Dominican Republic government spokesman, Homero Figueroa, confirmed in a video broadcast on Monday the assassination of Environment Minister Orlando Mera inside his office in the capital, Santo Domingo. The spokesman explained that the information currently available indicates that the perpetrator is a personal friend of the minister, and he has been arrested. “On behalf of the government and President of the Republic, Loris Abenader, we express our sincere condolences to the family,” Figueroa said. The circumstances of the incident are still unknown. It is noteworthy that Mira, 55, has been the Minister of Environment for less than two years.
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San Bernardino shooting: 9 shot, 1 fatally, after gunfire erupts among large crowd of partygoers
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) — One person was killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting late Friday night involving a large crowd that had gathered for a party in San Bernardino, authorities said.
The gunfire began just before midnight inside THA Blue Flame, a hookah bar near the intersection of Palm and Highland avenues, during a party, according to investigators.
The shooting then continued across the street, a witness told ABC7. The witness, who asked not to be identified by name, said she was at a nearby gas station when she saw teenagers who appeared to be gathered for a graduation party. She said at one point a car pulled into the gas station and a person opened fire from inside the vehicle, shooting two girls.
“When everything happened, we just hear gunshots and a lot of kids run,” the witness said. “There was a lot of kids running, you know, calling their moms, and I was just like standing there, like, what can I do?”
One person was pronounced dead at the scene. Family members later said their 20-year-old grandson, later identified by police as Allen Gresham Jr., was killed. Gresham Jr. was a San Bernardino resident.
The grandmother says her grandson had attended the party following receiving a flyer.
Police are calling that party an “unpermitted special event,” and say some type of argument occurred between at least two individuals inside the event, and “multiple gunshots were exchanged.”
“The San Bernardino Police Department will be working to not only identify and arrest the suspects, but to shut down the business whose illegal activities led to the shooting,” said San Bernardino Police Chief David Green in a statement.
Several of the wounded transported themselves to hospitals, where they were treated for injuries that did not appear to be life-threatening, authorities said.
The incident prompted a massive response from the San Bernardino Police Department, whose investigators remained at the scene Saturday morning. At one point, the agency requested help from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department following officials say responding officers were “confronted by a large hostile crowd.”
“Upon arrival, officers encountered a large crowd and learned that they were in the area attending a party,” police said in a statement. The number of wounded victims was initially given as nine before it was revised down.
Police say not all the victims were intentionally targeted by the gunman.
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Police detained two individuals while attempting to secure the scene initially, one of which was arrested for being in possession of a loaded stolen firearm, and the other for outstanding warrants, the San Bernardino Police Department said. It was not immediately cleared if those detained were suspects in the shooting.
A description of the suspect or suspects was not available.
The motive for the shooting remained under investigation, authorities said.
Anyone with information regarding this case is urged to call Detective B. Keith at (909)384-5638, or email [email protected]. Tipsters can also contact homicide Sgt. J. Plummer at (909) 384-5613, or email [email protected].
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A new video records the last seconds before the killing of Sherine Abu Aqleh • Al Marsad Newspaper
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Al-Marsad Newspaper: A video spread on social media, Thursday, showing what a user described as the moments before the killing of Palestinian-American journalist, Sherine Abu Aqleh, with a bullet to the head on May 11, while she was covering the Israeli forces storming Jenin camp in the West Bank.
In the video, which was published by Palestinian journalist Rushdi Abu Al-Awf on his Twitter account, a group of people, including journalists, appear, some of whom exchange conversations and laughter, and others walk in the same site where Shireen was killed.
The situation seems normal among the people without any signs of an exchange of fire. Journalist Abu Aqleh can be seen walking with the Palestinian journalist, Shatha Hanaysha and others in the background of the scene, wearing helmets and jackets with “Press” written on it.
Suddenly, a sound of gunfire is heard, and the image vibrates and shows the feet of people seeking protection from the bullets, and one of them shouts: “Has anyone been shot? (Was anyone hurt?”)
The bullets stopped for a while, with one of them shouting, “Ambulance! Ambulance!”, and the sound of shooting came back once more.
The sound of gunfire recurred, amid the screams of those present as they tried to drag the journalist’s body, while Hanaysha sat trying to hide from the bullets.
The same man instructs Hanaish not to move, and says: “Stay in your place, don’t move! Move! Mujahid moves!”
A moment of silence envelops the scene, and the sound of an ambulance is heard in the background, ending the posted clip.
“An illegal relationship that linked the perpetrator to the victim” .. Revealing the mystery of the death of a girl after her body was found naked in a garbage dump in Egypt
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
Al-Marsad newspaper: The mystery of finding the body of a naked woman, suffocated, inside a bag in a garbage dump in the 6th of October City, sparked a wave of controversy in Egypt.
Investigations by Giza Investigation revealed that the victim had an illegal relationship with a furniture dealer who strangled her following practicing vice in his apartment.
Examination of the reports of absenteeism during the last period revealed that a 19-year-old girl was informed of her mother’s disappearance two days ago in the second division of October 6, according to “Al Arabiya Net”.
A search team was formed to uncover the mystery of the incident, and by unloading the cameras at the place where the body was found, it was found that a furniture dealer was behind the crime, so he was arrested, and when confronted with him he confessed to committing the incident.
After his arrest, the accused said that he had an illegal relationship with the victim some time ago, and he strangled her while practicing vice, following she missed him and took money from the folds of his clothes, explaining that he put the body in a bag and transported it in a “small vehicle” to a garbage dump.