The Evening Wrap: PM Modi unveils slew of projects; Stalin highlights Dravidian model

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation several completed projects and laid the foundation stone for several new schemes during his visit here on Thursday. Chief Minister M K Stalin, in his address, sought a raise in funding to the state and outlined that Tamil Nadu’s growth is unique as it is based not merely on economic parameters but on the ‘Dravidian model’ of inclusive growth. The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation five projects worth over ₹2,960 crore, in the presence of Governor R N Ravi, Union Minister L Murugan and Chief Minister M K Stalin. The programme also witnessed inauguration of 1,152 houses constructed as part of the Light House Project-Chennai, built at a cost of ₹116 crore under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban. Chief Minister M K Stalin said such infrastructure projects are important for the growth of Tamil Nadu and the state is already a pioneer in the country across several sectors. Stalin said Tamil Nadu’s growth trajectory is unique as it is not only about economic growth, but also about inclusive growth driven by social justice and equality, which is the ‘Dravidian model’. Emphasising on cooperative federalism, Stalin demanded that the Central government enhance funding for Tamil Nadu projects. As part of kickstarting the scheme, allotment of houses were given to some beneficiaries on the occasion by the dignitaries. Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of six projects, worth over ₹28,000 crore. The 262 km long Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway would be built at a cost of over ₹14,870 crore. It would pass through the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and help reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai by 2-3 hours. The 4 lane double decker elevated road connecting Chennai Port to Maduravoyal (NH-4), of about 21 km would be built at a cost of over ₹5,850 crore ensuring round the clock movement of cargo vehicles to Chennai port. The 94 km long four lane Neraluru to Dharmapuri section of NH-844, and 31 km long 2-lane with paved shoulders of Meensurutti to Chidambaram section of NH-227, at a cost of around ₹3,870 crore and ₹720 crore respectively, would help provide seamless connectivity in the region. The PM also laid the foundation stone of a Multi Modal Logistic Park at Chennai worth around ₹1,430 crore. It would provide seamless intermodal freight movement and also offer multiple functionalities. Quoting a couplet from Tamil classic Tirukkural, Union Minister L Murugan hailed Modi as a leader who has fulfilled his assurances perfectly in sync with the promises made. The Tamil Nadu BJP gave a rousing reception to Modi, who is on his maiden visit to the state after the ruling DMK government assumed office in May 2021. KCR hints at grand alliance, says there will be sensational news in 2-3 months Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao has hinted at a grand Opposition alliance saying that there will be sensational news in the next two to three months regarding such a front. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Chief also said despite ‘bhaashanbaazi’ (rhetoric), industries are closing down, the nation’s GDP is crashing and the rupee is falling drastically compared to the U.S. dollar. The CM was speaking to reporters after holding a discussion with JD(S) supremo and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda, his son and former Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy. “Lots of talks happen but now India will change. India has to change and take a shape for future. It has to rise despite politics, politicians and ‘isms’. Efforts should be made to change the situation of the country. After two to three months, you will get to see some sensational news,” the Telangana Chief Minister said. Rao said he discussed everything regarding the political situation at the national level and in Karnataka during his meeting with the first family of JD(S). The Telangana CM said he had been to Karnataka ahead of assembly elections in 2018 and predicted Kumaraswamy becoming chief minister, which turned out to be true. “When I was there before the Karnataka elections last time, I said I will come for the swearing-in ceremony of Kumaraswamy, and my words were proved to be right and he became the chief minister. This time I assure you, there is going to be a change at the national level. No one can stop it,” the TRS supremo said. Speaking about the prevailing situation, Rao said the country has enough resources yet it is suffering due to shortage of water, electricity and irrigation even after 75 years of independence while many nations that secured freedom along with India are way ahead of the country. Optimistic about India’s growth, Rao said India will shine irrespective of which party rules the country. In this regard, Rao called upon everyone to join in nation-building. “Every effort should be made to build a bright India. I appeal to the journalists to contribute in this pursuit as their contribution is needed,” Rao