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The aircraft that crashed carried 23 service members, U.S. officials said. The Marine Corps on Monday identified the three Marines killed on Sunday when their Osprey aircraft crash ed during a training exercise off the northern coast of Australia. The MV-22B Osprey was carrying 23 service members when it went down at about 9:30 a.m. near the Tiwi Islands, in the Northern Territory of Australia, Marine officials said. U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Spencer R. Collart, 21, MV-22B Osprey crew chief for VMM-363 (REIN), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, originally from Arlington, Va. Marine Rotational Force – Darwin The three Marines killed were identified as: Cpl. Spencer Collart, 21, of Arlington, Virginia Capt. Eleanor LeBeau, 29, of Belleville, Illinois Maj. Tobin Lewis, 37, of Jefferson, Colorado U.S. Marine Corps Captain Eleanor V. LeBeau, 29, MV-22B Osprey pilot for VMM-363 (REIN), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, originally from Belleville, Ill. Marine Rotational Force – Darwin ...

Danish police say a 30-year-old man has been killed and four other people inured in a shooting in a Copenhagen neighborhood known for its counterculture vibe and flourishing hashish trade COPENHAGEN, Denmark -- A shooting Saturday in a Copenhagen neighborhood known for its counterculture vibe and flourishing hashish trade left a 30-year-old man dead and four other people inured, Danish police said. Two masked gunmen opened fire inside a building in the Christiania neighborhood, Copenhagen police spokesman Poul Kjeldsen told Danish media. Kjeldsen said the shooting was believed to be linked to criminal gangs, Denmark’s TV2 reported. He said one of those injured was in critical but stable condition; the others had minor injuries. Police were still searching for the gunmen late Saturday. Christiania has been a freewheeling anarchist commune since the 1970s when hippies started squatting in a former naval base. Hashish sales were tolerated there by authorities until 2004 when police s...

The unprecedented violence affecting Ecuador has claimed the life of another political leader, bringing the number of politics-related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a presidential candidate GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador -- The unprecedented violence shaking Ecuador claimed the life of another political leader Monday, bringing the number of Politics -related slayings within the last four weeks to three, including that of a president ial candidate . The fatal shooting of Pedro Briones, a local leader of Revolución Ciudadana, the party of former President Rafael Correa, was confirmed by Luisa González, the frontrunner in Sunday's special presidential election and member of the same party. The shooting happened in the northern province of Esmeraldas. Details were not immediately available. “Ecuador is experiencing its bloodiest era," González tweeted. "A heartfelt hug to the family of colleague Pedro Briones, fallen by the hands of violence." The ...

Three people have been killed in separate incidents in Sweden as a feud between criminal gangs escalates, making September the deadliest month on record for gun violence in the country STOCKHOLM -- Three people were killed overnight in separate incidents in Sweden as a feud between criminal gangs escalated, making September the deadliest month on record for gun violence in the country. Two gangs are reportedly fighting over drugs and weapons, and this month has seen a sharp increase in fatal shootings in the northern European country, which has a relatively low crime rate and is considered a very safe place to live. Late Wednesday, an 18-year-old man was shot dead in a Stockholm suburb. Hours later, one man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in Jordbro, south of the Swedish capital. Early Thursday a woman in her 20s died in an explosion in Uppsala, west of Stockholm, that police are treating as murder. Swedish media said the woman who died was likely not the intended v...

Police in the Netherlands say a lone gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, killing three people, including a 14-year-old girl THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- A lone gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in an apartment and a hospital in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam on Thursday, killing three people, including a 14-year-old girl, police said. The shooting sent patients and medics fleeing the Erasmus Medical Center in downtown Rotterdam, including some who were wheeled out of the building in beds. Others barricaded themselves into rooms and stuck hand-written signs to windows to show their location. Police Chief Fred Westerbeke told reporters that the shooter was a 32-year-old student from Rotterdam. He was arrested at the hospital carrying a firearm. His identity was not released, and the motive for the shootings was still under investigation. He first shot and killed a 39-year-old woman and seriously i...

A suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting in Brussels has died of his injuries, ABC News has learned. LONDON -- A suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting in Brussels has died of his injuries, Belgian police and a source from Belgium's anti-terrorism unit confirmed to ABC News. In what Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo called an “act of terrorism” on Tuesday, the attack took place approximately three miles from the the Roi Beaudouin stadium where Belgium was playing Sweden to qualify for the Euro 2024 Football tournament. The soccer match was suspended following the fatal shooting. Belgian police officers from the forensic service search for evidence in a street after two people were killed during a shooting in Brussels on Oct. 16, 2023. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP via Getty Images Authorities confirmed early Tuesday that 45-year-old Abdesalem Lassoued, the suspected attac...

