investigation into the mass shooting of 17 people in a rural village in Eastern Cape province. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world, with about 20,000 murders recorded every year out of a population of […]
Breaking: Three people killed, 10 wounded in Arkansas supermarket shooting
Updated: 10am (AEST) Reuters A shooter opened fire at an Arkansas supermarket on Friday, killing three civilians and wounding 10 other people, including two police officers, Arkansas State Police said. The suspect was also wounded in a shootout with police, Arkansas State Police Director Mike Hagar told reporters. Emergency vehicles are seen at the scene […]
Russia seeks extradition of Ukraine security service head; Ukraine rejects demand
Reuters Russia is demanding that Ukraine hand over all people connected with terrorist acts committed in Russia, including the head of the country’s SBU Security Service, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. The SBU immediately dismissed the Russian demand as “pointless” and said the Russian ministry had “forgotten” that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin was the […]
Foreign diplomats lay flowers in memory of Russia’s concert hall attack victims; Tajikistan says migrants fleeing Russia
Moscow, Russia Reuters Ambassadors from a number of foreign countries took part in a ceremony on Saturday in memory of the victims of this month’s concert hall attack near Moscow which left dozens dead, the Russian foreign ministry’s protocol department said. Gunmen opened fire with automatic weapons at concertgoers on 22nd March in the worst […]