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Added on the 10/04/2015 07:12:20 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
A Philadelphia police officer survived an ambush by a gunman who claimed he carried out the attack “in the name of Islam” according a statement by the city’s police commissioner.
A security guard at a federal building in Lower Manhattan was killed by a lone gunman at around 5 p.m on Friday. The gunman then killed himself near the scene of the first shooting.
Aerial images show Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, where a 14-year-old gunman killed four people and injured nine others, and a stadium where students sought shelter during the shooting. IMAGES
Police guard the crime scene and forbid access to neighbouring streets on the morning after a knife attack at a festival that killed three people and wounded several others. IMAGES
Hundreds of Bangladeshi students gather in the capital Dhaka at the site of a planned demonstration by supporters of the ousted premier Sheikh Hasina. Some wielded bamboo rods, vowing to quash any show of strength by Hasina supporters. IMAGES