Monthly Misfortune August 2016 ---
List of incidents of terror which could be accidents, crimes, or terrorist attacks.
Headlines:
- Turkish army thrusts deeper into Syria, monitors say 35 villagers killed
Reuters -A Reuters witness in Karkamis, a Turkish border town, heard jets and artillery bomb Syrian targets. A Turkish official told Reuters even heavier air strikes could follow in coming hours. thrust deeper into Syria on Sunday, seizing territory controlled by Kurdish-aligned forces on the fifth day of a cross-border campaign that a monitoring group said had killed at least 35 villagers. - Moro conflict Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants break free supporters from a Marawi jail in the Philippines. (BBC)
- Colombian conflict The FARC orders all its fighters to observe a ceasefire from midnight local time (Monday 1 a.m. EDT). (BBC)
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) A suicide bombing kills at least 15 people at a wedding in the southern Shiite city of Kerbala. (Reuters)
- European migrant crisis The Spanish-based Proactiva Open Arms NGO rescues more than 700 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea about 17 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The rescued, who are from Nigeria, are transferred to the Italian Coast Guard. (AP via NBC News)
- 2016 Central Italy earthquake Officials report the death toll is at least 290 people with at least 10 others still missing. (Reuters)
- 2016 Louisiana floods A bus carrying volunteers crashes into emergency vehicles responding to an earlier accident near New Orleans killing two, including the St. John the Baptist Fire District Chief, and injuring 43 more. (Reuters)
- Philippine Drug War The Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Tagle condemns the extralegal killings and murders under Rodrigo Duterte. (Rappler)
Detail:
- Turkish army thrusts deeper into Syria, monitors say 35 villagers killed
Reuters -A Reuters witness in Karkamis, a Turkish border town, heard jets and artillery bomb Syrian targets. A Turkish official told Reuters even heavier air strikes could follow in coming hours. thrust deeper into Syria on Sunday, seizing territory controlled by Kurdish-aligned forces on the fifth day of a cross-border campaign that a monitoring group said had killed at least 35 villagers. - Moro conflict Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants break free supporters from a Marawi jail in the Philippines. (BBC)
- Colombian conflict The FARC orders all its fighters to observe a ceasefire from midnight local time (Monday 1 a.m. EDT). (BBC)
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) A suicide bombing kills at least 15 people at a wedding in the southern Shiite city of Kerbala. (Reuters)
- European migrant crisis The Spanish-based Proactiva Open Arms NGO rescues more than 700 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea about 17 miles north of Sabratha, Libya. The rescued, who are from Nigeria, are transferred to the Italian Coast Guard. (AP via NBC News)
- 2016 Central Italy earthquake Officials report the death toll is at least 290 people with at least 10 others still missing. (Reuters)
- 2016 Louisiana floods A bus carrying volunteers crashes into emergency vehicles responding to an earlier accident near New Orleans killing two, including the St. John the Baptist Fire District Chief, and injuring 43 more. (Reuters)
- Philippine Drug War The Archbishop of Manila Luis Antonio Tagle condemns the extralegal killings and murders under Rodrigo Duterte. (Rappler)
Saturday
Stabbing at Australia private hospital Courier Mail Acting Inspector Tom Armitt said it appears the stabbing took place in the man's hospital room. “At this stage, the investigations are still very early but we believe the stabbing has occurred inside the male person's bedroom while he was a patient ...
Soldiers killed in marxist terrorist Paraguayan People's Army ambush in northern Paraguay
Aljazeera.com Eight Paraguayan soldiers have been killed by a roadside bombing, according to the government, in an attack blamed on a Marxist armed group. Saturday that a routine patrol was first attacked with a bomb, then with gunfire on a country road ... placed explosives in the road where a patrol routinely passes. Because of the manner in which it was done, we believe it was an attack by the known criminal group EPP," Vargas was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying, using the Spanish acronym for the Paraguayan People's Army.
Chicago police questioning 2 in shooting death of Dwyane Wade's cousin
Chicago Tribune Chicago police were questioning two people on Saturday in connection with the shooting death of a cousin of Chicago Bull Dwyane Wade as they looked into the possibility that the stray bullet that killed her was fired during a robbery attempt involving ...
Syria barrel bomb attack: At least 16 killed at wake in Aleppo
CNN -at least 16 people died when two barrel bombs struck as mourners attended a wake for children killed in a separate barrel bombing in Aleppo, a Syrian monitoring group said. At least 16 people died when two barrel bombs struck as mourners attended a wake for children killed in a separate barrel bombing in Aleppo, a Syrian monitoring group said.
The Aleppo Media Center reported a higher number, saying 24 people were killed and 30 others injured when the two barrel bombs hit Saturday.
