Mass Shootings

'Unspeakable tragedy': Several shoppers killed, injured as gunman opens fire in Texas Mall

Authorities initially thought there might be a second shooter at Allen Premium Outlets, a sprawling shopping complex in the city of Allen, 25 miles (40 kilometers) north of Dallas

Flowers, Teddy Bears And Ballet Shoes: Serbia's Belgrade mourns children who died in school shooting

A day after a 13-year-old opened fire on Wednesday at Belgrade's Vladislav Ribnikar school, thousands of people lined up to lay flowers, light candles and leave toys to remember the victims of the shooting. At least eight children and a security guard were killed in the attack

Canada re-introduces bill to ban sale of all types of 'assault' weapons

According to reports, a firearms advisory committee will also be put in place which will offer suggestions on how to categorise the current crop of weaponry for sale

Even as US mass shootings continue, 2024 Republican hopefuls back NRA: Why is the gun lobby so powerful?

In the backdrop of a mass shooting in Alabama’s Dadeville, the 2024 Republican hopefuls including Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, and Nikki Haley spent their weekend at the National Rifle Association Convention in Indiana vowing to stand up for guns. Let’s take a look at why

NRA convention draws top Republican presidential contenders after days after devastating mass shootings

The three-day event began on Friday with hundreds of the group's most active members congregating at the convention centre in Indianapolis, including a number of major Republican presidential contenders

'Family's Worst Nightmare': Horror and grief take over Nashville after school shooting

An armed former student identified as Audrey Hale shot through the doors of an elementary school in Nashville and killed three children and three staff, before being shot dead by police. The massacre was the latest mass shooting in a nation that has grown more alarmed by violence in schools

What's prompting more Asian Americans to taking up guns in the US?

Gun ownership has increased among all groups, but particularly among communities of colour, including Asian Americans, as a result of growing security concerns, many of which are linked to the pandemic and an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes

More mass shootings than days of the year: The grim reality of gun violence in the US

Since the beginning of 2023, the US has seen 36 mass shootings with the Monterey Park massacre on Saturday being the 33rd such incident, says Gun Violence Archive. Despite its gun safety bill introduced last year, firearms deaths continue to haunt America

More mass shootings are happening at grocery stores – 13% shooters are motivated by racial hatred, criminologists find

Mass public shootings in which four or more people are killed have become more frequent, and deadly, in the last decade. And the tragedy in Buffalo is the latest in a recent trend of mass public shootings taking place in retail establishments

Southern Baptist church's teachings on gender, sexuality come under scanner after Atlanta shootings

Purity culture focuses on abstinence outside traditional heterosexual marriage and dangers in girls’ and women’s sexuality. In particular, purity culture teaches that girls and women are responsible for boys’ and men’s sexuality and that they may cause boys and men to sin through expressions of their own sexuality.