1.   Ferri shot dead eight people and wounded six others before killing himself.

2.   In a separate development, the Turkish news agency reported Thursday that Turkish soldiers had shot dead eight PKK rebels near Cukurca, in the southeast of the country.

3.   Indian troops on Friday shot dead eight suspected Muslim militants who had crossed from Pakistan into Indian-controlled Kashmir.

4.   Indian security forces shot dead eight suspected militants in a night-long encounter in southern Kashmir on Monday, a police spokesman said.