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Shooting in Tokyo's Kabukicho district leaves man dead; police suspect yakuza links
Police said Tuesday a man believed to have shot and killed another man the previous day at a karaoke bar in Tokyo's Kabukicho entertainment hub fled from the scene via motorcycle, suggesting the suspect had prepared a means of getaway. The victim, identified as Lee ...
A 22-year-old former Self-Defense Forces member was served a fresh arrest warrant Wednesday over the murder and robbery of an officer at a police box in the city of Toyama in June. Keita Shimazu is alleged to have fatally stabbed Kenichi Inaizumi, the 46-year-old head ...
Dallas police officer mistakes neighbor's apartment for her own, kills man inside
Authorities are seeking a manslaughter warrant for a Dallas police officer who shot and killed a neighbor after she said she mistook his apartment for her own, police said Friday. It was not clear what the officer may have said to 26-year-old Botham Jean after ...
Shooting leaves 10 people hurt in northwestern English city of Manchester
Ten people, including two children, were taken to hospital Sunday with pellet-type wounds after reports of a shooting in Manchester in northern England, police said. Officers were called at around at 2:30 a.m. to the Moss Side neighborhood of the city, where a party had ...
Family of slain Australian woman sues Minneapolis police over shooting
The family of an Australian woman who was shot dead by Minneapolis police last year after calling them to report a suspected crime near her home sued the city and several officers Monday, saying they had violated her civil rights. The fatal July 2017 shooting ...
Classes resumed at an elementary school in the city of Toyama on Tuesday amid tight security, a week after a man killed a security guard who worked at the school and a police officer, with a knife and a gun, as well as firing ...
Asahi Shimbun remembers 29-year-old reporter killed in 1987 ultra-rightist attack
The Asahi Shimbun daily and local residents on Thursday paid tribute to a 29-year-old reporter killed in a 1987 shooting at its western Japan bureau, in an attack claimed by ultra-rightists angered by the newspaper's "anti-national" reporting. Company officials also renewed their pledge to defend ...
A brother and sister who survived a shooting rampage at a Florida high school in February are writing a book about the campaign for stricter gun control in America sparked by the massacre, publisher Penguin Random House has announced. David and Lauren Hogg, who have ...
New Hampshire's biggest hospital in lockdown after patient, 70, slain in intensive care
A patient was shot to death inside an intensive care unit Tuesday by a family member, leading to a lockdown at New Hampshire's largest hospital, authorities said. No one else was injured. Authorities said a person was taken into custody shortly before 3 p.m. while ...
Kobe yakuza boss served fresh arrest warrant over gang scuffle in Kyoto
The head of the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi gangster group was served a fresh arrest warrant Friday in connection with a scuffle at the office of a different yakuza group in Kyoto in January. Kunio Inoue, 68, heads the breakaway group of yakuza formed in 2015 by ...
U.S. House majority whip shot at congressional baseball practice
House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana was shot Wednesday at a congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, officials said. His wounds were not believed to be life-threatening. Alexandria police said a suspect in the shooting was in custody. A congressional aide said Scalise was in ...
Aichi businessman shot dead by motorcycle-riding assailants in Manila
A man from Aichi Prefecture was fatally shot by a motorcycle-riding gunman who targeted his convoy Thursday just hours after he arrived in Manila for a business trip, the police said Friday. Seiki Mizuno, 48, was killed when the gunman, riding tandem, opened fire on ...
