Mass Shootings

Almelo stabbing: Two killed after ‘man opens fire with crossbow’​


At least two people have died in the Netherlands after a man reportedly began shooting at passers-by with a crossbow from his balcony.

Police in the eastern province of Overijssel confirmed two people had died and a third was injured in the incident in the town of Almelo.

An investigation into the deaths has been launched, but videos circulating online appear to show a shirtless man firing into the street with a crossbow from his flat’s balcony.

Unconfirmed reports from local media suggest armed police responded to the scene and fired shots at a suspect and that a body was discovered inside the home.

Earlier on Friday morning, the police tweeted a situation was ongoing involving armed officers in Almelo and warned the public not to come near.

It remains unclear exactly how the two victims died, with some reports suggesting they were stabbed rather than shot by a crossbow.

Police confirmed later in the morning a third person was injured and a suspect had been arrested by officers at the scene as well.

A “GRIP-3” emergency was also declared, which allows the emergency services to work more closely together to respond to the incident and indicates there was a threat to the general population.

Astonishing videos from Almelo shared online appear to show a man standing on a second-floor balcony in his underwear, firing a large crossbow down into the street.

What sounds like a gunshot can also be heard and the man then moves back inside his flat. Photos from the scene also posted online show arrows in lying in the road and police officers marking them out with cones and tape.

 
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An active-shooter situation is reportedly underway on the campus of a university in the Russian city of Perm. Footage purportedly taken at the scene showed people escaping from a building through windows.

The incident was reported at Perm State University, one of the oldest universities in the Urals.According to some media reports, at least one person has been hurt.

The university’s social media alerted everyone who is currently on campus to leave if possible, or lock themselves inside a room. The message told people on their way to the campus to immediately turn back.

A video published on social media apparently taken at the scene showed people escaping through the windows of a two-storey building.


Another video taken from inside the building appears to show an armed person dressed in black slowly walking across the campus as horrified people express their shock.
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Among just four people detained during the remarkably peaceful Justice for J6 rally in Washington, DC was an armed man who flashed a badge, causing speculation that he was an ‘undercover fed’ accidentally outed by colleagues.

Despite weeks of constant media reports fueling fears of imminent violence, the Saturday protest proceeded peacefully. It attracted only a few hundred activists – and several times as many police and other law enforcement agents. Authorities reported only a handful of minor disturbances, and a total of four arrests, one of which was particularly curious.

In a video captured by independent journalist Ford Fischer, around half a dozen officers in full riot gear surrounded a man suspected of carrying a concealed handgun.



Are you undercover?” police could be heard asking the suspect, as they checked his pockets only to find what appears to be a badge. “I’m just here,” he responds when asked again whether he was “undercover” or “part of the event.”

The man was then escorted away, without being handcuffed or disarmed at the scene, Fischer noted, triggering much speculation about whether he was an undercover fed, an off-duty cop, or if the badge was even real at all.

While the Capitol Police acknowledged the incident in a tweet, they never mentioned the badge.

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“The man did have a gun,” police said. “At this time, it is not clear why the man was at the demonstration. Officers charged him with 40 U.S. Code § 5104 - Unlawful activities.
 
Current casualty list updated.


The leader of Sweden's centre-right opposition has called for the country to use its far-reaching terror legislation against gang criminals after what he described as "the bloodiest summer in Swedish history" when it came to gun violence.

In his traditional party leader’s “summer speech” or sommartal, titled Now, we’ll get some order for Sweden, Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson said that the government should use every possibility under law to crack down on gang criminals.

They should be treated as domestic terrorists and “should be met with the full force of Swedish terror legislation,” he said. “We should take their money, their cars and their watches. We should listen in to them and visit their homes.

“Those who are members of a criminal gang but not Swedish citizens should be deported. We should bring in visitation zones and double punishment for gang criminals.”

After the speech, the party’s justice spokesperson Johan Forssell presented new proposals for extending terror legislation so that the “law on secret coercise measures” or Lagen om hemliga tvångsåtgärder, which empowers police to listen in to phone calls and other communications, be extended to cover gang criminals.

The Moderate party also wants Sweden’s deportation law to be extended to cover gang criminals, with courts empowered to rule on whether someone meets the description.

“This is a far-reaching proposal, that’s the whole point,” Johan Forssell, the party’s justice spokesperson, told TT after the speech. “The burden of evidence should rest heavily on those who think we should keep doing what we’ve done up until now.”

