ninjapundit: Daily Misfortune Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Daily Misfortune Wednesday, January 20, 2016 ---
Month Misfortune January 2016 ---

Sometimes accidents aren't accidents. Why do so many crimes and accidents look like random unconnected attacks with no apparent cause or link to a political motive?

Headlines:

2016 Charsadda university attack Gunmen attack a university in Charsadda, Pakistan. At least 21 people are reportedly killed.(BBC News)
Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL historic Saint Elijah's Monastery near the Iraqi city of Mosul, the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq that predates Islam, has been completely razed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants. (Independent)
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announce that 2015 was the hottest year on record since the beginning of meteorological records in 1890. (Mashable)
Police: Arrest made in shooting that prompted St. Augustine's University lockdown WRAL.com Raleigh, N.C. - Officials said there is no danger to the public after a shooting put the campus of St. Augustine's University in Raleigh on lockdown early Wednesday morning
Kabul blast: Suicide bomb in diplomatic district BBC News
Jackson County GA apparent hunting, stolen truck domestic murder-suicide

Detail:

War in North-West Pakistan 2016 Charsadda university attack Gunmen attack a university in Charsadda, Pakistan. At least 21 people are reportedly killed.(BBC News) Attack at Bacha Khan University in Pakistan Leaves at Least 22 Dead New York Times The site of Wednesday's assault, Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, was just 25 miles from a school in Peshawar where the Pakistani Taliban killed 145 people, most of them children, in 2014. Two years earlier, the group shot Malala Yousafzai, the ...
Iraqi Civil War (2014–present), Destruction of cultural heritage by ISIL Satellite images released by the Associated Press reveal the historic Saint Elijah's Monastery near the Iraqi city of Mosul, the oldest Christian monastery in Iraq that predates Islam, has been completely razed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants. (Independent)
NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announce that 2015 was the hottest year on record since the beginning of meteorological records in 1890. (Mashable)
Police: Arrest made in shooting that prompted St. Augustine's University lockdown WRAL.com Raleigh, N.C. - Officials said there is no danger to the public after a shooting put the campus of St. Augustine's University in Raleigh on lockdown early Wednesday morning
Kabul blast: Suicide bomb in diplomatic district BBC News The explosion sent black smoke billowing into the sky, with emergency services rushing to the scene. ... Witnesses near the scene of the bomb say at least two people burned to death in the bus while civilians nearby - including a child - were also killed. Suicide bomb in Afghan capital targets journalists, kills seven people suicide car bomber targeted a van carrying journalists working for a private Afghan television channel on Wednesday, killing seven people during evening rush hour close to the national parliament in Kabul, officials said. Reuters4 dead after suicide car bomb explodes near Russian embassy in Kabul (VIDEO, PHOTOS)RT
UPDATE: Authorities in Jackson County GA investigate what they're calling a hunting, stolen truck murder-suicide whnt.com - Sheriff Jimmy Harris says at 12:48 a.m. the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office received a call from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office to look for a red Ford Ranger that was involved in a shooting. Deputies found the truck at Ider Church of Christ on ... investigating an apparent murder-suicide involving two brothers. The investigation spanned both counties overnight.two have been identified as R.C. Rush, 53, of Bryant, and Carmon Washington Rush, 54, of Pisgahtwo brothers were on their way to hunt deer. That’s when they believe Carmon shot R.C. at a location off County Road 290 in Bryant. It appears Carmon then stole R.C.’s truck and drove several places before going to Ider, where authorities found the truck and Carmon’s body “It appears to be a domestic violence...

*Timeline

Jan 19 More schools across Mass. receive bomb threats The Boston Globe At least a dozen schools across Eastern Massachusetts received bomb threats Tuesday. The spate of alarming messages led to lockdowns, evacuations, and an investigation by state and federal authorities.
Jan 19 Woman not terrorist accused of stabbing Denver fire chief identified 9NEWS.com DENVER - Police are investigating what led a woman to stab an on-duty Denver Fire Chief who was parked in an SUV on westbound Colfax Avenue Tuesday afternoon.
Jan 19 Staten Island man charged with stabbing rival 22 times says it was self-defense New York Daily News A Staten Island man accused of stabbing a rival 22 times as the dying dad's baby sat in a car argued Tuesday the bloody brawl was self-defense.
jan 19 Man shot and killed in Evanston Chicago Tribune Evanston police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man found in the 1300 block of Darrow Avenue on Tuesday evening with multiple gunshot wounds.
Jan 19 Ben Carson Campaign Volunteer Worker Killed in Icy Iowa Car Crash People Magazine A campaign volunteer for GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson was killed in a crash on an icy road in Iowa on Tuesday after the van he was riding in with other campaign workers collided with another vehicle.
10 New Jersey Schools Receive Bomb, Mass Shooting Threats NBC New York At least nine New Jersey schools were evacuated or placed on lockdown Tuesday after receiving threats from someone claiming to have planted bombs at the schools and threatening mass shootings, authorities said.
Jan 19 Man dies in shooting near USC university; gunman, 18, in police custody Los Angeles Times Los Angeles police are investigating a midday shooting near a park across the street from USC that left one man dead. At least four or five shots were heard about 4:15 p.m. shooting occurred at Jesse A. Brewer Jr. Park, just a few yards from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the California Science Center.

