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Jerusalem: Two wounded in shooting, police say, after synagogue attack leaves seven dead

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Two people were wounded in a shooting attack in Jerusalem on Saturday, emergency services say, the day after a gunman killed at least seven people near a synagogue in the city.

The two men injured in the City of David area of Jerusalem on Saturday, one aged 22 and one in his 40s, are father and son, according to police. A 13-year-old who police say shot and wounded the pair was “neutralized and injured” by “two passers-by carrying licensed weapons.”

Tensions in Israel and the Palestinian territories remain high after Friday’s shooting, which police chief Yaakov Shabtai described as “one of the worst terror attacks in the past few years.” The shooter in that attack was also later killed by police forces, according to police.

“As a result of the shooting attack, the death of 7 civilians was determined and 3 others were injured with additional degrees of injury,” police said.

Five of the shooting victims were pronounced dead at the scene, Israel’s Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency rescue service said: four men and a woman. Five people were transported to hospitals, where another man and woman were declared dead. Among the wounded is a 15-year-old boy, the MDA said.

The attack occurred around 8:15 p.m. local time on Friday, near a synagogue on Neve Yaakov Street, according to a police statement.

Shabtai said the gunman “started shooting at anyone that was in his way. He got in his car and started a killing spree with a pistol at short range.” He then fled the scene in a vehicle and was killed after a shootout with police forces, police said.

Police identified the gunman as a 21-year-old resident of East Jerusalem, saying in a statement that he appeared to have acted alone. East Jerusalem is a predominantly Palestinian area of the city, which was captured by Israel in 1967.

Referring to Saturday’s attack, a community leader said the 13-year-old suspected shooter knew a 16-year-old Palestinian who died of gunshot wounds a day earlier. Jawad Siam, director of the Silwanic non-profilt organization in East Jerusalem, told CNN the suspect’s family denied their 13-year-old son was responsible for the Saturday attack, which happened close to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Silwan, East Jerusalem.

According to Siam, the 13-year-old suspect was a neighbor of a 16-year-old Palestinian who died of gunshot wounds in hospital overnight Friday. The 16-year-old was shot Wednesday by Israeli police.

Of the two wounded Saturday, the 22-year-old man is now in a serious but stable condition, anesthetized and ventilated in the intensive care unit, while his 47-year-old father is in a moderate and stable condition.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged people against revenge attacks on Friday night. “I call on the people not to take the law into their own hands. For that purpose we have an army, police and security forces. They act and will act according to the cabinet instructions,” he said.

Meanwhile, the European Union on Saturday urged Israel to only use lethal force as a “last resort.”

“The European Union fully recognises Israel’s legitimate security concerns, as evidenced by the latest terrorist attacks, but it has to be stressed that lethal force must only be used as a last resort when it is strictly unavoidable in order to protect life,” the EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said Saturday in a press release.

Borrell also stressed that the bloc is “very concerned by the heightened tensions in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory.”

“We call on both parties to do everything possible to de-escalate the situation and to restart security coordination, which is vital to prevent further acts of violence,” he concluded.

Friday’s incident came one day after the deadliest day for Palestinians in the West Bank in over a year, according to CNN records.

On Thursday, Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and wounded several others in the West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, prompting the Palestinian Authority to suspend security coordination with Israel. A tenth Palestinian was killed that day in what Israel Police called a “violent disturbance” near Jerusalem.

Overnight, on Friday morning local time, Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza strip after rockets were fired towards Israel.

Israel’s controversial National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited the scene of the attack on Friday evening, telling people who were chanting angrily that “it cannot continue like this.”

“I can tell you, [the people chanting] you are right. The burden is on us. It cannot continue like this,” Ben Gvir, who also leads the far-right Jewish Power party, said.

Some people on the scene were chanting support for Ben Gvir, saying “You are our voice, we support you.”

CNN’s Hadas Gold and team, who were also at the scene of Friday night’s shooting, heard what sounded like celebratory gunfire and car horns honking from the nearby predominantly Palestinian neighborhood of Beit Hanina.

The White House condemned the “heinous terror attack” at a synagogue in Jerusalem on Friday and said the United States government has extended its “full support” to Israel, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.

The US State Department also condemned the “apparent terrorist attack” in Jerusalem “in the strongest terms.”

