3 armed man in balaclava’s and armed with assault rifles and handguns, stormed a pub and open fired indiscriminately in Toronto, Canada. 12 people are injured in the attack and being treated for non-life threatening injuries. The attack’s motive has not been ascertained yet and all the 3 attackers are still on the run from the police and authorities. The city of Toronto suffered from 43 deaths related to shooting alone in the last year. Let’s Pray: Father, we pray…

Two people – a 83 year old woman and a 54 year old man were rammed down in a pedestrian area in Mannheim in West Germany. 5 more are seriously injured and 5 others suffered minor injuries. This attack comes in the wake of increasing public attacks in Germany, this one being 6th in the last 9 months. The perpetrator, a 40 year old German national, was suspected to be suffering with mental illnesses. Let’s Pray: Father Lord, we pray…

The spate of untold violence’s and barbarism in Democratic Republic Congo’s long civil conflict took a gruesome turn this week, with the beheading of 70 Christians. DRC’s long-line of civil conflicts has killed an estimated 6 million since 1996 in this mineral-rich central African nation. The latest violence was perpetrated by the Allied Democratic forces (ADF) who have ties with Islamic state (IS), in Mayba. Among the murdered are women, the elderly and even children, who were killed in the…

In the capital of India, New Delhi, a stampede resulting from overcrowding at a railway station, has left 18 people dead and 10 more injured. The crowd swell is reported to be as the result of large crowds travelling to and fro; to the world’s largest religious festival – Kumbh mela, in the neighboring state. Most among the dead are women and children. And this comes in the wake of 30 people who died last month in a pre-dawn crash…

A 14-year old boy was killed and 5 others injured in Saturday’s knife attack in Villach, Austria. The attacker, a 23-year old Syrian asylum seeker was later detained at the scene of the attack. The man was radicalized with Islamic teachings online, with an IS flag reportedly found in his apartment. The injured have been admitted to the hospital, with 2 of them now in serious condition. Let’s Pray: Father Lord, we pray for the comfort of the parents and…

A lone gunman shot dead 10 students in Orebro, central Sweden, on Tuesday afternoon before finally killing himself. The shooting was at Campus Risbergska – a type of school for adults known as Komvux in Swedish, which is primarily for people who did not finish primary or secondary education. Police still have no clear established motive behind the crime and are largely attributing it to the mental health of the gunman. Let’s Pray: Father, we pray for Your peace and…

Last week, rebel group M23, took control of Goma in eastern Congo. The city of 2 million residents was swarmed by the rebel group composed of the minority Tutsis, who clashed with the DR Congo army and its allies in a lightning advance. Estimates put that at least 700 have died and 3000 more injured, with hospitals treating the injured now running short on medical staff. M23 is allegedly backed by the Rwandan government and has vowed to push forward…

An Iraqi man living in Sweden, Salwan Momika, 38, was shot in his apartment last night at 23:11 local time (CET) in Södertälje, Stockholm. He sadly passed away the next morning at the local hospital. He was known to have been granted permission by the Swedish police to burn the Islamic holy book, Quran, outside Stockholm central mosque in 2023 in protest against Islam. Five people have so far been arrested by the police in connection with this case. Let’s…

An American airlines passenger flight carrying 64 on-board and a black hawk military helicopter carrying 3 servicemen, collided mid-air last night over the Potomac river in Washington D.C. This is the first major aviation accident in America since 2009, which has one of the safest and advanced communication air-traffic control systems in the world. Investigations are on as to why the military helicopter was flying at that restricted height. 30 bodies have so far been recovered from the freezing river…

At least 30 people are said to have died and more than 60 injured in Uttar Pradesh, India, at the site of one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. The Kumbh Mela gatherings happen at the banks of the river Yamuna and Ganges, where Hindu devotees visit to take a “holy dip.” The event attracts more than 10 million people over the course of 6 days and this crowd swelling eventually resulted in the stampede of the visiting…