Barcelona housing activists evicted by police from residential building
Housing activists in Barcelona seized a mostly empty building to house vulnerable families and create a community hub for housing groups. Shortly afterwards, Catalan police evicted 19 activists within hours. Protests over soaring rents and evictions have been on the rise across Spain.
Anger over housing affordability and purchasing power leads to clashes amid Spain's first general strike in 14 years.
Gunman killed one person and injured at least four others in and around condo building not far from the White House More details were emerging on Friday about the previous morning’s shooting in north-west Washington DC, as a manager in the shooter’s residential building told how he was angry over living conditions there and confessed to the killings. The gunman killed one person and injured at least four others on Thursday in and around the condominium building in the Logan Circle neighborhood of the capital, not far from the White House, where he lived.
Jeffery Carroll, Washington’s interim police chief, told reporters that the gunman, identified as Matt Lambert, 55, had been involved in an ongoing dispute over maintenance with the condominium association for the building where he owned an apartment. Lambert, an emergency medicine physician, fatally shot the building manager, James Stuart, 46, in a packed gym attached to the complex, located in the Logan Circle neighborhood.
The family of slain Ghanaian teen Javits Frimpong have reiterated demands for justice after police arrested a suspect.
Protesters hurled fireworks at police and set rubbish bins ablaze in Barcelona after Spain’s general strike.
A Nigerian man identified as Chibuzo has been shot dead by Malaysian police after allegedly attacking an officer with a machete and severing his wrist. Following the report, a team comprising police officers, personnel of the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) and officials of the Health Ministry (MOH) was dispatched to the scene to manage the situation.