“This is absolutely horrific,” said State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel. “Our thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to those killed and injured in this heinous act of violence.”

Patel said no change to the schedule of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s upcoming trip to Egypt, Israel and the West Bank was expected.

US second gentleman Doug Emhoff joined the Biden administration in denouncing the mass shooting on Friday that killed at least seven people. “This is a terror attack. This is murder,” Emhoff said to reporters after touring the Oskar Schindler Enamel Factory in Krakow, Poland.

“This is something that is horrible. These were people who were just praying in a temple, living their everyday lives, and were murdered in cold blood and it’s not acceptable.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky added his voice to those condemning the deadly shooting near a synagogue in Jerusalem on Friday, saying that one of those killed in the attack was a Ukrainian national.

“We share (Israel’s) pain after the terrorist attacks in Jerusalem. Among the victims is a (Ukrainian) woman. Sincere condolences to the victims’ families. The crimes were cynically committed on the Intl Holocaust Remembrance Day. Terror must have no place in today’s world. Neither in (Israel) nor in (Ukraine),” Zelensky said in a tweet.

Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates called for an end to escalation in tensions.

In a statement released on Saturday, Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned “the situation between Palestinians and Israelis will slide into further serious escalation,” and the “Kingdom condemns all targeting of civilians, stressing the need to de-escalate, revive the peace process and end the occupation.”

Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also warned of the “severe risks of the ongoing escalation” between Israel and Palestine, calling for “provocative measures in order to avoid falling into a vicious circle of violence that worsens the political and humanitarian situations and undermines de-escalation efforts and all chances of reviving the peace process.”

The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation condemned and rejected “all forms of violence and terrorism aimed at undermining security and stability in contravention of human values and principles.”

Egypt and the UAE have normalized ties with Israel. Saudi Arabia has not.

France, Germany and the UK also condemned the shooting. “I am appalled by reports of the terrible attack in Neve Yaakov tonight. Attacking worshippers at a synagogue on Erev Shabat is a particularly horrific act of terrorism. The UK stands with Israel,” Neil Wigan, the British ambassador in Israel wrote on Twitter.

The French embassy in Israel tweeted that the incident was “all the more despicable as it was committed on this day of international remembrance of the Holocaust.”

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres also condemned Friday’s deadly attack, his spokesman said.

“It is particularly abhorrent that the attack occurred at a place of worship, and on the very day we commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day,” he said.

Guterres also expressed worry “about the current escalation of violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory,” urging all “to exercise utmost restraint.”

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz offered their condolences to the victims’ families following the two attacks. Scholz said Saturday that he was “deeply shocked” by the “terrible” attacks in Jerusalem in the past 24 hours.

Russia on Saturday urged all parties to show “maximum restraint” after the wave of deadly violence. “We perceive this development of events with deep concern. We call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and prevent further escalation of tension,” the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement.

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Machete attacks at Spanish churches leave one dead and four wounded | Spain

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A machete-wielding man killed a sexton and wounded a priest in attacks at two churches in the Spanish city of Algeciras on Wednesday before being arrested, in what authorities are investigating as a possible act of terrorism.

The suspect was arrested and is in the custody of Spain’s national police. The ministry did not identify him.

The attacks began around 7pm when the armed man went into the San Isidro church and assaulted a priest, who was seriously wounded.

The assailant then went to a second church, the Nuestra Señora de La Palma – a five-minute walk away – where he continued his rampage, assaulting the sexton. The sexton, whose job it is to take care of the church and its maintenance, fled outside where the attacker dealt him the mortal wounds in a public square.

The Algeciras town hall identified the sexton as Diego Valencia and the wounded priest as Antonio Rodríguez. The town hall said Rodríguez had been hospitalised and was in a stable condition.

Local media reported that at least three other people had been wounded.

Spain’s national court said a judge has opened an investigation into a possible act of terrorism.

Police are investigating the incident, the interior ministry said, to determine the “nature of the attack”. It offered no further detail on the attacker’s possible motive.

The secretary general of Spain’s Episcopal Conference, Francisco García, wrote on Twitter: “I have received the news of the incident in Algeciras with great pain.”

