Sentences with phrase «by gunmen from»

In 2004, Munch's iconic «Scream» was stolen by gunmen from a museum but was recovered a year later.

The Foreign Office had advised against all travel to Lebanon following the seizure of most of western Beirut by gunmen from the Shia militant group Hizbullah.

Five staff members and three students of the school were kidnapped by gunmen from the school premises in Isheri area of Ogun State, southwest Nigeria.

This only a few years after the Lockerbie bombing and the murder of WPC Yvonne Fletcher by a gunman from inside the Libyan embassy in London.

Not exact matches

Under federal law, long guns like the semiautomatic AR -15-style assault rifle used by the Florida gunman can be bought from licensed dealers by people as young as 18, while the minimum age for handgun purchases is 21.

Although the Orlando gunman, Omar Mateen, is believed to have had no help from extremist Islamist groups in targeting a gay nightclub, he had been investigated by U.S. authorities for possible links to terrorism and subsequently cleared.

From the remote mountain redoubt where he is believed to be hiding, surrounded at all times by a battery of gunmen, Chapo oversees a logistical network that is as sophisticated, in some ways, as that of Amazon or U.P.S. — doubly sophisticated, when you think about it, because traffickers must move both their product and their profits in secret, and constantly maneuver to avoid death or arrest.

The only reason more people weren't shot: Shaw reportedly rushed the gunman while he reloaded, «grabbed the gun's barrel, pulled it away and threw it over the Waffle House counter,» suffering a gunshot wound and second - degree burns on his right hand from the weapon's barrel while disarming the shooter, later identified by police as 29 - year - old Travis Reinking.

President Trump ran through a litany of topics in a series of tweets early Sunday, bouncing from an attack by a gunman in France to his plans for a border wall to his personal legal team.

From his perch on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino, the gunman, who was identified by the police as Stephen Paddock, used rapid - fire weapons to shoot at concertgoers at a music festival.

The Tennessee church that was attacked by a gunman in September is only 2 miles away from this Waffle House.

From the pulpit, Hall delivered the liturgy with a strong message to his faithful to call for action by their legislators to institute stricter laws banning access to semi-automatic rifles, such as the one police said the gunman used in Friday's massacre.

The narrow street that bisects Sveavagen at that juncture has been renamed for Palme, 59, who was killed by a lone gunman as he walked home from a movie with his wife, Lisbeth.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise has been discharged from a hospital more than a month after being shot by an anti-GOP gunman, officials announced today.

«Nigeria can not afford to graduate from Boko Haram insurgency to an unwarranted attack by unknown gunmen alleged to be Fulani herdsmen.

The Defence Headquarters has debunked local and international media reports that claimed that 150 people from Kukuwa - Gari village in Yobe state were shot by Boko Haram terrorists while many others drowned in Yobe River while fleeing from gunmen suspected...

The Elders called on President Muhammadu Buhari to act as fast as possible to save the country from derailing politically following the incessant killings of innocent Nigerians by the so called unknown gunmen or bandits.

Buhari had on Wednesday in London told Archbishop Justin Welby that the farmers / herdsmen clashes were made worse by the influx of armed gunmen from the Sahel region in Nigeria and other parts of West African sub-region.

It has always been there, but now made worse by the influx of armed gunmen from the Sahel region into different parts of the West African sub-region.

Republicans in Congress are signaling a willingness to ban the device used by the Las Vegas gunman that can mimic automatic fire — a shift from previous opposition to gun control legislation.

Celebrities included Paul McCartney, whose Beatles bandmate John Lennon was killed by a gunman in 1980 not far from where the march took place.

«Take the mall shooting,» VanBlarcum said, referring to the February 2005 shooting at Hudson Valley Mall where two people were wounded by a 24 - year - old gunman from Saugerties with a semi-automatic rifle.

Seventeen people, ranging from students to staff at the school, were murdered by a gunman.

But her brain is undergoing a frenzy of activity in an attempt to heal itself from the trauma she suffered on Saturday, when she was shot in the head in Tucson, Ariz., by a gunman who also shot 19 other people, killing six.

Note: Kenneth's usual Thursday post will appear tomorrow ======================================== U.S. House Majority Whip Steve Scalise was seriously wounded by a loony leftist gunman, who obviously had been driven over the edge by all the recent hate signals coming from a violence - inciting media.

Based on the novel The Hunter by Richard Stark (a pen name for Donald Westlake), Point Blank shuffles the lean, straight - forward story of a gunman named Walker (Lee Marvin), who is double crossed by his partner in crime and returns (seemingly from the dead) for revenge, into a surreal, abstracted crime drama.

Adapted from the 1981 crime novel The Prone Gunman by Jean - Patrick Manchette, The Gunman's synopsis follows (courtesy of Movie Insider):

Strong performances propel this overlong period drama, not only by the three marquee names but also from Chi McBride as Bumpy's easygoing cousin and Clarence Williams III as Schultz's morally conflicted gunman (look also for Cicely Tyson, Vanessa Williams and Queen Latifah in key supporting roles).

Written by «True Detective» creator Nic Pizzolatto and John Lee Hancock, the post-Civil War story follows seven elite gunmen who agree to protect a small Mexican town from a gang of outlaws.

A Medal of Honor winner on Iwo Jima, a toughened gunman from adventures in Hot Springs and the swamps of Mississippi, Earl has been conned by two young Old Boys of the CIA to become Our Gun in Havana.

Berta Cáceres, an indigenous Lenca woman who won the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for her fearless work to defend the Gualcarque River, its surrounding environment and people from the Agua Zarca Dam, was killed by gunmen last night in her home in La Esperanza, Honduras.

Infowars, run by Donald Trump acolyte Alex Jones, claimed that young David Hogg's terrifying interviews of fellow students as they hid from the gunman had taken place «almost four hours before the shooting took place.»

Scott wants to increase the age requirement to buy weapons like the AR - 15 rifle used by Parkland gunman 19 - year - old Nikolas Cruz from 18 to 21.

This week, the teenager, whose description of the shooter helped police to capture the gunman, returned to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, his wheelchair pushed by the officer who ferried him away from gunfire that left 17 people dead.

A video shared on social media purports to show footage from inside the school shot up by a gunman in south Florida.