Tag: attack
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Spanish friar killed and multiple injured in monastery attack, suspect remains at large
One friar is dead and several more are injured after a man attacked a Spanish monastery, officials said. The man entered the Monastery of Santo Espíritu del Monte in Gilet, Spain around 9:30 a.m. local time on Saturday, the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Franciscan Order said in a statement. He “burst into…
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Amsterdam bans demonstrations after antisemitic attack on soccer fans
Amsterdam bans demonstrations after antisemitic attack on soccer fans – CBS News Watch CBS News Amsterdam has banned demonstrations through the weekend after what authorities are calling an antisemitic attack on Israeli soccer fans. Crowds of people assaulted the fans after Thursday night’s match between a Dutch team and a Tel Aviv team. Dozens have…
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More than 60 arrested in Amsterdam attack on Israeli soccer fans
More than 60 arrested in Amsterdam attack on Israeli soccer fans – CBS News Watch CBS News Israeli soccer fans were violently attacked in Amsterdam on Thursday night in what Dutch authorities are calling an antisemitic incident. Police say at least 62 people have been arrested in connection to the attacks. CBS News foreign correspondent…
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Tennessee woman shoots monkey who tried to attack her, police say
A Tennessee woman shot a vervet monkey she said tried to attack her, according to police. The monkey later died from its wounds at the Chattanooga Zoo. The woman, whose name was not released, went to feed her cats Thursday afternoon in Thrasher, Tennessee, when the monkey approached her and tried to attack her, a…
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Kenyan man convicted of plotting 9/11-style attack on U.S.
A Kenyan man was convicted Monday of plotting a 9/11-style attack on a U.S. building on behalf of the terrorist organization al-Shabab. A federal jury in Manhattan found Cholo Abdi Abdullah guilty on all six counts he faced for conspiring to hijack an aircraft and slam it into a building, according to court records. He’s…
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Iranian-American held in Iran as tensions high following Israeli attack on country, U.S. says
An Iranian-American journalist who once worked for a U.S. government-funded broadcaster is believed to have been detained by Iran for months now, authorities said Sunday, further raising the stakes as Tehran threatens to retaliate over an Israeli attack on the country. The imprisonment of Reza Valizadeh, acknowledged to CBS News and the Associated Press by the…
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Iran’s supreme leader threatens U.S. and Israel with “a crushing response” over Israeli attack
Iran’s supreme leader on Saturday threatened Israel and the U.S. with “a crushing response” over attacks on Iran and its allies. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke as Iranian officials are increasingly threatening to launch yet another strike against Israel after its Oct. 26 attack on the Islamic Republic that targeted military bases and other locations and killed at…
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Maui surfer loses part of leg in shark attack, officials say
A shark bit a Maui surfer Friday morning and severed his leg, authorities said. The man, 61, was surfing off Waiehu Beach Park Friday morning in a surf spot known as Sand Piles when a shark bit him,” Maui County said in a news release. Police officers who arrived to the scene first tried to…