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12-yo Palestinian boy killed in Israeli troops clash near Jerusalem, another run down by Israeli settler


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 22:20 UTC
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A 12-year-old boy was shot dead by a rubber-coated bullet during clashes with Israeli troops not far from Jerusalem, the Palestinian health ministry reported. "Mohiyeh al-Tabakhi, 12, was killed by shots fired by occupation soldiers in the Al-Ram area near Jerusalem," the ministry said in a statement, cited by AFP.

Soldiers were dispatched to the area to disperse the demonstration with the help of tear gas grenades and sound bombs. Israeli forces denied using live fire against protesters during the confrontation. "After being pelted with Molotov cocktails, police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the protesters," Luba Samri, a police spokesperson, told AFP. "There was no live fire," she also said.

Israeli forces also suggested that the boy could have died as a result of a local dispute, Haaretz reported. The boy got a rubber-coated bullet to his chest and died from cardiac arrest, medical sources said, as cited by Palestinian WAFA news agency.

On Monday, an 11-year-old Palestinian boy was seriously injured in the West Bank after being run over by an Israeli settler car, local media reported. The incident happened in the town of Yatta, south of the city of Hebron in West Bank, the Coordinator of the National Committee against Settlements in Yatta Rateb El-Jabour said in an interview with Arabic-language daily Quds Press.

Comment: Rubber bullets are mainly used for riot control and dispersement of protests or animal control. They are "kinetic impact munitions" causing permanent disabilities, deformities or death. What a tragedy that Israel's undeclared war on the Palestinians manifests in killing innocent children. "No live fire?" A dead boy with a rubber coated bullet in his chest says otherwise.

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4 suspects at large after shooting at NYPD cops in Brooklyn


RT
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 11:44 UTC
NYPD police car
© Brendan McDermid / Reuters
Several shots have been fired at police officers in Brooklyn from a car that fled the scene of the shooting during which no one was hurt. An active search for the four suspects is underway.

Police have instituted a Level 1 Mobilization after NYPD officers were attacked on Flatbush Avenue and Ditmas Avenue in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn at about 10:40pm.

While no injuries have been reported, at least two shots were fired from a passing black Nissan four-door sedan that immediately fled the scene, police sources told New York Daily News.
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German train attacker left suicide note and video claiming attack was revenge for killings in Muslim countries


RT
Wed, 20 Jul 2016 00:55 UTC
german train attacker
© REUTERS
Pages from a notebook found at the home of an Afghan teen who attacked passengers on a German train with an axe may be regarded as a suicide note, police and investigating officials said during a press-briefing on Tuesday.

Addressing his father, the young man asked him to pray that he could take revenge "on the infidels" and "get to Heaven," officials said.

The train attacker was "a devout Sunni," according to officials, who added that he didn't visit a mosque regularly, but had probably prayed privately. Having studied the man's presence on social networks, investigators said he had published a post against "enemies of Islam" some 24 hours before the attack.

One of the perpetrator's friends, with whom he often spoke by phone, had recently died in Afghanistan, the media were told, with investigators adding that it may have been a trigger for the assault.
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Clueless and cruel: Photo-obsessed mob causes mountain goat to drown

Hilary Hanson
Huffington Post
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:00 UTC
crowd drowns goat
© PATRICE FERO VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
State troopers say a group of people followed the goat, causing it to jump into the water again. They’re urging people to give local wildlife adequate space.
A mountain goat in Alaska is dead after hordes of people trying to snap photos drove the panicked creature into the ocean.

The goat was spotted on Saturday afternoon near a harbor in the city of Seward, Seward City News reported. Alaska State Troopers started getting reports around 6:30 p.m. that people were harassing the animal and it had jumped into the ocean, according to the Alaska Dispatch News.

The goat came back on dry land, but it jumped into the water again after a large number of people starting following the animal, according to a statement obtained by The Huffington Post. The volume of people standing on the rocks appeared to prevent the goat from coming back on land, and the animal ultimately drowned in the ocean.

Comment: More cruelty inflicted on animals by the narcissistic selfie-obsessed public:

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Paris police arrest cab driver after discovering dynamite during home raid


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:50 UTC
paris taxi
© Charles Platiau / Reuters
French police have arrested a Parisian taxi driver after explosives were found at his home during a raid over a separate criminal case. They also found a picture of an Islamic State flag on the phone of the man, who was on a watch list of dangerous individuals.

The 23-year-old, whose identity has not yet been revealed, was detained on Sunday at his home in the southeast of Paris, Reuters reports, citing government spokesman Stephane Le Foll.

Police came to the man's home to question him over his suspected involvement in a burglary case. Police believed the driver had robbed the empty homes of several of his clients after taking them to the airport.

Officers searched the house on suspicion that some of the stolen goods were hidden there, but instead discovered two sticks of dynamite, as well as several detonators and cables. All of the devices were reportedly fully operational. French media say the explosives were stored dangerously as they were exposed to heat, meaning they could have detonated unintentionally. However, the explosives have now reportedly been destroyed.
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Man stabs mother and 3 daughters in French resort town over their lightly dressed attire


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 13:29 UTC
france stabbing
© Google street view
VVF vacation center
A 37-year-old man identified as 'Mohamed B' has stabbed a mother and her three daughters at a vacation center in southeast France for being dressed too lightly, local authorities said.

