AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Officials say there have been separate shooting incidents within the same area in downtown Austin and there are multiple victims. The Austin Police Department posted on its verified Facebook and Twitter pages that there was an active shooting incident downtown just before 3 a.m. About a half-hour later police said the scenes of the shootings were secure. Police had warned people to stay away from downtown.
Turkey coup attempt: Erdoğan calls military uprising 'treason' Reports from Turkey say 29 colonels and five generals have been removed from their military posts. A total of 754 members of the armed forces have been detained following the attempted coup. A group of rebels continue to fight and are believed to still have control of some military helicopters. Fethullah Gülen The accusation by Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, that US-ba…
Intense gunfire has resumed in the Turkish capital, Ankara, by the parliament and General Staff buildings, with massive casualties reported as police battled pro-coup military forces. In Istanbul, at least six people were killed and 150 taken to hospitals. The soldiers who attempted a military coup opened fire on people gathered at the parliament and General Staff buildings, Anadolu news agency reported, adding that there were casualties. The prosecutor’s office has announced …
Turkey’s government appears to have been overthrown in a coup, as the military claimed taking control over the country. Heavily armed soldiers and military vehicles closed the two main bridges in Istanbul Friday evening, and while low-flying military jets could be heard overhead. Tanks have been posted outside Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport and in other locations in the city. Access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube is being blocked, while the state-owned TRT television has gone off the air, according to reports from inside Tur…
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