sun jan 17 Dafna Meir Murder: Teen Arrested in Stabbing of Israeli Mom of Six  NBCNews.com TEL AVIV, Israel - A 15-year-old Palestinian has been arrested on suspicion of fatally stabbing a Jewish mother of six in her West Bank home, Israeli security officials said on Tuesday. Dafna Meir, 38, died after an attacker entered her residence in the Jewish settlement of Otniel on Sunday, according the Israeli Defense Forces. She was killed while three of her children were in the house, according to officials.
Dafna Meir Murder: Teen Arrested in Stabbing of Israeli Mom of Six
NBCNews.com‎ - 1 day agoDafna Meir was killed in her home in the Jewish settlement of Otniel on Sunday amid a wave ...
Father of Dafna Meir's killer 'proud' of his son
Arutz Sheva‎ - 1 day ago
Daughter of terrorist victim Dafna Meir: I'm sorry I couldn't help you
Jerusalem Post Israel News‎ - 2 days ago
Daughter of terrorist victim Dafna Meir: I'm sorry I couldn't ...
www.jpost.com/.../Daughter-of-terrorist-victim-Dafna...
The Jerusalem Post2 days ago - They had braved the cold afternoon wind to crowd around the shroud-covered body of Dafna Meir, 38, which lay on a gurney on the pavement ...
Israeli mother of six murdered by terrorist in her home with ...
www.jpost.com/.../Mother-of-six-murdered-in-her-ho...
The Jerusalem Post3 days ago - A Palestinian terrorist stabbed Dafna Meir, 38, to death in front of her teenage daughter inside their home in the West Bank settlement of Otniel ...
Slain mother Dafna Meir lauded for heroics fighting off stabber
www.timesofisrael.com › Israel & the Region
The Times of Israel3 days ago - Dafna Meir, left, with her husband Natan Meir in an undated picture posted on Facebook. (Screen capture: Facebook) ...
Dafna Meir, slain mother of 6, had premonitions of tragedy ...
www.timesofisrael.com › Israel & the Region
The Times of Israel3 days ago - Dafna Meir, left, with her husband Natan Meir in an undated picture posted on Facebook. (Screen capture: Facebook) ...
Israeli Woman Stabbed to Death Lauded as Hero for ...
www.theblaze.com/.../israeli-woman-stabbed-to-death-lauded-a...
TheBlaze2 days ago - Dafna Meir, 38 and a mother of six, was buried Monday after being stabbed to death in her home the night before by a Palestinian attacker ...
sat jan 16 Fatal Tempe street shooting shocks Chinese students at ASU, abroad  azcentral.com Representatives of the Chinese student community at Arizona State University said they and their classmates remain "deeply shocked" after a 19-year-old from China was killed Saturday in a Tempe fender-bender that apparently escalated into a homicide.
Victim of plant explosion loved his work, family says  Houston Chronicle Saturday's explosion was at least the 10th such incident in the greater Houston region since a toxic leak at the DuPont plant in La Porte killedfour workers in November 2014. Since then, at least two people have been killed and 18 injured amid ...

jan 15 missing, killed Mother says son killed friend after worshiping the devil KABC-TV Mom of Ryan Robert's friend says her son killed him in a 'satanic' act, Chauncy Glover reports. mother said her son killed his 16-year-old friend in Houston after worshiping the devil. Ryan Robert had been missing since ... January 19, 2016 HOUSTON -- A mother said her son killed his 16-year-old friend in Houston after worshiping the devil. Ryan Robert had been missing since Friday evening. His body was found Tuesday morning by volunteers in a wooded area. "He texted me when he was on his way home and said, 'mom I'm running late, I have a substitute bus driver," his mother Christina Robert said. Christina Robert said she knows who killed her son and that person was a friend of his.

May 18, 2015 Mother gets 6 years in prison in stabbing of 3-year-old son Mother sentenced for stabbing child Michelle Betancourt, 23, shown at her arraignment on June 23, 2015. Betancourt was sentenced Tuesday to six years in state prison. (KTLA-TV) as sentenced to six years in prison on Tuesday for stabbing her 3-year-old son with a kitchen knife during a domestic dispute with the child’s father.
Cudahy Mother Enters Not Guilty Plea in Stabbing of ... - KTLA
ktla.com/.../cudahy-mother-enters-not-guilty-plea-in-stabbing-of-t...
KTLAJun 23, 2015 - Michelle Betancourt appeared at the Metropolitan Branch of Los Angeles County Superior Court in connection with the May 18 stabbing of her ...
Mother Who Allegedly Stabbed Son, 3, Did Not Intend to ...
ktla.com/.../mother-accused-of-stabbing-3-year-old-son-in-cudahy...
KTLAMay 21, 2015 - Michelle Betancourt began to tear up at the judge told her she would have to remain 100 yards from her son and boyfriend during a court ...

*Sources

British student avoids jail after stabbing man in eye with Christian Louboutin stiletto heel
New York Daily News A British student has avoided jail after stabbing a man in the eye with her stiletto heel in a fight. Shadiya Omar, 22, attacked Justin Lloyd with her Christian Louboutin heel after a night out.

British arms companies ramp up bomb sales to Saudi Arabia by 100 times despite air strikes on civilians The Independent British arms companies have cashed-in on Saudi Arabia's military campaign in Yemen by ramping up arms sales to the country's autocratic government by over a hundred times, new figures show.

False bomb threat puts Portsmouth High on lockdown
Seacoastonline.com - ‎6 hours ago‎
PORTSMOUTH - Police and fire officials responded to the high school on Tuesday for a false bomb threat that put the school in lockdown mode for about 80 minutes.

Murder probe after Derby city centre stabbing
BBC News - ‎4 hours ago‎
A man who was found with stab wounds in Derby city centre and who later died in hospital was murdered, police say. The 22-year-old was attacked in St Peters Street at about 20:30 GMT on Tuesday.

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