“These are sad moments of suffering, we are united by the pain of families of the victims and for the diocese of Cádiz,” he added.

Algeciras is near the southern tip of Spain, across the bay from Gibraltar. It is home to an important port with ferry connections to northern Africa.

The town hall has declared a day of mourning; flags will fly at half mast.

“We are all stunned by these acts, which have filled us with pain,” Mayor José Landaluce said. “Algeciras has always been a city where concord and tolerance reign, despite incidents like this that create an image that does not correspond to reality.”

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1 officer killed, 1 wounded in Pennsylvania shooting

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A Brackenridge police officer was shot and killed and another officer was wounded Monday, police said. The suspect was shot and killed by police later in the night, police said.

Allegheny County Police Superintendent Christopher Kearns said Monday night that police encountered a wanted suspect, identified as 28-year-old Aaron Lamont Swan, and engaged in a foot chase that lasted several hours. There were two shooting incidents several blocks apart. 

In one, an officer was shot in the head and killed, Kearns said. The deceased officer has not been publicly identified, but sources identified him to CBS Pittsburgh as Brackenridge police chief Justin McIntire, who had been chief since 2018. 

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro tweeted, “Police Chief Justin McIntire ran towards danger to keep Pennsylvanians safe — and he made the ultimate sacrifice in service to community.”

Another officer was then shot in the leg in the second incident. That officer was transported to a hospital and was in stable condition, Kearns said.

The suspect was wounded, but was able to flee after carjacking a vehicle, according to police. After police located the stolen car, the suspect led them on another chase. He crashed and then fled into a wooded area, police said. He then emerged from the woods into an open area in a housing development, where he fired at police officers, Kearns said Monday night. The officers returned fire, killing Swan, according to Kearns.

The people to whom the carjacked vehicle belonged were not harmed, police said.

Swan was originally wanted for an alleged weapons violation of his probation, and police had encountered him Sunday night, but he was able to evade them following a chase.

Brackenridge is located in Alleghany County, a few miles northeast of Pittsburgh.




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Two boys, 14 and 15, killed, two other teens wounded in shooting outside Juarez High School

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Two boys, 14 and 15 years old, were killed and two other teens were wounded in a shooting outside Benito Juarez High School on Friday afternoon.

The shooting happened around 1:50 p.m. in the 2100 block of South Laflin Street just as classes were starting to be dismissed for the day at the West Side school, officials said.

Brandon Perez, 15, and a 14-year-old boy whose name has not been released were pronounced dead at Stroger Hospital. Both suffered gunshot wounds to the head, according to Chicago police.

Two other teens, a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl, were in good condition at the hospital, officials said. The boy was struck in the thigh and shoulder; the girl suffered a graze wound, police said.

A radio dispatch to officers said a suspect in a black mask, black hoodie and black North Face jacket was seen running west on Cermak Road and north on Ashland Avenue. 

Police Supt. David Brown told a news conference Friday evening that investigators have not identified any suspects and had no one in custody.

He also could not confirm whether the victims were Juarez students or whether any were targets of the gunfire. He said investigators were looking at video but did not indicate what it showed.

“We are early in this investigation,” Brown said as he repeatedly had no answers for reporters.

Police work outside Juarez High School after four teens were shot outside.

A clerk who answered the school’s main office phone said Juarez went on lockdown immediately after the shooting, but police gave an all-clear around 3:30 p.m.

A sophomore who gave only his last name, Nava, said he had been waiting in front of the school for his dad to pick him up when he heard shots down the block toward Ashland.

“It was crazy,” Nava said outside the crime scene Friday evening. “I heard two shots and then everyone started running and went inside.”

The 15-year-old went back inside and called his dad, who wasn’t far away.

His 46-year-old father said he rushed through traffic to reach his son. “I was so nervous, I ran through the lights. I didn’t care,” he said.

A senior, who gave his name only as Marcel, was joining the crush of students on their way out the door when the shooting started.

“It was packed outside,” he said. “I only heard three shots but already there were two people on the ground.” He went back inside with the rest of the students.

Police outside Juarez High School Friday afternoon, where four teens were shot, two fatally.

Guillermo Niño is an anti-violence worker with the group Enlace. He said he has been showing up at scenes of gun violence for 15 years to provide resources for victims, but this time the call came from one of his two daughters, who attend Juarez.

