Sunday, March 31, 2013

Grandson killed, robbed 72 year old for sneakers

Police: Grandson killed, robbed 72-year-old man who was headed to dialysis - Chicago Sun-Times

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New strain of bird flu kills 2 people in China

New strain of bird flu which has never been seen in humans before kills two people in China | Mail Online

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'Drunken' teen driver kills five family members and leaves another two in a critical condition after early morning crash

An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in a southern Nevada crash early on Saturday that killed five members of a California family and injured the suspect and three others. Jean Soriano of California was booked into the Clark County Detention Center after he was treated and released at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada Highway Patrol Trooper Loy Hixson said. The crash happened at about 3 a.m. on Interstate 15 near the Utah line.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2301812/Jean-Soriano-Drunken-teen-driver-kills-family-members-leaves-critical-condition.html

At least 12 killed in Mexican bus crash

MEXICO CITY, Mar. 31, 2013 (Reuters) — At least 12 people died when a bus and a car collided in a mountainous part of the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz on Saturday evening, local emergency services said.

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/bre92u011-us-mexico-crash/

Four family members die trapped in burning East Gwillimbury home

SHARON - A family’s love and devotion for each other may be why they died together in an early morning house fire in this village north of Newmarket. Some who know the Dunsmuirs wonder if Kevin and his two teen sons stayed huddled in the master bedroom, waiting to be rescued, because they refused to leave without his wife, Jennifer, who was disabled by an aneurism in 2010.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/29/4-killed-in-east-gwillimbury-house-fire

San Pedro Sula in northwest Honduras is the murder capital of the world

San Pedro Sula might be the most dangerous place on earth. Around three people are intentionally murdered every day in the northwest Honduran city--that’s around 169 homicides per 100,000 residents. These grim statistics place it at the very top of a list of the 50 most violent cities, making San Pedro Sula the alleged murder capital of the world two years in a row.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/honduran-city-murder-capital-world-report-article-1.1303512

Two stabbed to death in Chiba home

CHIBA — Police said Sunday that two people were fatally stabbed and a third remains in a serious condition after they were stabbed at their home in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture. According to police, a woman called emergency services at about 4:30 a.m., asking for an ambulance. TBS reported that police and an ambulance rushed to the home where they found three people bleeding from knife wounds. They were identified as Takuya Yamaguchi, 71, his wife Chieko, 66, and their son Naoshi, 36. They were taken to hospital where Takuya and Naoshi were pronounced dead, police said, adding that Chieko remains in a serious condition. Neighbors were quoted as saying they rarely saw Chieko or Naoshi. Police said they will know more once they can question Chieko. They have not yet determined whether the stabbings were the result of family trouble or whether an intruder came in from outside.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/two-stabbed-to-death-in-chiba-home

Saturday, March 30, 2013

'Arrest the atheists who insulted Islam!' Tens of thousands of Muslim activists hold prayers on streets of Bangladesh capital to call for new blasphemy laws against bloggers

Fuck their imaginary bullshit! If its tenets consists of a bunch of lies and copied fables of other bullshit fairytales and it is forced upon their people whom have no choice but to submit, it deserves to be ridiculed any which way possible! 

--J.A.C.

Tens of thousands of Islamic activists prayed on the streets of the Bangladeshi capital today during a rally calling for the introduction of blaspemy laws and the restoration of a caretaker government. Members of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh are demanding the arrest of 'atheist bloggers who insulted Islam' and to pass laws punishing those who 'insulted Islam in the parliament'. They have announced plans to 'lay siege' to the office of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on April 25 if their demands are not met.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2301138/Tens-thousands-Islamic-activists-hold-prayers-streets-Bangladesh-capital-new-blasphemy-laws.html

Teenager forced to have all four of her limbs amputated after her body was ravaged by a deadly form of meningitis

A teenager whose body was suddenly ravaged by meningitis has had all four of her limbs amputated and suffered from severe burns to her skin, it emerged today. Kaitlyn Dobrow, 18, has undergone nine life-saving surgeries since being admitted to hospital after coming down with flu-like symptoms. She also suffered such severe skin damage that she remains in a burns unit at the UC Irvine Medical Centre in California.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2301182/Teenager-lost-limbs-body-ravaged-deadly-form-meningitis.html

China mine blast kills 28

A gas blast in a north-east China coal mine has killed 28 people, in the latest incident to damage the industry's notoriously poor safety record. The official Xinhua news agency reported that 13 others were rescued after the accident at Babao Coal Mine, in the city of Baishan.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-30/china-mine-blast-kills-28/4602076

83 feared dead in Tibet landslide

A huge search and rescue operation has failed to locate any survivors of a Tibetan landslide that buried 83 mine workers under 2 million cubic metres of earth. Search teams using sniffer dogs and radar combed the mountainside throughout the night after a three-kilometre section of land buried a copper mine workers' camp in Maizhokunggar county, east of Tibetan capital Lhasa. After a day of searching, Chinese officials made the grim announcement that no survivors had been found at the suite of the landslide, which struck about 6:00am Friday (local time).

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-30/no-survivors-found-as-yet-in-tibet-landslide-search/4602200

17 killed in Tanzanian building collapse

Officials in Tanzania say at least 17 people, including two children, have been killed when a building collapsed in the city of Dar es Salaam. Eighteen people have been rescued from the rubble of the 16-storey building which came crashing down on Friday, while dozens are still missing. The multi-storey building was under construction in Tanzania's economic capital when it collapsed. Regional commissioner Saidi Mecky Sadicky says rescuers were still looking for two children. Several dozen people in all are still missing around the site, which was littered with huge chunks of concrete.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-30/17-killed-in-tanzanian-building-collapse/4602332

Shooter commits suicide after 'six-hour police standoff and claiming two victims'

Authorities in a Charlotte suburb say a man suspected of shooting two neighbors has committed suicide after a six-hour police standoff. Cabarrus County sheriff's deputies said late Friday that the suspected shooter shot himself as deputies and SWAT team members surrounded the house where he was hiding. Late Friday afternoon, deputies responded to a report of a man shooting a gun at a house.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2301429/Shooter-commits-suicide-hour-police-standoff-claiming-victims.html

