Bride shot dead as gunmen storm wedding venue

A 27-year-old bride was killed when gunmen attacked a wedding party in a village in southeastern France, with one of the assailants also dying during the assault, prosecutors said on Sunday.

Three other people, including a child, were injured in the attack, which plunged the tiny picturesque village of Goult into shock.

According to a source close to the investigation, the violence might be linked to possible drug-related score-settling.

At around 4:30 am (0230 GMT) the newlyweds were leaving the party when they were confronted by masked assailants who opened fire.

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12 wedding guests attacked, killed In Plateau, 11 others injured

At least, 12 travelers from Basawa community of Zaria local government area of Kaduna state have been attacked and killed in Mangu local government area of Plateau state.

11 out the travelers who were injured in the attack, which happened on Friday, are currently receiving treatment in the hospital.

Our correspondent reports that a group of 31 travelers including men, women and children, were being conveyed in an 18-seater Bus, belonging to Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, when they were attacked by the assailants around 8:pm.

It was gathered that the travelers were heading for Qua’an Pan LGA to attend a wedding ceremony when they ran into a mob.

The Chief Imam of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS), Sheikh Suleiman Haruna, who confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, said the corpses have been deposited at Mangu General Hospital.
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Lawyer, client shot dead after court session in Anambra
The police command in Anambra has launched manhunt for suspected killers of a legal practitioner returning from the court, after securing bail for a defendant in a murder case.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Awka.

Ikenga said the gunmen also gunned down two others who accompanied the lawyer but one survived.

He said that the three victims were returning from High Court II Ekwulobia in Orumba North Local Government of the state when the incident occurred.

He said that the legal practitioner had bailed a defendant in a pending murder case at the Court not knowing that they were trailed as they left the court.

According to the statement, the Commissioner of Police (CP) in Anambra, Ikioye Orutugu, today led a team of senior officers, including the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of Operations and others on a visit to the crime scene at Egbebelu village.
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Gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, killing at least 26 and wounding dozens more near the resort town of Pahalgam.⁠
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Police attributed the attack to militants opposing Indian rule, describing it as one of the deadliest assaults on civilians in recent memory. “This attack is much larger than anything we’ve seen directed at civilians in recent years,” wrote Omar Abdullah, the region’s top elected official. Security forces said four militants were involved, and efforts to apprehend them are ongoing.⁠
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Indian officials, including Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, responded swiftly. Shah called for “the harshest consequences” and convened security meetings in Srinagar, while Modi cut short a visit to Saudi Arabia to return to New Delhi. ⁠
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Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi criticized the government’s claims of regional stability, stating they had failed to prevent the escalation in violence. The meadow where the attack occurred is a popular tourist destination surrounded by snow-capped peaks.⁠
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