Five dead in shooting at Kentucky bank
Summary
- Five people have been killed in a shooting at a bank in the US city of Louisville, Kentucky
- One of those killed was the suspected shooter who police believe was a former employee of the bank
- Eight people were injured and have been taken to hospital, including one police officer
- The Kentucky governor fought back tears as he said the officer had been trying to protect the people of Louisville
- Witnesses told US media the gunman opened fire in the bank's conference room
- Members of the public have been asked to stay away from the 300 block area of East Main
There have been more than 140 mass shootings in the United States so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a "mass shooting" as one in which at least four victims are shot, injured or killed.
Today, 10 April, is the 100th day of the year, meaning there's been more mass shootings in America than days in the year. A grim distinction for a country that's extremely divided over how to deal with the scourge of gun violence.
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Bangladeshi who spoke to DW about police brutality, arrested
Nafiz Mohammed Alam appeared in a DW investigation on Bangladesh's counterterrorism force RAB last week. DW has established that he is now being held in jail in Dhaka.
A 23-year-old Bangladeshi man who recounted his experience of being brutally tortured to DW's investigative unit at the hands of Bangladesh's elite counterterrorism force — the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) — was arrested on Sunday night, just days after the story was published.
What we know about Alam's arrest
Arafatul Islam — who was part of DW's investigative team — spoke with close contacts of Alam, who confirmed that police had taken him from his apartment in Dhaka at around 6:30 p.m. local time (12:30 GMT). He was then taken to a local police station where he was being held.
Abdul Ahad, the Deputy Commissioner of Gulshan Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police, later confirmed Alam's arrest to DW.
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Monday's march took place in the northern West Bank — the scene of repeated violence in recent months. Thousands of Israeli police and army forces were reportedly deployed to secure the march, which added to the already combustible atmosphere that has accompanied the overlap of major Jewish and Muslim holy days. Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have reached a fever pitch in recent weeks surrounding the Jerusalem shrine.
Japan says it is following China's Taiwan drills with 'great interest'
By Satoshi Sugiyama and Ben Blanchard
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China announced the three days of drills on Saturday, after Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen returned to Taipei following a meeting in Los Angeles with U.S. House of Representative Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
China claims democratically-governed Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under Beijing's control.
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Some shoot out of the soft rock like reptiles bathing in the sun. Others are mysterious depressions resembling an ancient board game played all over the world. And a few are straight-up puzzling.
On a desolate and windswept corner of Qatar’s northeastern coast, among the sand dunes of the barren desert, lies Al Jassasiya, the Gulf country’s largest and most important rock art site.
Here, people centuries ago used a series of low-lying limestone outcrops as a canvas on which they carved symbols, motifs and objects that they observed in their environment.
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