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Sunday, May 27, 2012
18 year old kills two and leaves seven injured in Finland
A gunman opened fire from a rooftop in the central region of a city in Finland in the early hours of Saturday killing two people and left seven injured, police said. The 18 year old was wearing camouflage clothing and was arrested after the shooting in Hyvinkaa, 56 km from the capital Helsinki. The motive of the shooting remains unclear. Authorities said the suspect had no criminal record and acted alone. It is not known if the gunman knew his victim, a man and a woman, both 18. Among the wounded is a police officer in critical condition. According to local press, some of the victims, including one of the dead were members of a baseball team that won a game last Friday. According to Timo Leppala, head of regional police, the shooting was reported shortly before 2 am local time (GMT in 23h). After the arrest of the suspect was not licensed to carry a firearm, police also found two rifles
Pakistan: Third U.S. drone attack in a week, 4 dead
At least four militants were killed in U.S. drone attack by a third last week in North Waziristan, in the north-west Pakistan. According to sources of local security forces, the remote-controlled spy plane launched two ara-ground missiles against dwelling on the outskirts of Miranshah, capital of north-waziro. The building and 'fire and and' partially collapsed, hampering the recovery and identification of corpses. Waziristan, the North and even South America, and 'considered a true sanctuary for the Haqqani network, an armed group allied with Al Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban led by Hakimullah Mehsoud.
The UN confirms 92 dead, 32 of them children, in the army attack on Hula
The UN has confirmed the deaths of at least 92 people, including 32 minors, Friday in the Syrian town of Hula. The opposition claims that these deaths are the result of artillery bombardment of the Syrian army, while the regime denies and attributes them to "terrorist groups". "This morning the military and civilian observers of the UN have gone to Hula and have had over 32 children under 10 years and adults over 60 dead," reported the head of the observer mission, General Robert Mood. "Observers have confirmed from examination of ammunition that were used artillery shells tank. Whoever started, whoever answered and whoever has committed this deplorable act of violence, should answer," Mood said. For his part, Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, has demanded that "the Syrian government immediately stop using heavy weapons in populated areas." The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, based in London, has reported that local residents have fled the same for fear of more bombings and has dennciado another person has died in the town of Saraqeb by shooting against a military demonstration against the deaths of Hula. Syrian state television, meanwhile, has issued videos uploaded to the Internet by opponents in which you can see the wounded and mangled bodies, but attributed the attack to "terrorist groups".
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