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Two women embrace near the scene of the San Diego shooting.

​‘Worst nightmare’: Teen’s mum warned police ahead of deadly mosque attack

Authorities are now piecing together the horrific hate crime that left five people dead – including the two suspected teenage gunmen – and has rocked California and the US.

  • Michael Koziol

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Five people are dead including two teenage suspects after a shooting at the largest mosque in San Diego, California.
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Five dead, including suspects, in shooting at US mosque

Five people are dead including two teenage suspects after a shooting at the largest mosque in San Diego, California.

A memorial ceremony at Tasmania’s Port Arthur, where 35 people were murdered in 1996.

We have disrupted the script used by mass killers before. Today, that matters more than ever

There are more guns in Australia now than at the time of the Port Arthur massacre. Mass murder has returned to this country. And we are losing the legacy of the response to that day 30 years ago.

  • Glynn Greensmith
Accused Florida State shooter Phoenix Ikner.

‘Uncharted territory’: ChatGPT told university mass shooter when and where to strike, official alleges

Prosecutors believe the chatbot advised what type of gun and ammunition to use before the deadly shooting, sparking a rare criminal investigation into the AI app.

  • Mike Schneider
Forensic workers carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire, in Teotihuacan, Mexico, on Monday.

‘Horrific act’: Tourist killed as gunman opens fire at ​Mexico ​pyramids

The attack happened at the historic Teotihuacán pyramids, killing a Canadian tourist and injuring six people, authorities said.

  • Fabiola Sánchez and Megan Janetsky
West 79th Street in Shreveport was the location of two residences tied to the mass shooting, police said.

Eight children aged 1 to 12 killed in worst US mass shooting in two years

At a news conference outside a home, people audibly gasped and wailed as police revealed 10 people were shot in total, and that the eight dead were children.

  • Michael Koziol
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Police at the scene of a mass shooting in Kyiv, Ukraine.

At least six people killed in mass shooting in Ukraine

The gunman was shot dead by police after taking hostages and barricading himself inside a supermarket.

Turkish security forces and emergency workers in the school courtyard.

Nine killed in Turkey school shooting, the second in as many days

A 14-year-old boy shot and killed eight students and a teacher, and wounded 13 other people, using multiple weapons owned by his ex-police officer father, officials said.

  • Tuvan Gumrukcu and Ezgi Erkoyun
Dezi Freeman during an appearance on Nine’s A Current Affair in 2018.

A doona and a surprise tip-off: The bizarre final moments of Dezi Freeman

For more than 200 days, Dezi Freeman was a ghost in the bush. Then an unexpected tip-off led police to his hide-out. Now the hunt is on for those who helped him.

  • Sherryn Groch, Cameron Houston, John Silvester, Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
One person has been killed and two others injured in a shooting at a university campus in Virginia.
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Eyewitness footage shows emergency response to shooting in Virginia

One person has been killed and two others injured in a shooting at a university campus in Virginia.