The daughter of a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly been killed near Moscow. As the BBC reports citing Russian state media, Daria Dugina died when her car caught fire while driving home. It is believed that her father, the Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin known as the “geopolitical guru”, may have been […]
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Russia: The daughter of Putin’s ‘geopolitical guru’, Alexander Dugin, is dead after an explosion in her car
LAST UPDATE: 09:48 The daughter of a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been killed near Moscow. As the BBC reports citing Russian state media, Daria Dugina died when her car caught fire while driving home. According to an announcement by investigators who were at the scene and reported by Reuters, he was […]
Sweden: The man who died in a shooting in Malmö was reportedly the target of the attack
The man who died in the shooting incident at the Emporia shopping center in Malmo, southern Sweden, is believed to have been the target of the attack, the city’s police said today. “Currently, everything leads us to believe that this particular man was the target of this execution,” Malmö police chief Petra Stenkula said during […]
US: Salman Rushdie attacker pleads ‘not guilty’ to attempted murder
The perpetrator of the attack on Salman Rushdie, a young Lebanese-American, was brought before a New York state judge, before whom he pleaded “not guilty” to the charge of “attempted murder” of the writer, who remains in serious condition , but was able to say a few words yesterday, Saturday, evening. Salman Rushdie, who has […]
Israel: 7 injured in an attack on a bus in Jerusalem
Seven people were injured, two seriously, in a gun attack on a bus early today in central Jerusalem, police and emergency services said. “Police were informed of shots fired at a bus near David’s Tomb (…). Officers cordoned off the scene and are looking for a suspect who fled,” Israel Police said. An AFP journalist […]
USA: Four dead in a shooting at a shopping center in Indiana
A man armed with a carbine opened fire at a shopping center in Greenwood, Indiana, United States, killing three people and injuring two others. The attacker was shot dead by an armed citizen, as reported by the local police. Police rushed to the mall around 6pm (local time) after reports of shots fired. “It appears […]
China: Four injured in the attack of a man with a knife in a hospital in Shanghai
Four people were injured today by a knife-wielding attacker at a major hospital in Shanghai, the second such incident in the Chinese city since the lifting of the lockdown in early June. Police rushed to Ruizin Hospital this morning after receiving calls about an assault there. Videos posted on social media showed scenes of chaos […]
Syria: Two civilians were injured by a new Israeli airstrike near Tartus
Two civilians were injured by an Israeli airstrike launched this morning on the western coast of Syria, the Syrian Ministry of Defense announced. “At approximately 06:30 this morning the Israeli enemy launched a strike with several missiles launched from the Mediterranean, west of Tripoli (Lebanon), against several poultry farms near the town of al-Hamidiya south […]
Attack on Norway: Terrorist investigation launched
Norwegian police say they are treating as a “terrorist act” the overnight firefight in front of nightclubs in central Oslo, killing two people and injuring at least 21, ten of them seriously. “Police are investigating the case as a terrorist act,” it said in a statement. The suspect arrested after the shootings that took place […]
Norway: Islamist suspect suspected of ‘terrorist’ attack mentally ill
LAST UPDATE: 17.10 The suspect, who was arrested for yesterday’s attack with two dead and 21 wounded in Oslo, is considered to be a radical Islamist who was suffering from a mental illness, the Norwegian secret service, the PST, announced today. The suspect arrested after the shootings that took place around 01:00 local time (02:00 […]