The two bombs targeted a wake in rebel-held Bab al-Nayrab,
RelatedAleppo »Syria war: Dozens killed while attending Aleppo funeralAljazeera.com
Syrian war: At least 15 civilians killed as barrel bombs hit funeral for children killed in air strikes in AleppoThe Independent
Not terrorist shooting in Brighton Alabama leaves 1 dead, 3 others injured in Love Thy Neighbor event Alabama's News Leader One person was killed and three others were injured, Birmingham police said, The extent of the victims' injuries is unknown at this time. investigating after a deadly shooting erupted as a "Love Thy Neighbor" event wrapped up in Brighton Saturday night. responded to a call of multiple people shot around 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Shooting at wake for shot teen takes two more lives, four others injured
Miami Herald another bizarre twist, Isaiah, the teen shot in the head and killed Friday night, posted to Facebook at the end of May that he was caught in a robbery attempt that involved Blake.
The Guardian
Backpacker stabbing: father 'immensely proud' of critically injured Tom Jackson
The Guardian - 7 hours ago
Frenchman Smail Ayad, who was staying at the hostel, is accused of murdering Ayliffe-Chung and stabbing Jackson as well as killing a dog and injuring a dozen police after his arrest.
Washington Post
Two years after a 9-year-old killed her shooting instructor with an Uzi, his family has filed a lawsuit
Washington Post - Aug 26, 2016
The family of a shooting instructor who was accidentally killed by a 9-year-old with an Uzi has filed suit, claiming it was unsafe to give the firearm to the girl.
KABC-TV
1 man killed, 2 women wounded in San Bernardino shooting
KABC-TV - 6 hours ago
One man was killed and two women were wounded in a shooting in San Bernardino Saturday night, police said. (KABC). KABC.
CT Post
One dead in Bridgeport shooting
CT Post - 13 hours ago
Witnesses at the scene said they did not see anyone fleeing the dead-end street around the time of the shooting. Indoors, the shots were apparently hard to hear.
NCAA.com
College basketball all-shooting team: Top shooters at each position
NCAA.com - 16 hours ago
Potts had 19 points on 6-of-10 shooting in the Blue Raiders' upset over the Spartans in the opening round of the 2016 NCAA tournament, and he delivered dagger after dagger when it mattered most.
KOMO News
Police search for suspect in deadly Kent shooting
KOMO News - 11 hours ago
The shooting Friday night happened 2 weeks after a man and a woman were killed in separate homicides at homeless encampments off 88th Avenue South in Kent.
Fox News
Man Arrested In Fatal Stabbing Of Two Mississippi Nuns
Fox News - 20 hours ago
A 44-year-old man has been arrested in the slaying of two Mississippi nuns - but police have yet to discern a motive for the grisly crime.
Local 10
2 dead, 4 wounded in shooting during vigil for teen killed in...
Local 10 - 10 hours ago
MIAMI-DADE, Fla. - A family mourning the loss of a teenager who was shot dead was victimized again. A gunman sprayed bullets killing another beloved teen on Saturday, Miami-Dade police said.
KGO-TV
Early morning shooting leaves one dead in Walnut Creek
KGO-TV - 18 hours ago
Police are investigating a fatal shooting in downtown Walnut Creek, Calif., on Saturday, August 27, 2106. (KGO-TV). Bay City News.
RT
Southwest Boeing 737 engine falls to pieces after inflight explosion (PHOTOS)
RT - 15 hours ago
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 with 99 people aboard made an emergency landing after an inflight explosion ravaged the plane's left engine.
WCVB Boston
Man arrested in stabbing deaths of two nuns in Mississippi
WCVB Boston - 16 hours ago
David Merrill said he agrees with the idea of forgiveness and trying to forgive the person who killed his aunt and her fellow nun.
Woman accused of stabbing mother multiple times at Bessemer Wal-Mart
AL.com - 9 hours ago
A woman is accused of stabbing her mother in the parking lot of the Bessemer Wal-Mart on Saturday afternoon. The victim, who is in her 40s, was stabbed several times near her abdomen and was transported to UAB Hospital with life-threatening injuries, ...
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- PressTV News in Brief - Jul. 28, 2016
- Daily Mail UK
- Wall Street Journal Daybreak
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- Gun Violence Archive Mass Shootings
- Democracy Now http://www.democracynow.org/2016/7/28/headlines
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- List of killings by law enforcement officers in the United States, August 2016
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- List of American police officers killed in the line of duty Wikipedia
- List of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, August–august 2016
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- List of violent incidents in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2016
- Religion justified attacks
- List of traffic collisions
- TheWeek Daily Briefing
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