A judge declared a mistrial after the jury was unable to reach a verdict in the murder trial of a Michigan police officer who fatally shot a black man during a traffic stop. Christopher Schurr was charged with second-degree murder for the killing of 26-year-old Patrick Lyoya in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on 4 April 2022….
Swedish police have arrested a teenager after a fatal triple shooting in the city of Uppsala on Tuesday. The shooter reportedly fled on a scooter following the attack in a hair salon in the centre of the city, triggering a manhunt. Police confirmed on Wednesday that the person arrested for the shooting is under the…
Several people have died in South Sudan after an attempt by the UN to evacuate members of the national army came under fire, the UN has said. One crew member died when a UN helicopter was shot at, a statement from its mission in South Sudan, Unmiss, said. It added that an injured South Sudanese…
Laura Blasey BBC News, Washington Reuters Ralph Yarl, who was 16 when he was shot, survived his injuries An 86-year-old man in Kansas City, Missouri, has pleaded guilty to second-degree assault in the shooting of Ralph Yarl, a teen who accidentally visited the wrong address. Andrew Lester on Friday agreed the lesser charge as part…
Sweden’s government has announced plans to tighten its gun laws, days after the worst mass shooting in the country’s history. A gunman, who killed 10 people and himself at an adult education centre in Orebro on Tuesday, had four legally-owned rifles – three of which were found at the school, police said. Sweden’s centre-right coalition…
Nick Beake Europe Correspondent Reporting fromOrebro, Sweden BBC Ismail Moradi told the BBC he fears there was a racial element to the shooting Ismail Moradi, 16, would normally be carrying his textbooks into school. But on Wednesday he was clutching a bunch of red flowers to lay in tribute to those murdered in Sweden’s worst…
Nick Beake Europe Correspondent Reporting fromOrebro, Sweden BBC Ismail Moradi told the BBC he fears there was a racial element to the shooting Ismail Moradi, 16, would normally be carrying his textbooks into school. But on Wednesday he was clutching a bunch of red flowers to lay in tribute to those murdered in Sweden’s worst…
Getty Images Police say they are still investigating the motive for the attack A student at the education centre in central Sweden has recalled how she and others tried to help one of the victims of what would turn out to be the worst school shooting ever to happen in Sweden. “A guy next to…
About 10 people have been killed in a shooting at an education centre in central Sweden, including the suspected gunman, police say. The shooting at Risbergska school in Orebro, 200km (124 miles) west of the capital, Stockholm, took place on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the perpetrator was not previously known to them and there was…
Reuters An Israeli military commander said the Tayasir attack demonstrated the necessity of its operation in the northern West Bank Israel’s military says two soldiers have been killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank, as its forces continue a major operation against Palestinian armed groups in the north of the territory. Another…
