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At least 6 killed in Highland Park mass shooting in US state of Illinois

A gunman opened fire during the Independence Day celebrations in Highland Park, Illinois, killing at least 6 people and injuring 20. Witnesses said that they heard at least 20 gunshots at the time of the incident. The celebrations and the parade were cancelled in Highland Park, as well as in Deerfield, Evanston and Northbrook following the attack.

Law enforcement officers and the police are investigating the scene of mass shooting, an official said. “The Chicago Police Department is providing assistance. Law enforcement is working hard to detain the shooter,” Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said in a statement.

The suspect reportedly opened fire on the roof o a building, who has been identified as a white man aged between 18 and 20.

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Dozens of Bodies Exhumed at Shifa Hospital’s Garden in Gaza Strip

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Palestinian Civil Defense teams announced that the bodies of 48 Palestinians who were killed at the Israeli bombardment of Shifa Hospital and buried in its garden have been exhumed.

Thirty-eight of the bodies were reportedly identified by their families but the rest could not be unidentified and were taken to the Health Ministry’s Forensic Medicine Unit.

“We came to Shifa Hospital escaping Israeli airstrikes. During the hospital siege, an Israeli sniper killed my 29-year-old son Mazen Abu Aita. The Israeli army took us out of the hospital and I do not know where my son’s body is. Some family members told me he was buried in a mass grave, but I do not know where he is,” said a woman named Muna Abu Aita, urging authorities to help seeking for his son.

There were a total of 160 bodies buried in the hospital garden and the process of moving them would take several days, said the Palestinian Civil Defense.

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