The man attacked the woman and her daughters - aged 8, 12 and 14 - in the resort town of Laragne-Monteglin in the Hautes-Alpes region, outraged at the fact that they were wearing shorts and T-shirts, local Deputy Mayor Jean-Marc Duprat said, according to AP.

The life of one of the daughters, an eight-year-old girl, is reportedly in danger and she is receiving treatment at a hospital in the town of Gap. Her mother and sisters, 12 and 14 years old, have also been admitted to the same hospital.

The incident happened at about 10am on Tuesday morning at the VVF vacation center located in the Garde-Colombe department in the Haute-Alpes area.

The attacker violently stabbed the woman and girls, before driving away from the scene. He was detained a few minutes later. Some local media suggested earlier that a possible religious motive may also have been behind the attack.

French media also said the man was not on the so-called 'Fiche S' list, associated with radicalized individuals.
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Tragic: Police captain shot and killed in Kansas City, Kansas


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 21:35 UTC
Kansas City Kansas Police Department
© Kansas City Kansas Police Department - KCKPD / Facebook
Kansas City Police Chief, Terry Zeigler, said a police officer was shot and later died Tuesday afternoon. The officer had been taken to hospital in critical condition.

It was a male officer. The trauma surgeon at Kansas University Medical Center said the police captain had died of his injuries, according to The Associated Press.

A spokesperson for the department earlier told WFSB the police officer's condition was critical.
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Report: Man kills a mother, daughter and himself, shocks quiet northern town Spalding, UK


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 09:37 UTC
Charlotte and Claire Hart
© www.bbc.co.uk
Charlotte and Claire Hart, unfortunate victims of murder.
A deadly shooting in Spalding, Lincolnshire, which left 3 people dead is believed to have been 'tragic family incident.' Unconfirmed reports have suggested that a mother, 40, and a daughter, 20, were killed along with a male. Sky News has cited anonymous sources which have named the dead as mother and daughter Clare and Charlotte Hart, and father Lance Hart.

Local councillor Gary Porter told the Lincolnshire Echo police are not looking for any suspects related to the crime. "It looks from what we have seen so far, it is a tragic family incident - that is what I have been led to believe. Police are not looking for anyone else. Feel sorry for the people's families who are involved and be grateful it's not yours. Everything we have seen so far suggests it is a domestic. Staff at the swimming pool have been interviewed. It is a tragic event on a personal scale rather than community scale," he added.

Police in Lincolnshire responded to the incident shortly after 9am BST on Tuesday. A spokesman for Lincolnshire constabulary said police did not fire any shots themselves. Ambulances, a helicopter and six police vehicles attended the scene outside Castle Sports Complex, Pinchbeck Road.

Comment: This incident happened in the parking lot of the sports complex. The three had shotgun wounds. The police are not looking for additional suspects, indicating one victim's fatal wound was self-inflicted.

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Bollène, France: Deranged, armed man holed up in hotel, police on scene


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 13:08 UTC
Hotel F1
© Google streetview
Location of armed suspect.
An armed man has holed up at a hotel in southern France, with police blocking a perimeter of 250 meters around the building. The motives of the man are as yet unknown.

Police, along with emergency services, are currently at the scene near the Formule 1 hotel in the commune of Bollène, Provence.

"A deranged man is holed up in the Formule 1 hotel," a police spokeswoman told Reuters.

The man seems to be armed with a knife and may have an explosive device, a local gendarme officer told Reuters.

The hotel has been evacuated, La Dauphine media outlet reported.

Comment: Another report states a bomb squad from Marseille is on its way. It is apparently not a hostage crisis. The man was thought to have had a row with the manager. If this is the case, we might discount this incident as a high alert security threat. That it has made international news is a comment on the nervous state of France still reeling from the Nice attack, the Paris attack, as well as the recent Bavarian train incident in neighboring Germany. Uptick, uptick. More to come?

Additional information:
  • The Departmental Operations Center (DOC) has been activated in the prefecture.
  • Situation still ongoing in Bollène, man supposedly has suspicious bag on him, police are negotiating.
  • Report that the gendarmerie first went there because the man refused to pay his room. Shortly before 15 hours, he would entrenched in his room, armed with a knife and with a box from which spring 'some wires' said a police source.
  • Police with emergency services are currently at the scene


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New York: Crane collapses on the Tappan Zee Bridge


RT
Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:54 UTC
crane on tappan zee bridge
© nbcnewyork / Instagram
The Tappan Zee Bridge in Westchester County, New York is closed after a major crane collapse led to blocked traffic in both directions. At least one person was taken away on a stretcher, but no life-threatening injuries were reported.

The accident occurred just after noon on Tuesday, and it's unclear what cause the crane to collapse. Emergency personnel could be seen flocking to the scene, and Governor Andrew Cuomo was reported to have arrived as well.

Drivers are advised to avoid the area by traffic signs as far back as Interstate 95 in New Jersey.

The red crane splintered across all six lanes of the causeway, leaving debris and damaging one car. It was being used for a construction project to create a new bridge to replace the aging Tappan Zee Bridge that is running alongside it.
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