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What Is Swatting? Shooting Hoaxes Target Campuses Across US

Students at the University of South Carolina were sent into panic when they received an active shooter alert and police rushed to the library.

International Business Times

Police Search Australian Bush For Gunman After Two Officers Killed

Police searched the Australian bush on Wednesday for a heavily armed 56-year-old gunman still on the run a day after allegedly killing two officers and wounding a third.

International Business Times

What we know on day two of the Victoria shooting

Police are looking for a gunman who killed two officers at the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah, about 300km north-east of Melbourne, Australia

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Alleged cop killer's issues with authority laid bare

A fugitive gunman previously referred to the police in court evidence as 'frigging Nazis' and 'terrorist thugs' and once tried to arrest a magistrate.

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Sovereign citizens: attack mirrors rise in radicalism

The sovereign citizen movement in Australia is growing and a related pattern of extreme violence will continue unless there is a crackdown, an expert says.

AAP

Colleges across the country targeted with active shooter hoaxes on the first day of classes

Hoax swatting calls have affected at least 10 college campuses from Arkansas to Pennsylvania

The Independent UK

Spate of hoax calls about active shooters stir fear at college campuses around the US

A rash of hoax calls about active shooters on college campuses has spread fear among students around the country as the school year begins at institutions of higher learning

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Is A Serial Prankster On The Loose? Alarms Raised As 'Active Shooter' Hoaxes Hit Two Universities In A Row

False 'active shooter' reports sent US universities into lockdown, sparking panic from Arkansas to Villanova as FBI probes possible swatting spree.

International Business Times UK

Thousands more Uvalde school massacre documents to be released after lawyer admits ‘mistake’

About 26,000 pages of records related to the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting, which left 21 dead, are set for release

The Independent UK

Police hunt ‘dangerous’ suspect who fled into Australian bush after allegedly killing two officers ‘in cold blood’

Police believe alleged offender is heavily armed and urge local residents to stay indoors

The Guardian - AU

2 police officers killed and another shot in a rural Australian town

Two police officers were killed and another seriously wounded in a shooting at a property in rural Australia and the suspect was at large

The Independent UK

Morning Mail: Israel’s ‘double’ tap hospital strike, Labor’s consultant bill balloons, couple sue over TikTok ban

At least 20 people killed in apparent double bombing raid on Gaza hospital; Labor sees 48% increase in contracts for consultancies

The Guardian - AU

Republican Nancy Mace criticized for falsely identifying man as campus shooter

South Carolina congresswoman posted image of man and inaccurately called him shooter in now deleted post

The Guardian - US

Mushroom cook awaits fate over 'slow, painful' deaths

Triple murderer Erin Patterson will learn whether she will ever be eligible for parole when she is sentenced for what prosecutors labelled "horrific" offending.

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The Guardian - US

Trump signs executive order to eliminate cashless bail in Washington

Move is an escalation in president’s efforts to take control of law enforcement in the capital city and beyond

The Guardian - AU

‘Blindsided’: father of Port Arthur massacre victims says NSW hunting bill will take a ‘jackhammer’ to gun control

Walter Mikac, who lost his wife and two daughters in the 1996 shooting, warns that Labor-backed Shooters party bill will weaken national firearms agreement

International Business Times UK

USC Lockdown Chaos as False Shooter Scare Wrongly Targets 'Umbrella Guy'

USC's active shooter scare ended with no arrests, as a student carrying an umbrella was wrongly identified and went viral as the 'umbrella guy'.

International Business Times UK

Is the University of South Carolina Shooting Incident a Hoax? Police, School Officials Claim There was 'No Evidence' of Danger

On Sunday, 24 Aug 2025, USC Columbia issued an active shooter alert at Thomas Cooper Library, later finding no evidence of a threat. Police cleared the area; two students had minor injuries.

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Reason

Second Amendment Roundup: 2d Circuit Upholds License Denials by N.Y. Judge

State Judges who deny gun licenses are held to enjoy absolute judicial immunity.

The Independent UK

Houston homeowner shoots and kills two men in ski masks who turned up at home claiming to be cops

Two suspects were wearing bulletproof vests and badges around their necks

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: firearm surge hailed by gun lobby, Australians march for Palestine, US to ‘keep trying’ for Ukraine peace deal

Almost 30 years after the Port Arthur massacre, there has been a sharp increase in licensed gun owners and weapons

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s gun lobby says it’s ‘winning’ the fight against firearm control as numbers surge

There are now more than 4m guns in the community – almost double the number recorded in the years after the Port Arthur massacre that prompted a national crackdown

The Guardian - AU

Australia was once the gold standard for gun safety. Experts say it’s losing control

Gun numbers have rapidly increased, 3D-printed firearms are routinely seized by police and one state is on the verge of enshrining a ‘right to hunt’ in law

The Independent UK

Takayo Nembhard: Police issue new appeal three years after man stabbed to death at Notting Hill Carnival

Bristol resident Takayo Nembhard died while visiting London for Carnival in 2022

Evening Standard

Man found guilty of murdering neighbour in frenzied attack at east London block of flats

Raish Ahmed, 50, was stabbed to death by his neighbour in east London

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