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Special Forces to fire on a boat in international waters, killing all 11 people onboard.

From Slate

The U.S. military has no authority to engage in these missions, much less to kill people—any more than it would have the authority to open fire on a gang of criminals that it suspects are on their way to rob a bank.

From Slate

Investigators say that the attacker who opened fire on pupils as they were praying at a church in Minneapolis was "obsessed with the idea of killing children".

From BBC

With no Democrats holding statewide office and a GOP supermajority in the legislature, Bailey has turned his fire on Democratic officials in Missouri’s two largest cities.

From Salon

Witnesses to a mass shooting in the US state of Minneapolis have described the "terrifying" scenes after an attacker opened fire on a church in which children were celebrating Mass on Wednesday morning.

From BBC

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