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| *] release four ] hostages after nearly five years of captivity. | |||
| * American actor ], best known for his role as ] from the '']'' franchise, dies at the age of 83 from complications of ]. | |||
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| *], an American writer and blogger from Bangladesh, is hacked to death by unknown attackers in ]. | *], an American writer and blogger from Bangladesh, is hacked to death by unknown attackers in ]. | ||
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*A gunman kills seven people then himself in ] in ], ]. | ||
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| *In Moscow, an unidentified attacker |
**In Moscow, an unidentified attacker assassinates leading Russian opposition politician ], the former ] and current member of ] of ]. | ||
| *An elderly man ] three people and then himself in the ]n city of ]. |
*An elderly man ] three people and then himself in the ]n city of ]. | ||
| *Mexican security forces arrest drug lord ] in ]. | *Mexican security forces arrest drug lord ] in ]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 04:47, 20 February 2023
February 27, 2015 (2015-02-27) (Friday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- Somali pirates release four Thai hostages after nearly five years of captivity. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Avijit Roy, an American writer and blogger from Bangladesh, is hacked to death by unknown attackers in Dhaka. (The Telegraph)
- A gunman kills seven people then himself in a spree shooting in Tyrone, Missouri. (NBC News)
- Assassination of Boris Nemtsov
- In Moscow, an unidentified attacker assassinates leading Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov, the former Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation and current member of regional parliament of Yaroslavl Oblast. (euronews) (BBC)
- An elderly man shoots and kills three people and then himself in the South Korean city of Hwaseong. (The Korea Herald) (Los Angeles Times)
- Mexican security forces arrest drug lord Servando Gómez Martínez in Morelia, Michoacán. (AP)