8 d. ago Suspect arrested in murder of former Ukraine speaker Paruby, Zelensky says

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said early on Monday that a suspect has been arrested in the murder of former parliamentary speaker Andriy Paruby, a crime that shook the war-torn country. “The suspect has given an initial testimony,” Zelensky said on the Telegram messaging app. “Urgent investigative actions are currently under way to establish all the circumstances of this murder.” Paruby, 54, was shot dead in the western city of Lviv on Saturday in what Zelensky called “a horrific...

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8 d. ago Suspect arrested in murder of former Ukraine speaker Parubiy

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said early on Monday that a suspect has been arrested in the murder of former parliamentary speaker Andriy Parubiy, a crime that shook the war-torn country. “The suspect has given an initial testimony,” Zelensky said on the Telegram messaging app. “Urgent investigative actions are currently under way to establish all the circumstances of this murder.” Parubiy, 54, was shot dead in the western city of Lviv on Saturday in what Zelensky called “a horrific...

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1 week ago Suspect arrested in Germany after US man injured in knife attack on Dresden tram

A man has been arrested in connection with a weekend knife attack on a tram in the German city of Dresden in which an American national was wounded, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The 20-year-old male victim was attacked just after midnight on Sunday while the tram was at a stop. Police said he intervened when two men harassed a woman on board the tram and was then attacked himself before the men fled. He sustained a deep wound to the face. The US embassy in Berlin condemned the “brutal attack” in...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong police arrest 14th suspect in Sai Kung prison officer attack

Hong Kong police have arrested another suspect in connection with a brutal attack on a prison officer outside a correctional facility in Sai Kung last year, bringing the total number of suspects to 14. The arrest, made on Monday, involved a man who had reportedly fled to mainland China following the incident. After more than six months on the run, he was intercepted by mainland authorities and handed over to Hong Kong police during his return journey. On Tuesday at about 4.10pm, the suspect,...

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2 w. ago Ukrainian arrested in Italy over 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions

A Ukrainian citizen suspected to be one of the coordinators of the undersea explosions in 2022 that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany has been arrested, German prosecutors said on Thursday. The suspect, identified only as Serhii K. in line with German privacy rules, was arrested overnight by officers from a police station near the Italian city of Rimini, federal prosecutors said. Explosions on September 26, 2022, damaged the pipelines, which were built to carry...

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2 w. ago ‘Bear attack’ victim in Japan was actually killed by son, police say

A man in northeastern Japan has been arrested on suspicion of killing his 93-year-old father, who police initially believed was the victim of a bear attack. Fujiyuki Shindo, 51, was arrested on Tuesday in the city of Daisen, Akita prefecture, after allegedly slashing his father, Fujiyoshi, to death with a knife at their family home. Authorities say the attack occurred on Monday, prompting an emergency call from the victim’s 80-year-old wife, who found her husband collapsed and bleeding in a...

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2 w. ago Hong Kong patient, 89, arrested over indecent assault on hospital worker

An 89-year-old male patient has been arrested for allegedly indecently assaulting a female worker at a Hong Kong hospital. Tuen Mun Hospital reported that the allied health professional was allegedly assaulted in a rehabilitation ward at around 10am on Tuesday. Police arrested the suspect, a patient at the hospital. The man, who had been hospitalised for kidney failure caused by food poisoning, was using a walking frame at the time of the incident, the Post learned. The worker and a female...

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