A priest was killed and another seriously wounded in an attack on a Catholic church in Normandy, France, on Tuesday, a French official has told journalists at the scene. Two men took five people hostage in the church in the town of Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray during morning Mass, Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said. Those taken hostage… Read More Priest killed as gunmen attack church in France
Police in Bangladesh have killed nine suspected Islamist militants after a gun battle in Dhaka, officials said. Police were searching the residential area of Kallyanpur when they were attacked by handmade bombs. It was not immediately clear which group the suspected militants killed on Tuesday were part of. One suspect was taken into custody by… Read More Bangladeshi police kill nine militants
About 10 people have been killed in two car bomb attacks near an entrance to the airport in Mogadishu, Somali police said. Thick smoke could be seen rising from the area. Nearby, there is a base for African Union (AU) peacekeepers. Local journalists said one of the bombs was detonated by a suicide attacker near… Read More Ten dead as car bomb attacks hit Somalia
A house fire in Madagascar has killed 38 people, including 16 children. The blaze ripped through the three-storey thatched home during a party, police said. The incident occurred on Saturday in the south-central district of Ikalamavony, according to local media reports. The reports said the blaze started in the outside dining area of the house,… Read More Sixteen children killed in house fire in Madagascar
Nineteen people were feared dead and 45 injured after an attack by a knife-wielding man at a facility for the disabled in Japan early on Tuesday, national broadcaster NHK reported. Police in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, about 25 miles (40 km) southwest of Tokyo, have arrested Satoshi Uematsu, a 26-year old former employee at the facility,… Read More Knife-wielding man kills 19 at handicap home in Japan
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