April
Police say 12-year-old carried out school shooting in Finland
Finnish authorities say the child shot and killed a classmate and seriously wounded two others in a suburb of Helsinki, shocking the nation.
- Essi Lehto
December 2023
‘Virus of madness’ infected views on Lehrmann: lawyer
Bruce Lehrmann’s rights to a presumption of innocence or a fair trial were discarded thanks to a ‘virus’ that swept through media organisations and politicians, his lawyers say. Follow updates live.
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- Gus McCubbing
January 2023
US shooting suspect kills himself after Lunar New Year massacre
The suspect earlier shot dead 10 people in an attack on a ballroom dance hall in the Californian city of Monterey Park.
- Tim Reid and Jonathan Allen
October 2022
Thailand mourns ‘harrowing’ mass killing of children
A former police officer facing a drug charge burst into a daycare centre in Thailand, killing dozens of preschoolers and teachers.
- Athit Perawongmetha and Vorasit Satienlerk
September 2022
Canada hunts stabbing spree suspects after 10 killed, 15 wounded
The attacks were among the deadliest mass killings in modern Canadian history and are certain to reverberate throughout the country.
- David Stobbe and Ismail Shakil
July 2022
‘Chaos’: How 400 police failed to stop Texas school shooting
The first report into the mass shooting in May found police failed to prioritise saving innocent lives over their own safety.
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- Jake Bleiberg and Paul J. Weber
Six dead, 24 wounded at Chicago-area July 4 parade
Police urged people to shelter in place as they searched for the suspect, who probably fired from a rooftop.
- Michael Tarm, Kathleen Foody and Roger Schneider
May 2022
Texas police ‘wrong’ for not breaking into Uvalde classroom sooner
Police made the “wrong decision” to wait nearly an hour before entering the classroom to confront the 18-year-old gunman, said Texas Department of Public Safety director Colonel Steven McCraw.
- Brad Brooks and Gabriella Borter
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‘We have to act,’ Biden urges after school massacre
‘Sick and tired’ US president calls for new restrictions on firearms after a gunman opens fire at a Texas school, killing 19 children.
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- Acacia Coronado and Jim Vertuno
Rupert Murdoch urged to end Fox’s ‘great replacement’ rhetoric
The top US Senate Democrat called on the company’s chairman to end the promotion of “false white nationalist, far-right conspiracy theories” on Fox News.
- Steven T. Dennis and Ella Ceron
April 2022
Gunman opens fire on Brooklyn subway
A man with a gas mask reportedly opened fire in a morning rush hour attack that left wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform and police swarming the scene.
- Brandon Sapienza and Fola Akinnibi
March 2021
‘Horrific’: Hate crime fears as six Asian women shot dead in Atlanta
US police say a 21-year-old man who killed eight people in a shooting rampage in Atlanta said he had a sex addiction and that the crimes were not racially motivated.
- Kate Brumback
November 2020
Vienna reels from a rare terrorist attack
The gunman, who killed four people and wounded 23, had been arrested for trying to join ISIS, raising questions about whether he should have been closely watched.
- Katrin Bennhold, Melissa Eddy and Christopher F. Schuetze
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'Repulsive terrorist attack': Three dead in Vienna
Three people have died after multiple gunmen opened fire across central Vienna on Monday, and at least one attacker remained on the run after what Chancellor Sebastian Kurz described as a "repulsive terrorist attack".
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- Francois Murphy
August 2020
New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
Australian gunman Brenton Harrison Tarrant has been given the maximum available sentence after killing 51 worshippers at two NZ mosques in 2019.
- Nick Perry
January 2020
Sandy Hook families replay a tragedy in court
Victims' families have been battling false claims that they were actors in a government-backed hoax aimed at confiscating Americans' firearms.
- Elizabeth Williamson
December 2019
Gunman kills six at Czech hospital before shooting himself
Czech police said the man opened fire in a hospital waiting room in the eastern city of Ostrava before killing himself in a car several hours later.
October 2019
Two killed in shooting in eastern German city of Halle
Media reports suggested the shooting took place in front of a synagogue, and that a hand grenade was also thrown into a Jewish cemetery.
August 2019
Tech industry warned to self-regulate hate speech
After online forum 8Chan was used by another mass shooter in El Paso, the tech sector is being told to police itself better or face the wrath of authoritarian politicians.
- Lucas Baird
America has changed but will Donald Trump?
The ‘Trump may have a bad personality, but he’s good for the economy’ rationale is in retreat as Americans contemplate a return to decency.
- Andrew Clark
