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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has ordered a speedy investigation after a veteran crime journalist was shot dead on Friday. Giorgos Karaivaz was shot at least six times with a silenced weapon by two men on a moped outside his home in Athens. His death “shocked us all,” said a …

A 21-year-old mobile money vendor, Joseph Amoah, was attacked Friday night by armed robbers at Ahinkofi-krom near Kojokrom within the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis in the Western Region. According to him, the incident happened around 7:00pm when two young men approached him to withdraw some money. But one of them pulled out …

A journalist working with Kenya’s state broadcaster was shot dead at her home in the outcasts of the capital Nairobi. Two gunmen entered Betty Barasa’s home as she was driving in from work on Wednesday evening. They ordered her husband and children to lie on the ground and one of the gunmen …

A 32-year-old man has been shot dead in a fuel station robbery attack at Akyem Osiem in Abuakwa South Municipality of the Eastern Region. One person also sustained gunshot wounds. The Akyem Tafo District Police Crime Officer ASP Fred Kpetigo confirmed that the incident occurred on Monday, April 5, 2021, …

  Two 16-year-old boys were shot dead in Newclare, Johannesburg, while a third young man and two other people were injured. Police spokesperson Brigadier Mathapelo Peters said information at this point suggests that somebody fired shots at three young men who were walking near the corner of Hamilton and Polack …

More than 100 cattle and calves worth about GHC 500,000 belonging to different individuals have been shot and killed by unknown persons between two farming communities namely Komendaa and Hindu in the Kintampo South District of the Bono East Region. The animals are kept at their local ranch located between …

  Kwaku Atimba, a 36-year-old man has been allegedly mistaken for game and shot to death in a hunting expedition at Kplesu, near Krachi in the East Municipality of the Oti Region. The deceased reportedly went to his usual hunting and was expecting to come home the following day but …

A former Nigerian beauty queen and doctorate student from Philadelphia has been shot dead while sitting in her car in front of her family’s home. Her parents are now in hiding out of fear for their lives. Najeebat Sule, 24, who was known to her loved ones as Najee, was …

Two teenagers were shot dead in Westbury, while two men were seriously injured in the same incident. Image: 123RF/Roger Lamkin It was a bloody Thursday as two teenage boys were shot dead at a residence in Westbury, Johannesburg. ER24 spokesperson Russel Meiring said two boys, believed to be 15 and 16, …

An unidentified man has been shot dead by armed men at Kasoa Opeikuma junction, in the Awutu Senya East municipality of the Central Region. The incident according to eyewitnesses happened around 1: 30 pm on Wednesday. An eyewitness who spoke to EIB’s Yaw Boagyan said the armed men on motorbikes …