66 h. ago Depraved sex attacker, 46, who held woman captive and tortured her for 10 hours using a blow torch is jailed

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Tommy Hitt, 46, in Wiltshire, was sentenced to 21 years and six months in prison at Winchester Crown Court for vile domestic violence and sexual offences.

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4 d. ago Boarding school mass sex attack horror: How a mob of boys raped 71 girls in night of depravity with 19 victims killed in a stampede as they tried to escape their dormitory

Twilight was receding into night on July 13, 1991 when St. Kizito, a mixed boarding school in the Kenyan town of Meru, was plunged into darkness

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7 d. ago Parents 'held knifeman down' after man attacked near primary school

The victim suffered a slash wound to the face

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1 week ago Body of Thai hostage retrieved from Gaza, says Israeli defence minister

Nattapong Pinta had been seized in the Hamas-led 7 October 2023 attack and killed, according to Israeli militaryThe Israeli military has retrieved the body of Thai hostage, Nattapong Pinta, who had been held in Gaza since Hamas’s attack on 7 October 2023, according to defence minister, Israel Katz. .Pinta’s body was held by a Palestinian militant group called the Mujahideen Brigades, and was retrieved from the area of Rafah in southern Gaza, Katz said. His family in Thailand has been notified. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Desperate last moments of Fred and Rose West's victims revealed in horror cellar finds

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Sadistic killers Fred and Rose West deliberately transformed their foul-smelling basement into a sordid sex dungeon, where they would carry out depraved acts against their victims

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2 w. ago Unnerved Jewish Americans reconsider safety protocols after string of attacks

Many see attacks as part of a rise in antisemitism, while others object to conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitismOn the first night of Passover, it seemed like a one off – an arson attack on Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s mansion. The arsonist, per police, took issue with Shapiro’s stance on Israel and Palestine.Then, in late May, outside an American Jewish Committee young professionals’ event for young Jews in the DC area to meet young diplomats, two Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed; the shooter yelled, “Free Palestine.” Roughly a week and a half later, in Boulder, Colorado, a rally in solidarity with hostages held in Gaza was firebombed; the attacker also reportedly yelled, “Free Palestine.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jewish Americans of all stripes reconsider safety protocols – but disagree on roots of recent violence

Many see attacks as part of a rise in antisemitism, while others object to conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitismOn the first night of Passover, it seemed like a one off – an arson attack on Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s mansion. The arsonist, per police, took issue with Shapiro’s stance on Israel and Palestine.Then, in late May, outside an American Jewish Committee young professionals’ event for young Jews in the DC area to meet young diplomats, two Israeli embassy staffers were shot and killed; the shooter yelled, “Free Palestine.” Roughly a week and a half later, in Boulder, Colorado, a rally in solidarity with hostages held in Gaza was firebombed; the attacker also reportedly yelled, “Free Palestine.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Vigil held for victims of Boulder firebombing attack as suspect's family fights deportation

Hundreds of people have gathered at the local Jewish Community Center for a vigil to support the victims of the firebombing attack in Boulder

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2 w. ago Boulder attack suspect says he planned to use gun but was unable to buy one

Authorities say Egyptian national took firearm class but could not make purchase because he is not a US citizenThe man accused of attacking a a pro-Israel peace parade with molotov cocktails in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday told authorities he planned to use a gun and took a concealed firearm class – but was denied the purchase because he was not a US citizen.Mohamed Sabry Soliman, an Egyptian national, is facing federal and state charges over the attack which wounded 12 people as they held a weekly demonstration calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza. He had planned to target the demonstration with 18 molotov cocktails in his possession but apparently had second thoughts and threw just two, according to authorities. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago How ‘a man with a blow torch’ turned a rally in Colorado into a scene of horror

The attack by a man hurling molotov cocktails struck at the heart of one of Colorado’s largest Jewish communitiesThe first 911 calls reporting the Colorado flamethrower attack were as horrific as they were unbelievable.“There is a male with a blow torch setting people on fire,” a dispatcher advised the city’s police department, passing on the account of an eyewitness. Another official reported: “Multiple burns, potential terror attack.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Man who burned Quran outside Turkish consulate in London guilty of religiously aggravated public order offence

Hamit Coskun, 50, held the flaming Islamic text aloft before being attacked by a passerby

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2 w. ago Colorado attack: Everything we know about the 'terror' incident in Boulder

A “targeted terror attack” has injured eight people, following a demonstration held for hostages in Gaza

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2 w. ago Three Florida men sentenced for torturing rival drug trafficker with hot sauce for 18 hours

The kidnapping was reportedly related to an old drug trafficking grudge

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2 w. ago Women and girls ‘not safe anywhere’ as Darfur suffers surge in sexual violence

Médecins Sans Frontières report sparks calls for Sudan’s warring parties to be held to account for rapes and attacks As Sudan’s Darfur region has been overrun by militias, women are facing the constant threat of sexual violence, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has reported.The medical charity said in the South Darfur region alone its workers treated 659 sexual violence survivors between January and March this year, more than two-thirds of whom had been raped. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Liverpool parade suspect 'is a company director': Driver held after dozens hurt in 'car attack' is 'revealed to be married father

The 53-year-old arrested on suspicion of multiple attempted murders, driving under the influence of drugs and dangerous driving, is married with three teenage children.

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4 w. ago Supplier for Aldi, Tesco and Sainsbury's 'held to ransom' in cyber attack

The UK high street continues to be affected in a strong of cyber attacks.

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4 w. ago Food supplier to Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Aldi ‘held to ransom’ by cyber attackers

Somerset-based cold storage and transport company Peter Green Chilled supplies Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Aldi

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last month Peter Green Chilled cyber attack: Major supermarket distributor to Tesco and Sainsbury's 'held to ransom'

The Somerset-based logistics firm has been targeted just weeks after M&S and Co-op were hit by major cyber attacks

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