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Gunmen kidnap students heading to exams in Nigeria

Gunmen have abducted secondary school students and other travellers in Nigeria’s Benue state while they were travelling to sit university entrance examinations, authorities said, in the latest attack highlighting persistent insecurity in the region.

17 Apr 2026-11:10
Gunmen open fire at soccer field in Mexico, killing at least 11

Gunmen opened fire at a soccer field in central Mexico on Sunday, killing at least 11 people and injuring 12 others, authorities said.

26 Jan 2026-09:57
Bondi gunmen acted alone, police say

Australian police say the two men accused of carrying out a deadly shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach acted alone and were not part of a wider militant cell.

30 Dec 2025-09:55
8 killed in communal clashes in Cameroon's restive Anglophone region

13 Dec 2025-21:02
Gunmen attack church in Nigeria, killing two and kidnapping worshippers

Gunmen stormed a church in central Nigeria on Tuesday evening, killing at least two people and abducting the pastor along with several worshippers, police and local witnesses said. The attack comes just days after 25 schoolgirls were kidnapped from a boarding school, adding to growing concerns about security in the country.

19 Nov 2025-14:30
Gunmen kill vice principal, kidnap students in Nigerian boarding school

Armed men stormed a government boarding school in Nigeria’s Kebbi state early Monday, killing the vice principal and abducting several female students, according to a security report and a school official.

17 Nov 2025-14:15
7 killed in pool hall shooting in Ecuador

13 Sep 2025-23:17
Gunmen kill 27 worshippers in Mosque attack in Northern Nigeria

At least 27 people were killed and several others injured when armed men stormed a mosque during morning prayers in Katsina state, local officials said.

20 Aug 2025-10:00
Gunmen kill 17 in Ecuador bar attack

A 12-year-old boy was among 17 people killed when gunmen opened fire on a bar in Ecuador, marking the latest mass shooting in a country plagued by drug-related violence.

28 Jul 2025-23:28
Gunmen kill at least 20 in central Nigeria attack, officials confirm

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the killings, but such attacks are frequent in northern Nigeria, where local herders and farmers often clash over limited access to land and water.

16 Jul 2025-21:39

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