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Added on the 03/08/2023 21:21:24 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Locals clear up damage outside the mosque in Southport, north west England, after around 100 people believed to be supporters of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) rioted and targeted the building, injuring 39 police officers on Tuesday night. The violence broke out shortly after a vigil was held in the town centre for victims of a mass stabbing in which three children were killed. IMAGES
Bolivia's dismissed army commander Juan Jose Zuniga is arrested after commanding a coup attempt against President Luis Arce. Zuniga was captured and taken to a police vehicle outside a military barracks. "You are under arrest my general!" says Vice Minister Jhonny Aguilera. IMAGES
Military police close Plaza Murillo as soldiers and tanks are deployed outside government buildings and tried to knock down a door of the presidential palace. IMAGES
A damning Justice Department report cites "major failures" by Texas police who waited until 21 people had been killed by a mass shooter at a school before finally intervening. Nineteen young children and two teachers were killed when a teenage gunman went on a rampage at Robb Elementary School in May 2022 in America's worst school shooting in a decade. Police eventually shot and killed the gunman. SOUNDBITE
Peruvian police officers in the capital Lima board a plane bound for the northern border with Ecuador, after Peru put the border under a state of emergency following the security crisis that erupted in the neighboring country. Ecuador's president has given orders to "neutralize" criminal gangs after gunmen stormed and opened fire in a TV studio, as bandits threatened random executions on a second day of terror in the country. IMAGES