FLORIDA NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING: TWO DEAD AND 16 INJURED IN FORT MYERS.

Two people have been killed and up to 16 more injured in a shooting at a nightclub in the Florida city of Fort Myers, police say. The attack happened around 00:30 (04:30 GMT) on Monday at Club Blu, which was reportedly hosting a party for teenagers.


Three people have been arrested. A police statement said injuries "ranged from minor to life-threatening" and that a number of people were in hospital. Local broadcaster WINK says that witnesses at the scene described the club as a "mad house".

ANSBACH EXPLOSION: SYRIAN ASYLUM SEEKER BLOWS HIMSELF UP IN GERMANY.

A failed Syrian asylum seeker has blown himself up and injured 12 other people with a backpack bomb near a festival in the south German town of Ansbach.

The 27-year-old man, who faced deportation to Bulgaria, detonated the device after being refused entry to the music festival, Bavarian officials say. About 2,500 people were evacuated from the venue after the explosion.