One is a sophomore; the other, a senior, after hearing gunfire, called him from a teacher’s car, where she was hiding.

“Daddy, there’s a shooting going on here,” she told him.

He hung up to check on his other daughter and soon arrived with a few of his colleagues.

“Are my kids going to be scared to come to school? This is supposed to be a safe haven,” he said. “For them to have to be running to survive a shooting, it’s not cool.”

As students were allowed to leave, several of the school’s social studies teachers waited outside, checking in with them.

“I don’t know how they’re doing,” said one of the teachers, who’s been at Juarez for 8 years. “It sucks. You hear about shootings around the city, but then it comes to where you are.”

A junior named Gio said he was in his car in a school parking lot, about to go home, when the shooting started.

“I was shook because the shooting happened right there in front of the school,” he said. “It was like they were waiting.”

Chicago police investigate outside Benito Juarez High School in the Pilsen neighborhood after two teens were killed and two others injured in a shooting on Friday.

The school held a community event earlier Friday with food and performances from the school’s dance and drum teams, with free hams handed out ahead of the Christmas holiday.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez, a Juarez alum, was the first in his family to graduate high school. Martinez and Mayor Lori Lightfoot hosted his introductory news conference at the school after he was hired in September 2021.

Martinez joined Brown for the late afternoon news conference.

“Of course I’m very concerned that this happened on our grounds,” Martinez said. “We will fully cooperate with CPD. They are great partners for us.”

The district will work with the principal and staff over the weekend to ensure counseling services are in place for students when they return Monday. Security will also be stepped up, though school officials gave no details.

“The CPS Office of Safety and Security and other District leadership are working closely with school leadership and staff as well as CPD to gather information and respond to this incident,” a CPS statement on Friday evening said. “CPS will keep Benito Juarez families updated as well as the greater community. Our thoughts are with all those impacted by this tragedy.”

Among those who showed up at Juarez to check on students and teachers were Aida Flores and George Gieger, who both grew up in Pilsen and attended Juarez. Flores briefly worked there.

Both now work in education, which they attributed in part to the teachers they had at Juarez. “Some of these teachers used to be my colleagues. I had to come check on them,” Flores, 37, said.

The couple are raising a boy in the Pilsen neighborhood and wonder what would’ve happened if he were just a few years older.

“It’s devastating,” said Gieger, 38. “That’s where he potentially could be going one day.”

Contributing: Allison Novelo, Zack Miller.

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez speaks to reporters at the Chicago Police Department’s 12th District station on Friday about the shooting earlier in the day outside Benito Juarez High School. Joining him was CPD Supt. David Brown (left).

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University of Virginia shooting: 3 dead, 2 others wounded as police search for suspect

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A shooter killed three people and wounded two others at the University of Virginia’s main campus in Charlottesville on Sunday, and the suspect – identified as a school student – remains at large, university president Jim Ryan said in a statement issued Monday.

The campus was advised to shelter-in-place around 10:40 p.m. following a shooting reported on Culbreth Road, the University of Virginia Police Department tweeted. It has been in lockdown as authorities search for the suspect.

The suspect, identified by police as Christopher Darnell Jones, Jr., is believed to be armed and dangerous. He’s described as wearing a burgundy jacket with blue jeans and red shoes, and may be driving a black SUV, according to police.

The two wounded individuals are receiving medical care, Ryan said, adding that he was devastated “that this violence has visited the University of Virginia.” Monday classes have been canceled.

University officials have not identified the victims or stated whether they were students.

Authorities said Monday morning that multiple police departments are actively searching for Jones, including the use of a Virginia State Police helicopter.

Jones is listed on the university’s athletics website as a football player in 2018, who as a freshman did not participate in any games. It is unclear if he is still a student at UVA.

CNN has reached out to campus police for more information.

UVA vice president and chief student affairs officer Robyn S. Hadley told students to “take the shelter in place commands seriously as the situation remains active.”

“We have all received several shelter in place texts, and they are frightening,” Hadley said in an email to UVA’s student body.

“I am on grounds like many of you; I am sheltering in place and in direct touch with University leadership and UPD … If you are not inside and safe, immediately seek safety,” Hadley said, adding that multiple police jurisdictions were working to locate the suspect.



