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Turkish police have sealed off Istanbul's central Taksim Square to prevent any May Day protests, with scuffles breaking out in the nearby Besiktas district after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned unions to stay away from any provocative steps. The stepped-up security measures come a day after Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said authorities had designated 40 areas for May Day celebrations with the exception of the emblematic Taksim Square. IMAGES
Police officers are seen outside Schemengees Bar & Grille, one of the locations where a gunman carried out a mass shooting that resulted in 18 deaths in Lewiston, Maine. Police has waged a major manhunt for the gunman. The rampage also left 13 people wounded, three of them in critical condition, with a wide area under lockdown as schools were closed, roadblocks erected and residents ordered to stay indoors. IMAGES
Police continue to comb a township tavern for evidence after the mysterious death of 21 teenagers after a night out. Most of the victims, some as young as 13 years old, were found dead inside a popular bar in the southern city of East London. Some died later in hospital. With the victims bearing no visible signs of injury, and those admitted to hospital complaining of symptoms such as chest pains and backache there remains much speculation among local officials and politicians as to what caused the deaths. IMAGES
Several hundred people are demonstrating in the streets of Oslo in support of LGBT rights, following the cancellation of the Gay Pride by the authorities due to shootings in the early hours of Saturday in the Norwegian capital that left two people dead and several more wounded. IMAGES
A vehicle crashed into the terrace of a bar, killing at least one person and injuring six others, one of them seriously, on Thursday evening in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, the fire brigade and police sources have reported. According to a police source, it was an accident, not a deliberate attack. IMAGES
Forensic police carry out their investigation at Midnight shisha bar, the first location in a shooting spree in the German city of Hanau that left ten people dead excluding the gunman. IMAGES