Shootings

Europe News

Headmaster shot in French school and teen arrested, police say

A third person was grazed in the shooting in the southern town of Aubagne, near Marseille, per police. Authorities said the headmaster and teacher were not in critical condition.

12 October 2026

USA

US to livestream execution of Fort Hood shooter, 'torture' for UN

Convicted military base shooter Nidal Hasan's execution will take place on 3 December at Fort Hood military base, where he committed the shooting. It will be the first US military execution carried out by a firing squad since World War II.

9 October 2026

South Africa

Death toll in South Africa bar shooting rises to 18, police say

South Africa is awash with legal and illegal firearms, and shootings are common, often fuelled by gang rivalry, extortion and competition between informal businesses.

28 September 2026

South Africa

Two mass shootings in South Africa leave 27 dead

Seventeen people were killed in a shooting at a bar to the west of Johannesburg, while 10 people were fatally shot in an attack outside of Cape Town, police said.

27 September 2026

South Africa

Eleven killed as gunmen open fire on Durban homestead

The attackers forced the victims into a single room before opening fire, leaving only two survivors and a community in shock.

23 September 2026

World News

Turkey school shooting: CCTV footage of the gunman

Eight people were injured after shots were fired with a hunting rifle near a secondary school in Manisa’s Turgutlu district. The suspect who fled was caught on security camera.

22 September 2026

Turkey

At least 11 wounded in Turkey school shooting, suspect detained

Police and medical teams were on the scene, and authorities searched for the attacker while security around the school was tightened.

22 September 2026

Philippines

Three dead in Philippines school shooting

Officials say the teenager had warned friends after lunch that he was “going to do something” and told them to go home, but they thought he was joking.

18 September 2026

USA

Robinson pleads not guilty as Utah judge advances Kirk murder to trial

Robinson, seen as the sole suspect in the 2025 assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, entered a not guilty plea after a judge gave the green light for prosecutors to advance towards the death penalty as the case goes to trial.

2 September 2026

Europe News

Two police officers injured after fatal shooting in Dutch village

Police stormed a quiet Gelderland village in response to the shooting and officials have yet to release details on what triggered the overnight violence.

1 September 2026

Europe News

Montenegro manhunt ends with Russian triple-murder suspect dead

According to the interior ministry, the suspect, a 30-year-old Russian, shot dead three employees of a shooting range in Danilovgrad, close to the capital Podgorica.

1 September 2026

USA

Bank of America vice president dies in fatal knife attack in New York

Bank of America executive Erin Piacenti has been named as the victim killed in New York by a woman who stabbed two people in Times Square before being fatally shot by police. The woman has reportedly had a history of mental health issues, according to the NYPD.

1 September 2026

USA

Duane 'Keffe D' Davis convicted of murder in 1996 killing of Tupac

The verdict lays to rest decades of speculation and conspiracy from avid hip-hop fans around the world in the high-profile killing that went unresolved for close to 30 years. Davis is expected to appeal the conviction.

1 September 2026

Europe News

Brussels' prosecutor calls for drug gang crackdown after shootings

Julien Moinil said that there have been 69 shooting incidents in Brussels so far this year and 170 in total since the start of 2025.

28 August 2026

Nature

Gibraltar orca Toñi found with 10 holes in fin: suspected shotgun blast

The Ministry for Ecological Transition has opened an investigation after finding Toñi, the oldest orca in the Strait of Gibraltar, with pellet gunshot marks on her dorsal fin.

15 August 2026

Ukraine

Soldier kills four in Crimea, Moscow-installed governor says

Crimea, a peninsula illegally annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, has for weeks been the target of Ukrainian retaliatory attacks aimed at disrupting the logistics of Russian forces deployed in southern Ukraine.

4 August 2026