Friday, March 29, 2013

Snared on a hook, clubbed over the head and chopped up while still conscious: Shocking video shows hideous truth behind shark fin industry

A shark caught on a fishing line before being horrifically clubbed over the head and killed has been captured on video revealing the brutal reality of what is happening to global shark populations. As the shark is reeled out of the water its catcher picks up a large bat and repeatedly strikes it with blows across the head until it can be pulled on board and tossed onto a pile of other dead sharks. The shocking footage is mixed with clips from around the world showing health and beauty and food products made using parts of sharks being sold in markets and stores. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300977/Clubbed-death-sold-meat-Shocking-video-shows-truth-shark-industry.html

Brazilian doctor charged with 7 murders, may have killed as many as 300

A Brazilian doctor who was charged with killing seven patients to free up beds at a hospital intensive care unit may have been responsible for as many as 300 deaths, according to a Health Ministry investigator. Prosecutors said Dr. Virginia Soares de Souza and her medical team administered muscle relaxing drugs to patients, then reduced their oxygen supply, causing them to die of asphyxia at the Evangelical Hospital in the southern city of Curitiba. De Souza, a 56-year-old widow, was arrested last month and charged with seven counts of aggravated first degree murder. Three other doctors, three nurses and a physiotherapist who worked under De Souza have also been charged with murder.

http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/brazilian-doctor-killed-300-article-1.1301084

Man arrested for trying to kill woman with poisoned shoes

TOKYO — A man who allegedly tried to kill a woman he was stalking by putting poison in her shoes was arrested Thursday, police and reports said. The woman, a colleague, did not die, but developed gangrene in part of her left foot and her five toes had to be amputated. The hospital notified the police. Tatsujiro Fukasawa, 40, allegedly put hydrofluoric acid, a highly caustic chemical, in her shoes in December last year, a police spokeswoman said. He is believed to have obtained the chemical, which is used in oil refining or to dissolve rock, at his workplace in Shizuoka. Fukusawa has denied the allegation, Jiji Press said, citing local investigative sources. Hydrofluoric acid can be absorbed through the skin into the blood, and can lead to systemic failure, including heart attacks.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-arrested-for-trying-to-kill-woman-with-poisoned-shoes

Girl, 14 raped by two men on bus in Pollok, Glasgow

Investigations are continuing after a teenage girl was raped by two men on a double decker bus in Glasgow. The attack happened on the top deck of the 57 bus as it left the Silverburn shopping centre in Pollok, Glasgow, at about 22:30 last Friday night. The 14-year-old sat downstairs with a friend but then moved to the upper deck where she was assaulted and raped by two men. Police have appealed for other passengers to come forward. Detectives said the girl engaged in conversation with two men who had boarded the bus in the city centre. Her friend, also 14, went up to see her and raised the alarm with passengers downstairs.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-21974375

Thursday, March 28, 2013

12 killed in university attack

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Mortar shells slammed into a cafeteria at Damascus University Thursday, killing at least 12 people and wounding 20, according to state media and an official. It was the deadliest in a string of such attacks on President Bashar Assad's seat of power, state media and an official said. Rebels began firing shells at the capital earlier this year, and the strikes have become increasingly common in recent weeks as rebels clash with government troops on the city's east and south sides.

http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-officials-12-killed-university-attack-125632604.html

Minnesota man beaten and stabbed to death in Mexico by workers building his dream home

A Minnesota businessman was beaten and stabbed to death in rural Mexico by a trio of workers he'd hired to build his dream home, cops have said. Kyle Kester, 38, was allegedly killed Feb. 10 at his sprawling estate in the remote Colonia Bosque de la Capilla valley, some 18 miles north of the city of Guadalajara. Details of his death have only emerged this week. The Minnesota Star Tribune reports that Kester's body was found by a friend around 48 hours after his murder.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/u-s-man-killed-mexico-workers-dream-home-cops-article-1.1300152

Mother gets 30 years for letting 2 kids starve to death

OSAKA — A 25-year-old mother whose two young children starved to death surrounded by rubbish after she locked them in her apartment has been sentenced to 30 years in jail. Single mother Sanae Nakamura regularly left her daughter, 3, and one-year-old son, in the apartment in western Osaka while she spent the night at her boyfriend’s house, reports said. She had begin leaving them alone in March 2010, the Asahi Shimbun said, adding that sometime in early June that year she stopped coming home. But when she did eventually return later that month the two tots were dead, the paper said. Nakamura was convicted of murder by Japan’s lower courts and sentenced to 30 years at earlier hearings, which found she had known that leaving the children without sufficient food would kill them.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/mother-gets-30-years-for-letting-kids-starve-to-death

3 commit suicide, 2 others taken into custody

Three young men committed suicide together in Dongguan, Guangdong province, while two others who also planned to kill themselves with the group but backed out were taken into custody, local police said on Tuesday afternoon. Three men were found dead in a rented house on Monday. The two men who backed out of the plot were caught fleeing the home by police. They confessed to having planned to commit suicide with the three other men because of their dissatisfaction with work and their personal lives.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/28/content_16353663.htm

Bus plunges 400 FEET off a cliff in Peru killing at least 24 miners on their way to Easter festivities

A horrific bus crash in Peru has left at least 24 dead and 18 others injured when the vehicle plunged into a ravine Wednesday. The passengers, most of them mine workers, were traveling from Puno to Arequipa when the bus they were in fell into an abyss of about 394 feet in Yura district in southern Peru. The victims were on their way to attend religious festivities leading up to Easter Sunday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300272/Horror-bus-plunges-400-FEET-cliff-Peru-killing-24-miners-way-Easter-festivities.html

Tragedy as two-year-old girl mauled to death by SEVEN pit bulls

A 21-month-old toddler has died after being attacked by seven pit bulls in coastal Georgia Wednesday, according to police. Bryan County Sheriff Clyde Smith says the little girl was mauled in the yard by dogs her family owned. Authorities say the unidentified girl's grandmother was asleep when she heard a commotion and saw the girl being attacked as she looked out of her window. Authorities say the dogs, pit bulls and pit bull mixes, have been euthanized by Bryan County Animal Control.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300315/Tragedy-year-old-girl-mauled-death-SEVEN-pit-bulls.html

