Daily Misfortune Friday January 9, 2015

Daily Misfortune Friday January 9, 2015 ---
Daily Misfortune Month January 2015 ---

*Today

1. 2 killed Charlie Hebdo shooting The standoff ends with the two brothers dead 
2. 5 killed including 1 suspect killed  January 9, 2015  Paris Hypercacher Jewish Market Vincennes hostage-taking 
3. 200-2000 killed 2015 Baga massacre 
4. 1 killed 23 injured 193 vehicles crash A 193-vehicle pileup along a snowy Interstate 94 highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan 
5. At a court in New York City, a US District Judge sentences the radical imam Abu Hamza al-Masri to a life sentence for terrorism offences in the United States.
6. Saudi Arabia sentences a human rights blogger, Raif Badawi, to ten years imprisonment and 1,000 lashes after being found guilty of insulting Islam. (Pulse Nigeria)
7. A shooting into a car in San Francisco, California, U.S., leaves four men dead. (AP)
8. Stockholm University cuts its ties with the Confucius Institute citing concerns about foreign interference in academic freedom. (South China Morning Post)

1. 2 killed Charlie Hebdo shooting The two suspect brothers take a hostage at a sign printing company, The standoff ends with the two brothers dead 
2. 5 killed including 1 suspect killed  January 9, 2015  Paris Hypercacher Jewish Market Vincennes hostage-taking on 9 January, an armed gunman, speculated to be Amedy Coulibaly, 32, attacked a Hypercacher kosher supermarket at Porte de Vincennes, east Paris, taking at least five hostages and reportedly killing at least four people.He had a female accomplice, speculated to be Hayat Boumeddiene, 26. It was later confirmed that Coulibaly was the gunman of Montrouge who shot a policewoman initially thought to be unconnected. Police stormed the store, and Coulibaly was gunned down by police. The current whereabouts of Hayat Boumeddiene and her degree of involvement in the siege is as of yet unknown. It is believed the store was targeted because it was a jewish market, and the hostage-takers are said to be associated with and demanded the end of the siege in Dammartin-en-Goële, and threatened to kill the hostages if they were stormed. One hostage taker was killed, the woman is said to still be at large.  second hostage situation of unclear connection occurs at a Jewish market, Hypercacher, in the easternParis suburb of Vincennes. There are two suspected hostage takers, Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, and Amedy Coulibaly, 32, who were previously suspected of shooting a policewoman dead earlier in the week. There are at least sixteen hostages. (Herald-Sun) The concurrent standoff ends with Coulibaly dead as well as four hostages and four additional hostages and two police officers hospitalised. Boumeddiene remains at large. (MSNBC) 5 killed, suspect killed 6 injured A second hostage situation of unclear connection occurs at a Jewish market, Hypercacher, in the eastern Paris suburb of Vincennes. The concurrent standoff ends with Coulibaly dead as well as four hostages. Four additional hostages and two police officers require hospitalization. Boumeddiene remains at large. (MSNBC)
3. 200-2000 killed 2015 Baga massacreRefugees flee Nigeria's Borno State following the Boko Haram massacre in the town of Baga. 7,300 flee to neighbouring Chad while over 1,000 are trapped on the island of Kangala in Lake Chad. Nigeria's army vows to recapture the town, while Niger and Chad withdraw their forces from atransnational force tasked with combating militants. (UNHCR) (NPR via BBC)
4. 1 killed 23 injured 193 vehicles crash A 193-vehicle pileup along a snowy Interstate 94 highway in Kalamazoo County, Michigan leaves one motorist dead and 20 injured. A fire among the vehicles which includes a chemical tanker and a truck loaded with fireworks further compounds the disaster. The debris and fire closes the expressway for over 14 hours. Exploding fireworks hit rescue workers injuring an additional three. (ABC News) (CNN)
5. Russia lists transsexual and transgender individuals among those with "personality and behavioural disorders" who will be banned from obtaining driving licenses. (BBC) (The Moscow Times)
6. At a court in New York City, a US District Judge sentences the radical imam Abu Hamza al-Masri to a life sentence for terrorism offences in the United States. (Reuters via (ABC News Australia)
7. Saudi Arabia sentences a human rights blogger, Raif Badawi, to ten years imprisonment and 1,000 lashes after being found guilty of insulting Islam. (Pulse Nigeria)
8. A shooting into a car in San Francisco, California, U.S., leaves four men dead. (AP)
9. Stockholm University cuts its ties with the Confucius Institute citing concerns about foreign interference in academic freedom. (South China Morning Post)

• *News

2 killed 2 injured 2 arrested Father and son kill couple, burn house, shoot police January 1, 2015 Police from two states are working to piece together a series of crimes that included a house burned down, a stolen truck containing the bodies of an elderly couple, a shootout with police, and a car chase. Police in West Virginia pulled over Eric Campbell, 21, on New Year's Day for driving a North Carolina truck that was registered as stolen. pulled over Eric Campbell, 21, on New Year's Day for driving a North Carolina truck that was registered as stolen. His father, Edward Campbell, 54, was driving in a different vehicle and pulled over in front of the police when he saw his son being approached by the officers.Edward "came back there to where [the highway patrol officers] were at, and when they asked him for identification, he pulled a pistol and started shooting,"  looked inside the truck left behind by the son, they found the bodies of an elderly couple, who have been identified as Jerome Faulkner, 73, and his wife, Dora Faulkner, 62, according to the AP, former fire chief.  the Campbells are from Alvin, Texas.

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