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100,000 Russian troops killed, wounded in Ukraine, Gen. Mark Milley says

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More than 100,000 Russian troops — and about as many Ukrainian troops — are estimated to have died or been injured in the war so far, according to Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“You’re looking at well over 100,000 Russian soldiers killed and wounded,” Milley told the Economic Club of New York on Wednesday, according to Agence France-Presse. “Same thing probably on the Ukrainian side.”

Some 40,000 civilians have also been killed or injured in the war, Milley said. “There has been a tremendous amount of suffering, human suffering,” he added. The Washington Post could not independently verify the figures.

Milley’s figure is a sharp increase from the Pentagon’s August estimate of 70,000 to 80,000 Russian casualties. For comparison, the Soviet Union said in 1988 that it lost more than 13,000 soldiers, and that more than 35,000 were injured, in Afghanistan during the war it fought there.

It comes as the Biden administration has encouraged Ukraine to be more open to talks with Russia amid growing unease in the West about the cost of a protracted conflict that has caused the price of energy and foodstuffs to skyrocket.

U.S. privately asks Ukraine to show it’s open to negotiate with Russia

Officials in Kyiv say they are open to negotiating with Russia but have set preconditions, including the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine’s territory, an agreement on compensation from Russia for war damage and security guarantees from other countries.

As The Post has reported, the Biden administration’s outreach to Ukraine on peace talks has included a request for officials there to drop their public refusal to negotiate with Russia’s leader, President Vladimir Putin.

The Kremlin has also signaled it is open to talks, but its own preconditions appear to be at odds with those of Ukraine: After Russia illegally annexed four regions of Ukraine, Putin said that “the only way to peace” is for Ukraine and the West to recognize that the people of Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia “have become our citizens, forever.”

Despite the differences in demands between the two sides, Milley said the winter could create opportunities for peace negotiations, with Russia ordering its forces to withdraw from the strategic southern city of Kherson on Wednesday. But first, he said, both sides had to recognize that a complete military victory was “maybe not achievable” in this conflict, “and therefore you need to turn to other means.”

What to know about Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson city

Ukrainian officials have suggested that Russia could merely be pretending to withdraw from Kherson in a bid to trap Ukrainian troops into a fight over the city. Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, warned Wednesday that Ukraine saw “no signs” of a unilateral withdrawal.

U.S. officials have also signaled they are cautious about reports of a Russian withdrawal. “There’s some indications that the Russians intend to withdraw to the east bank of the Dnieper River,” Colin H. Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy, said Tuesday. “We’ll have to see how that plays out.”

But Milley on Wednesday said of the withdrawal: “The initial indicators are they are in fact doing it. They made the public announcement they’re doing it.”

He said it could take weeks for Russia to withdraw its troops — 20,000 to 30,000 in Kherson — and suggested the withdrawal could be a strategic move “to preserve their force to reestablish defensive lines south of the [Dnieper] river, but that remains to be seen.”

In the meantime, Milley said, there is “a window of opportunity for negotiation.”

White House says ‘lines of communication’ with Russia are still open

“When peace can be achieved, seize it,” he said. “Seize the moment.”



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Sources: Wounded teen was the gunman in SEPTA Broad Street Line shooting that killed 21-year-old

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Sources tell Action News the teenager wounded during a fatal shooting on a SEPTA subway on Monday afternoon was the one who fired the shots that killed a 21-year-old man.

Philadelphia police had been searching for the gunman who shot the man multiple times on the Broad Street Line train around 2:40 p.m. in the city’s Francisville section.

The victim was taken to Temple University Hospital where he died a short time later.

Police said a 16-year-old male was shot in the arm during the incident. He was originally reported to be an innocent bystander, however, sources tell Action News that is not the case.

According to sources, the teenager got onto the subway at the Susquehanna Avenue stop and tried to rob the 21-year-old man.

Sources say a struggle ensued and the teenager shot the victim multiple times. Philadelphia police called the shooting a “targeted attack.”

Fourteen fire cartridge casings were found at the scene. Earlier reports said the victim was shot 11 times, but sources say it may have been closer to six.

The victim, who had a permit to carry, was also armed and shot the teenager in the arm.

