This week in the news: Two journalists get shot and die while broadcasting live, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump divided on the Virginia shooting, drone strike kills top ISIS hacker, 71 bodies found dead in a truck in Austria.
1. Two journalists get shot and die while broadcasting live
Journalists Alison Parker, 24, and Adam Ward, 27, were shot by a gunman Wednesday morning while broadcasting live at a shopping center in Virginia. They were both part of the Virginia TV news station WDBJ. The gunman was also a former reporter for WDBJ.
“Keeping guns out of the hands of people who would use them to harm our family, friends and loved ones is not a political issue; it is a matter of ensuring that more people can come home safely at the end of the day. We cannot rest until we have done whatever it takes to rid our society of preventable gun violence that results in tragedies like the one we are enduring today,” Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe stated.
2. Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump divided on the Virginia shooting
Hillary called for a reform in gun laws to keep weapons out of the hands of those would abuse the 2nd Amendment. In a tweet, she stated, “We are smart enough — compassionate enough — to figure out how to balance legitimate Second Amendment rights with preventive measures.”
Trump disagrees. In an interview with CNN, he states, “This isn’t a gun problem; this is a mental problem.”
3. Drone strike kills top ISIS hacker
According to U.S. officials, Junaid Hussain was killed Tuesday when a drone struck his car outside Raqqa, Syria. Hussain played a leading role in recruiting ISIS members through social media, hacking U.S. military sites, and increasing ISIS’s network security.
4. 71 bodies found dead in a truck in Austria
Authorities confirm that 71 bodies–eight women, three children, and 60 men, were found in an abandoned truck in Austria. It is likely that they were fleeing Syria, were smuggled, and died from suffocation inside the truck. “We are talking about human trafficking, homicide, even murder,” said Johann Fuchs, state prosecutor of Eisenstadt.
