casualties

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The final number of casualties is still to be confirmed and rescue efforts are under way to free a number of passengers trapped, officials said.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

World leaders expressed shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington on Saturday night attended by US President Donald Trump -- and relief that there were no casualties.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

Johnson, himself a former CIA officer who spent more than two decades with the agency, never publicly identified the two U.S. casualties as intelligence operators.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Reports of civilian casualties from U.S. operations also muddy the death tolls, especially in Somalia and Yemen.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2026

They loved and sympathised with one another; and their joys, depending on each other, were not interrupted by the casualties that took place around them.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley