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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-02T01:49:53.000Z",
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    "At least nine injured in mass shooting at Cincinatti music venue",
    "Iran 'threaten to withdraw from World Cup' amid US conflict",
    "Donald Trump declares 'evil' Ali Khamenei is DEAD as Iranians urged to 'take back their country'",
    "The GB News Editorial Charter"
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nA gunman who was wearing a \"property of Allah\" shirt and opened fire in a Texas bar may have been an Islamic terrorist, local police have said.\n\nThe attack on Buford's bar in Austin, Texas killed two people and wounded 14 more just before 2am on Sunday.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe suspect, Ndiaga Diagne, 53, was an ex-New York City resident and US citizen originally from Senegal, according to American media.\n\nRussel Doran, the FBI special agent in charge for San Antonio, said while the investigation was too early to determine an \"exact motivation\", there were \"indicators\" on the suspect and his vehicle of a \"potential nexus to terrorism\".\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\nHis car contained the Koran, and he may have been motivated by the US strikes on Iran.\n\nFox News reported the suspect was wearing an undershirt featuring the Iranian flag or Iranian representations.\n\nPolice killed the suspect as he headed toward East Sixth Street, raising the death toll to three.\n\nThe attack in the Texan city's West Sixth Street, a busy street in its entertainment district, is now being investigated by the Joint Terrorism Task Force, which includes members of the Austin Police Department and partners across the state.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nMr Doran was did not share what \"type of terrorism\" was behind the rampage, but admitted the attack was \"potentially an act of terrorism\".\n\nAustin Police Chief Lisa Davis said the suspect drove around the bar several times, before turning on his flashers and shooting at patrons on the patio with a pistol.\n\nHe then proceeded westbound down Sixth Street where he parked his car and shot his gun at several more people.\n\nThe Mayor of Austin, Kirk Watson, said there was \"no question in my mind\" that the response form police and EMS professionals \"made a difference and saved lives\".\n\n### LATEST US NEWS:\n\n\n\n\n  * At least nine injured in mass shooting at Cincinatti music venue\n  * Iran 'threaten to withdraw from World Cup' amid US conflict\n  * Donald Trump declares 'evil' Ali Khamenei is DEAD as Iranians urged to 'take back their country'\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nWhite House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump had been briefed on the shooting.\n\nEast and West Sixth Street are popular locations for some 55,000 students partying in Austin, which serves as the state's capital and is home to the University of Texas.\n\nFootage from the scene showed a heavy police presence and several bar patrons crouching in fear within Buford's.\n\nCustomers were seen tending to the wounded with police officers, as victims were heard screaming in pain.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTexan blood bank We Are Blood have urged people with O-positive and O-negative blood to donate after the attack to treat those with gunshot wounds.\n\nOfficials said police and paramedics were stationed near Buford's as routine for a weekend in Austin's entertainment district.\n\nThey were able to arrive just 57 seconds after the shooting broke out, according to police.\n\nPolice did not make any further comment on the shooter's potential motives.\n\nThree of the 14 wounded remain in critical condition.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "'Islamic terrorist' wearing 'Property of Allah' t-shirt kills two and injures 14 in Texas shooting spree"
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