Coronavirus: 16 further deaths and 439 new cases confirmed in Northern Ireland Covid is overwhelming our hospitals, with patients treated in ambulances at Antrim Area Hospital last week. Picture by Mal McCann Digital Staff 22 December, 2020 14:10
Another 16 people have died after testing positive for Covid-19, the Department of Health has confirmed.
Four of those deaths occurred outside the 24-hour reporting period.
The total number of fatalities recorded by the department is now 1,219 with 75 of those occurring in the past seven days.
There were 439 new cases of the virus recorded in the last 24 hours.
Latest figures show hospitals under continued pressure with bed capacity at 100 per cent as the north s health service tries to cope with the pandemic and an increased winter demand for services.
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Crime by Judith Kerr
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Subscriber only The former school of a man shot dead on the Logan Motorway is offering a chaplain counselling service to the shocked community, divided over the incident. Ex-John Paul College student Raghe Abdi, 22, died after a police confrontation on the side of the motorway at Drewvale on Thursday during peak-hour traffic. The incident sent shockwaves through the Daisy Hill community, where the college offers one of Queensland s most prestigious boarding schools. College principal Karen Spiller sent condolences to his family and made chaplains available to the shocked community. Our thoughts and prayers are with Raghe Abdi s family and friends at this time.
Crime by Shiloh Payne , Thomas Chamberlin and Kate Kyriacou 17th Dec 2020 8:17 AM | Updated: 5:50 PM
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Subscriber only The man shot and killed by police on the Logan Motorway in Brisbane on Thursday morning after lunging at officers with a knife has been identified as Raghe Abdi, 22. Police went to the scene in Drewvale about 6am after reports of a man walking on the motorway causing a hazard to other road users. Police confronted Abdi, who threatened them with a knife. He was shot multiple times and despite receiving first aid, died a short time later. Abdi, a former student at John Paul College, a private school in Daisy Hill, was facing charges after police alleged the Brisbane student was a radicalised ISIS supporter.
Private school graduate shot dead is being linked to a double murder in Brisbane
Raghe Abdi, 22, was shot on the Logan motorway by police on Thursday morning
Hours later Maurice Antill, 87, and Zoe Antill, 86, were found dead at their home
Abdi was a former student at Christian independent school John Paul College
AFP Officers arrested him in May when he bought a one-way ticket to Somalia