Deadly Attacks and Investigations Unfold Across Africa and Europe
A series of unrelated but significant events unfolded across Africa and Europe, ranging from deadly attacks in Nigeria to criminal investigations in France and the United Kingdom.
In Nigeria, more than 160 people were killed in attacks on two villages in Kwara state on Tuesday, marking the deadliest armed assaults in the country this year, according to The Guardian. Armed men reportedly rounded up residents of Woro and Nuku, bound their hands, and shot them. The Nigerian military stated last month that it had launched an offensive against terrorist elements in Kwara state.
Meanwhile, in Uganda, Bobi Wine, the country's most prominent opposition figure, remained in hiding nearly three weeks after a disputed election, The Guardian reported. His whereabouts have been unknown since he fled what he described as a night raid on his home by police and military. This situation has been further complicated by an escalating social media feud with the country's military chief.
Adding to Nigeria's woes, Ifunanya Nwangene, a 26-year-old singer and former contestant on The Voice Nigeria, died after being bitten by a snake in her flat in Abuja, the nation's capital, according to The Guardian. Nwangene, in a last message to her friends, pleaded for help. Her death has highlighted the crisis of "preventable" fatalities in Nigeria and raised questions about the availability of effective antivenoms.
Across the Atlantic, in France, the offices of Elon Musk's X were raided by the Paris prosecutor's cyber-crime unit, BBC Technology reported. The raid was part of an investigation into suspected offenses, including unlawful data extraction and complicity in the possession of child pornography. The prosecutor's office also stated that both Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino had been summoned to appear at hearings in April. Musk responded to the raid on X, calling it a "political attack." The company issued a statement regarding the investigation.
In a separate but related development, the UK's Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) announced a probe into Musk's AI tool, Grok, over its "potential to produce harmful sexualised image and video content," according to BBC Technology.
Also in France, a 14-year-old boy stabbed his art teacher at La Guicharde school in Sanary-sur-Mer, telling French police he attacked her because he had "too much hatred," BBC World reported. Toulon prosecutor Raphaël Balland said the boy had premeditated the attack, having taken the knife from his kitchen with the "intention of stabbing his teacher." The 60-year-old teacher's condition remains a "serious concern" after she was stabbed three to four times in her chest in front of 22 students, according to a local official. The school was evacuated after the attack, and lessons were suspended.
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