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Three dead, four injured in California shooting: police

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Washington - Police in California on Saturday said three people were killed and four were injured in a shooting at a bowling alley near Los Angeles.

US cop accused of murdering Australian granted squad car for 'testing'

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Minneapolis - Attorneys for a former policeman accused of murdering an Australian in the US city of Minneapolis last year were granted permission by a judge to borrow a squad car to test conditions surrounding the shooting.

Vienna shooting 'linked to Balkan mafia': police

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Vienna - A shooting which left one man dead and another seriously injured in central Vienna on Friday is thought to be linked to a Balkan mafia goup, police said in a statement Saturday.

Gunman kills four in Brazil cathedral, commits suicide

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S - A gunman opened fire Tuesday in a cathedral in the southeastern Brazilian city of Campinas near Sao Paulo, killing four worshippers before committing suicide as police shot at him, officials said.

Gunman kills three at Chicago hospital

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Chicago - An argument in a hospital parking lot escalated into a shooting that killed three people, including a police officer, in the US city of Chicago on Monday.The violence only ended when police engaged in a shootout with the gunman inside Mercy Hospital.

Marine combat veteran kills 12 in crowded California bar

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Thousand Oaks - A 28-year-old US Marine Corps combat veteran opened fire in a crowded country music bar in California, killing 12 people including a police officer who rushed in and exchanged shots with the gunman, authorities said Thursday.

At least 11 reported wounded in California bar shooting

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Washington - A gunman barged into a large, crowded Los Angeles-area country music bar and dance hall and opened fire late Wednesday, wounding at least 11 people, the sheriff's office said.

Two dead, several wounded in US yoga studio shooting: police

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Miami - A gunman killed two people and wounded five others at a yoga studio in Florida's state capital Tallahassee before taking his own life, police said Saturday.

Synagogue shooting suspect pleads not guilty: reports

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Washington - The man suspected of gunning down 11 people at a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal charges that could see him sentenced to death, US media reported.

Trump visits Pittsburgh synagogue after shooting, protesters cry foul

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Pittsburgh - Donald Trump visited Tuesday the Pittsburgh synagogue where 11 people were gunned down at the weekend in an anti-Semitic attack, as more than 1,500 protesters gathered nearby to make it clear the US president was unwelcome.

Synagogue attack casts spotlight on American far-right

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Washington - The murder of 11 people at a Pittsburgh synagogue has cast the spotlight on a racist, neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic fringe in American society -- and rekindled a bitter debate over whether it is being enabled by President Donald Trump.

Trump to visit Pittsburgh after synagogue massacre

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Pittsburgh - President Donald Trump and his wife Melania will travel to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to support the city after 11 people were shot dead in the worst anti-Semitic attack in recent US history.

Pittsburgh unites in love after synagogue massacre

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Pittsburgh - Thousands of people from all faiths united behind calls that love defeat hate Sunday as Pittsburgh mourned the worst anti-Semitic attack in recent US history and the city's "darkest hour.

Group of Jewish leaders to Trump: you are part of the problem

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Washington - A group of Pittsburgh Jewish leaders wrote an open letter to President Donald Trump Sunday telling him he bears responsibility for a deadly shooting at a synagogue in the US city.

US Muslim groups raise tens of thousands for synagogue victims

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Washington - A crowdfunding campaign by two Muslim American groups has raised almost $80,000 for the surviving victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and the relatives of the 11 killed.The campaign on LaunchGood (https://www.launchgood.

Eiffel Tower to go dark for Pittsburgh victims

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Paris - The Eiffel Tower will go dark at midnight on Sunday "to honour victims of the anti-Semitic attack" in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paris Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo said on Twitter.

Robert Bowers: anti-Semite, anti-migrant and gun fanatic

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Pittsburgh - In the months leading up to Saturday's massacre at a Pittsburgh synagogue, Robert Bowers used a little-known social network to spew hatred toward Jews, calling them the "Children of Satan" as he showed off his "family" of firearms.

Close-knit, diverse Jewish hub numbed by slaughter

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Pittsburgh - Hushed mourning blanketed the close-knit community of Squirrel Hill, for decades a hub of Jewish life in Pittsburgh, numb with grief Sunday after 11 people were shot dead at a synagogue.

Mourners pack emotional vigil for victims of US synagogue attack

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Pittsburgh - Mourners held an emotional vigil Sunday for victims of a fatal shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, an assault that saw a gunman who said he "wanted all Jews to die" open fire on a mostly elderly group.

US synagogue attack 'inhuman act of violence': pope

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Vatican City - Pope Francis on Sunday called a deadly attack on a synagogue in the United States "an inhuman act of violence", expressing his "closeness to the Jewish community".

Shooting sparks outpouring of grief from American Jews

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Washington - A deadly shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday has sparked an outpouring of grief and shock in America's Jewish community, the largest outside Israel.

What we know about the US synagogue shooting suspect

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Washington - The shooter in Saturday's deadly shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, identified by officials as local resident Robert Bowers, is to face federal charges that carry the death penalty.

Major attacks against synagogues in the past

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Washington - A synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh on Saturday, which left 11 people dead, is "likely the deadliest" such attack in US history, an American civil rights group said.

Pittsburgh synagogue attack 'blind anti-semitic hatred': Merkel

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Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel denounced the deadly shooting rampage at a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh on Saturday as "blind anti-Semitic hatred".

Synagogue gunman kills 11 in America's worst anti-Semitic attack

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Pittsburgh - A man suspected of bursting into a Pittsburgh synagogue during a baby-naming ceremony and gunning down 11 people has been charged with murder, in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in recent US history.

'Multiple casualties' in shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue

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Washington - A gunman opened fire at a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh on Saturday, reportedly killing at least four people and injuring an unknown number before he was taken into custody.

Tears, confusion as Crimea mourns college shooting

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Kerch - A crowd of mostly young people gathered at a makeshift memorial on Thursday outside the college in Crimea's Kerch where a teenage gunman killed at least 20 people a day earlier.

Crimean college shooting: what we know so far

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Moscow - A teenage gunman shot dead at least 19 people and injured dozens before killing himself at a technical college where he was a student in Russian-annexed Crimea on Wednesday. Here is what we know so far about the shooting.

Death toll in Mexico mariachi gun attack rises to six

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Mexico - A sixth person has died from his wounds after being shot by gunmen dressed as mariachi musicians in Mexico City's famed Garibaldi Plaza, officials said Monday.

'Mariachi' gunmen kill five in Mexico City tourist plaza

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Mexico - Gunmen dressed as mariachi musicians opened fire in Mexico City's famed Plaza Garibaldi, killing five people and wounding eight others including a foreigner, law enforcement officials said on Saturday.