Gunmen threw grenades at a Sufi Islamic religious gathering Sunday in the port city of Karachi and then opened fire on the people assembled to offer prayers, killing eight, officials said.
Eight more people were wounded in the attack, said Aftab Chanur, an official at the hospital who gave the death toll.
The four gunmen on motorcycles first lobbed grenades at the building where a Sufi cleric was receiving his followers, then raked it with automatic fire, said police official Javed Odho. He said women and children were among the dead and wounded.
Man opens fire, kills 2 in Russian church
MOSCOW
A man employed as a private security guard opened fire Sunday in a cathedral on Russia’s Sakhalin Island in the Pacific, killing a nun and a parishioner and wounding six others, investigators said.
Law-enforcement officers detained the 24-year-old man at the scene and were trying to determine why he had attacked the Russian Orthodox cathedral in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the federal Investigative Committee said. The man worked for a private security firm in the city and was armed with a rifle. His name was not released.
Almost 75% of kids consume caffeine
CHICAGO
Nearly 3 out of 4 U.S. children and young adults consume at least some caffeine, mostly from soda, tea and coffee. The rate didn’t budge much over a decade, although soda use declined and energy drinks became an increasingly common source, a government analysis finds.
Though even most preschoolers consume some caffeine-containing products, their average was the amount found in half a can of soda, and overall caffeine intake declined in children up to age 11 during the decade.
The analysis is the first to examine recent national trends in caffeine intake among children and young adults and comes amid a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of caffeine-containing foods and drinks, especially for children and teens.
Witnesses report 9 more are killed
bangui, centreal african republic
Raging violence in Central African Republic’s capital, including mob attacks and an apparent assassination attempt targeting the lawless country’s former justice minister, killed at least nine people over the weekend, witnesses and officials said Sunday.
Bangui is suffering widespread bloodshed and looting despite the presence of thousands of French and African peacekeepers and the appointment of a new transitional leader last month.
Report says court arrested hijacker
ankara, turkey
Turkey’s state-run agency says a court in Istanbul has formally arrested a Ukrainian man who reportedly tried to hijack a Turkey-bound flight to Sochi, Russia, as the Winter Olympics were beginning.
Anadolu Agency says the man, identified as Artem Kozlov, was ordered jailed Sunday after questioning by police. Private NTV television said he was arrested on hijacking and hostage taking charges.
The man claimed he had a bomb and tried to divert the Pegasus Airlines flight, which originated in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Friday.
The pilot tricked him and landed in Istanbul instead where he was subdued by security officers who sneaked on board.
Eight more people were wounded in the attack, said Aftab Chanur, an official at the hospital who gave the death toll.
The four gunmen on motorcycles first lobbed grenades at the building where a Sufi cleric was receiving his followers, then raked it with automatic fire, said police official Javed Odho. He said women and children were among the dead and wounded.
Man opens fire, kills 2 in Russian church
MOSCOW
A man employed as a private security guard opened fire Sunday in a cathedral on Russia’s Sakhalin Island in the Pacific, killing a nun and a parishioner and wounding six others, investigators said.
Law-enforcement officers detained the 24-year-old man at the scene and were trying to determine why he had attacked the Russian Orthodox cathedral in the city of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the federal Investigative Committee said. The man worked for a private security firm in the city and was armed with a rifle. His name was not released.
Almost 75% of kids consume caffeine
CHICAGO
Nearly 3 out of 4 U.S. children and young adults consume at least some caffeine, mostly from soda, tea and coffee. The rate didn’t budge much over a decade, although soda use declined and energy drinks became an increasingly common source, a government analysis finds.
Though even most preschoolers consume some caffeine-containing products, their average was the amount found in half a can of soda, and overall caffeine intake declined in children up to age 11 during the decade.
The analysis is the first to examine recent national trends in caffeine intake among children and young adults and comes amid a U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of caffeine-containing foods and drinks, especially for children and teens.
Witnesses report 9 more are killed
bangui, centreal african republic
Raging violence in Central African Republic’s capital, including mob attacks and an apparent assassination attempt targeting the lawless country’s former justice minister, killed at least nine people over the weekend, witnesses and officials said Sunday.
Bangui is suffering widespread bloodshed and looting despite the presence of thousands of French and African peacekeepers and the appointment of a new transitional leader last month.
Report says court arrested hijacker
ankara, turkey
Turkey’s state-run agency says a court in Istanbul has formally arrested a Ukrainian man who reportedly tried to hijack a Turkey-bound flight to Sochi, Russia, as the Winter Olympics were beginning.
Anadolu Agency says the man, identified as Artem Kozlov, was ordered jailed Sunday after questioning by police. Private NTV television said he was arrested on hijacking and hostage taking charges.
The man claimed he had a bomb and tried to divert the Pegasus Airlines flight, which originated in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Friday.
The pilot tricked him and landed in Istanbul instead where he was subdued by security officers who sneaked on board.
Source: Hindi News
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