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Images of police roadblocks, buildings on fire and dark smoke billowing into the air in Lagos, as Nigerians wake up in shock following an attack on peaceful demonstrators by armed forces. According to the Lagos Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, one person died due to "blunt force trauma to head" and that 25 others were wounded. Rights group Amnesty International had earlier said that "several" demonstrators were killed in the shooting, while there has been no independent confirmation of the death toll. IMAGES
Soldiers provide a security perimeter around an Orthodox church in Lyon, where a priest of Greek nationality was shot twice with a sawed-off shotgun around 4:00 pm local time. The perpetrator is on the run. (COMPLETE VIDI8UA9EA_EN) IMAGES
A few thousand of anti-government protesters defy a 24-hour curfew at Lekki Toll Gate in Nigeria's economic hub Lagos, as ordered by the state governor to curb the demonstrations, which went into effect at 4pm local time (1500 GMT). IMAGES
Russian police and special forces are on the scene outside of the Crocus City concert hall in Moscow's northern Krasnogorsk suburb, after gunmen opened fire killing more than 60 people and wounding over 100 while sparking an inferno. IMAGES
Ambulances arrive at a Moscow hospital after a deadly shooting at a suburban theatre killed an estimated 40 people an injured at least 100 more, according to Russia's FSB. Responsibility for the attack, which has left Russia reeling, has been claimed by the Islamic State group in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. IMAGES
An emergency services helicopter lands at a Moscow hospital after a deadly shooting at a suburban theatre killed an estimated 40 people an injured at least 100 more, according to Russia's FSB. Attackers dressed in camouflage uniforms opened fire on a rock concert and threw a grenade or incendiary bomb, setting off an inferno in the Crocus City Hall, according to a journalist for the RIA Novosti news agency at the scene. IMAGES