Indian-American killed in shootings at US stores
Washington: An Indian-American was killed and another critically injured when a man opened fire in two convenience stores in the US state of Georgia. Parmjit Singh, a 44-year-old father of two high school students, was shot multiple times on Tuesday evening at the Hi Tech Quick Stop on Burnett Ferry Road, sheriff’s officers said. The Floyd County coroner pronounced him dead on the scene.
Airstrikes batter Syria rebel for 5th day
Douma: Fresh airstrikes hit the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on Friday, the fifth straight day of a bombing campaign that has killed more than 220 civilians. Syrian warplanes have battered the enclave’s towns since Monday, trapping thousands of families in makeshift bomb shelters and overwhelming rescue workers.
172 held for online gun sales in China
Beijing: Police in China have arrested 172 people and busted 12 gangs allegedly involved in online sale of guns in eight provincial regions, the Government said on Friday.
Kim murder suspect ‘hired for pranks’
Shah Alam: An Indonesian woman charged with the killing of the North Korean leader’s half- brother was paid by a suspected Pyongyang agent to take part in multiple “pranks” just weeks before the murder, a court heard on Friday.
Terrorists were high on steroids, UK court told
London: The terrorists who rammed into pedestrians on London Bridge before stabbing people in nearby Borough Market killing eight people in June last year were high on steroids, a UK court was told on Friday.
Spain coastguards find 3 dead migrants on boat
Madrid: Spain’s coastguards rescued 82 migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean on Friday but found the bodies of three other people on board one boat. In a tweet, the coastguards said the migrants were on two separate boats and were rescued in the Alboran Sea, between Morocco and Spain’s Andalusian coast.