Mother, 22, shoots dead daughter, 3, and then herself near Florida golf course

A 22-year-old Florida woman has shot and killed her baby daughter and then herself near a public golf course, police said. After hearing gunfire, golfers at Hilaman Golf Course, near Tallahassee, discovered the bodies of Jenna Porter and 3-year-old Scarlett Porter early on Tuesday evening. Horrified, the men called 911 and remained with the bodies until deputies arrived.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300250/Jenna-Porter-shooting-Horror-mother-22-shoots-dead-daughter-3-near-Florida-golf-course.html

Man, 21, killed neighbor, 27, by stabbing her 54 times and dropping a TV on her head

A man has been found guilty of murdering his neighbour by stabbing her 54 times and then dropping a television on her head, leaving her to drown in her blood. It took a jury less than 15 minutes to convict Lashon Hollman, 21, of the brutal murder of Cassandra Nelson, 27, at her home in Saginaw, Michigan in February last year. Hollman, who sobbed as the jury in Saginaw County Circuit Court gave the verdict on Wednesday, faces a mandatory term of life in prison without the chance of parole when he is sentenced in May. Nelson's body was found in her apartment in Saginaw's West Side on February 2, 2012 after friends became concerned they had not heard from her for two days.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300514/Lashon-Hollman-Man-21-killed-woman-27-stabbing-54-times-dropping-TV-head.html

Couple committed suicide in a blazing car 'after their failing care home business faced closure'

A couple found dead holding hands in a burnt-out car killed themselves when the a care home that they owned was facing closure, an inquest heard yesterday. Isabel Ibanez-Mahiques and Jaswant Singh Beeharry were discovered dead in their BMW in a field in Cambridgeshire in June last year. A day earlier, they had been due to announce to staff at the Maria-Helena home in Spalding, Lincolnshire that it was being shut down. Instead, they were found dead in an isolated sugar beet field.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2300467/Couple-committed-suicide-blazing-car-failing-care-home-business-faced-closure.html

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Dickhead Muslim extremist calls for death of woman protester for posting topless pictures

Who's the epidemic...?

Naked female activists call for 'topless revolution' in Tunisia after preacher demands nude protester, 19, be stoned to death because she is an 'epidemic' | Mail Online

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Driver and 2 friends die in crash as he drove to show car to his mom

Newly-qualified driver Jack Boyton died with 2 friends in A10 crash as he drove to show mother his new car | Mail Online

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Teen killed by subway train son of Long Island police detective

The Long Island teen killed by a Manhattan subway while celebrating his 18th birthday is the son of a Long Island police detective. Liam Armstrong — a lacrosse star set to graduate this June from Smithtown High School East — was crushed Tuesday by a northbound express train as horrified straphangers watched inside the 79th St. station, authorities said.

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“He got fried and mangled,” said witness Anthony Escobar, 36, of the Bronx.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/teen-killed-subway-train-son-long-island-police-detective-article-1.1300178

Chinese angler dragged to his death into river by half-ton fish after bragging to a friend about his 'big catch'

A giant fish got its own back on an angler when it dragged him to his death after he hooked it in southern China. The fish, believed to be a giant sturgeon, pulled Huang Wu, 58, into the water when he tried to retrieve his fishing rod, say witnesses. 'One minute he was chatting to us about what a big fish he had, the next it was the fish that had him,' said Chen Wan who was fishing alongside him in Nanning.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299910/Chinese-angler-dragged-death-river-half-ton-fish-bragging-friend-big-catch.html

Shame of 'drunk' driver with NO license and FIVE previous DUI arrests after he 'mowed down and killed' couple taking new-born grandson for walk - but the baby survived

Sitting on the sidewalk with his head bowed, drunk driver Mark Mullan can't bear to look back at the two covered bodies lying on the Seattle road - whose deaths he was responsible for. Led away in tears from the scene, Mullan, who has five prior DUI arrests and a suspended license, plowed into doting grandparents Dennis and Judith Schulte while they were out for a walk on Monday morning with their daughter-in-law and their 10-day-old grandson. The much-loved teachers had moved recently from Indiana to the West Coast and were pronounced dead at the scene, while pediatric nurse Karina and son, Elias Ulkiksen-Schulte are currently in a critical condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299928/Shame-drunk-driver-NO-license-FIVE-previous-DUI-arrests-mowed-killed-couple-taking-new-born-grandson-walk--baby-survived.html

Son's shock after 14-year-old mauled to death as police admit their owner may escape prosecution

The owner of four dogs which savagely mauled a schoolgirl to death may not face any prosecution under the current legislation because the attack was on their property. It is thought two Staffordshire bull terriers, a bull mastiff and an American bulldog went berserk when Jade Lomas-Anderson, 14, began eating a meat pie. As they tried to grab the pie, they bit her throat and Jade, who was alone in the house, was unable to fight them off. The son of the dog's owner last night wrote on Facebook: 'Can't believe that my mum's dogs killed a 15-year-old'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299474/Jade-Anderson-death-Atherton-girl-14-eating-MEAT-PIE-4-snarling-dogs-mauled-death.html

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Suicide attackers kill 5 Afghan policemen

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Eight suicide bombers struck a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing at least five officers, a security official said.

http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-attackers-kill-5-afghan-policemen-124523375.html

Utah man, 22, killed while attempting to rope swing off arch made famous in viral YouTube videos

Kyle Stocking and five friends planned to spend a few hours on Sunday swinging from Corona Arch in Moab, dubbed 'the world's largest rope swing' in a viral YouTube video. But the group miscalculated the length of the rope, and Stocking hit the ground when he leapt off the massive structure.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-dies-swing-world-largest-rope-swing-article-1.1299220

Dunedin man killed by rolling tree stump

A 66-year-old man died when a large tree stump rolled on him near Dunedin yesterday. Brian Weatherall, retired, of Broad Bay, was at Sandymount on the Otago Peninsula removing a "five-tonne" stump for firewood when it rolled on him, Senior Sergeant Steve Aitken, of Dunedin, said.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10873637

Man fighting another man accidentally fires gun and fatally shoots his girlfriend in the face

