Lisbon: funicular railway crash ‘due partly to overtourism’
A tragic derailment of Lisbon’s historic Glória funicular railway has left 16 dead and 21 injured, after a carriage broke free and crashed into a hotel. The popular railway, dating back to 1885…
USA: two children killed in shooting at Catholic school in Minneapolis
Tragedy struck Minneapolis when a gunman opened fire during a worship service at a Catholic school, killing two children aged eight and ten and injuring at least seventeen others. The attacker, 23-year-old Robin…
Bangladesh: at least fifty killed after jet crashes into school
A tragic accident occurred in Dhaka when a military training jet crashed into Milestone School and College, killing at least twenty people and injuring more than 186. The F-7 aircraft, which had just…
Liverpool tragedy: 79 injured, driver charged with multiple offences
Police have been continuing to question a 53-year-old man from West Derby, Liverpool, after a car ploughed into a crowd during Liverpool FC’s victory parade on 26 May. Authorities were granted extended time…
Sweden: ten dead after school shooting
A mass shooting at an adult education centre in Örebro has left ten people dead, including the suspected gunman, in what prime minister Ulf Kristersson called ‘the worst mass shooting in Swedish history’.…
Serbia: 13-year-old kills nine
There is an awful silence hanging over the steep hill on which Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school sits. On 3 May, a 13-year-old entered the school, armed with two guns, and shot dead eight…
USA: another shooting tragedy
Twelve people, including a police officer, were killed on 7 November at a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. When the shooting began at 23:20 local time, at least 200 people were enjoying a…
