Re: Violence and Terrorism News and Discussions
Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 7:34 pm
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Several people were killed in a shooting at a Dollar General in Jacksonville, Florida, on Saturday, officials said.
The city of Jacksonville confirmed to ABC News there were multiple fatalities, including the suspected shooter, in the shooting, which occurred inside and outside the store.
The incident prompted a heavy police presence on the city's westside.
Edward Water University issued a public safety alert alerting students to the shooting, which occurred near its campus. Students are being kept in their residence halls until the scene is cleared, the alert said.
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"This is a tragic moment. My heart is heavy," Jacksonville Councilwoman Ju'Coby Pittman told ABC Jacksonville affiliate WJXX. "The people in this community, they're hurting -- and they have every right to. This makes no sense. I am very, very angry right now."
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The Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C., was "the target of a terrorist attack," when two Molotov cocktails were tossed at the building on Sunday night, according to Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla.
Embassy staff "suffered no harm" and "details are being worked out," Rodríguez Parrilla said on social media.
"Terrorist attack against the Cuban embassy in the United States. The Cuban Embassy staff have not been injured," the embassy said in a statement.
The Molotov cocktails tossed on Sunday amounted to the second violent attack on the embassy since April 2020, when "an individual shot several rounds against the embassy using an assault rifle," Rodríguez Parrilla said.
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A suicide bomber has killed at least 54 people who were gathering for a parade near a mosque to mark the birthday of the prophet Muhammad in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province.
Local officials said hundreds of people had gathered at a mosque in Mastung for an Eid-e-Milad Un Nabiprocession and were leaving the building when the bomber struck. Muslims hold rallies and distribute free meals to people on the occasion, which is also a public holiday.
Celebration of the prophet’s birthday is accepted by the majority of Muslims in Pakistan, but certain denominations view it as an unwarranted innovation. According to one official, however, a senior police officer killed in the attack may have been the target.
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Hours after the bombing, there was another explosion at a mosque on the premises of a police station in Hangu, a district in the north-west province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. An official told Al Jazeera at least five people had been killed. The mosque’s roof collapsed in the blast, the local broadcaster Geo News reported, adding that about 30 to 40 people were trapped under the rubble.