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United States

Club shooting leaves 1 dead

Fifteen people were shot, one fatally, at a packed nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio, early on Sunday, and police said they believed at least two shooters may have been involved. The motive was still unclear, but Cincinnati Assistant Police Chief Paul Neudigate said on Twitter that "there are no indications this incident is terrorism related." The shooting took place around 1 am when hundreds of people were reported to be at the Cameo Nightlife club, which the Cincinnati Police Department said has had "multiple problems" in the past.

Arrests after fight at Trump rally

A scuffle broke out on a Southern California beach where supporters of President Donald Trump were marching when counter-protesters doused organizers with pepper spray, authorities said on Saturday. The violence flared when the march of about 2,000 people at Bolsa Chica State Beach reached a group of about 30 counter-protesters, some of whom began spraying the irritant, said Captain Kevin Pearsall of the California State Parks Police. Three people were arrested on suspicion of illegal use of pepper spray and a fourth person was arrested on suspicion of assault and battery, he said.

Philippines

Grenade attack on bakery

At least four people have been killed and 23 others injured in a grenade explosion in Jolo, the largest of the Sulu islands in southern Philippines. Colonel Cirilito Sobejana, the commander of Joint Task Force Sulu, said a suspect threw a grenade into a bakery around 7 pm on Saturday, killing 3 people and injuring more than 20 others. He said one of the severely wounded victims died on Sunday morning at a hospital, where most of the injured were being treated.

Bangladesh

Blasts kill 8 in militant standoff

Two suspected militants were killed on Sunday in an ongoing military raid on a building where armed militants were holed up in eastern Bangladesh, police and army officials said. Six people, including two policemen, were killed in explosions near that building a day earlier. Brigadier General Mohammad Fakhrul Ahsan said that the government operations were not yet over and that one or more militants were still inside the building.

India

Violence hits student protest

One person was killed and 14 injured when violence erupted following a scuffle between Muslim and Hindu school students in Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's home state of Gujarat, a senior administrative official said on Sunday. A crowd of about 5,000 people attacked Muslim residents and set dozens of homes and vehicles on fire at Vadavali village in Patan districtafter Hindu students complained of misbehavior by Muslim students.

(China Daily 03/27/2017 page12)