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World in brief: August 21, 2024
Police officers stand in front of a secondary school building in Sanski Most, northwest of Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, August 21, 2024, after a school employee shot and killed three people

BOSNIA: A school employee shot and killed three people today in a school in Sanski Most, police said. The shooter was severely injured after trying to kill himself.

The shooting took place in a secondary school building in the town, about 180 miles north-west of Sarajevo, said regional police spokesman Adnan Beganovic.

IRAN: A bus carrying Shi’ite pilgrims from Pakistan to Iraq has crashed in central Iran, killing at least 28 people and injuring another 23, an official said today.

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