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A burst of gunfire shattered calm in one of Kyiv’s greenest neighborhoods, ending with Ukrainian police killing a man accused of shooting at pedestrians, seizing hostages inside a supermarket and refusing to negotiate in an attack that left six people dead. Ukraine's Security Service said authorities were treating the shooting as a terrorist act. In his nightly video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky said the violence unfolded in the leafy Holosiivskyi district, where 14 people were wounded, among them a 12-year-old boy.…

A nation shaken by a rare burst of school violence is preparing to bury nine victims after a 14-year-old opened fire in Kahramanmaras, in an attack authorities say bore a disturbing reference to a notorious US mass killer on the suspect’s WhatsApp profile. The shooting in the southern province of Kahramanmaras marked Turkey’s second school gun attack this week, an alarming sequence in a country where such incidents have been uncommon. Officials said the 14-year-old entered two classrooms while armed with five guns and fired…

Panic tore through a school in تركيا’s southern Kahramanmaras province when a 13-year-old opened fire, killing nine people and wounding 13 in an attack that sent students scrambling for safety and leaping from windows, officials said. It was the country’s second school shooting in two days. The assault took place in Kahramanmaras province in the south, a region in a country where mass school shootings have historically been rare. "We regret to report nine deaths (...) and 13 wounded. Six of them are currently in intensive…

Wednesday April 15, 2026 Ambulances pulled away from a school in Turkey’s southeastern Kahramanmaras province on Wednesday after a shooting that left four people dead and at least 20 others wounded, deepening concern in a country that has now suffered two school attacks in as many days. IHA (Ihlas News Agency) via REUTERS Purchase Licensing Rights A teenage student opened fire at a middle school in southeastern Turkey on Wednesday, killing at least four people, including three fellow pupils, and injuring at least 20 others,…

Tuesday April 7, 2026 Gunfire erupted near the building that houses the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, leaving three people dead and two police officers wounded, according to Turkish media reports. A Reuters video from the scene showed a police officer drawing a weapon and moving for cover as shots rang out. One person could be seen with blood on their clothing. According to Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu, three people were involved in the shooting and were “eliminated” by Turkish police. Koseoglu said the consulate…

A gun attack near the building housing Israel’s consulate in Istanbul left three people dead and two police officers wounded, according to Turkish media reports. Reuters footage from the scene showed a police officer drawing a weapon and taking cover as shots rang out. In the video, one person could be seen lying covered in blood. Al Jazeera’s Sinem Koseoglu said three people were involved in the shooting and were later “eliminated” by Turkish police. The area around the consulate is a busy, densely populated part of…

Tuesday April 7, 2026 Gunfire erupted near the building that houses the Israeli consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday, leaving three people dead and two police officers injured, according to Turkish media reports. Video from Reuters showed an officer drawing a weapon and rushing for cover as shots rang out. In the footage, one person could be seen lying covered in blood. Speaking to Al Jazeera, Sinem Koseoglu said Turkish police had “eliminated” three people who were involved in the shooting. Koseoglu said the area around the…

Florida executes Billy Kearse by lethal injection for 1991 killing of police officer A 53-year-old man convicted in the killing of a police officer during a 1991 traffic stop was executed by lethal injection in Florida, the state’s third execution of the year and the fifth in the United States. The Florida Department of Corrections said Billy Kearse was pronounced dead at the state prison in Raiford. Kearse was sentenced to death for fatally shooting Officer Danny Parrish after wrestling away his gun during a roadside stop…

South African police have arrested Bellarmine Mugabe, 28, the youngest son of Zimbabwe's late former president Robert Mugabe, on an attempted murder charge after a shooting at a property in an upmarket Johannesburg suburb, authorities said Wednesday. Police said a 23-year-old man believed to be a gardener was critically injured in the incident and remains hospitalized. Officers searching the house recovered bullet cartridges but did not find a firearm at the scene, the statement said. Another man was taken into custody as…

Families in the remote Canadian town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, are mourning eight people killed in a mass shooting Tuesday that tore through a home and a secondary school, claiming the lives of five children and a teacher. Police identified the shooter as 18-year-old Jesse Van Rootselaar, who later died by suicide. Among the victims was 12-year-old Kylie Smith, remembered by her family as “a beautiful soul.” Kylie was killed alongside four other children and a teacher at the town’s secondary school, authorities…