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Minneapolis School Attack |
A shooter attacked a Catholic school in Minneapolis yesterday, killing two children—an 8-year-old and a 10-year-old—and wounding 17 other people, most of them children. Authorities say the attacker, 23-year-old Robin Westman, died by suicide.
Annunciation Catholic School serves children from preschool to eighth grade and had just begun its first week of school. Shortly before 8:30 am, the assailant fired dozens of rounds through the windows into the church where attendees gathered for Mass. The attack lasted roughly two minutes, according to witnesses; at least two doors were barricaded. Three weapons were discovered at the crime scene—a rifle, shotgun, and pistol—all of them legally purchased.
The shooter, who transitioned from male to female in 2019, had no prior criminal history and was reportedly a former student at the school. Officials have not publicly identified a motive; phrases including "Kill Donald Trump" were engraved on a rifle magazine. The FBI is investigating the attack as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime. |
Denmark’s foreign minister summoned the top US diplomat in Copenhagen for a meeting yesterday. The move comes after reports that at least three Americans tied to President Donald Trump were conducting covert influence operations in Greenland.
According to Danish government sources, the unnamed Americans have gathered information and pursued contacts to undermine Greenlanders’ perceptions of Denmark. The Danish foreign minister previously summoned the acting American ambassador over reports that US spy agencies were engaging in similar efforts. It's unclear if the individuals are acting independently or under Trump’s direction. Trump has proposed annexing the semiautonomous Danish territory, strategically located in the Arctic Circle and rich in rare earth elements critical to emergent technologies.
A January opinion poll showed 85% of Greenlanders oppose joining the US, although 56% support independence from Denmark, which has exercised some control over Greenland since the early 18th century. |
Argentine police raided a home yesterday in search of an Italian Baroque painting looted by Nazis during World War II. After being spotted in a real estate listing this week, the painting has gone missing again.
The 17th-century painting, “Portrait of a Lady” by Giuseppe Ghislandi (see here), belonged to Jewish Dutch art dealer Jacques Goudstikker. After Germany invaded the Netherlands, hundreds of his artworks were sold illegally to Adolf Hitler’s right-hand man, Hermann Göring. The painting was ultimately believed to have been transferred to Göring's aide, Friedrich Kadgien, who fled to Argentina after the war.
A Dutch journalist recently spotted the portrait in a 3D tour for a seaside property owned by one of Kadgien’s daughters. The painting hung above a green sofa in the living room, but when police arrived yesterday, it appeared to have been replaced by a tapestry. Authorities are working to keep the painting in the country. |
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