62 h. ago ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning

Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to surviveOn the night of 6 March, Munir, his wife and their two sons, both in their 20s, got no sleep. They huddled together in a small bedroom in their apartment as government troops and militiamen entered their neighbourhood of Qusour in the coastal city of Baniyas and went from house to house. The fighters seemed to be moving through the streets with little coordination. One house might get raided by five separate groups, while others were left untouched. “There was no plan,” Munir said, “just violence and looting.”The first question the fighters were asking when they stormed into an apartment was: “Are you a Sunni or an Alawite?” The answer decided the fate of the residents. Sunnis were spared – although in some cases their apartments were looted. When the raiders found an Alawite home, some stole what they...

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3 d. ago Man wore woman's wig as she lay dying and forced boyfriend to wear her clothes

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS DISTRESSING DETAILS. The alleged killer of Hiojaira Velez Bonilla allegedly wore her wig during the 'brutal act of violence', and forced her boyfriend to wear her clothing

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3 d. ago Brothers horror 'honour killing' as they gouge out sister's eyes and cut off both her feet'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Two brothers in Pakistan have been accused of gouging out their sister's eyes and cutting off her feet in a brutal 'honour killing'

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3 d. ago Brothers cut off sister's feet and gouge out her eyes in chilling 'honour killing'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Two brothers in Pakistan have been accused of gouging out their sister's eyes and cutting off her feet in a brutal 'honour killing'

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4 d. ago Kiesha Donaghy brutally murdered in own home as killer left grim clue on wall

Keshia Donaghy, 32, was brutally murdered at her home as her death is explored in chilling new documentary

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4 d. ago Boy, 8, dies after being attacked by family dog as teen sister watched in horror

A teenage girl watched in horror as her little brother was brutally attacked and killed by their family dog at their home. The dog is now due to be put to sleep.

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7 d. ago Killer 'forced man to wear girlfriend's clothes before stabbing her to death'

Arnaldo Cintron, 42, is alleged to have worn a wig belonging to his victim, Hiojaira Velez Bonilla, while forcing her boyfriend to wear her clothes during a "brutal" killing in Tampa, Florida

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8 d. ago Emmerdale death scene sparks 158 Ofcom complaints from shocked viewers

Mackenzie ‘Mack’ Boyd, played by Lawrence Robb, was apparently killed off in brutal fashion after five years on the long-running soap

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8 d. ago Chilling unresolved case of 'pregnant' teenager who vanished from foster family

When a 15-year-old girl failed to show up for breakfast, her foster family assumed she had gone to school early - now a cold case investigator has made it her mission to crack the case

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8 d. ago Sex offender, 84, killed in 'brutal and sustained' attack after recent release from prison: Man in 40s arrested over 'murder'

Sean Small, 84, was discovered near his Newcastle property in County Down, Northern Ireland, late on Sunday night.

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8 d. ago Man beat brother to death in 'frenzied' attack then told family he was 'asleep'

Daniel Lynch brutally killed his older brother Shane Lynch in a 'sustained and brutal' attack in November last year. He was slapped with a life sentence in court today

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1 week ago Erin Patterson court LIVE updates: The brutal warning mushroom killer won't want to hear as top judge paints grim picture of her future

Follow Daily Mail's live coverage of death cap mushroom murderer Erin Patterson's pre-sentence hearing at the Supreme Court of Victoria.

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1 week ago Britain's darkest murder saw teen scalped and tortured for weeks

Kelly Anne Bates was just 17 when she was brutally killed

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1 week ago Thursday Murder Club star Helen Mirren addresses returning for possible Netflix sequel

The Thursday Murder Club sees four retirees and cold case investigators come face-to-face with a real-life whodunnit

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1 week ago Emmerdale Mackenzie return from the dead twist 'sealed' as fans say 'looking forward'

Mackenzie Boyd was brutally attacked by John Sugden in recent Emmerdale scenes and seemingly killed but fans think there will be a jaw-dropping 'return of the Mack' twist

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1 week ago Is Mack dead on Emmerdale? ITV soap reveals fallout to Lawrence Robb 'exit'

Emmerdale aired a heart-stopping episode as John Sugden hunted down and attacked Mackenzie Boyd on Thursday, appearing to brutally kill him - but has Lawrence Robb left?

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2 w. ago Brutal murder of girl, 2, over father's debt as she has eyes gouged out and hands crushed

The world was left horrified when toddler Twinkle Sharma was brutally killed - and her mutilated body was discovered after being dragged from a rubbish bin by stray dogs

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2 w. ago Jaws child star reveals staggering earnings years after dying in hit movie

Actor Jeffrey Voorhees played doomed youngster Alex Kintner, who gets brutally killed by the shark in Steven Spielberg's Jaws, and he's admitted "it pays to die"

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2 w. ago Murder victim had skull smashed by hammer and body buried in concrete

Christophe Borgye's murder in 2009 was brutal - and his twisted killers could have got away with it for years had one of them not let slip

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2 w. ago Thursday Murder Club's Welsh star Jonathan Pryce shares real reason for joining film

The Thursday Murder Club is based on Richard Osman's novel of the same name and stars Helen Mirren as Elizabeth Best, a former spy who teams up with other amateur sleuths to investigate cold cases

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