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Multiple fatalities in Texas college shooting: US police 0

Multiple fatalities in Texas college shooting: US police

At least eight people have been killed in a shooting at a high school in the US state of Texas, according to local police. The incident took place on Friday morning at Santa Fe High School, located about 50km southeast of Houston. The suspected shooter, now in custody, was a student at the school, said…

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Malala returns house for first time since Taliban shooting

Islamabad, Pakistan – Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has met Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in the capital, Islamabad, hours after arriving in her home country. Speaking at a ceremony held in her honour by the prime minister, a visibly moved Yousafzai wiped tears from her eyes as she spoke of coming home for the first time since she…

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#BoycottNRA: Companies gash ties with gun foyer after Florida shooting

More and more US companies are cutting ties with the National Rifle Association (NRA) as the gun lobby comes under immense criticism following the last week’s mass shooting at a Florida high school.  Several car rental companies, hotels and banks have cancelled the special offers and discounts they have for NRA members.  The moves come…

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Donald Trump criticises FBI over Florida taking pictures

US President Donald Trump has criticised the FBI for allegedly spending too much time on the Russia investigation instead of preventing the Florida school shooting. Trump said on Twitter late on Saturday that it was « very sad that the FBI missed all the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. » « This is not…

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Florida faculty taking pictures: Who is Nikolas Cruz?

A 19-year-old man has confessed to the shooting at a Florida high school that resulted in the deaths of at least 17 people, including students and adults, police say.  Nikolas Cruz « stated that he was the gunman who entered the school campus armed with an AR-15 and began shooting students that he saw in the…

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Florida high college shooting: What we know thus a ways

At least 17 people have been killed in a shooting at a high school in southeastern Florida.  Police say a gunman opened fired shortly before the school day ended on Wednesday. The suspected attacker has been taken into custody. At least five people have life-threatening injuries.  Here’s what we know so far:  What happened and where?…

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‘A immense quantity of’ of us killed in US college capturing

Students are being evacuated from a high school in the US state of Florida after a shooting that has resulted in « numerous » deaths, police said. The sheriff’s office in Parkland, a town about 50km northwest of Fort Lauderdale, said it was responding to reports of a shooting at a local high school on Wednesday. Broward…