52 h. ago No family, no stability, no social fabric: the anguish of Gaza’s wounded orphans

As the number of WCNSFs – ‘wounded child, no surviving family’ – grows, charities struggle to find adults to look after themWithin a few months, the war in Gaza had already made its own addition to the vocabulary of emergency medical assistance with the world’s most heartbreaking acronym: WCNSF, “wounded child, no surviving family”.Over two years of bombardment and famine the problem has worsened, even though in the constant chaos created by Israeli bombing and evacuation orders, which fragment communities and scatter them around the Gaza Strip, it is hard to keep track of children separated from their families. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago German mayor was 'tortured for hours by her adopted daughter, 17, who kept her in a basement and brutally stabbed her' leaving her fighting for life

A police investigation has revealed horrific new details of torture including the use of multiple knives to inflict more than a dozen stab wounds to Mayor Iris Stalzer

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57 h. ago Murder accused claims girlfriend found dead with 18 knife wounds 'stabbed herself'

Michael Ormandy is on trial accused of the murder of his girlfriend, Rebekah Campbell

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3 d. ago Woman stabbed to death 'by jealous boyfriend' suffered 27 knife wounds, trial hears

Rebekah was also found with suspected defensive wounds from trying to fight off the attack

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3 d. ago German mayor Iris Stalzer accuses teen daughter of Herdecke stabbing, say cops

Iris Stalzer, 57, who has been elected mayor of Herdecke in western Germany, was found with stab wounds at her home and it is alleged she was attacked by her 17-year-old daughter

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4 d. ago Daughter suspected in an attack on a newly elected mayor in Germany

Investigators say that the newly elected mayor of a German town who was found at her home with stab wounds apparently was attacked by her teenage daughter, and her life is no longer in danger

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4 d. ago Kilburn stabbing: Boy, 15, rushed to hospital and arrested after being wounded near busy high street

Metropolitan Police officers and London Ambulance Service paramedics attended Brondesbury Villas in Brent, north London and found the teenager injured on Tuesday evening

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4 d. ago German mayor was found fighting for life with stab wounds after 'screaming' row in her house, neighbours reveal as she refuses to name attacker and her adopted daughter, 17, becomes suspect

Iris Stalzer, 57, mayor-elect of the town of Herdecke near the western city of Dortmund, was found at her home at around 12.40pm local time on Tuesday with life-threatening injuries.

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5 d. ago Man hospitalised with stab wounds following incident outside Starbucks

People had been told to avoid the area as the incident played out

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6 d. ago Former NFL star Mark Sanchez could face six years in jail after being stabbed by 69

Quarterback lands felony battery charges on MondayIncident left truck driver with ‘very severe’ injuriesDetectives reviewed video footage of incidentFormer NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez could face jail time after he was charged with felony battery on Monday.The charge is in addition to three others he was handed on Sunday after a violent confrontation earlier in the weekend. Those charges were for battery with injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a vehicle during the incident early on Saturday morning that left Sanchez, who has worked as a Fox Sports analyst since his retirement from playing, hospitalized with stab wounds. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Leicester murder probe launched after man found stabbed to death as six arrested

A man in his 30s was found with a stab wound inside a house in Leicester in the early hours of Sunday morning. Six men have been arrested, Leicestershire Police confirmed

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7 d. ago Former NFL star Mark Sanchez charged with battery after being stabbed by 69

Driver said he felt threatened by former Jets quarterbackDetectives reviewed video footage of incidentSanchez lands battery and intoxication chargesFormer NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez has been charged with battery with injury, public intoxication and unlawful entry of a vehicle after an incident in Indianapolis early on Saturday morning that left him hospitalized with stab wounds.According to an affidavit, Sanchez, who now works as an NFL analyst for Fox Sports, confronted a 69-year-old truck driver at a hotel loading bay. The driver said he believed “this guy is trying to kill me” and used pepper spray to protect himself. When the spray did not stop Sanchez advancing on him, the man said he stabbed the former quarterback “two or three times”. Sanchez then allegedly threw the man against a dumpster before “a look of shock” came across his face and he “took off”. Detectives have reviewed video footage of the incident. Witnesses said Sanchez and the driver filmed each other with the c...

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8 d. ago Man blindfolded and kidnapped from retail park before horrifying stabbing

Connor Price, 28, was bundled into a car and suffered multiple stab wounds before his dad launched an escape plan - the three kidnappers have now been jailed

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1 week ago Manchester synagogue attack: Security guard among four injured with ‘vehicle and stab wounds’

Emergency services were called to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue

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1 week ago Wales hockey coach accused of murdering wife 'was lazy and didn't want to work'

Mohamed Samak, 42, denies the murder of Joanne Samak, 49, who was found dead with stab wounds

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1 week ago ‘She fell on a knife’: Teacher was found dead with 20 stab wounds. Cops ruled it a suicide. New Hulu series reopens the case

Ellen Greenberg’s family reached a lawsuit settlement with the city of Philadelphia for her violent death to be reexamined

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1 week ago Inmates armed with tuna tins in a sock and a 'chiv' left prisoner with multiple stab wounds

An inmate was targeted in a pre-planned attack by a number of men armed with makeshift weapons at the prison in Northumberland

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1 week ago Police make four arrests as woman stabbed and one other injured in attack

The woman in her 50s was also left with facial injuries and was found to have a stab wound to her elbow

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1 week ago My rap superstar son’s cryptic last word as he lay dying helped snare love rival killer but heartless cops let me down

RAPPER Joshua ‘Depzman’ Ribera cryptically whispered “Switch” to paramedics treating him as he lay dying in the street - weeks after his debut album hit number one.  The teenager, who had performed on stage with megastar Skepta and was tipped to go to the top, died aged 18 from a stab wound to the heart...

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2 w. ago Watch: Horror moment youth 'stabs' group of teenagers during broad daylight knife attack in Brixton

Two boys, aged 16, were left injured, with one taken to hospital with a non-life threatening stab wound

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