More than 600 Israelis are now feared dead and thousands more have been injured following an unprecedented attack by Hamas militants. Israeli media said at least 600 people were killed and 2,000 wounded in Saturday’s attack. Hamas fighters have also taken an unknown number of civilians and soldiers captive into Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released footage of a missile strike it claims took place on a compound belonging to Hamas’ head of military …
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Police have identified the suspected gunman in the Philadelphia mass shooting that killed five men and left two children injured as 40-year-old Kimbrady Carriker, a Trans BLM activist. Carriker of Philadelphia was arrested shortly after the killing spree on the eve of the Fourth of July holiday in the Kingsessing neighborhood of Philadelphia, police said, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. Five men between the ages of 16 and 59 were killed in the shooting. The fifth victim …
No fewer than eleven persons, including a baby, died while eight others sustained varying injuries in a fatal accident on the Edo State section of the Benin-Lagos expressway. The accident involving a Toyota Hiace 18 seater bus and a truck occurred, around 11 am on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at the Ovia bridge, notorious for accidents, due to a failed section of the road and the poor state bridge which runs across the river. It was gathered that …
No fewer than four persons have sustained injuries after some traders at the Atikankan area of Ado Ekiti attacked operatives of Ekiti State Amotekun Corps on Thursday, May 11. The injured persons are believed to include members of the security agency. It was gathered that trouble ensued when the Amotekun Corps attempted to effect the government order to relocate the traders from the Atikankan area to the markets along Agric Olope Market in the capital city. A …
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a Very Important Person (VIP) after attacking his convoy along East-West road in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The assailants also shot dead a driver and a personal aide to the VIP, who were in one of the vehicles that was part of the convoy. It was gathered that three police officers attached to the VIP, also sustained serious bullet wounds and are receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital. The identity …
A clash between supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress(APC) and the opposition Social Democratic Party in Itaji-Ekiti, Oye Council Area of Ekiti State has led to the death of one person. The clash which led to the death of a member of the APC, Tope Ajayi, and also left many others injured, occurred on Saturday June 11 during a campaign ahead of next Saturday’s governorship poll. The Nation reported that those who sustained injuries during the fracas are being treated at the Intensive …