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07 Apr 2011 17:09

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World: Brazilian school shooting: A heartbreaking atrocity

  • 12 children killed in the worst school shooting in Brazil’s history source
  • » Hard to find the words: Authorities say that a former student, 23-year-old Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, reportedly committed the heinous atrocity. According to a janitor, Dorival Porto Rafael: “He came into the class saying he was going to give a talk. He went to an eighth-grade class, on the [ground floor], and without saying anything took out a pistol from his bag and started firing. The police arrived and he tried to go up to the next floor, but when he saw he was surrounded he shot himself in the head.” An unspecified number of children were also severely wounded. This is horrible; we’ll keep them in our thoughts.

28 Mar 2010 12:04

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World: Mass killings in the Democratic Republic of Congo under-reported

  • 321+ were reported killed
    in the December
    attacks by the Lord’s Resistance Army
  • 180+ were abducted by Congo rebels, 80 of them children, Human Rights Watch says
  • yes the UN knew about the attacks, but says communication lines are weak source

10 Nov 2009 20:39

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06 Nov 2009 13:34

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07 Sep 2009 11:05

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World: Three Islamic extremists convicted of huge terror plot in U.K.

The conviction of three guys for an airline bombing plot means that the slowest news day in history – Labor Day – is now just a little faster. source

05 Sep 2009 01:08

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U.S.: 911 caller arrested for mass slayings in Georgia

  • 8 number of 1st-degree murder charges Guy Heinze Jr. faces source

31 Aug 2009 21:02

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U.S.: The 911 tape in that Georgia mass murder was released

  • I just got home. I was out last night. I got home just now, and everybody’s dead. … My whole family’s dead. It looks like they’ve been beaten to death.
  • Guy Heinze Jr. • In the 911 call he made Saturday morning in the wake of finding his family dead. The Brunswick, Ga. resident was arrested Sunday for having drugs (including marijuana), evidence tampering and obstructing justice. He’s not yet a suspect, although he hasn’t been ruled out. • source
 

07 Aug 2009 19:56

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U.S.: Worst PR ever: The Gun Source adds the LA Fitness killer to its list

The Virginia Tech shooter, the Northern Illinois shooter and now the LA Fitness shooter can claim to have bought guns or accessories from TGSCOM Inc. source

19 Mar 2009 10:56

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Culture, U.S.: Here’s what Charles Manson looks like nowadays

The infamous mass murderer still looks pretty menacing even though he’s really old. He’s been in prison most of his life now. source

17 Mar 2009 10:22

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Tech: Someone figured out how to use lasers for mass murder – of mosquitoes.

One laser can “toast millions of mosquitoes in a few minutes.” Will PETA complain? source