In one of the deadliest attacks in Yobe this year, suspected Boko Haram militants launched a rampage in northeastern Nigeria, shooting at markets, mosques and homes, killing more than 100 people.
According to the Associated Press, “More than 50 gunmen on motorcycles stormed the Tarmoa Local Council area in Yobe State and began shooting before setting fire to the facilities,” according to Tarmoa police spokesman Dongos Abdulkarim.
Police blamed the attack on Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency in the country since 2009.
Local media reported that Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was “retaliatory because villagers had informed security forces about their activities.”
The media quoted the group as saying that “a number of Boko Haram elements were killed as a result of information provided by the villagers.”
At least 1,500 people have been killed in the region so far this year. As a result of attacks by armed groups.
Dead and wounded in shooting at a high school in Georgia
MSNBC reported that “at least 4 people were killed and several others were injured in a shooting at a high school in Georgia.”
“A suspect was arrested after authorities received a report of an active shooter at Appalachian High School in Winder, Georgia,” the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
According to a video clip from Out of school, “There were at least five ambulances and a large active law enforcement presence on the school campus, and at least one medical helicopter could be seen transporting a patient from the scene.”
Germany.. Shooting in Munich near the Nazi Crimes Documentation Center
German authorities announced the death of a suspect in a shooting incident in a Munich square near the city’s “Nazi Crimes Documentation Center” on Thursday.
Eyewitnesses reported hearing loud gunshots, and video footage on social media showed a terrified citizen fleeing the scene.
“My office, next to the Nazi Documentation Center, is currently surrounded by police,” Benedikt Franke, vice chairman and CEO of the Munich Security Conference, told the German newspaper Bild. “At least a dozen shots were heard, and a large force of emergency services was deployed in the street,” he said.
The incident comes on the anniversary of the 1972 Munich Olympics, in which 11 Israeli athletes were killed by the Palestinian group Black September. The center, which documents the history of the Nazi dictatorship, is located near the Israeli Consulate General in Munich’s Maxvorstadt district.
Last updated: September 5, 2024 – 12:08
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