Global report
1 UNITED STATES
Two teenagers shot dead at house party in Pittsburgh
Two teenage boys were killed and eight other people were wounded after gunfire erupted at a party in Pittsburgh early last Sunday, one of at least three mass shootings across the US on Easter weekend.
The other two shootings – both in South Carolina – left a total of 18 people with bullet wounds, once again reigniting calls among advocates for meaningful gun control legislation.
In Pittsburgh, police said equipment that detects gunfire prompted officers to go to an address on Suismon Street, where at least 10 people had been shot at about 12.30am on Sunday.
First responders brought several of the victims to a hospital, including two 17-year-old boys whom doctors later pronounced dead. Others who were shot but survived made their own way to the hospital.
There had been at least 50 gunshots fired in the home in question by multiple people who had been drawn into some sort of fight, police said.
A handful of other partygoers had suffered cuts and broken bones while jumping out of the home’s windows in a desperate attempt to get to safety, investigators added.
2 FRANCE
Le Pen and MEPs accused of embezzling EU funds
The European Union’s anti-fraud body accused Marine Le Pen and several party members – including
