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German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

LONDON — A car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany, which police are treating as an attack, is the latest in a grim series of events in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print NEW YORK, Oct. 31, 2017 — Sayfullo Saipov, an Islamic extremist from …

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Union minister Smriti Irani on Saturday launched a scathing attack at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, calling him a “frustrated dynast who mocks India when the PM receives national honour”. “A man who seeks international intervention in India’s internal matters, a frustrated dynast who sullies the ‘Make in India’ ambition mocks India when our PM receives a National honour. A man …

8 in France convicted of roles in Bastille Day truck attack

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PARIS — A French court on Tuesday convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in the French Riviera city of Nice. The judge’s verdict followed 3 1/2 months of sometimes heart-wrenching testimony from survivors of the 2016 attack, who during …

Paris acid attack: Person ‘seriously injured’ by corrosive substance at Bastille metro station