A parade in the United States to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory has been interrupted by gunfire, with local police declaring one person killed out of a total of 22 injured. At a press conference in the hours after the shooting, Stacey Graves, the police chief for Kansas City, Missouri, confirmed the death and described where the shooting occurred. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas also spoke at the two press conferences, reminding the public that “this is a fluid situation, so all that we are sharing now may change as the hours go ahead”. Before the shooting, the day was one of jubilation, as Kansas City residents […]
At least 22 people have been killed and dozens wounded after a gunman went on a shooting spree in the northeastern state of Maine in the United States. Two law enforcement officials in the city of Lewiston told The Associated Press news agency on condition of anonymity that the death toll from the attack was likely to rise. State and local police said that they were searching for a suspect who remained at large. They did not say how many people had been killed or hurt. About 39,000 people live in Lewiston. The Lewiston Police Department released a photo on its Facebook page of a person of interest, named Robert […]
“It is time to turn this pain into action”. That is the message from US President Joe Biden after 19 young children and two adults were killed in a school shooting in Texas. The assault by a lone teenage gunman is the deadliest at an American school in a decade. The 18-year-old gunman opened fire at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde before he was killed by law enforcement, officials said. Investigators say the suspect was armed with a handgun, an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and high-capacity magazines. Once again the attack prompted calls for greater gun control across the US. Al Jazeera’s Rob Reynolds reports. – Subscribe to […]