further said. Appealing to the journalists to shun sensation and controversial news, the TRS supremo urged them to hold discussions on taking the nation towards the right path as the situation is worsening. “Today no one is happy, be it farmers, Dalits, tribals. Who is happy today? Situation is worsening day by day. What’s the reality other than rhetoric (bhaashanbazi) and promises? Industries are getting closed, the GDP is crashing, inflation is spiralling, and the rupee has fallen completely. Never in history has the rupee fell to such a low level compared to the US dollar,” Rao pointed out. Addressing reporters, former Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy said Rao held discussions with Gowda for about two to three hours regarding various issues prevailing in the country. “In the next two to three months, we will get you a good news,” Kumaraswamy said. Stating that regional parties are on the rise and the only ones putting up a front against the BJP, he called upon all the regional parties to shun their differences in the national interest and come to a “common platform”. “There is an urgency for these parties to keep aside all their differences and come to a common platform keeping in view the national interest and to save the country,” the JD(S) second-in-command said. Noting that the Congress is on decline with each passing day, the former Karnataka chief minister hailed Rao for the vision with which he is moving ahead. According to him, Rao’s move will lay the foundation for the future of India. Rao arrived in Bengaluru hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Telangana capital Hyderabad to participate in the 20th year celebrations of the Indian School of Business. 8 years of Modi government marked by 8 deceits, says Congress High inflation, unemployment, misgovernance and communal polarisation have been hallmarks of the eight years of the Narendra Modi government, the Congress said on Thursday as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government completed three years of its second term. The Congress released a 20-page Hindi booklet titled ‘8 saal, 8 chall Sarkar Viphal,’ [’Eight years, eight deceits and a failed government’] to highlight the Modi government’s failures with regard to economy, employment, inflation, farmers’ income, national security, welfare for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Addressing a joint press conference here, party general secretaries Ajay Maken and Randeep Surjewala claimed that the BJP government had created a record of “hoodwinking the people with fake jumlas and slogans during its eight years of rule”. The BJP’s promise of “achche din” or good days was meant only for themselves or a select group of crony capitalists and industrialists whose wealth had increased manifold, the Congress said. Accusing the BJP of spreading hatred in society through communal polarisation, Maken said that 10,000 cases of communal clashes had taken place during the last eight years of the Modi government. He also accused the BJP of seeking votes in the name of the brave soldiers and charged that the ruling party’s ‘disastrous policies” led to the economy’s free fall. “...All these eight things, which we have picked up, concern each and every citizen of the country. Be it failure to protect our boundaries, be it rising inflation, unemployment, all these failures are bigger than the other. So, we can’t pick one failure over the other,” Maken responded, when asked to pick the single biggest failure. Surjewala said the eight years of the BJP rule had seen continuous threats to the sovereignty and security of the country, with China transgressing our borders and the Prime Minister keeping silent about it. “What happened to the Prime Minister’s 56 inch chest and laal ankh [red eyes],” Surjewala asked, referring to a statement of Modi before the 2014 elections that a leader needed to have a 56-inch chest to take on China. He said that 84% Indians had seen reduced incomes and 12 crore people lost their jobs, 60 lakh Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) shut shop and unemployment figures touched a 45-year high. In contrast, Surjewala claimed that two-three industrialists had seen their incomes rise by ₹1,000 crore every day and 142 super rich made gains of ₹30 lakh crore in the last one year during COVID-19. “While high prices are upsetting the budgets of common people on the one hand, on the other communal fires are flaring and the BJP is trying to benefit politically from it,” the Congress leader said. Imran Khan gives six-day ultimatum to Pakistan government to announce fresh polls Ousted Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan on Thursday gave a six-day deadline to the Shehbaz Sharif government for dissolving provincial assemblies and announcing fresh general elections, warning that if the “imported government” failed to do so, he would return to the capital with the “entire nation”. Addressing a rally of thousands of protesters of the ‘Azadi March’ at Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad on Thursday morning, Khan lashed out at the government for using “tactics” such as raids