Word: shotting
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...opponents of President Ahmadinejad had marched through Tehran earlier on Monday protesting alleged vote-rigging in last week's elections. The report on Tuesday gave no details. It was the first official confirmation of shooting in Tehran's Azadi Square. Witnesses there saw at least one person shot dead and several others seriously wounded after shooting from a compound for volunteer militia linked to Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard...
When Dr. George Tiller, the U.S.'s best-known provider of late-term abortions, was shot in the head on the morning of May 31 while serving as an usher at his Lutheran church in Wichita, Kans., both sides of the abortion debate braced for battle. Supporters called him a martyr; critics called him a murderer. Both groups deplored his killing: abortion-rights activists warned that it could signal a fresh wave of clinic violence; abortion opponents warned that it would lead to the demonizing of their movement...
Tiller, who had originally planned to become a dermatologist, lived with the knowledge that his actions made him a target. There are only a handful of clinics in the country where women can obtain an abortion late in pregnancy; Tiller's was bombed in 1986. In 1993 he was shot in both arms. He received death threats regularly, wore body armor and traveled with a guard dog. Just a few weeks ago, the clinic's security cameras and lights were vandalized; Tiller asked the FBI to investigate. He was repeatedly tried--and recently acquitted--on charges of violating state laws...
...NextRevolution @oklahomared friend shot in upper thigh by basij militia on motorbike 2 dead tehran.. thank you death to the dictator #iranelection...
...doener RT @StopAhmadi NEWS: Woman CONFIRMED shots were fired in Tehran, 5 ppl got shot, 4 ppl died #IranElection...