Ohio pastor shot, killed during Sunday services
DAYTON, Ohio – An Ohio pastor with deep roots in the Dayton community was shot and killed at the pulpit during Sunday services at his church.
A man whom witnesses identified as the pastor’s brother was taken into custody.
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as 70-year-old William B. Schooler. Schooler was pastor of St. Peter’s Missionary Baptist Church, where the shooting occurred around 12:30 p.m.
Witnesses said about 20 people were inside the church and the choir was singing when the suspect walked up to the pastor and fired two shots. Parishioners were reported streaming out of the church after the shooting.
Twin bombing attacks in Baghdad kill at least 59
BAGHDAD – Militants attacked an outdoor market on Sunday in Baghdad, killing at least 59 people and wounding nearly 100, officials said.
A bomb ripped through the crowded Mredi market in the Shiite district of Sadr City, a police officer said. Minutes later, a suicide bomber blew himself up amid the crowd that had gathered at the site of the first bombing, he added.
Interior Ministry spokesman Sad Main said the bombings killed 38 people and wounded another 62. Multiple hospital officials later increased the casualty toll to 59 dead and 95 wounded. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
The attack was the deadliest in a wave of recent explosions that have targeted commercial areas in and outside Baghdad.
Missing Montana girl found on Peck Indian Reservation
WOLF POINT, Mont. – A missing 4-year-old girl was found Sunday on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana, just a few miles from where she was reportedly abducted while playing in a park.
Roosevelt County spokesman Lee Allmer said the girl was undergoing a medical exam to make sure she was not harmed.
The girl was found by Undersheriff Corey Reum a few miles north of Wolf Point, the town where witnesses say she was taken by a young man about 9:30 p.m. Friday.
A suspect, John Lieba, was apprehended in Wolf Point while driving around after several witnesses at the park identified him, Allmer said. Lieba, who is about 20 years old, and the girl are not “blood relatives,” he said.
Swiss reject proposed plan to expel foreign criminals
GENEVA – Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to automatically expel foreigners who commit even low-level crimes, according to results, handing a setback to a popular nationalist party that had put forward the measure.
The initiative was rejected Sunday by 59 percent of voters, the government web site showed. It was the most controversial of a number of national and local issues in the referendum, propelling voter turnout to top more than 62 percent – which the state broadcaster said was the highest turnout since 1992.
The outcome comes as a blow to the Swiss People’s Party, which had campaigned for the plan, and was a turnaround from opinion polls last year.
The Swiss government had opposed the measure. Federal councilor Simonetta Sommaruga praised a push by advocacy groups to help rebuff the measure, telling RTS television that voters had sent the message: “Human rights are important in our country: They should not be restricted.”
Associated Press
