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Indigenous Amazon land defender killed by illegal loggers in ambush
A logger also died in the attack on Friday night in Maranhao, Brazil.
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A logger also died in the attack on Friday night in Maranhao, Brazil.
The shootings took place early this morning.
She was there to talk about her work with refugees. Eeek.
The man posted online that he was planning to kill two police officers in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner.
One of the attackers yelled “This is the start of a revolution” before shooting the officers. The two assailants later took their lives, in an apparent suicide pact.
The final journey of the ‘big fella’ is travelled by the RTÉ broadcaster John Creedon in a programme to be shown this evening.
Human rights organisations say that up to 90 people died in the past 24 hours in clashes between civilians and security forces, and soldiers and army defectors.