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Shots fired at US embassy in Turkish capital, no casualties

Reuters Aug 20, 2018

Several gunshots were fired from a vehicle at the US embassy in the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Monday, hitting a window in a security cabin but causing no casualties, police and broadcaster CNN Turk reported. The attack coincided with a deepening row between Ankara and Washington over the trial of a US pastor in Turkey. A police officer told Reuters at the scene the drive-by shooting occurred around 5 am (0200 GMT) and that nobody was hurt. The embassy was set to be closed this week for a public holiday to mark the…

Violent protests erupt in Milwaukee after police kill armed suspect

Reuters Aug 14, 2016

International

MILWAUKEE: Protesters in a poor, predominantly black neighborhood of the U.S. midwestern city of Milwaukee fired gunshots, hurled bricks and set a gas station on fire on Saturday night after a patrol officer shot dead an armed suspect there, authorities said.

Car bomb targeting police in Istanbul kills 11, wounds 36

Reuters Jun 7, 2016

International

ISTANBUL: A car bomb ripped through a police bus in central Istanbul during the morning rush hour on Tuesday, killing 11 people and wounding 36 near the main tourist district, a major university and the mayor's office.

Clashes in Turkey’s main Kurdish city after vote

AFP Nov 1, 2015

DIYARBAKIR: Turkish police fired tear gas and water cannon at Kurdish militants who were protesting after Sunday's election appeared to deliver a clear victory to the Justice and Development Party (AKP), an AFP photographer said.

Violence flares after grand jury decides against charges in Ferguson shooting

Raza Haidery Nov 25, 2014

FERGUSON, MISSOURI: Gunshots rang out and buildings burned in a Midwestern suburb after a grand jury decided on Monday not to indict a white police officer over the fatal August shooting of an unarmed black teenager, sparking a fresh wave of racially tinged violence.