A man in Texas accidentally shot his girlfriend in the face, killing her, after his gun went off during a tussle with another man last week, local police say. The victim has been identified as Ashley Walters, of Corinth, who died at a Denton hospital on Thursday. Walters, 21, was reportedly standing near her boyfriend, Whiskey Dalton Welcome Williams, of Denton, when his gun went off during the fight at his residence on Wednesday afternoon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299109/Man-fighting-man-accidentally-fires-gun-fatally-shoots-girlfriend-face.html

Father accidentally shoots son, 10, dead in front of wife and daughter as he cleans gun in living room

A North Carolina man has accidentally shot dead his 10-year-old son while he was cleaning his gun in the family's living room. Robeson County deputies say 34-year-old Christopher Stanlane was on the couch in his Fairmont home wiping down the weapon when it fired at around 4 p.m. on Sunday. His son, Christopher Stanlane, Jr., was watching television in front of him when the gun went off, Captain Anthony Thompson said, and a bullet hit the boy in the back of the head.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299214/Horror-father-accidentally-shoots-son-10-dead-wife-daughter-hes-cleaned-gun-living-room.html

Mother arrested after her boyfriend 'finds corpses of two dead babies hidden in her freezer'

Two dead babies have been found in a freezer in a block of flats in France. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of infanticide after her partner made the horrifying discovery at their home in Ambérieu-en-Bugey. After her arrest, it emerged that the 32-year-old waitress was convicted of killing a new-born child a decade ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299343/Mother-arrested-boyfriend-finds-corpses-dead-babies-hidden-freezer.html

Horror in Target store as crazed man stabs multiple shoppers including a 16-year-old girl before 'getting his tail whooped with a bat and with fists'

A deranged Pittsburgh man critically stabbed a teenaged girl and four others in a Target store on Monday before he was beaten by several customers and taken into custody, according to police. Witnesses say 16-year-old Allison Meadows was grabbed by her hair and repeatedly stabbed by the crazed man with a kitchen knife in front of her family while standing in line at an East Liberty store. 'He just kept screaming, "I’ll stab her again," a witness who says he helped fight off the man just after 5.30pm told WTAE.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2299160/Stabbings-Target-man-including-16-year-old-girl-getting-tail-whooped-bat-fists.html

Monday, March 25, 2013

Russian cannibal killed 53 from 1978 until capture in 1990

There was no Internet in Russia in 1978, no cannibal chat rooms, no place for Andrei Chikatilo to post confessions of rage and fantasy or to offer a recipe for delicacies made of human flesh. In silence, he went about satisfying his yearnings in a 12-year spree of rape, murder and cannibalism. At least 53 people, and some believe more, died directly at his hands. Another man died indirectly, wrongly convicted, and executed, for a killing later claimed by Chikatilo. Three more killed themselves. So quiet was he about his grisly pastime that even his wife did not suspect what the father of her two children had been up to. On the surface, he seemed an average Soviet man — educated, hardworking, and a life-long member of the Communist Party.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/cannibal-killed-53-article-1.1297479

Alleged escort charged with bloody, drug-fueled biting attack on man genitals in Orlando hotel

A suspected escort was charged with attempted murder for biting a man's penis and testicles during a drug-fueled oral sex romp in a Florida hotel room. Priscilla Vaughn, 29, was nude with blood dripping from her face as she "growled and snarled" at responding deputies early Tuesday at the Crestwood Suites in Orlando, according to the arrest report. "I literally thought there was a beast inside this place," said Evette Mays, the hotel guest who dialed 911. The naked victim, covered in his own blood, suffered from severe bite marks on his genitals, hands and stomach. He told deputies that it appeared as if Vaughn were "trying to eat his penis and testicles," reported the Orlando Sentinel.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/escort-bloody-attack-john-junk-cops-article-1.1297110

Washington state dad shoots 2 adult children while they sleep, killing 1

A 69-year-old Washington state man is accused of shooting his two adult children while they slept early Sunday, killing one and seriously injuring the other, cops said. The alleged shooter, who was not immediately identified, called 911 just before 3:30 a.m. A dispatcher talked the man out of shooting himself — just as his wife and two young grandchildren also slept inside the home in Puyallup, about 5 miles east of Tacoma. The 43-year-old daughter and 46-year-old son were taken to Tacoma General Hospital, where she died, said Puyallup Deputy Police Chief Dave McDonald. Her brother remains in grave condition.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/wash-police-father-shoots-2-adult-children-kills-1-article-1.1297972

Cleveland family of four killed in horrific Texas crash

A Cleveland family-of-four were killed in a high-speed horrorific crash which saw the engine fly out of their SUV. Nathan Clouse, 28, Jennifer Clouse, 27, and their children Jordan, six, and Bailey, eight, were all killed in the nightmare smash on Highway 105, near Conroe, on Saturday morning.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/texas-family-killed-horrific-crash-article-1.1298389

Father shoots dead son, 2, and injures estranged wife before killing himself in the woods

A Pennsylvania father has shot and killed his two-year-old son and wounded his estranged wife before driving into the woods and killing himself. Police said Kenneth Ayers also shot at his mother during the altercation on Saturday morning at her home in a rural area about 20 miles southwest of State College. Huntingdon County District Attorney George Zanic said Mr Ayers, 52, was subject to a protection from abuse order filed by his wife but was permitted visits with his son, Michael.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298676/Kenneth-Ayers-shooting-Father-shoots-dead-son-2-injures-estranged-wife-killing-woods.html

Mother-of-four dies after setting herself on fire in latest self-immolation protest against China's rule over Tibet

A Tibetan mother of four young children has killed herself in the latest self-immolation protest against Chinese rule. Kalkyi, 30, doused her body in petrol before lighting a match near a monastery in Sichuan province's Aba county in western China yesterday. The mother died at the scene and her body was placed in the nearby Jonang Tibetan Buddhist monastery, Radio Free Asia reports. Her death comes just a week after 28-year old Kirti monk Lobsang Thogme set fire to himself on March 16 in Aba.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298820/Mother-dies-setting-latest-self-immolation-protest-Chinas-rule-Tibet.html

Husband 'shot dead wife and critically wounded her boyfriend after finding couple in bed at love rival's home'

