News in Brief (27-6-2018)

Nine cops die in suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan

ASADABAD, June 26: Nine police personnel were killed and three others wounded in a suicide bomb blast in Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar Monday night, a local official said Tuesday. — Xinhua

School attack leaves policeman, guard dead in Japan

TOKYO, June 26: Police say a knife-wielding man slashed and killed an officer in a local police station, took the man's gun and fatally shot a security guard outside a nearby elementary school in Japan. Toyama prefectural police said the unidentified male suspect was shot by a second policeman and captured after the attack Tuesday. — AP

4.6-magnitude quake jolts Myanmar

YANGON, June 26: A slight earthquake measuring 4.6 on Richter scale hit Myanmar's Sagaing region Tuesday. The earthquake struck at 06:32:16 local time. Its epicentre was 22.5 kilometres west-northwest of Monywa city in the region and 122 kilometres west-northwest of Mandalay seismological observatory. — Xinhua

Philippine army kills six police personnel mistakenly

MANILA, June 26: Philippine troops hunting communist guerrillas have mistakenly killed six policemen and wounded nine other officers who were also on jungle patrol, authorities said Tuesday. The army said it had launched an investigation into Monday's incident, which came shortly after government put on hold on-and-off peace negotiations. — AFP

Arrest of woman over Hong Kong shooting

HONG KONG, June 26: Four people were wounded on Tuesday in a shooting in a Hong Kong park next to a busy shopping centre, a rare gun attack in a city ranked as one of the safest in the world. A woman was arrested after she used a gun to shoot at four persons. — Reuters