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UNITED STATES

Mass shooting leaves 11 hurt in South Carolina

At least 11 people were taken to hospitals after a shooting on Sunday night in a South Carolina beach town, authorities said. Horry County Police did not give the conditions of anyone hurt or detail how they were injured in the incident, which happened about 9:30 pm in Little River. Investigators were getting reports of more people arriving at the hospital in private vehicles, the police said. About 90 minutes after the shooting, police called it an isolated incident and said there was no risk to the community.

DPRK

Senior official detained for failed warship launch

Law enforcement authorities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea have detained a senior official who was "largely responsible" for the failed launch of the newly built 5,000-ton-class destroyer last week, the official Korean Central News Agency said on Monday. They summoned and detained Ri Hyong-son, vice department director of the Munitions Industry Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, according to KCNA.

Agencies - Xinhua