A man has been charged with murder after he allegedly shot dead his wife and critically wounded her lover when he found the pair together at the man's home. Larry Maples, 44, of Ben Wheeler, was charged with capital murder and being held at the Van Zandt County jail in east Texas on Sunday. Heather Maples, 34, was pronounced dead at a home in Canton, 60 miles east of Dallas, according to Sheriff Lindsey Ray.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298803/Husband-shot-wife-dead-finding-boyfriends-home-Texas.html

Mississippi politician and grandmother, 53, 'kills herself' at home of former lawmaker

Authorities in Mississippi are investigating after a state lawmaker was found dead in a suspected suicide at the home of a former colleague, according to local officials. Republican Rep. Jessica Upshaw, 53, of the 95th District in Diamondhead, was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head in the home of former Rep. Clinton Rotenberry. The cause of Upshaw's death is believed to be suicide, but authorities are still awaiting the results of an autopsy.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298608/Jessica-Upshaw-Politician-shot-death-home-lawmaker-Clint-Rotenberry.html

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Horror in Mexico as seven men are executed and dumped on chairs in city centre with chilling signs pinned to their chests with ice picks

These shocking photos show how the bodies of seven men were found on plastic chairs in Mexico having been shot in the head, with threat messages nailed to some of their chests using ice picks. A placard on one of the bodies, which were found early yesterday morning in Uruapan, Michoacan state, said: ‘Warning! This will happen to thieves, kidnappers, sex offenders and extortionists.’ Seven bodies had bullet wounds and had been placed individually in the sitting position in chairs near a roundabout, local authorities said. The local attorney general's office did not provide a motive.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298345/Horror-Mexico-seven-men-executed-bodies-arranged-chairs-messages-nailed-chests-using-ice-picks.html

19-yr-old who dismembered mother wanted to know more about dissection

TOKYO — A teenager who allegedly killed his mother and chopped her body into pieces has told police he simply did not like her, and wanted to know more about dissection. The 19-year-old allegedly dismembered his mother’s body in the bathroom, cutting her into at least 15 pieces using kitchen knives, the Sankei daily said Saturday, citing unnamed police sources. The teenager, who lived with his mother in a small apartment in Kawasaki, then kept the body parts in the bathtub, which he filled with water, before starting to dump it piece by piece in plastic bags, the report said. He told police he “didn’t like her” and she was an “ordinary person”, the Sankei reported, quoting an unnamed investigator. He also said he was interested in the dissection of a human body, the Yomiuri and Mainichi newspapers reported. The suspect, who has not been named as he is still a minor under Japanese law, was arrested on March 14 after a relative visited the apartment and found some of the body parts. The murder is believed to have been committed about two weeks previously.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/19-year-old-who-dismembered-mother-reveals-relationship-problems

1 dead, 6 wounded in shootings in Chicago

One man was killed and six have been wounded in gun violence across Chicago this weekend.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/19051678-418/1-dead-6-wounded-in-shootings-in-chicago.html

Tragedy as teenager mistakes his little brother, 12, for intruder and shoots him dead in Florida home

A 12-year-old boy was mistakenly shot dead by his own brother after he mistook him for a home intruder according to authorities in Florida. The 16-year-old was home alone on Friday afternoon when he told Orlando police that a noise inside his gated Lake Nona home prompted him to grab a gun and mistakenly shoot the boy dead in the chest. 'He heard some noises and he called out for his brother and he didn’t answer and so then his brother startled him,' Orlando Police Department Detective Mike Moreschi told WFTV.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2298287/Lake-Nona-Teenager-mistakes-little-brother-12-intruder-shoots-dead-Florida-home.html

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Bus overturns in Pakistan, killing 32

A police official says a bus has overturned on a highway in eastern Pakistan after hitting a roadside electricity pole, killing at least 32 passengers. Senior police official Zulifiqar Cheema says 35 passengers were injured in the accident near the city of Sheikhura early Saturday. He says the apparent cause was driver negligence, as the bus was speeding.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/bus-overturns-pakistan-killing-32-18796104#.UU2JkxfZboI

Florida boy, 10, dies after being accidentally shot in head with BB gun by brother

A Florida boy accidentally shot and killed his brother while playing with Daisy Powerline 880S BB guns outside their family home. 'The boys were acting irresponsibly, but they were just kids being kids,' said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/boy-fatally-shoots-brother-head-bb-gun-article-1.1295900

Alabama airport sign falls on family, killing 10-year-old boy

A sign at Birmingham airport, estimated to weigh 300 to 400 pounds, killed a boy, 10, and injured his mother and two siblings when it fell on them. "The whole thing flipped down on those kids," said someone who was nearby when it happened.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/sign-ala-airport-kills-boy-injures-3-article-1.1296835

Cash-strapped man stabs passerby in bid to live in prison

IBARAKI — A 38-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of stabbing a passerby in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, police said Friday. According to police, the man, who has been named as Takashi Tsubowa, stabbed a passing 76-year-old man on Thursday morning. The man suffered minor injuries. TBS quoted police as saying that Tsubowa then turned himself in at a nearby police station. He was quoted as saying, “I didn’t have enough money to live on. I thought if I committed a crime and got arrested, I could live in prison.”

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/cash-strapped-man-stabs-passerby-in-bid-to-live-in-prison

Amanda Leiper killed in Aberdeen over 'lazy' comment

A mother-of-five was battered to death in Aberdeen after she called her friend "lazy", a court has heard. Anne-Marie Mullen, 24, admitted slapping and kicking Amanda Leiper, 38, to her severe injury and Alix Wilson, 21, admitted culpable homicide by kicking her on the head and body. The pair went on trial for murder at the High Court in Aberdeen but they admitted lesser charges during the fourth day of the trial. David Mullen was acquitted of murder. The court heard how Ms Leiper was repeatedly kicked on the head and body after she had an argument with 63-year-old Mr Mullen in his flat. Ms Mullen slapped and kicked Ms Leiper several times. Ms Mullen's female lover Wilson then killed Ms Leiper by kicking her head with such force it "bounced off the wall".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-21895533

Seven years for financial adviser who strangled mother of his baby to death after a 12-hour row by text message