and arrests to stop his party’s march, even as he thanked the Supreme Court (SC) for taking notice of the matter. “Government has tried every method to crush our Azadi March, they used teargas on peaceful protest, our homes were raided and privacy of the homes was violated, however, I have seen the nation free itself of fear of slavery,” he said. “My message for the imported government is to dissolve assemblies and announce elections, otherwise, I will come back again to Islamabad after six days,” he was quoted as saying by the Geo News. Noting that there was a “huge responsibility” on the Supreme Court judges, Khan asked where in a democracy peaceful protests were not allowed and demonstrators had to face tear-gas shelling, police raids and arrests. “I had decided that I will sit here until the government dissolves assemblies and announces elections, but of what I have seen in the past 24 hours, they [government] are taking the nation towards anarchy,” he said, claiming that the government was also trying to create a divide between the nation and police. Khan said the government would be happy if he staged a sit-in in Islamabad as it would lead to clashes between the people and police and the army, the Dawn newspaper reported. ‘Horrifying’ conspiracy theories swirl around Texas school shooting By now it’s as predictable as the calls for thoughts and prayers: A mass shooting leaves many dead, and wild conspiracy theories and misinformation about the carnage soon follow. It happened after Sandy Hook, after Parkland, after the Orlando nightclub shooting and after the deadly rampage earlier this month at a Buffalo grocery store. Within hours of Tuesday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, another rash began as internet users spread baseless claims about the man named as the gunman and his possible motives. Unfounded claims that the gunman was an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally, or transgender, quickly emerged on Twitter, Reddit and other social media platforms. They were accompanied by familiar conspiracy theories suggesting the entire shooting was somehow staged. The claims reflect broader problems with racism and intolerance toward transgender people and are an effort to blame the shooting on minority groups who already endure higher rates of online harassment and hate crimes, according to disinformation expert Jaime Longoria. “It’s a tactic that serves two purposes: It avoids real conversations about the issue (of gun violence), and it gives people who don’t want to face reality a patsy, it gives them someone to blame,” said Longoria, director of research at the Disinfo Defense League, a non-profit that works to fight racist misinformation. In the hours after the shooting, posts falsely claiming the gunman was living in the country illegally went viral, with some users adding embellishments, including that he was “on the run from Border Patrol.” “He was an illegal alien wanted for murder from El Salvador,” read one tweet liked and retweeted hundreds of times. “This is blood on Biden’s hands and should have never happened.” The man who authorities say carried out the shooting, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, is a U.S. citizen, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a news conference on Tuesday. Other social media users seized on images of innocent internet users to falsely identify them as the gunman and claim he was transgender. On the online message board 4Chan, users liberally shared the photos and discussed a plan to label the gunman as transgender, without any evidence to back it up. One post on Twitter, which has since been deleted, featured a photo of a trans woman holding a green bottle to her mouth, looking into the camera, headphones hanging from one ear. “BREAKING NEWS: THE IDENTITY OF THE SHOOTER HAS BEEN REVEALED,” claimed the user, saying the shooter was a “FEMBOY” with a channel on YouTube. None of that was true. The photo actually depicted a 22-year-old trans woman named Sabrina who lives in New York City. Sabrina, who requested her last name not be published due to privacy concerns, confirmed to The Associated Press that the photo was hers and also said she was not affiliated with the purported YouTube account. Sabrina said she received harassing responses on social media, particularly messages claiming that she was the shooter. She responded to a number of posts spreading the image with the misidentification, asking for the posts to be deleted. “This whole ordeal is just horrifying,” Sabrina told the AP. In Brief The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook southern Peru on Thursday, though there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The 7.02 a.m. (5.32 p.m. IST) quake was centred 13.1 km east-southeast of Azangaro, but was fairly deep — 217.8 km — beneath the surface. Evening Wrap will return tomorrow [logo] The Evening Wrap 26 MAY 2022 [The Hindu logo] Welcome to the Evening Wrap newsletter, your guide to the day’s biggest stories with concise analysis from The Hindu. [[Arrow]Open in browser]( [[Mail icon]More newsletters]( PM Modi unveils slew of projects; T.N. CM