The man suspected of shooting two Minnesota lawmakers, killing one of them, has been taken into custody, a law enforcement official said. Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening. The arrest was confirmed to The Associated Press by a law enforcement official who not publicly discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to AP on … Read more
A massive manhunt entered a second day on Sunday in Minnesota for the suspected gunman who killed a Democratic state lawmaker while posing as a police officer — a crime that Governor Tim Walz characterized as a “politically motivated assassination.” The suspect, whom police have identified as Vance Luther Boelter, 57, fled on foot when officers confronted … Read more
A massive manhunt entered a second day on Sunday in Minnesota for the suspected gunman who killed a Democratic state lawmaker while posing as a police officer — a crime that Governor Tim Walz characterized as a “politically motivated assassination.” The suspect, whom police have identified as Vance Luther Boelter, 57, fled on foot when officers confronted … Read more
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Before Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman became a nationally recognized figure following her fatal shooting death alongside her husband Saturday morning — an act public officials have called an act of “political violence” — she was revered by colleagues as a dedicated public servant. The state House Democratic Farmer-Labor Party caucus on Saturday remembered Hortman, … Read more
Austrian authorities were searching on Wednesday for answers to why a 21-year-old gunman shot dead 10 people in a rampage at his former high school before killing himself, one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country’s modern history. Police said the man, armed with a shotgun and a pistol, acted alone. They are … Read more
Getty Images Students were sitting in their classrooms at a secondary school in Graz when a 21-year-old Austrian man shot dead nine people, before killing himself. Twelve people were injured in Tuesday morning’s violence, with one person dying hours later in hospital from their injuries. The incident was the deadliest mass shooting in Austria’s recent … Read more
Seven people, including two police officers, were killed in Colombia on Tuesday, as rebel groups detonated bombs near police stations in the city of Cali and the neighboring Cauca province, Colombia’s National Police said in a statement. Military and police spokespeople blamed the attacks on the FARC-EMC, a group led by former members of the … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size At least eight people were killed in a shooting at a school in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, and the suspected perpetrator also died, the city’s mayor said. Mayor Elke Kahr described the events as a “terrible tragedy,” the Austria Press Agency reported. It added … Read more
Eleven people have died in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, including a 21-year-old gunman who took his own life. It is is the deadliest gun attack in the country’s recent history. The BBC’s Bethany Bell visited where incident took place at Dreierschützengasse secondary school in the north-west of the city. Read … Read more