The seizure of more than 300 boys brought immediate comparisons to the 2014 kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls. But an anguishing six days later, a state governor said the boys had been released.
Tag: School Shootings and Armed Attacks
Hundreds of Students Feared Missing After Attack at Nigeria School
Hundreds of Nigerian students are feared missing after gunmen raided a secondary school in the northern state of Katsina. The military later exchanged fire with the attackers in a forest.
Vienna Shooting Leaves at Least 2 Dead
A gunman killed by the police was an Islamic State “sympathizer,” Austria’s interior minister said. The police were searching for possible accomplices on Tuesday morning.
Gunmen Attack Afghanistan’s Kabul University, Killing at Least 19
The siege lasted six hours as Afghan forces and U.S. commandos hunted and killed three gunmen. An Afghan branch of the Islamic State was reported to have claimed responsibility.
Suspect Stalked French School Before Beheading Teacher, Officials Say
The suspect, a Russian immigrant, was angered by a classroom display of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad and sought help identifying the teacher involved.
In Rare Mexico School Shooting, Student Kills a Teacher and Wounds Others
The governor said the 11-year-old boy may have been influenced by a violent video game.
Hero in U.N.C. Charlotte Shooting Is Honored in New ‘Star Wars’ Book
A short paragraph tells the story of a Jedi Master and historian named Ri-Lee Howell who collected “many of the earliest accounts of exploration and codifications of The Force.”
A Professor’s Killing Sends a Chill Through a Campus in Pakistan
A student said he killed Prof. Khalid Hameed, a well-liked teacher, because he insulted Islam. Now his colleagues are being very careful about what they say.
Attack at School in China Leaves at Least 8 Children Dead
The police said they had arrested a 40-year-old male suspect, but the local authorities did not mention the method of attack or a possible motive.
We Wanted to Know How Online Radicalization Was Changing the World. We Started With Brazil.
What we found there, for an article and an episode of “The Weekly,” went far beyond anything we had anticipated, with important, disturbing lessons for us all.