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Dozens are injured at an Eritrean event in Germany, including 26 police officers

German police say dozens of people including at least 26 officers were injured during unrest at an Eritrean cultural festival in the southwestern city of Stuttgart BERLIN -- German police said dozens of people, including at least 26 officers, were injured during unrest surrounding an Eritrean cultural festival in the southwestern city of Stuttgart. Shortly before the event was set to begin Saturday afternoon, around 200 protesters gathered in the area outside and began throwing stones, bottles, and other items at police officers and participants of the event . Six of the 26 injured police officers were treated in a hospital for their injuries, police said. Four event participants and two protesters were also injured , according to police , although information wasn’t immediately available about the severity of their injuries. Saturday’s protests were the latest in a string of unrest surrounding Eritrean cultural events in Germany and elsewhere. In July, a clash at an Eritrean f...

2 men arrested in Texas shooting that killed 3 and injured 8 at a gathering after a July 4 festival

Authorities say two men have been arrested in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight others as hundreds gathered in a Texas neighborhood on the eve of the Fourth of July DALLAS -- Two men were arrested Friday in a shooting that killed three people and injured eight others as a crowd of hundreds gathered in a Texas neighborhood on the eve of the Fourth of July, police said. Christopher Redic Jr., 20, and Brandon Williams, 19, were both taken into custody on murder charges related to the shooting late July 3 in the Fort Worth neighborhood of Como, Fort Worth police Chief Neil Noakes said. Noakes said investigators believe the shooting was gang-related and followed some kind of altercation. “I don’t know specifically whom they were shooting at," Noakes said. “There’s a potential that altercation is what initiated the violence to occur.” He said there could be additional arrests. Police had previously said several men fired indiscriminately into the crowd. The shootin...