Attack Archives

Police block off the French Quarter in New Orleans after a truck rammed into a crowd of New Year's revellers in a deadly attack

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New Orleans truck attack: what we know so far

The United States saw 2025 begin with a violent attack, after a man drove deliberately at high speed into a crowd of New Year’s...

AFPJanuary 2, 2025

Early morning on New Year's Day as police cordon off the intersection of Canal Street and Bourbon Street in New Orleans after a truck plowed into a crowd of revellers, killing at least 15 people

World

‘Numb’ New Orleans grapples with horror of deadly truck attack

The celebratory atmosphere of Bourbon Street in New Orleans, long an American byword for indulgence and revelry, was dimmed Wednesday as residents and visitors...

AFPJanuary 1, 2025

Police investigators surround the white Ford F-150 pickup truck that crashed into a work lift after allegedly driving into a crowd of New Year's revelers in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, on January 1, 2025

World

New Orleans truck attack: what we know so far

The United States saw 2025 begin with a violent attack, after a man drove deliberately at high speed into a crowd of New Year’s...

AFPJanuary 1, 2025

Police surround a white truck that was used to crash into a crowd of revellers on New Year's in New Orleans

World

10 killed in New Year’s truck ramming in New Orleans, dozens hurt

A US citizen with an Islamic State flag and “hellbent” on carnage slammed a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year revelers in...

AFPJanuary 1, 2025

Nine children and a security guard were killed at an elementary school in Belgrade last year

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Serbian court jails parents of Belgrade school shooter

A Belgrade court on Monday sentenced the parents of a 13-year-old boy to prison after he shot dead nine students and a security guard...

AFPDecember 30, 2024

A makeshift memorial is pictured at the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg, eastern Germany

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German security chiefs to face questions over Christmas market attack

German security and intelligence chiefs are due on Monday to face questioning about the car-ramming attack that killed five people and wounded more than...

AFPDecember 29, 2024

Criticism has rained down from the far-right and far-left parties already bitterly opposed to the Olaf Scholz government

World

Angry questions in Germany after Christmas market attack

The German government faced growing questions Sunday about whether more could have been done to prevent the Christmas market car-ramming attack that killed five...

AFPDecember 22, 2024