Teacher and 3 children killed

Riga - Latvian police said a man entered a kindergarten and stabbed to death a teacher and three girls aged three to four yesterday…

Riga - Latvian police said a man entered a kindergarten and stabbed to death a teacher and three girls aged three to four yesterday afternoon while they were sleeping.

The killings occurred in Gulbene, 187km north-east of the capital, Riga.

One person was killed and eight wounded when a man opened fire with a shotgun in a crowded street in the Australian city of Wollongong yesterday, officials said.

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