Stalin highlights Dravidian model  Prime Minister Narendra Modi [dedicated to the nation several completed projects and laid the foundation stone for several new schemes]( during his visit here on Thursday. Chief Minister M K Stalin, in his address, sought a raise in funding to the state and outlined that Tamil Nadu’s growth is unique as it is based not merely on economic parameters but on the ‘Dravidian model’ of inclusive growth. [Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin gesture during the foundation stone laying ceremony of various infrastructure projects in Chennai on May 26, 2022. ] The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation five projects worth over ₹2,960 crore, in the presence of Governor R N Ravi, Union Minister L Murugan and Chief Minister M K Stalin. The programme also witnessed inauguration of 1,152 houses constructed as part of the Light House Project-Chennai, built at a cost of ₹116 crore under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban. Chief Minister M K Stalin said such infrastructure projects are important for the growth of Tamil Nadu and the state is already a pioneer in the country across several sectors. Stalin said Tamil Nadu’s growth trajectory is unique as it is not only about economic growth, but also about inclusive growth driven by social justice and equality, which is the ‘Dravidian model’. Emphasising on cooperative federalism, Stalin demanded that the Central government enhance funding for Tamil Nadu projects. As part of kickstarting the scheme, allotment of houses were given to some beneficiaries on the occasion by the dignitaries. Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of six projects, worth over ₹28,000 crore. The 262 km long Bengaluru-Chennai Expressway would be built at a cost of over ₹14,870 crore. It would pass through the states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and help reduce travel time between Bengaluru and Chennai by 2-3 hours. The 4 lane double decker elevated road connecting Chennai Port to Maduravoyal (NH-4), of about 21 km would be built at a cost of over ₹5,850 crore ensuring round the clock movement of cargo vehicles to Chennai port. The 94 km long four lane Neraluru to Dharmapuri section of NH-844, and 31 km long 2-lane with paved shoulders of Meensurutti to Chidambaram section of NH-227, at a cost of around ₹3,870 crore and ₹720 crore respectively, would help provide seamless connectivity in the region. The PM also laid the foundation stone of a Multi Modal Logistic Park at Chennai worth around ₹1,430 crore. It would provide seamless intermodal freight movement and also offer multiple functionalities. Quoting a couplet from Tamil classic Tirukkural, Union Minister L Murugan hailed Modi as a leader who has fulfilled his assurances perfectly in sync with the promises made. The Tamil Nadu BJP gave a rousing reception to Modi, who is on his maiden visit to the state after the ruling DMK government assumed office in May 2021. KCR hints at grand alliance, says there will be sensational news in 2-3 months Telangana Chief Minister [K. Chandrashekar Rao has hinted at a grand Opposition alliance]( saying that there will be sensational news in the next two to three months regarding such a front. The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) Chief also said despite ‘bhaashanbaazi’ (rhetoric), industries are closing down, the nation’s GDP is crashing and the rupee is falling drastically compared to the U.S. dollar. The CM was speaking to reporters after holding a discussion with JD(S) supremo and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda, his son and former Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his grandson Nikhil Kumaraswamy. “Lots of talks happen but now India will change. India has to change and take a shape for future. It has to rise despite politics, politicians and ‘isms’. Efforts should be made to change the situation of the country. After two to three months, you will get to see some sensational news,” the Telangana Chief Minister said. Rao said he discussed everything regarding the political situation at the national level and in Karnataka during his meeting with the first family of JD(S). The Telangana CM said he had been to Karnataka ahead of assembly elections in 2018 and predicted Kumaraswamy becoming chief minister, which turned out to be true. “When I was there before the Karnataka elections last time, I said I will come for the swearing-in ceremony of Kumaraswamy, and my words were proved to be right and he became the chief minister. This time I assure you, there is going to be a change at the national level. No one can stop it,” the TRS supremo said. Speaking about the prevailing situation, Rao said the country has enough resources yet it is suffering due to shortage of water, electricity and irrigation even after 75 years of independence while many nations that secured freedom along with India are way ahead of the country. Optimistic about India’s growth, Rao said India will shine irrespective of which party rules the country. In this regard, Rao called upon everyone to join in nation-building. “Every effort should be made to