Tag: Kill

Jharkhand: Security forces kill two Maoists in encounter

JHARKHAND/CHHATTISGARH: Two suspected members of the outlawed Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC) were killed in an encounter with the Hazaribagh district police on Thursday night. TPC...

Citizens, security personnel kill two robbers in Karachi

KARACHI: Two robbers were caught on Sunday during an armed robbery in Karachi’s Saddar area.  One of the robbers was beaten by the citizens...

28 civilians killed in Syria, most in Russian air strikes: monitor

DAMASCUS: At least 28 civilians have been killed by bombardment in the besieged Syrian opposition stronghold of Eastern Ghouta, near Damascus, most of them...

Peru bus plunge kills 48, says police

LIMA: A bus plunged over a seaside cliff in Peru on Tuesday, killing at least 48 people after a collision with a truck on...

Ex-Indian army officer kills six with iron rod

NEW DELHI: A former army lieutenant bludgeoned six people to death with an iron rod Tuesday in a killing spree that sparked panic in a...

Gunmen kill 14 churchgoers in Nigeria shooting

WARRI: Gunmen killed at least 14 churchgoers returning from a midnight service on Monday in Nigeria’s Rivers State, a police source said, the latest...

Congo and Uganda kill over 100 militants

KINSHASA: A joint Ugandan and Congolese military operation killed more than 100 militants aligned with a rebel group believed to be responsible for the...

Robbers kill shopkeeper, escape with cash in Karachi’s Korangi

KARACHI: At least one person was shot dead by two dacoits late Monday night during a robbery attempt here in Awami Colony, Korangi. According to...

Karachi police kill drug peddler in ‘encounter’

KARACHI: A drug peddler was killed in a police encounter in Skindarabad area of the metropolis in the wee hours of Friday. On a tip-off,...

Barrel bombs kill at least 15 civilians in Syria’s Aleppo

At least 15 civilians were killed in a barrel bomb attack on a rebel-held district of Syria’s Aleppo city on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory...

Security forces kill six terrorists in Khyber Agency

Pakistani security forces have killed six people in a remote northwestern valley near the Afghan border in a new offensive against militants in the...

Taliban use ‘honey trap’ boys to kill Afghan police

The Taliban are using child sex slaves to mount crippling insider attacks on police in southern Afghanistan, exploiting the pervasive practice of "bacha bazi"...

Airstrikes kill more than 58 people in northern Syria

Two days of airstrikes in northern Syria have killed at least 58 people and wounded nearly 300, according to a hospital director. One strike hit...

Robbers loot cash van, kill three guards

  At least three security guards were killed when four unidentified robbers intercepted a cash-carrying van and opened indiscriminate firing, killing three security guards in...

Suicide bombers kill at least 24 in Cameroon market

Two suicide bombers posing as food vendors killed at least 24 people and injured 112 others in a market in Meme, northern Cameroon, security...

Police kill youth for not stopping motorbike at checkpost

  A youth riding a motorcycle was shot dead by police on Sunday night after he did not stop his two-wheeler at a police check post...

Israeli soldiers kill two Palestinians, one an alleged stabber

Israeli soldiers shot dead at least two Palestinians, including an alleged knife-wielding assailant, in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, as four months of...