A financial adviser was recorded on an answer machine strangling his university girlfriend after a 12-hour row by text message was jailed for more than seven years today. Carmen Miron Buchacra, 28 - known as Gaby - can be heard begging for her life on a voicemail recording as her partner Paul Keene, 32, strangled her and repeatedly punched her in the face. The fatal attack came after the pair had sent bitter and angry text messages to each other when Keene was out drinking and Ms Buchacra was caring for their baby. She accused him on not wanting to spend time with their child and threatened to take their daughter, then 11-weeks-old, away from him.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297700/Financial-advisor-strangled-PHD-student-girlfriend-death-brutal-assault-recorded-friends-voicemail-jailed-seven-years.html

Friday, March 22, 2013

Hunt for teenage robbers after they shoot dead baby as mother watched

Sherry West tells how robbers shot sleeping baby Antonio dead in Brunswick | Mail Online

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Mother's boyfriend throws and bites toddler to death

Darionne Taylor, 2, dies after being thrown to the ground and bitten 'by mother's boyfriend' | Mail Online

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'Cannibal killer' known as Black Jesus breaks out of jail with FORTY EIGHT others after being accused of murdering three girls then drinking their blood

A convicted rapist and cult leader known as Black Jesus, who was accused of murdering three girls and then eating their flesh and drinking their blood, has escaped from jail with 48 other prisoners. A huge manhunt is underway in Papua New Guinea's jungles for Stephen Tari and the other inmates, who broke out of prison in Madang in the north of the country while a guard changed shift. Police have warned that some of the escapees are very dangerous and stressed officers are working 'around the clock' to catch them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297437/Cannibal-killer-known-Black-Jesus-breaks-jail-FORTY-EIGHT-accused-murdering-girls-drinking-blood.html

Woman and child killed 'after she dragged youngster in front of a speeding train during morning rush hour'

A woman and child have both been killed after she jumped in front of a morning rush hour train pulling the child with her, according to the driver. The woman is said to have 'dragged' the child in front of the moving train at Riddlesdown station at 8.30 this morning. The rail worker, who did not want to be named, said he had spoken to the shocked driver of the train involved after the incident. He said: 'She jumped pulling the kid with her. The driver said she dragged the kid with her as she jumped in front of the train.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297428/Riddlesdown-train-station-Woman-child-killed-dragged-youngster-speeding-train-morning-rush-hour.html

Afghan local police member kills 5 colleagues

KABUL, Afghanistan — A member of Afghanistan's government-backed militia program has shot and killed five of his colleagues, an official said Friday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130322/as-afghanistan/?utm_hp_ref=homepage&ir=homepage

Death toll rises to 20 in Myanmar religious riots

A lawmaker says at least 20 people have died in two days of rioting between Buddhists and Muslims in a central Myanmar town where residents remained locked in their homes, too afraid to walk the streets.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Death-toll-rises-to-20-in-Myanmar-religious-riots/articleshow/19122527.cms

Michigan student commits suicide in middle-school bathroom before start of class

An eighth-grader fatally shot himself at his Detroit-area middle school Thursday just before the start of classes, police said. The unidentified male student at Davidson Middle School in Southgate was found in a bathroom by another student around 8:15 a.m. Police said he had a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and had used a .40-caliber handgun, according to ABC affiliate WXYZ.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mich-student-commits-suicide-school-police-article-1.1295051

Three dead after gunman kills two Marines before shooting himself at Quantico base

Three people have died after a gunman killed two Marines before shooting himself at a base in the United States. A stand-off between authorities and the suspect at Marine Base Quantico in Virginia began at around 11pm last night after a shooting which left one person dead. The suspect was barricaded in the barracks at the base and was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound earlier today along with the second victim.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297377/Three-killed-shooting-U-S-marine-base-Virginia.html

Yob killed autistic gay teenager at his 18th birthday party by covering him in tanning oil and setting him alight

An autistic teenager died after being covered in self-tanning oil and set alight during drunken ‘horseplay’ at his 18th birthday party, a court heard. Steven Simpson, who suffered from Asperger’s syndrome, a speech impairment and epilepsy, died from horrific burns the next day. The court heard that as Mr Simpson became increasingly drunk at his party, he was dared to strip to his boxer shorts.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2297053/Yob-killed-autistic-teenager-setting-18th-birthday-party-teasing-gay.html

Thursday, March 21, 2013

Car bomb kills 15 in Pakistan refugee camp

At least 15 people were killed when a car bomb exploded as they queued for food in an aid camp in north-western Pakistan on Thursday morning.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9945334/Car-bomb-kills-15-in-Pakistan-refugee-camp.html

Dad Accused of Torturing Two Young Children

HIGHLAND, Calif. (KTLA) — A 26-year-old man is facing child abuse charges for allegedly torturing his 5-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son. Antwone Rattler is charged with four felony counts of child abuse and cruelty to a child resulting in possible injury or death. The investigation began when the mother of the 2 children brought the girl to the Highland Police Department after noticing bruising on the child’s back. The girl had just returned from a weekend visit with her father. The girl told detectives that she had been beaten for misbehaving. Investigators say the girl was tortured almost daily. She described being bound and gagged and forced into physically exhausting positions for extended periods of time. Her 9-year-old brother told police he received similar beatings and punishments.

http://ktla.com/2013/03/20/dad-accused-of-torturing-two-young-children/#axzz2OBgXhIJ6

Texas man, 21, impregnates 11-year-old girl after repeatedly raping her over course of a year

Cops in Texas claim a man repeatedly raped an 11-year-old girl by breaking into her house while her mother was at work - and that she is now pregnant with his baby. Deandre Devon Davis-Williams, 21, is accused of abusing the Houston pre-teen, after sneaking into her apartment through a back door, over the course of a year. Ignoring her pleas to stop, he would force himself on her, police said. Davis-Williams tried to convince her to keep the pregnancy a secret and threatened to kill himself if she told anyone. Now, she is just days away from giving birth.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/exas-man-21-impregnates-11-year-old-girl-repeatedly-raping-article-1.1294787

Teen mom says she abused her 2-month-old baby so she could feel what it was like to be abuser instead of the abused

The epitome of stupidity....

