A 52-year-old Indian man died in the US after three masked men opened fire at him, leaving his wife and child injured, police said. Pinal Patel and his family had arrived home from work when three masked individuals with guns targeted them last week on Thoroughbred Lane in Georgia, the Bibb County Sheriff's Office said. Upon arrival, deputies found Patel, his wife Rupalben, and child Bhakti, suffering from gunshot wounds in the driveway of their home. The family was transported to Atrium Health where Patel was pronounced dead on arrival by Deputy Coroner Luann Stone. Rupalben and her daughter were listed in stable condition, the police said.
Student from Andhra dies
A 23-year-old student from Andhra Pradesh died after being struck by a police patrol vehicle in Seattle. Jaahnavi Kandula, a student of Northeastern University campus in South Lake Union, was walking near Dexter Avenue North and Thomas Street when she was hit by a Seattle Police vehicle, media reported. Just after 8 pm, police came on the site and began performing CPR as soon as they discovered Kandula had serious injuries. Later, she was taken in serious condition to Harborview Medical Center, where she passed away from her wounds.
Two Indians drowned in NZ
Two Indian men, who were roommates in New Zealand, drowned when a rogue wave hit them while trying to swim in one of the most dangerous spots at Piha Beach, according to media reports. The deceased, identified as Saurin Nayankumar Patel, 28, and Anshul Shah, 31, spent 30 minutes at the beach in North Island last week before tragedy struck, New Zealand Herald newspaper reported. They were described as “non-swimmers” by their families. The two hailed from Ahmedabad in Gujarat and were roommates in Auckland. A friend of the two, Hiren Patel, said another friend, Apurv Modi, was also in the water when a rogue wave pulled the trio apart. Patel was an electrical engineer who arrived in New Zealand in August last year, while Shah worked as a cashier at a gas station and came here in November.
Imran ally sent to jail for two weeks
A Pakistani court sent to jail for two weeks a senior ally of former PM Imran Khan, after his arrest over allegations that he threatened the chief of the elections oversight body and other government officials. Khan’s supporter Fawad Chaudhry was arrested from Lahore following a complaint from the Election Commission of Pakistan, which has accused him of threatening its head, Sikandar Sultan Raja, and other officials. The government says Chaudhry’s threats were meant to prevent the commission’s officials from performing their duties and inciting people to violence against them, a charge Chaudhry’s lawyer Babar Awan denied.
10 children die in Pak boat capsize
At least 10 children were killed when a boat carrying school students capsized in Pakistan, officials said. Around eight students were still missing while seven injured had been taken to hospital, according to officials in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where the accident took place. Kohat district commissioner Mahmood Aslam said 50 students from a religious school, had gathered near Tanda lake for a picnic. Twenty-five had ventured out on the water - which was closed by authorities - on a boat. The pupils who died were aged between seven and 12 years old.
3rd shooting In 8 days In California kills 7
A gunman killed seven people at two agricultural businesses in Northern California, plunging the state into mourning again in the wake of its third mass killing in eight days. Officers arrested a suspect, 67-year-old Chunli Zhao, after they found him in his car in the parking lot of a sheriff's substation, San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus said. Seven people were found dead and an eighth injured at a farm and another location several miles away, the Sheriff’s Office said. Officials believe Zhao worked at one of the facilities and that the victims were workers as well, Corpus said. Officials haven’t determined a motive for the shooting.
Finnish zoo plans to return giant pandas to China
A cash-strapped Finnish zoo said it was preparing to return two giant pandas on loan from China as it could no longer afford their upkeep. The pandas were brought to Finland in January 2018, nine months after Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Nordic country and signed a joint agreement on protecting the animals. Ahtari Zoo, a private company which had hoped the pandas would bring visitors, said it had instead accumulated mounting debts as the pandemic curbed travel.
Meta to reinstate Trump’s FB and Insta accounts
Facebook parent Meta is reinstating former President Donald Trump’s personal account, ending a two-year suspension it imposed in the wake of the January 6 insurrection. The firm said it was adding “new guardrails” to ensure there are no “repeat offenders” who violate its rules, even if they are political candidates or world leaders. “The public should be able to hear what their politicians are saying so that they can make informed choices at the ballot box,” wrote Nick Clegg, Meta’s vice-president of global affairs. He said that when there is a “clear risk” to real-world harm, Meta would intervene.
Man attacks 2 churches in Spain, kills 1
One clergyman was killed and another seriously injured when a 25-year-old Moroccan wielding a machete attacked two churches in southern Spain. The suspect was arrested after the man attacked several people at the churches of San Isidro and Nuestra Senora de La Palma in the southern port city of Algeciras. Police said they took the suspect to his home for detectives to conduct a search, a spokesman for Spain’s National Police said. He is expected to be transferred to the Spanish capital Madrid to appear before an HC judge on terrorism charges, police and court sources said. Police denied reports that the suspect had been under surveillance before the attack.
Teacher shot at by 6-year-old to sue school
An American elementary school teacher shot by her six-year-old student plans to file a lawsuit against school authorities saying they ignored multiple warnings over the threat, her lawyer said. In the hours before the boy shot his teacher, administrators at the Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia, were warned three times that the boy might have a gun, attorney Diane Toscano said, including requests from employees to search the boy’s pockets and a report from another child who said that the boy had shown him the gun. Toscano said that on January 6 her client Abigail Zwerner, 25, told school administrators that the boy had threatened to beat up another child. “But the school administration could not be bothered,” she said.
