Reuters, Istanbul
Hundreds of Turkish women marched in the country’s biggest city Istanbul on Saturday to protest against the violence and animosity they face from men demanding they dress more conservatively.
The march, dubbed “Don’t Mess With My Outfit”, started in the Kadikoy district on the Asian side of the city. Women chanted slogans and carried denim shorts on hangers as examples of the type of clothing some men say they find unacceptable.
2 killed, 4 wounded in German disco shooting
AFP, Berlin
A gunman opened fire at a packed nightclub in southern Germany early Sunday, killing two and wounding four before being shot by police, authorities said, ruling out a terror attack.
The 34-year-old man, identified as an Iraqi national, “was critically injured in a shootout with police officers as he left the disco, and later succumbed to his wounds in hospital,” police said in a statement.
Philippine mayor killed in police raid
Reuters, Manila
A southern Philippine mayor on President Rodrigo Duterte’s list of top drug suspects was killed during a pre-dawn raid at his home on Mindanao island, police said on Sunday.
Reynaldo Parojinog was the third mayor to be killed in the government’s bloody narcotics crackdown.
Parojinog, the mayor of Ozamiz city, was killed during a gun battle with police serving a search warrant at his home.
Car bomb blast kills 5 in Mogadishu
AP, Mogadishu
A car bomb blast near a police station in Somalia’s capital on Sunday killed at least five people and wounded at least 13 others, police said. The explosion shattered a month of relative calm in Mogadishu, often a target of the extremist group al-Shabab.
The blast near Waberi police station along the busy Maka Almukarramah road may have been a suicide bomber, Capt. Mohamed Hussein told The Associated Press.