Ashley Nicole Williams, 19, admitted to the abuse because she was curious to know what being a molester was like, police said. The Missouri teen was arrested and charged with first degree child abuse.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/teen-mom-abused-2-month-old-baby-curiosity-article-1.1294797

Dad says Charlotte, N.C., teenager who was discovered dead next to her best friend on the train tracks was in a 'dark place' after breakup with her girlfriend

Arielle Troutman, one of the two North Carolina teenagers found dead on the train tracks early Sunday, was in a "dark place" after a recent breakup with her girlfriend, her father said. Jamie Troutman told the Charlotte Observer that his daughter, whom he described as "Goth-y," was a "wonderful writer and poet" with a bright future.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dad-teen-found-dead-tracks-dark-place-article-1.1294241

6-year-old boy killed by dad’s plow in tragic accident in Maine

A 6-year-old Maine boy was accidentally struck and killed on Wednesday by a snowplow truck operated by his father, who was finishing up clearing snow from the family's driveway after Tuesday's late-winter storm, authorities said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/6-year-old-boy-killed-dad-plow-tragic-accident-maine-article-1.1294868

Police kill man who pulled woman off city bus, killed her and then barricaded himself in house with boy, 3

Police have killed a man who pulled a woman off an Indiana bus and fatally shot her this morning before barricading himself in a house with a three-year-old boy. Authorities say Jacqueline Bouvier Hardy, 49, was riding to class at a Fort Wayne, Indiana, beauty school when Kenneth Knight, 45, grabbed her and pulled her onto a crowded street. He shot her with a shotgun about 25 feet from the door of the bus. Dozens of witnesses, including children waiting for their school buses, were on the busy street when the shooting occurred. Fort Wayne community schools said several young students watched Knight shoot Hardy to death. Nearby elementary schools were placed on lockdown and the students will have access to counselors in the wake of the killing. After the shooting, Knight then ran through neighborhood alleyways and holed up in a nearby home.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296687/Police-kill-man-pulled-woman-city-bus-killed-barricaded-house-boy-3.html

Woman, 76, and her two dogs drown as car rolls into a river from ferry slipway

An elderly woman and her two dogs drowned yesterday when her car rolled into a fast flowing river. The red saloon had stopped on a slipway as the 76-year-old and her husband waited to catch a ferry. But when the husband got out to take photographs of the picturesque stretch of water, the car began rolling forward. It is not known why the car started moving, although it possible that the handbrake had not been applied. Police are preparing to check the vehicle for any mechanical faults.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296470/Woman-76-dogs-drown-car-rolls-river-ferry-slipway.html

Schoolgirl, 14, dies after inhaling computer cleaner as part of 'huffing' trend

A 14-year-old girl died after trying out 'huffing,' a dangerous trend that involves inhaling household cleaners to get a high. Aria Doherty was found dead at her home in Northridge, Los Angeles on Monday after inhaling computer keyboard cleaner Her body was discovered by her older sister - she was lying in bed with a can of compressed air attached to her mouth.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296900/Schoolgirl-14-dies-inhaling-cleaner-huffing-trend.html

India to execute serial rapists as it toughens sexual violence laws after series of brutal gang rapes

India's Parliament today passed a sweeping new law to protect women against sexual violence in response to the fatal gang rape of a young bus passenger in New Delhi. The law, which still requires the president's signature before it becomes official, makes stalking, voyeurism and sexual harassment a crime. It also provides for the death penalty for repeat offenders or for rape attacks that lead to the victim's death.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296939/Indian-MPs-pass-sexual-violence-law-following-fatal-gang-rape-young-woman-New-Delhi-bus.html

600 mink BITE each other to death after being driven mad by low-flying Swedish air force jets

Around 600 mink bit each other to death at a Swedish fur farm after being driven mad by low-flying military fighter jets. Air force officials in Sweden have apologised for the incident involving aircraft from the F 7 Satena air base near Lidköping in south-central Sweden. Experts say the roar of the fighter jet engines over the farm in Svenljunga caused the mink to panic and turn on each other and their young.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296954/600-mink-BITE-death-driven-mad-low-flying-Swedish-air-force-jets.html

Killer copied torture scene from horror film Saw by slicing through victim’s spinal cord to make him reveal his PIN number

A killer who mimicked a torture scene from the notorious horror film Saw by chopping through his victim's spine was jailed for at least 30 years today. Matthew Tinling, 25, knifed former soldier neighbour Richard Hamilton 17 times in the head, neck and legs in a 'savage and prolonged' murder. At the climax of the frenzied attack, he aped a brutal moment from the famed horror franchise by trying to sever the 45-year-old's spinal cord. Tinling tortured Mr Hamilton to get him to hand over the PIN for his bank account and later withdrew £240 to spend on crack cocaine.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296887/Killer-Matthew-Tinling-copied-Saw-horror-film-slicing-victims-spinal-cord-make-reveal-PIN.html

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Mountain lion snatches and eats dog

Dog owner's horror as mountain lion snatches and eats his DOG during walk | Mail Online

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Brother murdered sister for life insurance

Brother 'murdered sister for life insurance and then left her pickled head in a public toilet' | Mail Online

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Boyfriend sentenced for killing 4 year old for spilling beer

Gerardo Chavarria case: Man sentenced to 25 years for killing girlfriend's 4-year-old son who spilled his beer by pounding his head into the floor | Mail Online

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Al Qaeda beheads French hostage

Philippe Verdon: Al Qaeda 'beheads French hostage held for 14 months in revenge for war in Mali' | Mail Online
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Central China tornado kills 3, injures 30

CHANGSHA - Three people have been confirmed dead and about 30 others injured by a tornado that struck Central China's Hunan province before dawn on Wednesday.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/20/content_16323195.htm

Schoolgirl, 14, found hanged after father confiscated her phone

A schoolgirl hanged herself after her father insisted she let him check her mobile phone for abusive messages, an inquest heard yesterday. David Stringer said he found his daughter Jade, 14, hanging from a stairwell by a pink scarf when he went to look in on her about half an hour after she began ‘sulking’ in her bedroom. He cut her down and she was taken to hospital in a critical condition, but died six days later.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295829/Haslingden-schoolgirl-Jade-Stringer-14-hanged-upset-father-confiscated-phone.html

Husband, 86, shoots dead his wife of 64 years in her hospice bed before turning the gun on himself 'because he couldn't envision life without her'

