A glance at school violence across the globe in recent yearsSeptember 17th, 2009 A glance at school violence in recent yearsA student armed with an ax and Molotov cocktails attacked his high school in southern Germany on Thursday. Here is a glance at some of the worst school violence worldwide in recent years:
April 30: Farda Gadyrov, 29, enters the prestigious Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in the capital, Baku, armed with an automatic pistol and clips.
Man kills self after poisoning his four kidsSeptember 15th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A Dalit man committed suicide after giving poison to four of his children in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh. Two kids are dead, police said Tuesday.
Man kills wife, two daughters in Uttar PradeshSeptember 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A poverty-stricken man killed his wife and two teenaged daughters in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district Friday, police said. Awadh Narayan (37), of Debgaon village in the district, attacked his wife Santara (35) and two daughters aged 13 and 15 years with an axe, killing them on the spot, they said.
Six of a family run over by train in Uttar PradeshSeptember 1st, 2009 ALLAHABAD - Six members of a family, including four children, were run over by a train in Sarai Inayat locality of Allahabad early Tuesday, police said. "Raj Bahadur Upadhyay, his wife Kamala Upadhyay and their four children, including two girls, were found dead on the railway tracks.
Fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait kills at least 30 women and children guestsAugust 15th, 2009 Wedding fire in Kuwait kills at least 30 guestsKUWAIT CITY — A fire at a wedding tent in Kuwait has killed at least 30 women and children guests and injured 50 others, officials said. Interior Ministry spokesman Col.
Northern NJ corrections officer kills baby son, shoots boyfriend before committing suicideAugust 4th, 2009 NJ corrections officer kills 4-month-old son, selfNEWARK, N.J. — Police say a northern New Jersey corrections officer shot and wounded her boyfriend, then killed her 4-month-old son and committed suicide inside his apartment.
Building collapse in southern Pakistan city of Karachi kills 16, mainly women and childrenAugust 1st, 2009 Building collapse in Pakistan's Karachi kills 16KARACHI, Pakistan — A five-story building collapsed in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, killing at least 16 people, mostly women and children, authorities said Saturday. Local Mayor Mohammad Dilawar, who was supervising the rescue work, said the building caved in late Friday in the congested downtown Lea Market neighborhood.
Trooper kills wife, baby, himselfJuly 14th, 2009 AGARTALA - A trooper of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) strangled his wife and 46-day-old daughter to death and then committed suicide, police said Tuesday. Ashutosh Debnath, 32, a rifleman, killed his wife Gopa Debnath, 26, and daughter Laxmi late Monday at Amtali in west Tripura, a police spokesman said.
Three poverty-stricken sisters commit suicideJuly 5th, 2009 RAIPUR - Three sisters of a poverty-hit family allegedly consumed pesticides and committed suicide Sunday in a Chhattisgarh village. Police said the suicides were linked to a domestic dispute.
Poverty-hit woman kills two sons, herselfJune 22nd, 2009 LUCKNOW - A poverty-stricken woman in an Uttar Pradesh village killed her two sons before committing suicide, police said Monday. "The incident took place today (Monday) in Karhi village in Hamirpur district, where Bati Vishwakarma (30) hacked her two sons, aged four and one, to death and later set herself afire," district police chief Suryanath told IANS over telephone.
Punjab man kills pregnant wife, attempts suicide after rowJune 18th, 2009 MOHALI - Angry after an altercation with his four-month pregnant wife, a man in this Punjab city Thursday allegedly stabbed the woman to death before attempting suicide, police said. Bablu, 25, and his 24-year-old wife Shobha had a heated argument Wednesday evening over some family issue, a police officer said.
Sheriff: Michigan man comes home to find wife killed 2 sons, then herselfJune 9th, 2009 Sheriff: Michigan mother kills 2 boys, herselfDELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Michigan sheriff says a Lansing-area woman apparently killed her two young sons before committing suicide.
Man kills five children, attempts suicideJune 8th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Driven by poverty, a man here allegedly killed his five children, critically injured his wife and then attempted suicide, police said Monday. Ravindra Verma, 38, and his wife Durgawati, 35, were found with stab wounds in their house in Rosy Colony in Vijay Nagar here by neighbours at around 7 a.m.
Fire at Mexico day care centre kills 29 childrenJune 6th, 2009 MEXICO CITY - At least 29 children were killed Friday when a fire broke out at a day care centre in northwestern Mexican city of Hermosillo, officials said. The victims were aged three months to two years.
Fire at Mexican daycare center kills at least 31 children: Sobbing parents flood hospitalsJune 6th, 2009 Fire kills 31 children in Mexican daycare centerMEXICO CITY — A fast-moving fire killed 31 children in a day care center in northern Mexico despite desperate attempts of firefighters who punched through the walls and fought their way through flames to rescue babies, toddlers and others trapped inside. At least 25 children and five employees were hospitalized after Friday's fire in ABC day care in the city of Hermosillo, said Jose Larrinaga, a spokesman for investigators in the state of Sonora, which borders Arizona.
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