LAGOS FEBRUARY 2ND (NEWSRANGERS)- A former international football player was shot and killed in Mexico during a friendly game. During the game, Sergio Jáuregui, 38, was shot six times in Cuautla, Morelos’ Santa Inés neighborhood. The attacker reportedly opened fire at close range as the former Bolivian defender went to the bench to rehydrate. According…
LAGOS JUNE 30TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A shooting outside the United States Consulate in the port city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, has left two people dead — a Nepalese security guard and the gunman who initially opened fire. Officials in the US and Saudi Arabia confirmed the incident on Wednesday as investigations continue into the attack. “A person…
LAGOS MAY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman shot and killed eight people and wounded at least seven others at a busy mall north of Dallas on Saturday, police said. The gunman, whom authorities said they think acted alone and whose motive was not yet known, was killed by a police officer after he began firing outside of…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University, killing three people and wounding five more, before fatally shooting himself miles away after an hours-long manhunt that forced frightened students to hide in the dark. Police announced the man’s death early Tuesday, four hours after shootings broke out at Berkey Hall,…
LAGOS JULY 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Several people have been killed in a shooting at a shopping centre in the Danish capital Copenhagen, police say. Announcing the deaths, police chief Soeren Thomassen said a 22-year-old ethnic Dane” has been arrested in connection with the attack. Mr Thomassen said the motive was unclear, but that he could not rule…
LAGOS JUNE 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Gunmen attacked two churches in rural northwestern Nigeria on Sunday, killing three people, witnesses and a state official said, weeks after a similar attack in the West African nation left 40 worshippers dead. The attack in Kajuru area of Kaduna State targeted four villages, resulting in the abduction of unspecified number of…
LAGOS JUNE 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-A gunman opened fire on his co-workers at a manufacturing facility in northern Maryland on Thursday, killing multiple people before being taken into custody after a shootout with police. Washington County Sheriff Douglas Mullendore did not immediately identify the 23-year-old assailant, but told a news conference a state trooper stopped him as…
LAGOS MARCH 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Suspected gunmen on Thursday night attacked Jos Aviation quarters in the Heipang area of Plateau State and abducted some persons. “It was gathered the gunmen gained entrance into the quarters at about 8.15 pm and started shooting sporadically,” says a breaking news flashed by The Nation. It quted an unnamed source as…