Gunmen kill 5 in Sao Paulo slum
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Gunmen killed five people in a Sao Paulo slum Sunday in what police suspect was a drug-related crime, bringing to 21 the death toll from attacks this month in South America's biggest city.
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Five people are killed in what appears to be ethnic violence in western Kenya linked to last month's disputed elections.
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Four homeless men were bludgeoned to death and six were in critical condition on Friday following early morning attacks by unknown assailants in downtown streets of Sao Paulo, a police spokesman said.
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A gunman shot five people Thursday, killing two of them, in a rampage through two houses and an elementary school that ended when he wounded himself, police said.
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Unidentified gunmen ambushed a van carrying security personnel in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing nine people and wounding four, police said.
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At least 23 passengers were killed and 16 wounded after gunmen opened fire on a local bus in Honduras, say police. The shooting happened in the city of Chamelecon, 200km (125 miles) north of capital, Tegucigalpa
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WASHINGTON: Five people were killed and two wounded late Wednesday when a gunman opened fire during a heavy metal concert at a night club in Columbus Ohio, local media reported.
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A gunman fatally shot five people in a robbery at a store in a suburban Chicago strip mall and fled Saturday, prompting police to sweep through neighboring shops as terrified customers watched.
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LUSIGNAN, Guyana, Jan. 26 -- Gunmen stormed into a coastal village and killed 11 people, including five children, in violence blamed on a gang leader who has threatened widespread attacks. The assault sparked angry protests over rising crime in this impoverished country.
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Brazilian police step up patrols after armed groups clash in  Rio's slums, leaving seven dead over the weekend.
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Five people were shot to death within six hours early Sunday, including three who were killed after an argument in a neighborhood bar, police said.
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Gunmen killed two members of Mexico's former ruling party Saturday in a mountain city in southern Mexico, local media reported.
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Police killings of suspects rose dramatically in Sao Paulo in 2006, the year a notorious gang unleashed a wave of violence that some human rights activists say prompted revenge executions.
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Palestinian Hamas gunmen ambushed what the Islamist group said was a convoy carrying weapons to President Mahmoud Abbas's guard unit in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and five people were killed, local residents said.
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Five police officers and two employees of Peru's state-run coca company were shot to death in a southern jungle state on Saturday, authorities said.
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Five people were found dead in a home, and all appeared to have been shot, police said Saturday. Investigators were talking to a suspect.
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Shots were fired in a nightclub early Saturday, killing two people and wounding at least five others, police said.