build a bright India. I appeal to the journalists to contribute in this pursuit as their contribution is needed,” Rao further said. Appealing to the journalists to shun sensation and controversial news, the TRS supremo urged them to hold discussions on taking the nation towards the right path as the situation is worsening. “Today no one is happy, be it farmers, Dalits, tribals. Who is happy today? Situation is worsening day by day. What’s the reality other than rhetoric (bhaashanbazi) and promises? Industries are getting closed, the GDP is crashing, inflation is spiralling, and the rupee has fallen completely. Never in history has the rupee fell to such a low level compared to the US dollar,” Rao pointed out. Addressing reporters, former Karnataka chief minister Kumaraswamy said Rao held discussions with Gowda for about two to three hours regarding various issues prevailing in the country. “In the next two to three months, we will get you a good news,” Kumaraswamy said. Stating that regional parties are on the rise and the only ones putting up a front against the BJP, he called upon all the regional parties to shun their differences in the national interest and come to a “common platform”. “There is an urgency for these parties to keep aside all their differences and come to a common platform keeping in view the national interest and to save the country,” the JD(S) second-in-command said. Noting that the Congress is on decline with each passing day, the former Karnataka chief minister hailed Rao for the vision with which he is moving ahead. According to him, Rao’s move will lay the foundation for the future of India. Rao arrived in Bengaluru hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Telangana capital Hyderabad to participate in the 20th year celebrations of the Indian School of Business. 8 years of Modi government marked by 8 deceits, says Congress High inflation, unemployment, misgovernance and communal polarisation have been hallmarks of the eight years of the Narendra Modi government, the [Congress said]( on Thursday as the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government completed three years of its second term. The Congress released a 20-page Hindi booklet titled ‘8 saal, 8 chall Sarkar Viphal,’ [’Eight years, eight deceits and a failed government’] to highlight the Modi government’s failures with regard to economy, employment, inflation, farmers’ income, national security, welfare for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Addressing a joint press conference here, party general secretaries Ajay Maken and Randeep Surjewala claimed that the BJP government had created a record of “hoodwinking the people with fake jumlas and slogans during its eight years of rule”. The BJP’s promise of “achche din” or good days was meant only for themselves or a select group of crony capitalists and industrialists whose wealth had increased manifold, the Congress said. Accusing the BJP of spreading hatred in society through communal polarisation, Maken said that 10,000 cases of communal clashes had taken place during the last eight years of the Modi government. He also accused the BJP of seeking votes in the name of the brave soldiers and charged that the ruling party’s ‘disastrous policies” led to the economy’s free fall. “...All these eight things, which we have picked up, concern each and every citizen of the country. Be it failure to protect our boundaries, be it rising inflation, unemployment, all these failures are bigger than the other. So, we can’t pick one failure over the other,” Maken responded, when asked to pick the single biggest failure. Surjewala said the eight years of the BJP rule had seen continuous threats to the sovereignty and security of the country, with China transgressing our borders and the Prime Minister keeping silent about it. “What happened to the Prime Minister’s 56 inch chest and laal ankh [red eyes],” Surjewala asked, referring to a statement of Modi before the 2014 elections that a leader needed to have a 56-inch chest to take on China. He said that 84% Indians had seen reduced incomes and 12 crore people lost their jobs, 60 lakh Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) shut shop and unemployment figures touched a 45-year high. In contrast, Surjewala claimed that two-three industrialists had seen their incomes rise by ₹1,000 crore every day and 142 super rich made gains of ₹30 lakh crore in the last one year during COVID-19. “While high prices are upsetting the budgets of common people on the one hand, on the other communal fires are flaring and the BJP is trying to benefit politically from it,” the Congress leader said. Imran Khan gives six-day ultimatum to Pakistan government to announce fresh polls Ousted Prime Minister of Pakistan [Imran Khan on Thursday gave a six-day deadline]( to the Shehbaz Sharif government for dissolving provincial assemblies and announcing fresh general elections, warning that if the “imported government” failed to do so, he would return to the capital with the “entire nation”. Addressing a rally of thousands of protesters of the ‘Azadi March’ at Jinnah Avenue in Islamabad on Thursday morning, Khan