Posts Tagged ‘shot-dead’

Hegarty family are ‘overwhelmed’

Saturday, December 10th, 2011

The solicitor for the family of 15-year-old Daniel Hegarty who was shot dead by a soldier almost 40 years ago has said they are “overwhelmed” by the findings of an inquest jury.

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Hegarty family are ‘overwhelmed’

Former Springbok shot dead in bar

Sunday, November 13th, 2011

Former South Africa flanker Solly Tyibilika is shot dead in a bar on the outskirts of Cape Town.

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Former Springbok shot dead in bar

Syria Kills Opposition Leader

Saturday, October 8th, 2011

And shot dead several mourners.

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Syria Kills Opposition Leader

Man jailed for submarine murder

Monday, September 19th, 2011

A Royal Navy serviceman who shot dead a senior officer on board a nuclear submarine is jailed for life and told he must serve at least 25 years in prison.

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Man jailed for submarine murder

India information activist killed

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

A right to information activist is shot dead by an unidentified gunman in the northern Indian city of Bhopal, police say.

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India information activist killed

Breivik returns to crime island

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik returns to the island of Utoeya for a police reconstruction of how he shot dead 69 people there.

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Gang-fighting judge gunned down

Friday, August 12th, 2011

A Brazilian judge, Patricia Acioli, renowned for her work against organised crime, is shot dead in Rio de Janeiro State.

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Gang-fighting judge gunned down

Army killed innocent man: report

Thursday, August 11th, 2011

A Catholic shot dead by the Army in August 1971 in Northern Ireland was innocent, a report by the Historic Enquiries Team says.

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Brazil Amazon sees another murder

Wednesday, June 15th, 2011

A rural worker reportedly threatened by illegal loggers is shot dead in Brazil’s Amazon, land rights campaigners say – the sixth murder there in a month.

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Brazil Amazon sees another murder

Dead marine recently lost mother

Monday, June 6th, 2011

A Royal Marine shot dead in Afghanistan had lost his mother just weeks before he was deployed overseas.

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Dead marine recently lost mother

Anti-Baath chief killed in Iraq

Friday, May 27th, 2011

The head of a committee charged with purging Iraqi institutions of members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath party is shot dead in Baghdad.

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Anti-Baath chief killed in Iraq

Afghan ‘policeman’ kills Nato duo

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Two Nato soldiers are shot dead by a man dressed as an Afghan policeman in the latest of a spate of incidents involving gunmen in security uniforms targeting foreign forces.

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Father-of-six killed in Pakistan

Sunday, May 8th, 2011

A father-of-six from Greater Manchester who was on a business trip to Pakistan is shot dead in Lahore, his family says.

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Huge rival rallies in tense Yemen

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Tens of thousands of people gather in Yemen’s capital Sanaa for rival rallies, a week after some 50 people were shot dead at a protest.

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Huge rival rallies in tense Yemen

Four killed in Ivory Coast attack

Tuesday, March 15th, 2011

Four people are shot dead by gunmen in Ivory Coast’s main city, Abidjan, as violence continues to spread following disputed elections.

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Four killed in Ivory Coast attack