Tag: injured
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4 people injured as 2-storey building collapses in portharcourt
An appendage of a two-storey building on Thursday collapsed in Port Harcourt, Rivers state and injured four persons. The building belonging to the 1708 Hotel in the Rumuoke area of the state capital collapsed at 6:15 a.m. when the residents were still asleep. The Rivers State Commissioner for Works, Emeka Woke, who visited the scene…
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Violence in France escalates overnight, 249 Policemen injured
French President Emmanuel Macron was Friday to chair a new crisis meeting of ministers after a third straight night of nationwide protests over the deadly police shooting of a teenager saw cars torched, shops ransacked and hundreds arrested. The overnight unrest followed a march on Thursday in memory of the 17-year-old, named Nahel, whose death…
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Police neutralise 14 trying to kill 4 kidnappers in custody
Not fewer than 14 people have been shot dead by Police in Madagascar and 28 others injured after they tried to break into a police station to kill four men accused of kidnapping an albino child. The kidnapping took place last week, according to Razafintsiandraofa, an MP for the Ikongo district, about 80 kilometers southeast…
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7 die, 7 injured in Christmas Day accident on Sagamu-Benin Highway
Seven persons were killed, while seven others sustained injuries on Saturday in an accident involving a Mercedes Benz luxury bus at Ososa Bridge on the Sagamu-Benin Expressway. Mr Ahmed Umar, Sector Commander of the FRSC in Ogun confirmed the incident in Abeokuta. Umar said the accident occurred at 12:20 a.m. and it was caused by…
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9 die, 11 others injured in auto crash in Niger State
Nine persons were killed and 11 others injured in an auto crash on Kutigi-Mokwa Road in Niger State on Monday. The Sector Commander of the FRSC in the state, Mr Musa Mohammed, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Minna that the four vehicles involved got burnt. “Two Daf tankers, a Sharon…
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Halloween party shooting in Texas leaves one dead, nine injured
A shooting at a Halloween party in Texarkana, Texas, left one person dead and nine others injured, the Texarkana Police Department said Sunday. Officers responded to reports of a shooting at Octavia’s Event Center in the 2300 block of Texas Boulevard shortly before midnight and “encountered a large number of people running from the…
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Hundreds injured in renewed fighting at Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque
The Red Crescent organisation on Monday reported that 215 people were injured, four of them serious, with over 150 sent to hospital after the fight at al-Aqsa Mosque. The fight, between Israeli security forces and protesters that left hundreds injured was prompted by a dispute about access to parts of the Old City and attempts…
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BLACK SUNDAY: Many feared dead, several boarding students injured in Lagos explosion [Videos]
Several persons were feared dead following the explosion at Ashoba (near Abule Odo) in Amuwo Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos. Also, reports on the incident revealed that students of Bethlehem Girls, a boarding school in Amuwo were seriously injured in the unfortunate incident. The aftershocks of the explosion were reportedly felt in Okota…
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Injured Arsenal’s Ramsey out for three weeks
Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey will be out for up to three weeks with a hamstring injury, Gunners manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed. Ramsey, 26, picked up the problem against Southampton on Saturday. Arsenal have four Premier League games and a Carabao Cup quarter-final against the Hammers left this month, then host Chelsea on 3 January…
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12 Tanzanian peacekeepers killed, 40 others injured in DR Congo – UN
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres on Friday said at least twelve United Nations peacekeepers have been killed in clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Guterres said early reports suggested 12 Tanzanian peacekeepers were killed on Thursday evening in the North Kivu region in the east of the country. Another 40 were…