Shepherds Int’l Academy Annual Sports Day: Team Capella wins Championship Trophy
Mangaluru, Nov. 13: The Shepherds' International Academy, Attavar, Mangaluru organized their Annual Sports Day event at Mangala Stadium on November 12, Saturday.
The Chief Guest of the event, A.S. Venkatesh, the Chairman of the Karavali Credit Co-operative Society, Attavar, and the Treasurer of Dakshina Kannada Dist. Badminton Association inaugurated the Sports day event by releasing colourful balloons in the air.
The program began with a prayer led by the school head boy master Ahsan Hassan and the school pledge recital by the head girl Numa. The academy’s teacher Shahinaz delivered the welcome address.
The head boy and the Head girl along with Principal Lubna Banu escorted the Chief Guest and the dignitaries to the flag post to hoist the school flag. The two school teams titled Capella and Sirius conducted a striking March past during the sports meet.
Several sports & games events were conducted for the Montessori students. Track and field 100 meters & 50 meters races also were conducted for the graders. The relay was the highlight of the day. The school’s Team Sirius won 1st place in March past and Team Capella was the runners-up. However, the overall Championship Trophy was bagged by Team Capella.
Eleven students were felicitated for their victorious performance in the KUMITE sector in the recently held 1st Invitational National Level Karate Championship organized by KEN-E-MABUNI-SHITO-RYU-KARATE SCHOOL OF INDIA at Udupi.
Medals and certificates were distributed to the winners by the Chief Guest A.S. Venkatesh, Trustees Naushad AK, Mohammed Rizwan, Guest of honour Thasleem, and principal Lubna Banu. The Chief Guest handed over the trophies and certificates to the winners issued by the organizers.
The sports event was convened by teachers Sumayya Shaikh, and Sabha Sulthana.
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South African police arrest suspect in mass shooting that killed 12, including 3 children
Johannesburg (AP): A 32-year-old suspect has been arrested in connection with a mass shooting which claimed the lives of 12 people including three children at an unlicensed pub earlier this month, South African police said on Monday.
The man is suspected of being one of the three people who opened fire on patrons in a pub at Saulsville township, west of South Africa's capital Pretoria, killing 12 people including three children aged 3, 12 and 16.
At least 13 people were also injured during the attack, whose motive remains unknown.
According to the police, the suspect was arrested on Sunday while traveling to Botlokwa in Limpopo province, more than 340 km from where the mass shooting took place on Dec 6.
An unlicensed firearm believed to have been used during the attack was recovered from the suspect's vehicle.
“The 32-year-old suspect was intercepted by Limpopo Tracking Team on the R101 Road in Westenburg precinct. During the arrest, the team recovered an unlicensed firearm, a hand gun, believed to have been used in the commission of the multiple murders. The firearm will be taken to the Forensic Science Laboratory for ballistic analysis,” police said in statement.
The suspect was arrested on the same day that another mass shooting at a pub took place in the Bekkersdal township, west of Johannesburg, in which nine people were killed and 10 wounded when unknown gunmen opened fire on patrons.
Police have since launched a search for the suspects.
South Africa has one of the highest homicide rates in the world and recorded more than 26,000 homicides in 2024 — an average of more than 70 a day. Firearms are by far the leading cause of death in homicides.
The country of 62 million people has relatively strict gun ownership laws, but many killings are committed with illegal guns, according to authorities.
According to police, mass shootings at unlicensed bars are becoming a serious problem. Police shut down more than 11,000 illegal taverns between April and September this year and arrested more than 18,000 people for involvement in illegal liquor sales.