lashed out at the government for using “tactics” such as raids and arrests to stop his party’s march, even as he thanked the Supreme Court (SC) for taking notice of the matter. “Government has tried every method to crush our Azadi March, they used teargas on peaceful protest, our homes were raided and privacy of the homes was violated, however, I have seen the nation free itself of fear of slavery,” he said. “My message for the imported government is to dissolve assemblies and announce elections, otherwise, I will come back again to Islamabad after six days,” he was quoted as saying by the Geo News. Noting that there was a “huge responsibility” on the Supreme Court judges, Khan asked where in a democracy peaceful protests were not allowed and demonstrators had to face tear-gas shelling, police raids and arrests. “I had decided that I will sit here until the government dissolves assemblies and announces elections, but of what I have seen in the past 24 hours, they [government] are taking the nation towards anarchy,” he said, claiming that the government was also trying to create a divide between the nation and police. Khan said the government would be happy if he staged a sit-in in Islamabad as it would lead to clashes between the people and police and the army, the Dawn newspaper reported. ‘Horrifying’ conspiracy theories swirl around Texas school shooting By now it’s as predictable as the calls for thoughts and prayers: A mass shooting leaves many dead, and wild conspiracy theories and misinformation about the carnage soon follow. [A message in solidarity with victims of the Robb Elementary school shooting is written on a storefront window in Uvalde, Texas on May 26, 2022. ] It happened after Sandy Hook, after Parkland, after the Orlando nightclub shooting and after the deadly rampage earlier this month at a Buffalo grocery store. Within hours of Tuesday’s school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, another rash began as internet users spread baseless claims about the man named as the gunman and his possible motives. [Unfounded claims]( that the gunman was an immigrant living in the U.S. illegally, or transgender, quickly emerged on Twitter, Reddit and other social media platforms. They were accompanied by familiar conspiracy theories suggesting the entire shooting was somehow staged. The claims reflect broader problems with racism and intolerance toward transgender people and are an effort to blame the shooting on minority groups who already endure higher rates of online harassment and hate crimes, according to disinformation expert Jaime Longoria. “It’s a tactic that serves two purposes: It avoids real conversations about the issue (of gun violence), and it gives people who don’t want to face reality a patsy, it gives them someone to blame,” said Longoria, director of research at the Disinfo Defense League, a non-profit that works to fight racist misinformation. In the hours after the shooting, posts falsely claiming the gunman was living in the country illegally went viral, with some users adding embellishments, including that he was “on the run from Border Patrol.” “He was an illegal alien wanted for murder from El Salvador,” read one tweet liked and retweeted hundreds of times. “This is blood on Biden’s hands and should have never happened.” The man who authorities say carried out the shooting, 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, is a U.S. citizen, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in a news conference on Tuesday. Other social media users seized on images of innocent internet users to falsely identify them as the gunman and claim he was transgender. On the online message board 4Chan, users liberally shared the photos and discussed a plan to label the gunman as transgender, without any evidence to back it up. One post on Twitter, which has since been deleted, featured a photo of a trans woman holding a green bottle to her mouth, looking into the camera, headphones hanging from one ear. “BREAKING NEWS: THE IDENTITY OF THE SHOOTER HAS BEEN REVEALED,” claimed the user, saying the shooter was a “FEMBOY” with a channel on YouTube. None of that was true. The photo actually depicted a 22-year-old trans woman named Sabrina who lives in New York City. Sabrina, who requested her last name not be published due to privacy concerns, confirmed to The Associated Press that the photo was hers and also said she was not affiliated with the purported YouTube account. Sabrina said she received harassing responses on social media, particularly messages claiming that she was the shooter. She responded to a number of posts spreading the image with the misidentification, asking for the posts to be deleted. “This whole ordeal is just horrifying,” Sabrina told the AP. In Brief The U.S. Geological Survey said [a magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook southern Peru]( on Thursday, though there were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The 7.02 a.m. (5.32 p.m. IST) quake was centred 13.1 km east-southeast of Azangaro, but was fairly deep — 217.8 km — beneath the surface. 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