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Knife attack near Milan: one dead and four injured, including the footballer Pablo Mari, the author arrested

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Eva Deschamps / October 28, 2022

One person was killed and four others injured, including Spanish footballer Pablo Mari, in a knife attack on Thursday in a shopping mall near Milan, media reported, citing the isolated act of an unbalanced person.

 

A 46-year-old Italian man suffering from psychiatric disorders was arrested a few moments after the attack, which took place in the late afternoon in Assago, on the outskirts of Milan, said the Italian news agency Ansa.

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According to the same source, the person killed was an employee of the Carrefour hypermarket, located inside the shopping center where the attack took place.

 

According to Ansa, four people were seriously injured in the attack.

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According to the initial investigation, the attacker, who was undergoing treatment for depression, grabbed a knife from the shelf before attacking several people nearby.

 

Among the injured was Spanish footballer Pablo Marì, a central defender on loan to Monza (Serie A) from Arsenal. Hospitalized, he was conscious and able to speak, a source close to the club told AFP.

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Dear Pablo, we are all close to you and your family, we love you, continue to fight as you know how, you are a warrior and you will heal quickly,” wrote the managing director of Monza, Adriano Galliani, in a tweet published by the club.

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Trump promises Zelensky to “end the war” in Ukraine in phone call

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Sylvie Claire / July 21, 2024

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky spoke on the phone on Friday, with the former US president claiming to have promised the Ukrainian president to “end the war” between Ukraine and Russia should he return to the White House. “As your next president of the United States, I will bring peace to the world and end the war that has cost so many lives,” said the Republican presidential candidate.
 
Donald Trump frequently claims that he would be able to put an end to the conflict in Ukraine very quickly on his return to power, but never provides details of how he would achieve this. Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the phone call, during which he congratulated the billionaire on his official nomination the previous day as the Republican Party’s presidential candidate.
 
Donald Trump’s frequent praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as his criticism of other Nato countries, is causing concern among Ukraine’s Western allies. In February, he threatened that, if he returned to the White House, he would no longer guarantee the protection of Atlantic Alliance countries against Russia if they did not pay their share, even claiming that he would “encourage” Moscow to attack them. The former American president also used his power over the Republicans to block a $61 billion military aid package for Kiev for months in Congress, which was finally adopted at the end of April.
 
In his posting on X on Friday, Volodymyr Zelensky said he had “agreed with President Trump to discuss, in a face-to-face meeting, the steps to be taken towards a just and lasting peace” in Ukraine.
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Former Ukrainian far-right MP murdered in Lviv: “All leads are being investigated, including Russia”

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Former Ukrainian far-right MP murdered in Lviv: “All leads are being investigated, including Russia”, Magnate Daily
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Steph Deschamps / July 21, 2024

In a message on Telegram, the Ukrainian National Police said she had succumbed to her injuries in hospital after being the target of an assassination attempt. 
 
“I always say that no place is safe in Ukraine,” lamented Lviv mayor Andriï Sadovy, denouncing a ‘heinous murder’ and offering his condolences to the victim’s relatives. 
 
According to the Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office, the attack took place on Friday evening, at around 7.30pm, when an unidentified individual fired at Irina Farion, seriously wounding her in the head. “All surveillance cameras are being checked, witnesses are being interviewed and several districts (of Lviv) are being examined. All leads are being investigated, including the one leading to Russia”, reacted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on X on Saturday. 
 
Interior Minister Igor Klimenko told a briefing in Lviv on Friday evening that the suspected killer could have been lurking around Irina Farion’s home for several days. 
 
According to him, investigators are currently focusing on the possibility of a murder motivated by a “personal grudge” linked to the victim’s activities, but are not ruling out a “commissioned assassination” either. 
 
The 60-year-old language teacher and linguist was a member of parliament for the nationalist Svoboda party between 2012 and 2014.
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China: at least six dead in Zigong shopping mall fire

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Sylvie Claire / July 18, 2024

 

At least six people died in a shopping mall fire on Wednesday in Zigong, southwest China, and thirty others were rescued, China’s state broadcaster CCTV said. “Rescue teams are continuing their search,” the media outlet added.
 
Images broadcast by the channel and others shared on social networks show thick black smoke rising from a building overlooking a shopping street in this city 1,600 kilometers from the capital Beijing, in the southwestern province of Sichuan.
 
The fire broke out in the early evening in a shopping mall at the foot of a 14-storey building, CCTV reported.
 
At 8:20 pm, the fire was extinguished and 17 people were rescued. Others are still trapped, and rescue operations are continuing”, said the station in an initial report on the situation.
 
Fires and other fatal accidents are frequent in China, due to the sometimes lax application of safety standards. In January, at least 39 people perished in a store fire in central China. According to the authorities, the fire started in the basement of a store when workers “broke the rules” during construction work. At the time, Chinese President Xi Jinping called for lessons to be learned from the disaster to prevent further tragedies. The same month, a fire in a residential building claimed at least 15 lives.
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