9 dead in Texas shooting involving rival biker gangs

Washington, May 18: At least nine people were killed and 18 injured in a shootout between rival biker gangs in Texas' Waco city on Sunday afternoon, police said on Monday.

The shootout occurred in a parking lot between the Twin Peaks and Don Carlos restaurants shortly after noon, said local television station News Channel 25.

All the dead - eight of whom died at the scene, the ninth in a local hospital - were members of the rival motorcycle gangs.

The fight broke out in the Twin Peaks after an argument, with the brawlers spilling outside into the parking lot, police said.

Police official W. Patrick Swanton said members of at least three rival gangs were in the parking lot when the shooting erupted, but he did not provide the names of the gangs or the victims.

Police were on the scene when the shooting started and officers fired on some of the bikers to put an end to the clash, said Swanton, adding that the officers' actions "saved lives" and prevented the clash from becoming even bigger.

Many officers and emergency medical teams were dispatched to the scene of the shootout, where law enforcement authorities found chains, knives, garrots, firearms and other weaponry scattered around the area.

Police said the condition of some of the injured, who were taken to local hospitals with knife and gunshot wounds, is such that more deaths may occur in the coming hours or days.

Some of the customers inside the two restaurants managed to hide in the freezers to protect themselves from the gunfire, the TV station reported.

After the shootout, the two restaurants closed and police arrested a number of people and questioned the people present.

One eyewitness, Michelle Logan, 37, told media that there were about 30 firearms in action in the parking lot and about 100 shots were fired in all.

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In meeting with Zohran Mamdani, Trump repeats claim he stopped India-Pak war

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November 22,2025

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has again claimed to have solved the conflict between India and Pakistan, repeating his assertion during a meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office.

Mamdani flew to Washington DC for his first meeting with Trump in the White House on Friday. Trump said he “enjoyed” the meeting, which he described as “great.”

During remarks in the Oval Office, with Mamdani standing next to him, Trump repeated his claim that he solved the May conflict between India and Pakistan.

"I did eight peace deals of countries, including India and Pakistan,” he said.

On Wednesday, Trump had said he threatened to put 350 per cent tariffs on India and Pakistan if they did not end their conflict, repeating his claim that he solved the fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to say “we're not going to go to war.”

Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his claim over 60 times that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan.

India has consistently denied any third-party intervention. India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians. India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.

Mamdani emerged victorious in the closely-watched battle for New York City Mayor, becoming the first South Asian and Muslim to be elected to sit at the helm of the largest city in the US.

He had been the front-runner in the NYC Mayoral election for months and defeated Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and political heavyweight former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent candidate and was officially endorsed by Trump just hours before the elections.

Indian-descent Mamdani is the son of renowned filmmaker Mira Nair and Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani. He was born and raised in Kampala, Uganda and moved to New York City with his family when he was 7. Mamdani became a naturalised US citizen only recently, in 2018.

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