14 h. ago Teen stabbed schoolboy 11 times at bus stop and knifed girl in chest

The defendant accepts he stabbed the boy and girl but denies trying to kill them

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19 h. ago 'My girl was killed in most brutal way – we've been let down by the system yet again'

Linda Westcarr today lashed out after learning the Attorney General would not be referring Gogoa Tape's sentence to the Court of Appeal after he killed Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche

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63 h. ago Florida sets execution date for man who raped and murdered 6

A man convicted of raping and killing a 6-year-old girl in central Florida is scheduled to be put to death in November

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3 d. ago Mum begged daughter, 12, to stop social media challenges before she died in train horror

The parents of a 12-year-old girl who was killed while carrying out a dangerous social media challenge say their ‘thrillseeker’ daughter posted terrifying daredevil videos to TikTok

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4 d. ago Death Row killer tucks into final meal after killing girl, 15, inside her home

Death Row killer Roy Lee Ward was executed for the brutal murder of 15-year-old Stacy Payne, a Heritage Hills High School cheerleader and honour student whose life was cut short in her own home

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6 d. ago 'I hope he's rotting in hell': Devastated mother of woman murdered by Jack the Ripper copycat killer says she finally has 'closure' after his death in prison aged 64

Jackie Summerford has faced 18 years of agony after Derek Brown slaughtered her girl, Bonnie Barrett, in 2007. Her daughter's killer died suddenly last month while behind bars.

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7 d. ago Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

The children’s names below appear on a list of victims of Israel’s offensive in Gaza, maintained by health authorities in the territory. As of the end of July it ran to 60,199 names, of whom 18,457 were under 18s. Far from comprehensive, the list does not include the thousands still buried under the rubble of destroyed buildings, as well as the war’s many indirect victimsAs of the end of July there were 18,457 children named on the long official list of Palestinian victims of Israel’s war in Gaza. Over almost two years, that is equivalent to bombs, bullets and shells killing a boy or girl every hour of every day.In reality the deaths are not spaced out so evenly. Siblings, cousins and playmates are often killed together, by an airstrike or artillery shell. Even children shot by snipers or quadcopters are sometimes brought into hospitals in groups, doctors say. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Girl, 12, killed after 'being crushed under fallen tree branch for two hours'

Brooke Wiggins, aged 12, was playing with friends and using a rope swing in Banstead, Surrey, when the branch snapped and she died after being crushed by the tree, a court heard

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7 d. ago Ashling Murphy killer's chilling seven words to wife after school teacher murder

A court heard how Jozef Puska told his wife Lucia Istokova he 'didn't mean to kill that girl' but she was 'scared' to inform the authorities following the shocking murder

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7 d. ago Girl, 12, killed when she was ‘crushed under fallen tree branch for up to two hours’

A 12-YEAR-OLD girl died when a fallen tree branch crushed her while playing with pals, an inquest heard. Brooke Wiggins was having fun on a rope swing when tragedy struck in Banstead, Surrey on November 9 last year. Paramedics were called to the scene, near the junction with Carshalton Road, after the horror unfolded. It...

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7 d. ago Girl, 12, was killed while playing with friends after a tree branch snapped and fell on her, an inquest hears

Brooke Wiggins was using a rope swing when the branch broke off and caused her to become trapped. Her friends tried to free her before an ambulance arrived. She died soon after.

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1 week ago Man charged over Marcus's death: Family's agony after British teenager who was jailed for holiday romance in Dubai with girl, 17, dies in crash three months after prison release

Marcus Fakana, 19, tragically died after a car he was a passenger in smashed into another vehicle while it was being tailed by the Metropolitan Police in Tottenham, north London.

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1 week ago Teenager, 19, jailed in Dubai over holiday romance with girl, 17, killed in crash after police chase in north London

Marcus Fakana, 19, died from ‘significant’ injuries sustained in the smash just before 1am on Friday and a man has been charged with causing death by dangerosu driving

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1 week ago Teenager, 19, jailed in Dubai over holiday romance with girl, 17, killed in crash after car fails to stop for police in north London

Marcus Fakana, 19, died from ‘significant’ injuries after the smash just before 1am on Friday

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1 week ago Brit teen who was jailed in Dubai for sex with girl, 17, is killed in car crash

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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1 week ago Teenager jailed in Dubai over romance with girl, 17, killed in crash in north London

Teenager jailed in Dubai over romance with girl, 17, killed in crash in north London  London Evening Standard

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1 week ago Teen girl gang who killed pensioner, 75, in vicious street attack they filmed on mobile phone are locked up

Fredi Rivero, 75, died in hospital after he was punched to the ground by three teenage girls, who lunched an unprovoked attack which they film on a mobile phone. The girls were jailed today.

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1 week ago Girl, 6, killed by driver as she stepped off bus with her mum

Millie Gribble, 6, who was killed by a driver in Barton, Lancashire

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2 w. ago Female cousins aged 20 and girl, 15, all tortured to death on horrific livestream video

Two young cousins and a 15 year-old girl were lured into a van, tortured and killed in a video livestreamed to a warped audience.

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2 w. ago Female cousins aged 20 and girl, 15, all decapitated during livestreamed torture video

Two young cousins and a teen girl were tortured and killed on a livestream on social media in a case that has shocked Argentina and the world.

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