In his speech, Kristersson also lambasted the government for Sweden’s record levels of long-term unemployment and for missing its own climate goals.

He called for a cap on welfare payments and lowered tax rates on the low paid, so that it would always be worth finding work for unemployed people.

He also defended his party’s decision to work with the far-right Sweden Democrats, until a few years ago a pariah in Swedish politics due to their neo-Nazi roots.

“I want to get together and cooperate to get things done. The Moderates have in recent years cooperated with all the parties, from the Left Party to the Sweden Democrats, sometimes both at the same time,” he said.

“That doesn’t make me either a Left Party supporter or a Sweden Democrat. It just means that I put policy issues first.”
 
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One person has been killed and a dozen more injured in a shooting at a Kroger supermarket in Collierville, Tennessee, local law enforcement said. The gunman died at the scene from what officers believe was a self-inflicted wound.

A gunman opened fire on Thursday at a Kroger branch in Collierville, a town located on the outskirts of Memphis. One person was shot dead, 12 were injured, and the suspect ended his rampage by apparently taking his own life. The shooting took place at around 1.30pm local time.

Police officers from multiple departments responded to the incident, and SWAT teams cleared the store “aisle to aisle, room to room,” Collierville Chief of Police Dale Lane told reporters. “I’ve been involved in this for 34 years and I’ve never seen anything like it,” Lane said, noting that some of the injuries were “very serious.”

Video footage showed several ambulances rushing to a local hospital, with at least one carrying multiple victims. Local reporter Stacy Jacobson said her crew was instructed not to move their vehicle parked outside the hospital, as staff there were “preparing for helicopter landings.”


While one image circulated online showing a man standing on the supermarket’s roof, with some suggesting he may have been the shooter, Lane confirmed the person was, in fact, a Kroger employee.

The store chain later issued a statement on the shooting, saying it is “deeply saddened” and that “the entire Kroger family offers our thoughts, prayers and support to the individuals and families of the victims during this difficult time.” The Collierville location will remain closed until police complete their investigation, the company added. The FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) said they are assisting the probe.

Collierville schools went into lockdown as a precaution as the incident unfolded, with an alert sent to parents warning of an off-campus active shooter nearby. The lockdown has since been lifted, according to Fox.

Police are questioning witnesses and preparing to search the suspect’s vehicle, which is parked at the scene.

Published September 23, 2021 • Updated on September 23, 2021
 
Not stabbing or shooting bit I don’t know where to put this kind of news…


It‘s a tragedy; man killed their children and tried to kill himself.
children were 7-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, and a 4-year-old boy.
😢


To me it seems that this happens more and more often.

Just few months back, a woman beat her daughter who then died in hospital.
The child was taken from caring guardians/foster parents only to live with biological parents who didn’t take care of her.
Awful times..

 

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A Tucson Police Department SWAT truck is parked near the last two cars of an Amtrak train in downtown Tucson, Ariz., Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. One person is in custody after someone opened fire Monday aboard an Amtrak train in Tucson, Arizona, police said. The shooting happened just after 8 a.m. on a train parked at the station in the city's downtown. Authorities say the scene has been secured and no threat remains. (Mamta Popat/Arizona Daily Star via AP)

A Drug Enforcement Administration special agent was killed Monday when a passenger, who also died, opened fire as officers were doing a routine inspection for illegal contraband on an Amtrak train in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. A second agent and a Tucson police officer were wounded.

“It’s very horrific and we’re all just coming to terms with just how terrible a loss this is,” Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus said. “But I also want to reflect on the really heroic actions of the officers at the scene. They literally ran towards the danger, into the car, where there was an active shooting situation going on.”

Magnus spoke outside the hospital where the agent and Tucson officer had been taken. The agent was listed in critical condition while the officer was in stable condition. He said authorities would not be releasing their names.

The shooting, which sent passengers fleeing, happened just after 8 a.m. on a train stopped at the station in the city’s downtown. A regional task force of DEA agents and Tucson police officers had boarded one of the cars to do a typical check for illegal money, weapons and drugs. It’s a common occurrence at all transit hubs, Magnus said.

Officers were in the middle of detaining a man on the upper level of the double-decker car when a second man pulled out a handgun and began firing. He exchanged several rounds with police and then barricaded himself in a bathroom on the lower level, Magnus said.

