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Three policeman, one civilian killed in raid on Kazakhstan police station

Monday, 18 July 2016 9:24 AM [ Last Update: Monday, 18 July 2016 9:28 AM ]

A shooting rampage in Kazakhstan has left four people, three of them police, dead.

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

A shooting rampage in Kazakhstan has left four people, three of them police, dead. Gunmen have opened fire on a police station and the KNB Security Police Department in central Almaty. Five officers have been wounded. Residents have been advised to stay indoors.
Israel continues with the demolition of Palestinian structures in the occupied territories: This time targeting a house in the West Bank village of Qabatiya. Tel Aviv accuses the owner of being involved in a deadly attack on an Israeli paramilitary police officer back in February.
The death in custody of a black teenager has touched off a protest rally in Liverpool, Britain. The protesters marched from the city’s main train station to a shopping center, where Mzee Mohammed was detained on Wednesday. The protest was held as part of the Black Lives Matter movement.
There have been two explosions in southern Yemen. At least five soldiers loyal to former president Mansour Hadi are dead. Two were killed in a car bomb blast at a security checkpoint outside the city of Dali'. Three others lost their lives in a suicide bombing in the port of Mukalla.
Hundreds of protesters have rallied in the US city of Cleveland, Ohio, ahead of the Republican National Convention. The protesters, carrying placards, chanted slogans against racism, police brutality, and racial profiling. The demonstrators lashed out at the Republican Party’s presidential candidate Donald Trump for his views about immigration and Muslims.
Tens of thousands of Venezuelans continue to stream into neighboring Colombia to buy food and medicine. Venezuela re-opened its border with Colombia for the second time this month to allow people to cross over to get basic supplies. Venezuela is suffering from an acute shortage of essential commodities.
Armenian authorities have apprehended nearly 200 people in the capital Yerevan after a group of armed men raided a police headquarters and took several people hostage. Local media say police are interrogating the detainees for any possible links with the gunmen and opposition groups.
Renewed fighting in South Sudan tops the agenda of an African Union summit which is underway in the Rwandan capital Kigali. This is while aid agencies say they need some 700 million dollars to deal with the refugee crisis triggered by the situation in South Sudan.

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