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A man tied to criminal gangs was shot dead in a notroious Swedish no-go zone on Christmas day, as the country sets a fatal shootings record.

Riots broke out in Paris following a deadly shooting at a Kurdish Cultural Centre on Friday, with Kurdish demonstrators clashing with police.

BERLIN (AP) – German police say they have ended a hostage situation in the eastern city of Dresden, following reports of shots fired Saturday morning.

Philadelphia police released security footage that shows a gunman walk up behind a Philadelphia Parking Authority worker and shoot the worker in the head.

A North Carolina man is accused of pulling a stolen gun on a Wendy’s employee after “he became enraged when he didn’t receive sauce.”

Two people smugglers were arrested in Hungary on Monday after they shot at police with 21 asylum seekers crammed into their vehicle.

A suspected terrorist has stabbed one policeman to death and shot another in the chest with the slain officer’s service weapon, in Brussels, the national capital of Belgium and the principal capital of the European Union. 

A man in Marseille is just the latest victim of gun violence as the city suffers gang violence executed with illegal Kalashnikov rifles. 

Swedish police are sounding the alarm over the number of very young children that are being recruited and exploited by the country’s criminal gangs, including a child as young as nine who was caught in possession of a Glock pistol.

Several people were injured as a result of gun violence at a makeshift migrant camp in northern France this week, as some blame rivalries between migrant-smuggling gangs for the shootings.

A suspect who livestreamed at least one of his attacks killed four and wounded three others during a shooting spree that spanned nearly all of Wednesday and left behind eight crime scenes.

Following the shooting of a woman and a small child in a local playground, fearful children at a school in the Swedish city of Eskilstuna have reportedly asked if they can wear bulletproof vests.

New Orleans Saints starting safety Marcus Maye was booked Thursday on a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm. 

An interview published by The Guardian indicates that rock legend Ozzy Osbourne is fleeing his home in crime-ridden Los Angeles and returning to the U.K. because of gun crime.

A woman and her young child were shot at a playground in the city of Eskilstuna on Friday evening amid a surge in Swedish gun violence this year.

Just weeks before next month’s national election, Sweden has already matched its yearly record of fatal shootings.

Police launched an investigation following the tragic shooting of a nine-year-old girl in a Liverpool attack that also saw two others shot.

A man wielding a shotgun in the centre of the French city of Saint-Quentin was shot and injured this week after firing toward police while yelling “Allahu akbar!” Investigators have not ruled out a possible terror motive.

A man arrested for allegedly opening fire with a handgun inside the Australian capital of Canberra’s main airport has been named as Ali Rachid Ammoun.

(AFP) – A gunman fired around five shots inside Canberra’s main airport Sunday, sending passengers fleeing but injuring no one before he was detained by Australian police.

CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) – A man went on a shooting rampage in the streets of this western Montenegro city Friday, killing 10 people, including two children, before being shot dead by a passerby, officials said.

CETINJE, Montenegro (AP) — A man in Montenegro went on a shooting rampage after a family dispute, killing 11 people on the streets of a city before being shot dead in a gun battle with police, Montenegro state TV reported Friday, quoting police sources.

A 16-year-old girl was hospitalised on Friday after a shot was fired into a crowd in the multicultural city of Manchester, England.

Two men have been shot dead in a period of just 24 hours in London in separate incidents. 

The French city of Arles near Marseille has constructed a concrete block wall outside of a local school in an effort to protect students from stray gunfire after a 15-year-old was fatally shot last month. The wall, which is being

The multicultural city of Birmingham, England, experienced four shooting incidents over a three-day period, one of them fatal.

More than 50 people were shot over Fourth of July weekend in Mayor Eric Adam’s (D) New York City, at least three of whom died.

Danish police have confirmed several people have been shot amid an incident at a shopping mall in Copenhagen, with “several” killed.

A Swedish lawyer has been convicted by a court in Halmstad for tampering with evidence by planting a deactivated firearm to help get his client acquitted in a shooting case.

Swedish police warn the city may face rising shootings over a power vacuum among gangs after they arrested so many prominent criminals.

U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris added her voice Saturday to calls for bans on “assault weapons” following two deadly mass shootings that have rocked the country.

A nursery in Marseille has been closed after alleged Kalashnikov gunfire erupted nearby, scaring many of the children present at the pre-k.

Two migrants at a makeshift migrant camp were injured after ‘machine gun’-like gunfire broke out early Sunday afternoon.

Three home invaders have been sentenced for holding a gun to a man’s head in front of his son and fiancée and brutalising his pet dog during a burglary in multicultural Manchester.

Over 80 arrests have been made in London in a widespread and multi-force crackdown on drug gangs operating in and out of the capital city.

Expert Gunnar Appelgren has warned Sweden could be in for a “terrible year” fatal shootings could break records if current trends continue.