He was later found dead inside.

The other suspect has been arrested. It wasn’t immediately known what charges he faces or his relationship to the second man.

Magnus praised Tucson police officers for getting the injured DEA agent off the train and rushing him to the hospital in the back of a patrol car. The hospitalized Tucson officer had been on the platform when he heard the shooting. He was shot when he ran into the car to help.

There were about a dozen other passengers in the car where the shooting occurred.

“I just think it’s kind of incredible here there weren’t other people who were hurt, even though we’re completely so saddened by the loss of the officer,” Magnus said.

Amtrak spokesman Jason Abrams also confirmed there were no reported injuries to the crew or passengers.

The Sunset Limited, Train 2, was traveling from Los Angeles to New Orleans, and arrived at the Tucson station at 7:40 am, Abrams said. There were 137 passengers and 11 crew members, he said. All have been evacuated to the station.

Evan Courtney was in a lounge car when people suddenly came running in yelling: “Shots fired!”

“I grabbed my backpack and ran,” Courtney told The Associated Press via Twitter direct messaging.

He said he huddled with other passengers while looking out the window. He saw several tactical police officers with assault rifles behind barricades. After 15 minutes, “police ran to us and told us to get out of the car and run in the opposite direction.”

Courtney later tweeted a photo of nearly two dozen officers including two embracing.

Dramatic video taken by a camera at the Southern Arizona Transportation Museum shows some of the shooting.

Multiple shots can be heard from inside a train before a man, who appears to be a security officer with a dog, boards in the middle of the second-to-last car through an open door. Two bystanders back away and then run past a baggage cart, joining four others as they usher each other into the last car and the door slides shut, the video shows.

One shot is heard and the security officer, holding a gun, backs off the train with the dog still on the leash. He runs behind a structure on the train platform as a man appears at the passenger car door, fires three shots toward the fleeing man and dog, and disappears back inside.

The camera belongs to Virtual Railfan, which operates more than 50 cameras livestreaming train operations around the country for train buffs. Kathy Abbott, operations manager, said both Tucson police and Amtrak police have asked for any footage to be made available.

Virtual Railfan’s cameras do capture crime but “maybe not this dramatic,” Abbott said. “This was definitely an adrenaline rush.”

Tucson, home to the University of Arizona, is about 110 miles (180 kilometers) south of Phoenix.

WINDSOR, ONT. -- Windsor police say the Ambassador Bridge international border crossing between Canada and the U.S. was shut down for most of the day due to “possible explosives” in the area.

Police were called to the scene at the Canadian side of the crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit, Mich. on Monday morning.


Police say they were alerted by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) after possible explosives were located inside a vehicle in the secondary inspection area.

“No threat was associated to this and this is believed to be an isolated incident,” says a Twitter post from police. “The safety and security of staff and the public is paramount; as such traffic has been re-routed.”

Police say the driver of the involved vehicle is being detained pending further investigation and is currently in the custody of the CBSA. No other persons are believed to be involved in this incident.

Officers say the area was evacuated and the bridge was shut down to incoming traffic from the U.S.

The Windsor Police Service Explosive Disposal Unit is investigating.

The Ambassador Bridge Company says U.S.-bound traffic “has always been open for travelers and will continue to be open for those wishing to cross into the United States.” There is access off of Wyandotte Street West only.

An alert from the CBSA is encouraging incoming travellers to consider alternate ports of entry to cross the border.

By around 7 p.m., Windsor police had cleared the scene. Further updates are expected Tuesday, police say.


 

Man kills several people in Norway in bow-and-arrow attacks, police say​


OSLO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A man armed with a bow and arrow killed several people and wounded a number of others in attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, local police said.

At least four people had been killed in the attacks, public broadcaster NRK and newspaper VG reported, citing unnamed sources.

"The man has been apprehended ... from the information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone," police chief Oeyvind Aas told reporters.

"Several people have been injured and several are dead," Aas said. He declined to comment on the precise number of casualties.

The attacks took place over "a large area" of Kongsberg, a municipality of about 28,000 people in southeastern Norway, 68 km (42 miles) from the capital, Oslo.

Following the attacks, the police directorate said it had ordered officers nationwide to carry firearms. Norwegian police are normally unarmed but officers have access to guns and rifles when needed.

