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French gendarmes and police stand at the scene of a shooting incident near the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, June 6, 2017. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

Notre Dame Hammer Attacker Shot after Attacking Police

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 6, 2017 | World

French police shot and wounded a man who attacked officers with a hammer outside the Notre Dame cathedral on Tuesday and the Paris prosecutor’s office swiftly launched a counter-terrorism investigation. The perpetrator has yelled “This is for Syria”...

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A Dallas Police officer hugs a child who came to pay respects at a makeshift memorial at Dallas Police Headquarters following the multiple police shootings in Dallas, Reuters

U.S. Officials: Dallas Shooter Had a Bigger Attack in Mind

by Heba El Koudsy | Jul 12, 2016 | World

Washington-Dallas Police Chief David Brown defended his department usage of a bomb-carrying robot to kill the suspect in the shooting that took place Thursday evening. Brown said in a press release that the suspect brutally killed police officers thus he would take...

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A Police man prepares near a cinema where an armed man barricaded himself in Viernheim, southern Germany, on June 23, 2016. No patrons of a German cinema stormed by an armed man were hurt and all have been released, Hesse state interior minister Peter Beuth said, A.F.P

Police Shoot Dead Masked Man who Took Hostages in German Cinema

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jun 23, 2016 | World

A masked man took hostages at a cinema in western Germany on Thursday before police stormed the complex and shot him dead, police said. No other people were injured, a police spokesman stated. The attacker, who carried a rifle or “long gun”, acted alone...