Hundreds have been killed in a strike on a Gaza hospital, the Gaza Health Ministry said. At least 500 people have been killed in a strike on Al Ahli Arab Hospital in the middle of Gaza City, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The hospital served as a shelter for thousands of residents who fled their homes in northern Gaza, seeking safety from Israeli airstrikes. Residents stranded in Gaza are running out of medicine, food, water and power. People gather around bodies of Palestinians killed in an airstrike on the Ahli Arab hospital in central Gaza after they were transported to Al-Shifa hospital, October 17, 2023. Dawood Nemer/AFP via Getty Images The Israel Defense Forces denied responsibility for the attack, saying a failed launch by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad caused the blast. "From the analysis of the operational systems of the IDF, an enemy rocket barrage was carried out towards Israel, which passed in the vicinity of the hospital, when it was hit," IDF said. Is...

At least 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed Thursday in a Russian missile strike on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. KYIV and LONDON -- At least 49 people, including a 6-year-old boy, were killed Thursday in Russian missile strike s on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. At least seven others were wounded in the attack, which targeted a building that housed a cafe and a shop in the village of Groza in the Kupyansk district, according to the local prosecutor's office. A memorial service for a local resident was taking place in the cafe when the missile struck, according to Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko. It's the deadliest strike to occur in the Kharkiv region since the start of Russia's invasion, according to the local government. It's also one of the deadliest attacks to take place in all of Ukraine in recent months. MORE: White House vows Ukraine aid will continue des...

Israeli police say that six people have been killed in shootings in northern Israel, including five in a single mass shooting JERUSALEM -- Five family members were killed in a mass shooting Wednesday in an Arab town in northern Israel, police and advocates said, the latest victims of a recent surge of gun violence within the country's Arab communities. Another Arab citizen of Israel was killed in a separate shooting earlier Wednesday. Israeli police said that three men and two women were shot and killed at a house in the northern Bedouin town of Basmat Tab’un. They said they were treating the incident as criminal and hunting down suspected assailants. Israeli medics said that a sixth man was shot and wounded in the rampage. The Abraham Initiatives, a Jewish-Arab advocacy and monitoring group in Israel, identified the victims as an Arab couple and their three children. The police declined to provide further details on the shooting or the victims due to the ongoing investigation...

Swedish police say two people have been killed and two wounded in a shooting at a crowded pub northwest of Stockholm STOCKHOLM -- Two people were killed and two wounded when a gunman opened fire in a crowded bar northwest of Stockholm, police said Friday, in the latest outburst of deadly violence in Sweden. Police said that a 20-year-old man and another in his 70s died Friday of injuries sustained in the shooting late Thursday at a pub in Sandviken some 162 kilometers (100 miles) northwest of Stockholm. Two people were injured — a woman in her 20s and a man in his 50s. Senior investigator Karin Wessén said that the deceased 20-year-old was likely the shoot er's target while the other three are believed to be bystanders. The Expressen daily reported that the elderly victim was blind. She said several shots were fired in the pub, which was packed at the time, before the gunman walked away. Police investigating the shooting appealed for witnesses. The motive remained unclear. Wessén t...

In an unprecedented move, the Vatican is beatifying a Polish family of nine — parents and their small children — who were all executed for having sheltered Jews during World War II WARSAW, Poland -- In an unprecedented move, the Vatican on Sunday is beatifying a Polish family of nine — a married couple and their small children — who were executed by the Nazis during World War II for sheltering Jews. Last year, Pope Francis pronounced the deeply Catholic Ulma family, including the child that Wiktoria Ulma was pregnant with, martyrs for the faith, paving the way for the beatification Mass that is taking place in their home village of Markowa, in southeastern Poland. The Ulmas were killed at home by German Nazi troops and by Nazi-controlled local police in the small hours of March 24, 1944, together with the eight Jews they were hiding at home, after they were apparently betrayed. Jozef Ulma, 44, was a farmer, Catholic activist and amateur photographer who documented family and village ...

The U.N. says 1,860 people have been reported killed, injured or kidnapped in Haiti from April to June SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The U.N. said Thursday that 1,860 people were reported killed , injured or kidnapped in Haiti from April to June, a 14% increase compared with the first three months of the year. The surge in gang violence remains centered in the capital of Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas, with nearly 300 people alone killed or injured by snipers in the slum of Cite Soleil, according to a human rights report released by the U.N. Integrated Office in Haiti, known as BINUH. The report was released a day after the U.S. Embassy in Haiti urged U.S. citizens to leave the Caribbean country “as soon as possible” given the ongoing insecurity and infrastructure challenges. Among those killed from April to June were 13 police officers and more than 460 gang members, the majority of those by lynching, followed by police shootings, the U.N. said. At least 230 suspected gang mem...

Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried in a private funeral on Tuesday, his press service said. Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was buried in a private funeral on Tuesday, his press service said, nearly a week after he and nine others died in a plane crash in Russia. Prigozhin, 62, was buried at the Prokhorov Cemetery of St. Petersburg in a closed funeral, his press service said on Telegram. About 20 to 30 people attended the 40-minute "VIP" funeral, according to a cemetery employee. The attendees were all dressed in civilian clothes, with no military uniforms seen, and included relatives and close associates of Prigozhin, the employee said. Flowers are seen on the grave of Wagner Group's chief Yevgeny Prigozhin after a funeral at the Porokhovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Prigozhin, a businessman who rose to become a powerful international paramilitary leader, was a former close ally of Russian Preside...