Friday, October 25, 2013

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2 Wounded Kidnap Victims Rescued After California Chase

A gunman led police in California on an hour long chase, Friday morning.

It started when a Ridgecrest officer attempted to pull over the car, due to it's being connected to a murder investigation.

However, the driver did not stop but began shooting out his window.

The chase lasted for more than fifty miles, before officers were able to stop the vehicle.

They then exchanged fire with the gunman, who was shot and killed.

Inside the trunk of his car, police found a man and woman, both of whom had been shot by the suspect, before the chase began.

No information on the condition of the two victims, has been released.

Police are trying to determine where they were initially shot.

2 Guardsmen Shot at Tennessee Naval Base

A shooting took place at Naval Support Activity Mid-South, in Millington, Tennessee, on Thursday afternoon.

Two National Guardsmen were shot by a third, after an argument.

Other Guardsmen disarmed the shooter, before police arrived.

Neither of the victims were seriously injured.

While the shooter has not been identified, it was reported that he was a recruiter who had been relieved of duty.

The base was placed on a lock down for about two hours, after the shooting.

5 Injured at North Carolina State Fair

Five people were hurt when a ride malfunctioned at the North Carolina State Fair, Thursday night.

Two of the injured were in critical condition.

Officials announced, on Friday, that the ride had failed an inspection, on Monday.

A full investigation is underway, with criminal charges being considered.

Alberta School Bus Crash Injures 10

A school bus and a pickup truck collided east of Crossfield, Alberta, on Friday morning.

The bus driver and nine school children were injured, in the accident.

Three of the children, including one who was airlifted, are in critical condition.

Authorities praised witnesses who not only called 911, but stopped to comfort the children, while help was on the way.

An investigation of the crash is underway.

Juarez Candy Factory Explosion Kills 2

Two people were killed when an explosion ripped through a candy factory in Juarez, Mexico.

Thirty-three more were injured, six of whom are in critical condition, and one person is still missing.

Three hundred people were at work in the factory, at the time of the explosion.

The explosion occurred on the second floor and caused a section of the floor to collapse onto the lower level.

It is believed that the explosion was caused by a steam boiler.

40 Killed in Syria Car Bombing

Forty people were killed when a car struck in Syria, on Friday.

Dozens more were injured in the attack.

The blast struck a mosque in Suq Wadi Barada, during prayers.

Parts of the mosque were knocked down, by the force of the blast.

No one has claimed responsibility for the bombing.

The government and rebel forces are blaming each other for the attack.

Bombings Kill 16 in Iraq

Ten bombings killed sixteen people, in Iraq, on Friday.

All of those killed were Shiites.

In Baghdad, a roadside bomb killed four people.

Six separate roadside bombs killed four people in Baquba.

One person was killed by a car bomb, in Buhriz.

The worst attack happened in Yousufiya, where two road side bombs struck a busy market, killing seven.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attacks, however suspicion is on Al Qaeda and other Sunni groups.

Over seven thousand people have been killed in terrorist attacks, during 2013.

Floods Kill 10 in India

Flooding in Odisha province, India has killed ten people.

Another five people are missing as hundreds of thousands have been displaced.

Ganjam and Jagatsinghpur districts have been hit the hardest.

Train service, through the area, has been cancelled as railways are underwater.

It is unclear when the rains will stop, some weather forecasts call for them to last several days more.

7.3 Earthquake Rocks Japan and Causes Small Tsunami

Japan was woken up, Saturday morning, by a 7.1 earthquake, off the east coast.

No injuries were reported, however several buildings did collapse from the shaking.

The quake created a small tsunami, of about one foot, which did reach Japan.

It is not expected to reach anywhere else in the Pacific.