4 h. ago Calls for inquiry after German police kill black man outside nightclub

Officer suspended after shooting 21-year-old man from behind in Oldenburg in north-west GermanyCivil rights activists in Germany have demanded an independent inquiry into alleged police racism after an officer shot a 21-year-old black man from behind, killing him after an altercation outside a nightclub.The 27-year-old officer has been suspended from duty over the shooting early on Sunday morning in the city of Oldenburg in north-west Germany pending a murder investigation, said state prosecutors. Fatal police shootings are relatively rare in Germany and prosecutors were quoted in local media as saying the suspension and investigation were “routine”. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Mum's six chilling words to police after killing son with handsaw

Karolina Zurawska, originally from Poland and who had been living at a two-bedroom bungalow in Swansea with her son Alexander.

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8 h. ago ‘I’ve killed my kid with cancer’ Woman’s words to police after killing her six

Karolina Zurawska killed her son Alexander while gripped by a mental illness which had overwhelmed her, likely as a result of the stress caused from dealing with his medical conditions, a court heard

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14 h. ago A Thai police plane crashes in the sea, killing at least 5 on board

Thai officials say that a small police plane crashed into the sea near a popular beach town, killing at least five people on board and leaving one in critical condition

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30 h. ago Student killed and three injured in stabbing attack at French high school

Fifteen-year-old student arrested after incident at Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides school near NantesA student at a French high school stabbed four other students at his school on Thursday, killing at least one and injuring three others before being arrested, police said.The circumstances of the attack were not immediately clear. A national police official said it had taken place at the private Notre-Dame-de-Toutes-Aides high school in Nantes on the Atlantic coast. Continue reading...

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31 h. ago Gangs in Haiti kill 4 soldiers and 4 civilians in bid to seize full control of the capital

A spokesman for Haiti's National Police says gangs trying to seize full control of Haiti have killed at least four soldiers and four armed civilians

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31 h. ago Tragedy as man killed in crash as police arrest 'dangerous driver'

Witnesses are being urged to come forward after the crash in Lytham

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31 h. ago Greater Manchester Police officer denies killing 'wonderful' mum

PC Mark Burrows is charged with causing the death of Heather Smedley

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37 h. ago Fan, 52, killed himself from 'embarrassment' after police launch football match probe

Andrew Paul Hewitt dead at his family home the day after he attended a Chester FC away fixture at Warrington Town

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46 h. ago Man 'beat mum to death' in 'exorcism' before sharing grisly photo on Snapchat

Alexander Taylor Valdez, 23, from Fort Worth, Texas, is alleged to have murdered his mum Teresita Sayson, 58, and allegedly told police he was "doing witchcraft" to kill her

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56 h. ago Pedestrian killed in collision with BMW on busy road as police launch investigation

The collision involving a BMW has left a pedestrian dead

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58 h. ago Indian security forces hunt militants after 26 tourists killed in Kashmir attack

Incident apparently involving four gunmen is worst attack on civilians in India since Mumbai shootings in 2008Indian security forces fanned out across the Himalayan region of Kashmir as the army and police launched a massive manhunt for the perpetrators of a militant attack on Tuesday that killed at least 26 tourists.Tens of thousands of armed police and troops headed to the region, setting up checkpoints and searching vehicles, while many businesses remained closed after a call by religious and political figures. Continue reading...

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58 h. ago Brit was burned alive in Ecuador after 'unstoppable' mob overpowered police and dragged the victim to his doom after he was accused of killing a local

The Playas del Cuyabeno police claimed that the furious horde 'exceeded the capacity of seven officers' who were tasked with the responsibility of protecting the visitor.

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3 d. ago Kashmir shooting: Gunmen opens fire in holiday resort as 20 tourists shot dead in 'terror attack'

At least 20 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire at a resort in with police labelling it a "terror attack".

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3 d. ago Crying baby found covered in blood after mum brutally murdered 'while breastfeeding him'

Eight members of the Rhoden family were found murdered in their sleep across four separate locations in Pike County, Ohio, with police initially struggling to identify a motive for the killings

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3 d. ago Woman who cut off mum's head locked in chilling prison feud with another twisted killer

Jessica Camilleri and Rebecca Jane Butterfield, regarded as two of the most dangerous prisoners in Australia, are understood to be sworn enemies - and have allegedly even been given a strict non-association order

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3 d. ago Jean Charles de Menezes’s mother says ‘everyone should watch’ TV drama about his killing

Disney+ series revisits killing of Brazilian man wrongly identified as a terrorist by Met police officers in 2005The mother of a man shot dead by police in a London Underground station after being mistaken for a terrorist has said “everyone should watch” a new dramatisation of her son’s killing.Jean Charles de Menezes was shot seven times by two police marksmen in Stockwell tube station on 22 July 2005. De Menezes was wrongly identified as one of the fugitives involved in a failed bombing two weeks after the 7/7 attack in London, which killed 52 people. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Karen Read's second murder trial revives debate over who killed her Boston police officer boyfriend

The much-anticipated retrial of Karen Read is set to begin

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3 d. ago Descendants of the victims of Jack the Ripper have demanded a new inquest

Ripper researcher Russell Edwards claims Freemasons shielded the killer from police at the time and ensured that he was locked away in an asylum until his death

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4 d. ago Tributes paid to man killed after being hit by car as police charge driver with murder

The incident took place in Liverpool on Good Friday, but the victim was well known in north Wales

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