"This is an extra precaution. The police have no indication so far that there is a change in the national threat level," the directorate said in a statement.

Aas said police would investigate whether the attack amounted to an act of terrorism,

Norway's minister of justice and public security, Monica Maeland, has received updates on the attacks and was closely monitoring the situation, the ministry said.
 

Man kills several people in Norway in bow-and-arrow attacks, police say​


OSLO, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A man armed with a bow and arrow killed several people and wounded a number of others in attacks in the Norwegian town of Kongsberg on Wednesday, local police said.

At least four people had been killed in the attacks, public broadcaster NRK and newspaper VG reported, citing unnamed sources.

"The man has been apprehended ... from the information we now have, this person carried out these actions alone," police chief Oeyvind Aas told reporters.

"Several people have been injured and several are dead," Aas said. He declined to comment on the precise number of casualties.

The attacks took place over "a large area" of Kongsberg, a municipality of about 28,000 people in southeastern Norway, 68 km (42 miles) from the capital, Oslo.

Following the attacks, the police directorate said it had ordered officers nationwide to carry firearms. Norwegian police are normally unarmed but officers have access to guns and rifles when needed.

"This is an extra precaution. The police have no indication so far that there is a change in the national threat level," the directorate said in a statement.

Aas said police would investigate whether the attack amounted to an act of terrorism,

Norway's minister of justice and public security, Monica Maeland, has received updates on the attacks and was closely monitoring the situation, the ministry said.
I live in Kongsberg, and actually was supposed to go for a walk in that specific location (same itinerary) yesterday around the same time but decided against fortunately. Around the time of the event saw alot of police cars, ambulances and helicopters which was unusual. As a side note, fortunately it was bows and arrows, if it was a gun attack, the most logical decision would have been to go toward a slightly different location (same distance) and head over to the main shopping center which was quite full at that time.
Life is pretty back to normal in here as of today.

#C
 
Not stabbing or shooting bit I don’t know where to put this kind of news…


It‘s a tragedy; man killed their children and tried to kill himself.
children were 7-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, and a 4-year-old boy.
😢


To me it seems that this happens more and more often.

Just few months back, a woman beat her daughter who then died in hospital.
The child was taken from caring guardians/foster parents only to live with biological parents who didn’t take care of her.
Awful times..


These tragedies seem to be happening more and more often everywhere.

I am seeing a LOT of similar stories in Greek news too. Revelations about underage children being sexually abused by family members are weekly news. Recently, a mother from a Greek island repeatedly sold her 8 yo daughter for money...

There have also been 9 murders of females by their spouses/boyfriends in 2021 so far in Greece. A few of the perpetrators killed themselves afterward. A handsome, very rich pilot dramatically reported the death of his wife by burglars, and then it was revealed he killed her himself in front of their toddler daughter. A man shot his wife in broad daylight where she was working and then turn his gun to himself...

We are talking about a country where a similar murder would happen once every few years and it would be talked about for a very long time. But in 2021, 9 of these murders already took place. Everyone was in shock when the 3rd one happened, now everyone is numb, while the media try to explain the unexplainable (to them), calling it "Feminicide" and they blame the greek "macho" masculinity for everything. As if all these decades greek men were not macho. And they were even more so then than now.

I don't know if it was the extended lockdowns or the vaccination program. Since March 2020, the Greek citizens have suffered (and for the most part, accepted) some of the worst "pandemic" measures. And in the end, it seems, they allowed darkness to win in every aspect of Greek society.
 
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Sir David Amess (left), Sir Iain Duncan Smith (right) Video
Sir Iain Duncan Smith spoke to GB News about the incident, he said "The discourse outside of Parliament in politics has become quite threatening and angry."

"I think it's vitally important that we do whatever we can to stamp this out", said Former Conservative Party leader Sir Iain Duncan Smith comments after Sir David Amess MP was stabbed in Essex.

A man has been arrested after Conservative MP Sir David Amess was reportedly stabbed several times at a surgery in his Southend West constituency.

The 69-year-old was attacked on Friday at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea.

In a statement, Essex Police said officers arrived at the scene in Eastwood Road North shortly after 12.05pm and arrested a man.

A knife was also recovered from the area.

Aerial footage showed multiple police officers outside Belfairs Methodist Church and an air ambulance remained at the scene.

A large cordon extended down Eastwood Road, with members of the public gathering behind it, and multiple side streets were closed off.

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MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Two U.S. Postal Service employees are dead after a shooting at a Memphis postal facility, authorities said.

The suspected shooter, who was also a USPS employee, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, FBI Memphis spokesperson Lisa-Anne Culp said during a press briefing Tuesday.

The shooting occurred Tuesday afternoon at the East Lamar Carrier Annex, a location that does not have retail customers. Around 2:50 p.m. local time, the Memphis Police Department said it had secured the scene and there was no active threat.


Two U.S. Postal Service employees are dead after a shooting at a Memphis postal facility, authorities said.

A witness told Memphis ABC affiliate WATN she saw people running away saying shots had been fired.

USPS is working with the FBI, Memphis Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on the investigation, Postal Inspector Susan Link told reporters.

The USPS and FBI spokespeople did not share any additional information on the shooting, including the identifies of the victims or suspect.

"The Postal Service is saddened at the events that took place today in Memphis," the USPS said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with the family members, friends and coworkers of the individuals involved. The Postal Service will be providing resources to all employees at the East Lamar Carrier Annex in the coming days and weeks."

This is the second high-profile workplace shooting in the Memphis area in recent weeks. Last month, one person was killed and 14 others were injured in a shooting at a Kroger grocery store in Collierville. The suspected gunman, a third-party vendor for Kroger, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.



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Didn't the sessions indicate that assassinations would be on the rise...🤔

Time line of this event according to Telegraph Media Group Limited 2021.
15 October 2021 • 7:54pm




The Home Secretary will face questions concerning what was known about a suspect held on suspicion of murdering MP Sir David Amess as police were granted extra time to question him.

Sir David, 69, who had been an MP since 1983, was meeting constituents at Belfairs Methodist Church in Leigh-on-Sea on Friday afternoon when he was stabbed multiple times in a frenzied attack.

The MP spoke to PR professional Richard Hillgrove to discuss the Children’s Parliament, an event where youngsters are matched with MPs, soon before the attack, the Sunday Times reported.

The newspaper reported Mr Hillgrove ended the Zoom call at 12.02pm, three minutes before the married father-of-five was stabbed.

A man arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder was later further detained under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and is in custody at a London police station.

A warrant of further detention, which allows detectives to hold the man until October 22, was granted at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.

The name the police have for the suspect is Ali Harbi Ali.

The man is believed to be a British national with Somali heritage.

The investigation is said to be assuming there was an Islamist extremist motivation for the attack.

Hmm why is the reporter stuttering..🧐


The Met said officers are carrying out searches at two addresses in the London area and are not seeking anyone else over the death.

The force believes the man, who is in custody in Essex, acted alone but inquiries into the circumstances of the incident are continuing.
Government sources have told the BBC he is a British national who, from initial inquiries, appears to be of Somali heritage.
BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner reports Whitehall officials are saying the arrested man was not on a database of terror suspects.
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According to the initial investigation, Peri drove his car from his home in Rehovot to his regular synagogue, less than a mile away, arriving at 6:15 A.M.
After parking he opened the trunk to retrieve items from it. Police suspect that a man on a motor scooter waited for him in the parking lot, fired a few bullets into Peri’s torso and fled the scene. Two joggers who heard the shots called the police. Peri was declared dead at the scene.
The parking lot in Rehovot where Peri was shot on Friday morning.

The parking lot in Rehovot where Peri was shot on Friday morning.Credit: Ilan Assayag
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One year after the beheading of Samuel Paty mentioned in the post above, the decapitated body of 77 y.o. woman has been found in Agde (Southern France):

Marseille – French authorities have found the decapitated body of a woman aged 77 at her home in a southern resort, police said on Thursday.

A police source, who asked not to be named, told AFP that the authorities were not at this point looking at terrorism as an explanation and the case has not been referred to national anti-terror prosecutors.

The body of the woman was found in the Mediterranean resort of Agde, in the Herault region of southern France, the police source said.

Police had visited her home after the woman's son raised concern he had not heard from her despite usually making daily calls. He was also connected to her home via video link and said he had seen a shadow on the ground.

According to another source, the victim's head was on a table next to the body. There was no sign of a break-in, the outside gate was closed, and the front door of the house unlocked.

There were no immediate further details and police did not at present favour one particular theory over what happened, police said.


Source: News24
 
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