Showing posts with label attack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label attack. Show all posts

Friday, August 12, 2022

Salman Rushdie's attack: Witness discusses the moment

 


Carl LeVan was a witness at an event at the Chautauqua Institution at the time when Salman Rushdie was attacked.

Mr LeVan said: "It was just an absolutely, horrific thing to witness."

Sunday, May 31, 2020

Minneapolis police shoot at, threaten to arrest DW reporter | DW News


More than a dozen US cities have imposed night-time curfews as protests rage over the death of a black man in police custody. DW's Stefan Simons spent the night covering the story in Minneapolis. On two separate occasions he and his crew had encounters with the authorities while doing their jobs as reporters. In the first incident, Stefan told us the police shot at him.

Friday, June 26, 2015

Several killed as gunmen attack Tunisia tourist hotel



At least seven killed near Sousse, with ongoing exchanges of gunfire reported between attackers and security forces.


The attack was on the Imperial Marhaba hotel, local radio said, according to the Reuters news agency. Other reports indicated that two hotels may have been attacked.
Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri, reporting from Tunis, said that local reports indicated that gunmen may have specifically targeted tourists at the resort - but that the reports have not yet been confirmed. 

There were no other details immediately available.
Tunisia has been on high alert since March when gunmen attacked the Bardo museum in Tunis, killing a group of foreign tourists in one of the worst attacks in a decade in the North African country.
Our correspondent said that the new attack would be another blow to the country's economy, which relies heavily on tourism. 

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Tunis attack: Gunmen kill tourists in museum raid




At least seven foreign tourists and a Tunisian have been killed after gunmen targeted a museum in the the Tunisian capital, officials say.

There were unconfirmed reports that tourists from several European countries had been taken hostage.

The shooting happened at the Bardo Museum, which is next to the parliament building in central Tunis.

At the time of the attack deputies were discussing anti-terrorism legislation. Parliament has now been evacuated.


An interior ministry spokesman told Reuters that two militants were holed up inside the museum, surrounded by security forces.


The museum, renowned for its collection of antiquities, is a major tourist attraction in Tunis.






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