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A woman has died after an US immigration enforcement officer fired “defensive shots” during a “targeted” operation in Minneapolis, a spokesperson has said. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said that the shooting occurred when “rioters” were “blocking ICE officers” from conducting their operation. ICE is the federal …

A man shot and killed by police responding to a two-vehicle crash has been named as Tony Keeble. Norfolk Police was called to the collision in London Road, Thetford, at about 20:25 GMT on Sunday. Mr Keeble, 61, from Thetford, died when officers shot him twice as they believed he …

Two men have been charged after a man was found with gunshot wounds in a street. The victim, aged in his 20s, remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition after he was found with life-threatening injuries in Wordsworth Road, Willenhall, in the West Midlands, on the evening of …

Getty Images An Oklahoma man has been charged with first-degree manslaughter after authorities say a stray bullet fired from a gun he bought as a Christmas present struck and killed a neighbour sitting on her porch several blocks away. Sandra Phelps was sitting outside the front of her home on …

Eleven suspects have been arrested in connection with a mass shooting that left nine people dead at a tavern in South Africa on Sunday. Police launched a manhunt for the 12 unidentified gunmen who had opened fire at patrons at around 01:00 local time (23:00 GMT Saturday) in the Bekkersdal …

Getty Images A man has been arrested and charged in connection with a gangland feud, bringing the total number of arrests to 63. The 31-year-old was charged over three fire-raising incidents in Edinburgh and he is due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court later. The incidents took place on Niddrie …

A man who was fatally shot in north-west London has been named as Simon Whyte by the Metropolitan Police. Officers were called to reports of a shooting on West End Close, Stonebridge, Brent at 21:35 GMT on Friday. Despite the efforts of police and the London Ambulance Service the 55-year-old …

Occupants of a house in north Belfast, including young children, have escaped injury after shots were fired through a window. A number of shots were reported to have been fired at a house on Ainsworth Street at about 19:45 GMT on Saturday night. Those present inside the property at the …

South African police say a manhunt is under way after a shooting at a tavern left nine people dead and another 10 injured in a township near Johannesburg. They say about 12 unidentified gunmen arrived in two cars in Bekkersdal, “opened fire at tavern patrons and continued to shoot randomly …

Shots were fired at a house in north Belfast on Friday night. It was reported to police that four shots were fired through the front window of the house in Woodvale Avenue at about 21:20 GMT. Damage was caused but those inside at the time of the attack were not …

Met Police Mahad Abdi Mohammed was shot in what was believed to be a case of mistaken identity A £20,000 reward has been offered for information after a 22-year-old man was fatally shot in north London in what police believe was a case of mistaken identity. Mahad Abdi Mohammed was …

Surfers and swimmers paid tribute to Sunday’s shooting victims at Bondi beach on Friday morning. They paddled out past the wave breaks to create a ring shape and held a memorial on shore. Bondi beach has become a vigil site for the 15 killed and dozens wounded in last weekend’s …

The suspect in the deadly shooting at Brown University in the US has been found dead, sources have told the Reuters and AP news agencies. Two students were killed and at least eight were injured during the shooting inside a classroom building at the Ivy League university in Providence, Rhode …

Police have identified a person of interest in relation to a fatal mass shooting at Brown University that killed two people and injured nine others, sources familiar with the investigation told the BBC’s US partner, CBS News. Authorities are now searching for the individual, the sources told CBS. No information …

The level of force used by a soldier in the shooting dead of a teenage boy during rioting in 1971 was not justified, an inquest has found. Desmond Healey was 14 when he was killed by a bullet to the heart amid disorder in west Belfast on the first day …

Ecuador defender Mario Pineida has died at the age of 33 after being shot in Guayaquil. Local media reported that Pineida was shot on Wednesday by two people on motorbikes who opened fire on him, his mother and another women outside a shop in the north of the city. Ecuador’s …

A minister has made the Met Police’s naughty list after a box of unsent Christmas cards triggered a lockdown around parliament. Commuters to Westminster arriving for one of their final days of work before Christmas found themselves unable to get across Parliament Square and around the parliamentary estate as police …

Before the third Ashes Test in Adelaide, Australia and England players observe a moment’s silence to pay respect to the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting which took place on Sunday. FOLLOW LIVE: The Ashes third Test – day one Available to UK users only. BBC News

Mourners packed the Shabad of Bondi Synagogue today for the funeral of British-born Rabbi Eli Schlanger. He was one of 15 people killed in Sunday’s attack and one of the main organisers of the Hannukah event. Friends and family wept as they arrived to pay their respects – embracing each …

Mourners paid tribute to British-born Rabbi Eli Schlanger, one of the 15 people killed in a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday. At his funeral, Schlanger’s death was described as an “unspeakable loss” for the Jewish community in Bondi. His funeral was the first to be held for …