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Added on the 13/06/2016 18:02:04 - Copyright : Reuters EN
Police and firefighters guard the area around a post office in Japan's Warabi city late Tuesday as a suspected gunman holds an unknown number of people hostage. IMAGES
Police officers are seen outside Schemengees Bar & Grille, one of the locations where a gunman carried out a mass shooting that resulted in 18 deaths in Lewiston, Maine. Police has waged a major manhunt for the gunman. The rampage also left 13 people wounded, three of them in critical condition, with a wide area under lockdown as schools were closed, roadblocks erected and residents ordered to stay indoors. IMAGES
Forensic police investigate the scene where the body of councilman Bolivar Vera of the Ecuadorian western municipality of Duran was found, killed following his kidnapping, according to prosecutors. Duran was murdered in a new episode of political violence that is shaking Ecuador just weeks before the presidential vote. IMAGES
Police stand at the scene of a knife attack at an Islamic centre in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. According to a statement, the attacker wielding a "large knife" killed two and wounded several others at the Ismaili Muslim centre. IMAGES
Police investigate the scene where a Northern Irish police officer was shot on the evening of Wednesday 22 February 2022. The off-duty officer was injured was at a youth sports ground when the shooting took place. The police say that 'violent dissident republicans' are the prime focus of their search for suspects. IMAGES