25 Dec 2012 16:02 - Sapa-AP Officials believe the shooter set a 'trap' by starting a house fire to lure firefighters into the home.
21 Dec 2012 14:18
The ANC Mangaung conference dominated news this week, while the school shooting in the USA has re-ignited debate around gun control. Also, is this the end?
15 Dec 2012 15:22 - Pete Yost , Jason Keyser , It remains unclear why Adam Lanza (20), who had no criminal history and whose family remember as nerdy and remote, gunned down two dozen people.
12 Dec 2012 07:06 - Teresa Carson , Alex Dobuzinskis , Dan Whitcomb , A gunman opened fire inside a US shopping mall, killing at least two people and terrorising holiday shoppers before shooting himself, police said.
22 Oct 2012 11:25 - Dinesh Ramde A suspect accused killing three women at a salon, had a history of domestic abuse, with claims that he had slashed his wife's tyres weeks earlier.
24 Aug 2012 16:20 - Reuters Two people have been killed and at least eight wounded in a shooting outside the landmark Empire State Building in New York City on Friday.
05 Aug 2012 22:01 - Mira Oberman A gunman opened fire at a Sikh temple in the northern US, triggering a shootout which left him and at least six others dead, local police said.
20 Jul 2012 10:49 - Reuters A masked gunman has shot and killed 14 people, wounding 50 others at a showing of the new Batman film at a Denver movie theatre in the US.
03 Jun 2012 08:57 - Reuters One person has been killed and six others wounded, two critically, in a shooting at Toronto's main downtown mall.
13 Dec 2011 17:56 - Raf Casert A man armed with hand grenades and guns opened fire in the crowded centre of a Belgian city, killing two people and wounding 64, officials say.
03 Jun 2010 07:56 - Staff Reporter Friends and neighbours of Derrick Bird, who killed 12 people on a shooting spree in the UK, are in shock that a "normal bloke" could wreak such havoc.