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Gunmen kill 5 in Baghdad checkpoint shooting spree (AP)

August 14th, 2010

Security personnel gather at the site of a bomb attack in Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, August 13, 2010. 18 people were wounded, including three policemen, when three bombs, targeting the house of a government Sunni militia leader and the houses of two police officers, exploded in central Samarra, police said.  REUTERS/Sabah al-Bazee (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST)AP - Authorities say gunmen have killed five Iraqi security officials in a half-hour shooting spree targeting checkpoints in Shiite-dominated neighborhoods around Baghdad.


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UK police look for motive in shooting spree (AP)

June 3rd, 2010

Floral tributes are left at the taxi rank in Whitehaven, northwest England Thursday June 3, 2010 where gunman Derrick Bird shot colleagues during a shooting rampage on Wednesday which left 12 people dead.  A taxi driver drove his vehicle on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England, methodically killing 12 people and wounding 25 others before turning the gun on himself, officials said.  (AP Photo/John Giles/PA Wire)  ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT  **AP - British detectives searched for clues to the motive behind a taxi driver’s murderous rampage in a tranquil part of rural England that left 12 people dead and more…

UK taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in rampage (AP)

June 2nd, 2010

Police stand next to a body following a shooting on  Duke Street, in the town of Whitehaven in northwest England Wednesday June 2, 2010. British police were hunting down a man suspected in a shooting spree that has left more than one person dead in northwest England. The Cumbria Constabulary said there have been 'a number of fatalities' as well as several injuries after shots were fired in the town of Whitehaven and nearby Seascale and Egremont. (AP Photo/Rod Minchin/PA Wire) ** UNITED KINGDOM OUT  **AP - A taxi driver drove his vehicle on a shooting spree across a tranquil stretch of northwest England on Wednesday, methodically killing 12 people and wounding 25 others before…

UK taxi driver kills 12, wounds 25 in England (AP)

June 2nd, 2010

This is a undated handout photo issued by Cumbria Police on Wednesday June 2, 2010 of Derrick Bird, 52, from Rowrah, northwest England,  who police want to speak to in connection with a daylight shooting spree in Cumbria northwest England . British police were hunting down a Bird  suspected in a shooting spree that has left more than one person dead . (AP Photo/Cumbria Police, Ho)  **  EDITORIAL USE ONLY  **AP - British police say a taxi driver went on a shooting spree across rural northwestern England, killing 12 people and wounding 25 others before turning the gun on himself.


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Gunman kills 5, wounds 25 in northwest England (AP)

June 2nd, 2010

This is a undated handout photo issued by Cumbria Police on Wednesday June 2, 2010 of Derrick Bird, 52, from Rowrah, northwest England,  who police want to speak to in connection with a daylight shooting spree in Cumbria northwest England . British police were hunting down a Bird  suspected in a shooting spree that has left more than one person dead . (AP Photo/Cumbria Police, Ho)  **  EDITORIAL USE ONLY  **AP - A taxi driver described as quiet but friendly went on a shooting spree across a picturesque rural area of northwestern England on Wednesday, killing at least five people…