killed

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Shabnam Chaudri, a former senior Met detective with 30 years' experience, rejected the idea anti-racism training could account for how officers responded the night Henry Nowak was killed.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

The Bundibugyo strain has killed one person in the militant-controlled of Mambasa, which is some 100 miles from the outbreak’s epicenter in a gold-mining town of Mongbwalu.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Saint Petersburg Governor Alexander Beglov said "several" infrastructure facilities were damaged, but no one was killed in the attack.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Five members of a family, including 4-year-old twin girls, were reportedly killed recently in a fiery Southern California highway crash as they were on their way to a graduation.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

The first to be killed by police was a twenty-four-year-old tailor named Günter Litfin, who jumped fully clothed into Berlin’s Spree River and tried to swim across the water separating East and West.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin