I can't find the origin of this image, so it might be completely bogus. But if it's real...whoa!
See the image in the following tweet:
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That's one of the entrances to Dillard's. People ran there from the Walmart, and ABC reported that police directed them first to JC Penny, and then outside. Far as I can tell, there were no reports of injuries taking place in Dillard's. Guy on the right looks like SWAT, guy on the left looks like he's wearing what some of the cops on the scene were wearing (blue t-shirt, black bulletproof vest, khaki cargo pants). You can see them in this video:I can't find the origin of this image, so it might be completely bogus. But if it's real...whoa!
See the image in the following tweet:
Knife attack by man screaming "Allahu akbar" in Sydney, Australia
CBS
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 04:27 UTC
Australian police and witnesses said a knife-wielding man yelling "Allahu akbar," or "God is great," attempted to stab several people in downtown Sydney on Tuesday before being arrested. At least one woman was brought to a hospital.
Police said later that "all the evidence points to" a man with mental health issues lashing out, but they would not rule out any potential motives as the investigation was still at an early stage. Given the information they had, however, they said the incident was not being classed as terrorism and that the suspect was believed to have acted alone.
Witnesses say the man, wielding a long knife, tried to stab multiple people near a busy intersection. New South Wales state police said in a statement that the man was caught and the woman was in stable condition.
Not far away, the body of a woman believed to have been an acquaintance of the detained suspect was found in a home.
A witness told reporters the man was screaming comments about religion before yelling to police that he wanted to be shot. Police said he used the Arabic phrase "Allahu akbar." However, police later said the man also had in his possession a thumbnail USB drive containing information related to white supremacy.
Asked by a reporter whether the conflicting religious references suggested to him a mental health problem at the root of the crime, New South Wales Police Commissioner Michael Fuller said, "certainly all the evidence points to that" at this stage of the investigation.
The incident brought the central business district of Australia's biggest city to an early afternoon standstill, the Reuters news service reports.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison praised members of the public who helped subdue the suspect during the attack.
Reuters quotes Police Superintendent Gavin Wood as telling reporters in Sydney the woman was stabbed in the back but her wounds weren't life-threatening and that the attack on her seemed to be unprovoked.
A suspected knife assault near a train station in Villeurbanne, France, has left one person dead and nine wounded, according to reports. Police are said to have arrested one man.
The attack occurred on Saturday afternoon at Laurent Bonnevay station in Villeurbanne, metropolitan Lyon. Local media reported that two alleged perpetrators attacked people at random in the parking lot, with the latest tally of casualties standing at one 19-year-old dead and nine wounded.
One man has reportedly been arrested, and the presence of a second attacker remains unconfirmed by official sources.
The city’s Metro service was suspended as police descended on the scene.
Footage shared on social media purportedly shows a crowd of onlookers surrounding and subduing one of the suspects at one of the station’s elevators. Another man, seen holding a long, thin object, may also be a suspect, as one of the alleged attackers was reportedly armed with a kitchen skewer.
Police have not yet said whether they believe the incident was a terrorist attack. They have asked people nearby not to disturb their operation.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW
The knifeman claimed to be from Afghanistan as he was confronted by witnesses, including four bus drivers, after the attack, Le Progres reported.
There was no indication from the authorities that it was a terror attack.
At least 5 killed, gunman dead in mass drive-by shootings in Texas
At least five people have been killed and dozens more reportedly injured in Texas, where people were randomly shot at by a gunman from vehicles in Midland and Odessa. One suspect has been shot and killed during arrest.
Odessa police told media that five people have been killed and 21 injured.
Midland Police Department confirmed that a gunmen was shot and killed, adding that officers have been looking into reports of other possible suspects.
The suspect was shot and killed by police near the Cinergy movie theater at the Music City Mall in Odessa. The gunman, who was in the hijacked mail truck at that point in the chase, was killed by the officers as he attempted to ram the sheriff’s car.
Earlier, there were conflicting reports as to the number of the attackers. Odessa Mayor David Turner told Fox News that there was a single shooter who is now deceased.
In Odessa, active shooter situation was reported near a Home Depot. The rifle-wielding gunman shot a state trooper and then opened fire on civilians from a gold Honda.
Midland Police Department then reported that there appeared to be two shooters in two separate vehicles in Midland. What happened in fact was that the shooter hijacked a USPS postal van.
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BREAKING:
9 Sep, 2019Three people shot dead in Dutch city of Dordrecht, mayor describes incident as ‘very serious’
Three people have been shot dead in the Dutch city of Dordrecht, near Rotterdam, according to police. Another victim was seriously injured.www.rt.com
Less than three hours before the shooting, a man had been injured in a daylight stabbing in the center of Dordrecht, and the perpetrator arrested. On the other side of Rotterdam earlier Monday morning, a quarrel at a metro station turned fatal, when a passenger stabbed another rider to death over an argument about who would enter the train first, according to local media.
BREAKING:
Three people shot dead in Dutch city of Dordrecht, mayor describes incident as ‘very serious’
Three people have been shot dead in the Dutch city of Dordrecht, near Rotterdam, according to police. Another victim was seriously injured.www.rt.com
Roberts came from a political family: she was the daughter of (Thomas) Hale Boggs, the former Democratic House majority leader and representative from New Orleans. Her father was also a member of the Warren commission that investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Hale Boggs died in a plane crash in Alaska in 1972, and his wife – Roberts’ mother – Lindy Boggs was elected to fill her late husband’s congressional seat.
Lindy Boggs was later appointed to be the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See by then-President Bill Clinton in 1997.
Cokie’s career as a journalist at National Public Radio and ABC News took her to the heights of her profession, and her success as an author on history and family put her on the best seller list.
Ten dead in China as truck loses control and hits crowd
Ten people died and another 16 were injured after a truck lost control and hit a crowd of people at a traditional market in southern China on Sunday, police said.