Israeli forces shot dead a young Palestinian man in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank early Wednesday morning, Palestinian security sources say. Izz al-Din Walid Bani Gharra, 21, was shot in the chest during clashes with Israeli forces who raided the camp at dawn. He was evacuated[…]
Two teenage boys have been killed in a flare-up of gang violence in Bonteheuwel in the Western Cape, community forum members said on Sunday. “There were two killings on Friday night… definitely related to gang violence,” Bonteheuwel Joint Peace Forum member Soraya Salie told News24. She said one of the[…]
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has announced its intent to probe the shooting which led to the death of Athlone resident, Michael Volkwyn. According to the IPID spokesperson, Moses Dlamini, the investigation stems from numerous media reports on the family’s suspicion that police played a bigger role in the[…]
Following Sunday’s controversial anti-Muslim cartoon drawing of the Muslim Prophet Muhammad contest in Garland, Texas, resulting in the shooting deaths of two gunmen killed by police officers, American Muslim leaders reasserted their position that anti-Muslim advocate Pamela Gellar is free to draw whatever she wants. “We cannot fight free speech,[…]
Demonstrators and police clashed briefly in a second night of protests in the US city of Baltimore, where a curfew has been imposed to quell rioting triggered by the death of a black man in police custody. Police used tear gas canisters and pepper balls against at least 200 protesters[…]
A 14-year-old Palestinian is in critical condition and has been transferred to Ramallah for treatment after he was hit by a stray Israeli bullet on Friday at his home in the central Gaza Strip, his family said Tuesday. The family of Fadi Abu Mandil, 14, said that the teen will[…]
A member of the Americans gang in Manenberg on the Cape Flats has died following a shooting, the Manenberg Community Forum (CPF) said on Sunday. “He died yesterday morning,” CPF spokesperson Rugshanda Pascoe told News24. Pascoe did not know his real name, only his nickname, Mandela, and that he was[…]
– Shootings between rival gangs flared up for a second time in Manenberg, Cape Town, on Saturday afternoon. A 40-year-old resident, who did not want to be named because she feared for her safety, told News24 that the sound of bullets could be heard around 16:00, but that the police[…]
A teacher at Al Azhar primary school in Lotus river was shot on the school premises during a gang related shooting on Thursday afternoon. Grassy park police spokesperson Warrant officer Juanita Kleinsmith said gang members from the Mongrels and Yurucats were involved in a shootout outside the school grounds. The[…]
Danish police say the gunman behind weekend shootings at a free speech seminar and a synagogue in Copenhagen used an assault rifle and two hand guns in the attacks. Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, 22, was killed in firefight with police early Sunday after a shooting spree that authorities say may[…]
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