Mass Killings
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South Africa: Twelve killed in Johannesburg mass shooting; suspects at large
World | Jun 10, 2026, 12:41 PM ISTInvestigators said the attackers entered the settlement through two different access points. They then moved through the area and opened fire on residents and other community members at several locations within the settlement.
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Suriname man kills nine in knife attack after altercation with estranged wife
World | Dec 29, 2025, 08:14 AM ISTPresident Jennifer Geerlings-Simons expressed her condolences in a message posted on Facebook. She said the attacker had taken the lives of his own children and neighbours, and offered sympathy to the families affected.
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Sudan massacre: Satellite evidence exposes mass killings after RSF seizes El-Fasher
World | Oct 29, 2025, 05:23 PM ISTSudan massacre: Further analysis revealed clusters of body-sized objects along the outskirts of El-Fasher, indicating that many people may have been shot while attempting to escape. A subsequent HRL report also found similar heaps of bodies at a city hospital.
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Sheikh Hasina accuses Muhammad Yunus of orchestrating mass killings, says 'He is mastermind'
World | Dec 03, 2024, 02:29 PM ISTSheikh Hasina lashed out at the interim Bangladeshi govt and accused Muhammad Yunus while speaking virtually at an Awami League event in New York. She fled the country on August 5 this year after the days of violence.
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Ecuador: Gunmen kill 8 in latest mass killing a day after rival gang kills 5 tourists 'by mistake'
World | Apr 01, 2024, 09:27 AM ISTIt was the second mass killing in as many days. On Friday, five people who had been kidnapped were killed execution-style in the coastal province of Manabi by an armed gang.
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Canada: Mass stabbing at Ottawa home kills six Sri Lankan nationals, student held; Trudeau reacts
World | Mar 08, 2024, 09:45 AM ISTThe police said when the first officers arrived at the home the family's father was outside and screaming for someone to call 911. Sri Lanka's high commission said that it is in touch with relatives in the country's capital, Colombo.
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California: Teenager girl killed, 5 injured in college party shooting; 2nd incident in an hour
World | May 07, 2023, 07:09 AM ISTAll the victims were taken to hospitals, and the teenager died at a hospital, said police.
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US mass shooting trail kills 9 including children in a Texas mall, gunman dead I PICS
World | May 07, 2023, 10:17 AM ISTUS Representative Keith Self, who represents the area that includes the mall, said he had confirmed with law enforcement that the shooter is dead and that there was no one else involved in the attack.
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US shocker! Texas man kills 5 neighbours after they urged him to stop firing outside their house
World | Apr 30, 2023, 07:08 AM ISTThe suspect, identified as 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, remained at large more than 18 hours after the shooting and authorities warned that he might still be armed.
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US mass shooting: Multiple people shot in Washington; police begin manhunt for young Indian man
World | Apr 22, 2023, 09:36 AM ISTAs per reports, authorities are searching for a potentially armed suspect, a young Indian man associated with a black Honda car and wearing a hoodie.
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US mass shooting: 4 dead, 3 injured in Maine interstate firing spree; manhunt begins
World | Apr 19, 2023, 07:21 AM ISTThe crimes began in rural Bowdoin, where the bodies were found, and continued with gunfire 40 kilometres to the south on Interstate 295 in Yarmouth, police said. One of the three highway victims was critically wounded, police said.
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US: Louisville bank employee killed 5 his colleagues; live streams heinous act on Instagram I PICS
World | Apr 11, 2023, 09:24 AM ISTLouisville mass shooting: The live-streaming of such a tragic incident has again raised grave questions on social media platforms which have been claiming to place a proper mechanism to prohibit the promotion of heinous acts on their platforms.
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Islamic State mass killings now target Iraqi tribe
World | Nov 03, 2014, 10:08 PM ISTBaghdad: Islamic State group militants publicly shot dead 36 Sunni tribesmen, women and children Monday, an Iraqi official and a tribal leader said, pushing the total number of people the extremists have killed from the