Tag: kills
Nepal quake kills Google executive in Mt. Everest avalanche
A Google executive and self-described adventurer was among 10 people killed at a Mount Everest base camp in an avalanche triggered by a major...
Tiger kills zookeeper in east China
Nanchang (China)- A zookeeper died after being attacked by a tiger at a zoo in east China's Jiangxi Province on Friday, local authorities reported.
The...
Stampede at Hindu bathing site in Bangladesh kills 10
Dhaka- Anisur Rahman, Chief Administrator of Narayanganj District, Bangladesh, has that more than 10 Hindu devotees were killed in a stampede during an annual...
13-year-old kills brother, 6; wounds another, 16 – Police
HUDSON, Fla. (AP) — A young teenager shot his two brothers Wednesday during an argument over food, killing one and wounding the other, before...
U.S. drone strike kills 11 Pakistani Taliban in Afghanistan, sources say
By Saud Mehsud
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A U.S. drone strike killed 11 Pakistani Taliban militants in northeastern Afghanistan, including six or seven...
Nigeria military says it kills 300 Boko Haram insurgents as neighbours...
* Cameroon, Chad pound Islamists in border village
* Regional cooperation has resulted in several victories
* No independent confirmation of Nigeria's claim
* Successes good for...
Female suicide bomber attacks motor park in Damaturu, kills 8
A female suicide bomber on Sunday attacked a motor park in Damaturu, Yobe state.
The female bomber blew up herself and eight other people.
The Police...
Cholera outbreak kills 19 in flood-hit Mozambique
MAPUTO - Mouzinho Saide, Mozambique Deputy Health Minister, said cholera outbreak
in parts of Mozambique hit by floods has killed 19 people.
He said on Wednesday...
Boko Haram kills 31 Muslims in northern Cameroon
YAOUNDE - The Defence Ministry on Thursday said Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram
killed 31 Muslims when it burnt three mosques in northern Cameroon.
Defence Minister...
Bird flu: Plateau govt. destroys 7 poultry farms, kills 20,000 birds
JOS - The Plateau government on Wednesday confirmed the outbreak of Avian Influenza,
saying that it had destroyed seven poultry farms affected by the bird...
Chad army says kills 120 Boko Haram militants in Cameroon
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian forces have killed 120 militants from Boko Haram in a battle in the north of neighbouring Cameroon that began when...
Artillery fire kills at least 12 civilians in Donetsk
DONETSK, Ukraine (AP) — Artillery fire killed at least 12 civilians in the main rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Friday amid fierce fighting between...
Suicide Bomber Kills 4 In Potiskum
A suicide bomb attack has killed at least 5 people in Potiskum, Yobe State, North East Nigeria.
An official of the National Union of Road...
Cholera kills 20 in Rivers, says Commissioner
Port Harcourt- The Commissioner for Health in Rivers, Dr Sampson Parker, on Wednesday said that cholera outbreak in 11 communities in the State had claimed...
Bad beer kills at least 69 people in Mozambique
MAPUTO - No fewer than 69 people died over the weekend in Mozambique after drinking home-brewed beer, a local government official reported on Monday.
Paula...
Child suicide bomber kills at least 16 in Maiduguri
By Lanre Ola and Isaac Abrak
MAIDUGURI/KADUNA, Nigeria (Reuters) - A bomb strapped to a girl aged around 10 years old exploded in a busy...
Pakistan intensify fight against terror, kills 2,100 terrorists – Envoy
ABUJA - Pakistani High Commissioner to Nigeria, retired Lt.-Gen. Asraf Saleem, said that the country has intensified its fight against terrorism, killing about 2,100...
Explosion kills 2 in Adamawa
Yola- A blast suspected to be from an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Sunday claimed two lives in Dahlehi Community in the Maiha Local Government...
Breaking: Plane crash kills 4; girl survives
A disoriented seven-year-old US girl has walked to a home in the US state of Kentucky to report that her plane had crashed, police...
Tragedy: Shanghai New Year crush ‘kills 35
A crush at a New Year's Eve celebrations in Shanghai has killed 35 people and injured some 42 others, Chinese state media report.
The crush...