Sep 5: Panamanian international defender Gilberto Hernandez was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the Caribbean city of Colon, police said Monday.
Hernandez, who won two caps for Panama in March this year, including a friendly against Lionel Messi's Argentina, died Su
JERUSALEM, July 7: A Palestinian gunman shot dead an Israeli in the West Bank on Thursday before being shot and killed by soldiers, the Israeli authorities said.
The Palestinian armed with a gun arrived outside Kedumim, a Jewish settlement west of the West Bank city of Nablus, a
July 4: Four people were shot dead in the city of Philadelphia late on Monday, police said.
They said another two - children aged two and 13 - were injured in the attack in the city's south-western Kingsessing area. All the victims are male.
June 27: A "major player" in Australia's organised crime network was shot in a busy Sydney shopping area, police say.
The 48-year-old, who was targeted in a car park at 08.30 local time on Tuesday, died at the scene.
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JUNE 7: Orlando Jorge Mera, 55, was holding a meeting at the time of the attack. At least six shots were heard.
A presidential spokesman identified the assailant as Miguel Cruz, describing him as a childhood friend of the minister.
He is now in custody. The motive for the shooting remains unclear.
In a statement, Mr Jorge Mera's family said he had been shot multiple times by a man he was friends with since childhood.
"Our family forgives the person who did this. One of Orlando's greatest legacies was to not hold grudges," they added.
Mr Jorge Mera had served in incumbent President Luis Abinader's administration since it swept to power in July 2020.
In a tweet, President Abinader expressed his sincere condolences to Mr Jorge Mera's family and said that he deeply regretted the death of his good friend.
Bartolomé Pujals, director of the government's cabinet for innovation, described his death as a tragedy and called for peace on social media.
Mr Jorge Mera was the son of former President Salvador Jorge-Blanco and a founding member of the governing Modern Revolutionary Party (PRM).
Mr Jorge Mera leaves behind a wife - the Dominican ambassador to Brazil - and two sons, one of whom is also a PRM lawmaker.
