Sunday

February 15, 2015

Armed conflicts and attacks

2015 Copenhagen shootings

Danish Police seek a gunman who fired on three people near a Copenhagen synagogue a day after the shootings at the Free Speech Gathering. One person dies. (PA via The Independent) (The Australian)

Danish police kill a man at the Nørrebro train station after an exchange of gunfire. The police believe he was the man responsible for the two previous attacks. (Reuters/AFP via ABC News Australia) (BBC)

Internal conflict in Burma

The Myanmar Army kills around a dozen Kokang rebels and capture another eight in Kokang offensive. (AFP via Bangkok Post)

Boko Haram insurgency

A suicide bomber kills seven and wounds 30 in Nigerian city of Damaturu. (BBC)

Libyan Civil War (2014–present)

The Islamic State releases a video purportedly showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians who had been previously kidnapped in Sirte. (BBC) (Press TV)

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announces a seven-day mourning period and calls for a security meeting with the country's top security body. (Reuters) (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Disasters and accidents

A house under construction collapses in the Indian city of Mughalsarai in the state of Uttar Pradesh killing twelve people and injuring two. (NDTV)