In brief: At least 2 injured in shooting at Florida State University
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — At least two people have been shot on the campus of Florida State University.
A nursing supervisor for Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare confirmed to the Associated Press that the hospital was treating two people for gunshot wounds early today. The supervisor, who declined to be identified due to department policy, didn’t disclose their conditions or whether they are students.
The supervisor said officials had no information about whether there were additional victims.
A campus telephone alert early today urged people to take shelter and stay away from doors and windows. The alert provided no details of what sparked the warning, and campus and Tallahassee police declined immediate comment.
Country mourns murders of Miss Honduras, sister
SANTA BARBARA, Honduras – Tears and anger poured out for the dark-haired beauty who was to have flown to London on Wednesday to represent Honduras at the Miss World pageant, only to be found shot to death with her sister on a remote river bank.
After the bodies of the reigning Miss Honduras, 19-year-old Maria Jose Alvarado, and her sister Sofia, 23, were discovered early in the day, police announced that the sister’s boyfriend had confessed to killing them last week in a fit of jealousy over his girlfriend dancing with another man.
Dozens of relatives and friends of the beauty queen gathered for a candlelight vigil at the college she attended, remembering a down-to-earth young woman who aspired to be a diplomat and worked as a model to help support a humble family.
At some point during the night of Nov. 13, a heated argument broke out over her sister dancing with another man and her boyfriend Plutarco Ruiz pulled a gun, firing first at his girlfriend and then at Alvarado as she tried to flee, said the National Police director, Gen. Ramon Sabillon.
Honduras pageant organizer Eduardo Zablah said the country would not send a substitute to London.
Police arrest Indian religious leader following standoff
NEW DELHI – Indian police have arrested a controversial religious leader at his sprawling ashram in the northern part of the country, ending a dayslong standoff in which six people died and hundreds were injured.
Jawahar Yadav, a Haryana state government spokesman, said police had arrested Sant Rampal and taken him away in an ambulance.
No violence or confrontation took place between his supporters and the police at the time of his arrest, Yadav told reporters. Nearly 15,000 of his supporters were evacuated from the ashram before he was taken into custody, Yadav said.
The 63-year-old self-styled guru was taken to Chandigarh, the state capital, where he was to appear before a court Friday. He is wanted for questioning in a 2006 murder case, but has repeatedly ignored orders to appear in court.
On Wednesday, the guru’s followers handed over to police the bodies of four women who apparently died inside the 12-acre complex, about 110 miles from New Delhi. Earlier in the day, a woman and an 18-month-old child died in a hospital after leaving the ashram.
The circumstances of the deaths were not clear.
Rampal and 38 others have been charged with murder and other offenses after a clash between his supporters and another group killed one person in July 2006.