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A Spanish teenager armed with a crossbow killed a teacher and injured four others at a school in Barcelona on Monday, the 16th anniversary of the Columbine high school attack in Colorado, police said.
Pupils arrive as classes resume at the Saint-Thomas d'Aquin secondary school in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, with some placing flowers on an improvised altar at the entrance, in homage to the Spanish teacher who was fatally stabbed by a pupil. IMAGES
Workers and emergency personnel clear the scene following a train crash in Bangladesh which killed at least 17 people and injured 100 others. The crash in the eastern city of Bhairab saw a freight train smash into a passenger train travelling in the opposite direction, derailing two passenger carriages. IMAGES
Fire and emergency crews are on site as the investigation continues into the cause of the fire that according to officials has now killed at least 73 people and left dozens others injured. It is not clear what caused the fire in the five-story building, which broke out overnight. IMAGES
A US contractor was killed and five American service members, plus another US contractor were injured after a drone struck a military base in northeast Syria, the Pentagon says. "A US contractor was killed and five US service members and one additional US contractor were wounded after a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle struck a maintenance facility on a coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria," says Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder. SOUNDBITE