5 d. ago Manchester synagogue attacker 'may have been influenced by extreme Islamist ideology', police say

A total of six people are now in police custody after two people died in the horrific assault on Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue yesterday.

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1 week ago Elon Musk and Peter Thiel mentioned in Epstein documents released by Democrats

Prince Andrew and Steve Bannon also referenced in six-page batch of documents made public with redactionsDemocratic lawmakers on Friday released documents from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that may show interactions between the disgraced financier and prominent conservatives, including Elon Musk, Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel.The six pages of documents made public with redactions come from a batch provided by the justice department to the House oversight committee, which is investigating how the sex-trafficking charges against Epstein, who died in 2019 in federal custody, were handled. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man accused of murdering mum and three kids in fire dies in custody

Mohammed Shabir was due to stand trial later this year with two other defendants

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1 week ago Investigation launched into suspect who died after being taken into custody

Bryan Warrington, 36, died at Darent Valley hospital on September 12 after being transported in a police van to a custody suite.

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4 w. ago South Africa to reopen Steve Biko inquest 48 years after death in police custody

Death of anti-apartheid activist in 1977 after police beat him into a coma sparked outrage across the worldSouth African prosecutors will reopen an inquest into the death of the prominent anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, nearly 50 years after he died in police custody.Biko, the founder of South Africa’s Black Consciousness Movement, died in a prison cell in 1977 aged just 30, after being beaten into a coma by police who had arrested him nearly a month earlier. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Watchdog launches probe after man dies in custody after being tasered by police

The Independent Office for Police Conduct said it is investigating after the 23-year-old died in hospital.

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