Gates of Vienna News Feed 12/8/2011

There has been another shooting at Virginia Tech University in Blacksburg. Earlier today an assailant approached a campus policeman who was making a routine traffic stop, shot him to death, and then ran off. A dead man was found not far away, and the murder weapon was nearby. The police aren’t confirming it yet, but it seems the suspected murderer is the dead man, killed either by his own hand or by a police officer. The campus was on lockdown for several hours this afternoon after the shooting.

In other news, a newly-elected member of Parliament from the New Zealand First party is calling for a ban on the burka.

To see the headlines and the articles, open the full news post.

Thanks to C. Cantoni, Fjordman, Insubria, JP, J-PD, KGS, TV, Wally Ballou, and all the other tipsters who sent these in.

Notice to tipsters: Please don’t submit extensive excerpts from articles that have been posted behind a subscription firewall, or are otherwise under copyright protection.

Commenters are advised to leave their comments at this post (rather than with the news articles) so that they are more easily accessible.

Caveat: Articles in the news feed are posted “as is”. Gates of Vienna cannot vouch for the authenticity or accuracy of the contents of any individual item posted here. We check each entry to make sure it is relatively interesting, not patently offensive, and at least superficially plausible. The link to the original is included with each item’s title. Further research and verification are left to the reader.