BK Hariprasad Congress candidate from Bengaluru South constituency
PM Narendra Modi to enter the fray from BJP?
Bengaluru: The Congress has announced the name of Rajya Sabha member BK Hariprasad, 65, for the Bengaluru South Lok Sabha Constituency.
The Congress, which had released a list of 18 candidates on Saturday, announced the name for the Bengaluru South constituency today. However, suspense continues over BJP's choice for this constituency.
In the 1999 Lok Sabha polls, he had lost to BJP's Ananth Kumar. Hariprasad was later picked for the Rajya Sabha, where he is still a sitting member. However, Ananth Kumar who won from this constituency for six times since 1996, has passed away recently.
Earlier, It was said that Ananth Kumar's wife Tejaswini would be fielded from this constituency. But now rumour mills are abuzz with the news that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may contest from Bengaluru South.
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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.