There were at least a dozen passengers aboard the train car, but no other injuries were reported.

Sources say the 16-year-old later showed up at the hospital but told police he was shot on a basketball court. He denied being shot on the subway at Broad Street and Fairmount Avenue.

That all changed though when his mother arrived at the hospital, sources say.

The mother allegedly knew her son was lying and he eventually confessed to the shooting.

Sources say he told police where he hid the gun.

The teen was released from the hospital and remains in custody.

Action News is told the 16-year-old has two prior arrests for theft.

There is no word on charges.

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At Least 9 Wounded in Philadelphia Mass Shooting, Police Say – NBC10 Philadelphia

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At least nine people were wounded in a mass shooting in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood Saturday night, police said.

Philadelphia Police Department Inspector D.F. Pace said the victims were shot near Kensington and Allegheny avenues, adding that there are likely more victims than the initial nine. Two were in critical condition and seven were stable, Deputy Police Commissioner John Stanford said.

The shooting happened around 10:45 p.m. outside a bar in the area, Pace said. The gunmen got out of a black vehicle and opened fire on a crowd on the sidewalk before getting back in the vehicle and fleeing, Stanford said.

There were police officers in the area who heard the gunshots, he noted. “Our men and women are where they’re supposed to be in the sense of being out here patrolling, but we have some brazen individuals in this city that don’t care. They don’t care how many police officers are out here, and some of them don’t care in terms of how many people are out here,” the deputy police commissioner said.

Police did not immediately make an arrest, nor could they immediately determine a motive.

NBC10 spoke with state Rep. Amen Brown, a Democrat who represents West Philadelphia, who said he received a call “from the chief” and got out of bed to get to the scene of the shooting.

Brown laid blame for the city’s gun violence on Mayor Jim Kenney, the office of District Attorney Larry Krasner and “weak City Council members.” “Innocent women and children are dying every single day, and it’s got to stop,” Brown said, adding that solutions will only be found with legislators working across party lines.

As of Saturday night, the PPD had recorded at least 447 homicides in the city. At least 417 of those killings were committed with guns, according to a city controller’s office tally, which was last updated Nov. 3.

This is a developing story and will be updated.



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Ten killed, more than 20 wounded in explosion in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, Oct 29 (Reuters) – Ten people were killed and more than 20 wounded in an explosion in east Baghdad on Saturday, according to security and medical sources.

The explosion took place in a garage near a football stadium and a café, when an explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated, leading to another explosion of a gas tanker that was close by, the security sources said.

[1/4] Iraqi people inspect the site where an explosive device attached to a vehicle detonated, leading to another explosion of a gas tanker that was close by, in Baghdad, Iraq, October 29, 2022. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Most of the victims were amateurs playing football in their neighbourhood stadium.

A military statement said a gas tanker exploded in a garage in East Baghdad causing a number of casualties and security forces are investigating the cause of the explosion, without giving further details.

Reporting by Baghdad Bureau and Enas Alashray in Cairo; writing by Amina Ismail
Editing by Alison Williams and Chris Reese

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Russia military range shooting leaves 11 dead, 15 wounded

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MOSCOW (AP) — Two men on Saturday fired at troops at a Russian military firing range near Ukraine, killing 11 and wounding 15 others, before getting killed, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

The ministry said in a statement that the shooting took place in the Belgorod region in southwestern Russia that borders Ukraine. It said that the two men from an unnamed ex-Soviet nation fired on soldiers during target practice and were killed by return fire.

The ministry called the incident a terrorist attack.

The shooting comes amid a hasty mobilization ordered by President Vladimir Putin to beef up Russian forces in Ukraine — a move that triggered protests and caused hundreds of thousands to flee Russia.

Putin said on Friday that over 220,000 reservists already had been called up as part of an effort to recruit 300,000.

Even though the Russian leader declared that only people who had recently served in the military will be subject to the call-up, activists and rights groups reported military conscription offices rounding up people without any army experience — some of whom were also unfit for service for medical reasons.

Some of the freshly called-up reservists posted videos of them being forced to sleep on the floor or even outside and given rusty weapons before being sent to the front lines.

Authorities have acknowledged that the mobilization was often poorly organized and promised to improve the situation.

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