An 86-year-old man who shot and killed his 83-year-old wife in her hospice bed before turning the gun on himself had decided he couldn't live without her, authorities believe. Elwood Osman shot dead his beloved wife of 64 years, Mildred Osman, on the fourth floor of Lehigh Valley Hospital in Allentown, Pennsylvania shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Staff heard gunshots and when they entered the room, they found Mrs Osman dead in her bed and the body of her husband, in what authorities are calling a murder-suicide. Relatives have described how the couple were inseparable, and how Mr Osman had struggled to cope after his wife suffered a stroke earlier this month. She moved to the hospice last week.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296288/Elwood-Mildred-Osman-Husband-86-shoots-dead-wife-Pennsylvania-hospice-murder-suicide-envision-life-her.html

'Suicide bomber' blows himself up and destroys suburban home in revenge attack on its terrified owner for 'snitching'

A man blew himself up inside a truck at a western Pennsylvania home on Tuesday, injuring two other people - one of them critically - in what authorities say was a terrifying act of revenge. Investigators ruled the death of 40-year-old Brad Kollar a suicide resulting from blunt force trauma after the blast shortly before 9am. His body was discovered inside his truck that was parked outside a home near Patton, about 70 miles east of Pittsburgh. The truck had been loaded with explosives.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2296197/Brad-Kollar-Man-blows-suicide-bomb-home-William-Shaner-snitching.html

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Jewelry designer stabbed to death by ex-con who broke into home to steal DVD player

An ex-con out on parole used a screwdriver to stab a Chicago jewelry designer to death in her own home as he went to steal a DVD player, police have said. Paul Johnson, 34, is accused of attacking 33-year-old Lisa Koziol-Ellis in a bloody frenzy after breaking into her Elgin, Ill. apartment on March 2.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/jewelry-designer-stabbed-ex-con-intruder-article-1.1292610

37 dead, 15 injured after packed bus falls off a bridge in western India

NEW DELHI — A bus packed with passengers crashed through a guard rail and fell off a bridge in western India early Tuesday, killing at least 37 people and injuring another 15, police said.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/37-dead-15-injured-packed-bus-falls-bridge-western-india-article-1.1292642

13 killed in Yunnan road accident

KUNMING - Thirteen people died and 15 others were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine beside an expressway in Southwest China's Yunnan province Monday afternoon, local authorities said.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/18/content_16318204.htm

Doctor, 51, hanged himself after becoming so depressed about his son needing kidney transplant he could 'barely speak'

A dedicated family doctor, described as the 'perfect GP', killed himself after becoming severely depressed over his son needing a kidney transplant, an inquest was told yesterday. Dr John King, 51, was so anxious about his son Michael's renal failure diagnosis that he could 'barely speak' and had suicidal thoughts. But just ten days before Michael was due to have his operation, Dr King hanged himself at the family home.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295696/Doctor-51-hanged-depressed-son-needing-kidney-transplant-barely-speak.html

Drug mule dogs forced to swallow bags of cocaine by gangs before being brutally sliced open and left for dead

An international drug trafficking ring forced dogs to swallow bags of cocaine and then brutally sliced the animals open to retrieve them. Police said they arrested 75 people across northern Italy and Rome for using the dogs in a drug scam - at least 50 were died after being cut open. Large breeds such as Great Danes, Labradors and Mastiffs were used by the gang to maximise their trafficking.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295776/Drug-mule-dogs-forced-swallow-bags-cocaine-gangs-brutally-sliced-open-left-dead.html

Seven Marines dead in explosion during military training exercise

At least seven Marines have been killed in an explosion during a Marine Corps training exercise last night in Nevada. The mortar blast occurred at the Hawthorne Army Depot in Nevada, which houses and disposes of ammunition. The Marine Corps said in a statement this morning that the accident, at about 10pm last night, also injured several with the 2nd Marine Division, based in Camp LeJeune, North Carolina.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295759/Hawthorne-Army-Depot-Several-believed-killed-explosion-military-training-exercise.html

56 dead and 200 wounded as bomb blasts tear through Baghdad on eve of Iraq War’s tenth anniversary

A wave of bombings tore through Baghdad today, killing at least 56 people in a spasm of violence on the eve of the tenth anniversary of the US-led invasion. Most of this morning's attacks involved car bombs targeted on Shiite areas, small restaurants, labourers and bus stops in the Iraqi capital and nearby towns. The attacks show how dangerous and unstable Iraq remains a decade after the war began - a country where sectarian violence can explode at any time. The attacks that left 56 dead and more than 200 wounded came ten years to the day after Washington announced the start of the invasion on 19 March 2003.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295747/Iraq-War-tenth-anniversary-56-dead-200-injured-latests-blasts-Baghdad.html

Monday, March 18, 2013

Pennsylvania man kills himself inside Dick’s Sporting Goods after asking store employee to see a shotgun

FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. — Authorities outside Philadelphia have identified an armed man who barricaded himself inside the bathroom of a sporting goods store and killed himself. Bucks County Coroner Joseph Campbell said Sunday that 58-year-old Mark McCarpy of Levittown died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Authorities say he entered Dick's Sporting Goods in Fairless Hills after 7 p.m. Saturday and asked to see a shotgun and ammunition. McCarpy pulled out a handgun — later found to be unloaded — and ordered the worker to undo the shotgun's gun lock. He then barricaded himself inside a bathroom.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pennsylvania-man-kills-dick-sporting-goods-article-1.1291068

2 dead, 15 injured in weekend violence

One man was beaten to death at a CTA station, a 16-year-old boy was fatally shot and at least 15 other people were wounded in separate acts of violence across the city this weekend.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/18914069-418/2-dead-15-injured-in-weekend-violence.html

Masked gunman shoots dead husband, 67, while his cancer-stricken wife, 68, cowers in the closet during brazen home robbery

Thomas Tefft and his wife Laura were enjoying a cup of coffee together in their modest Indianapolis home Friday morning when the unthinkable happened. A lone gunman, wearing a black ski mask, burst into their ranch-style home. A panicked Mrs Tefft, 68, barricaded herself in a closet, but Mr Tefft, 67, was killed in the burglary. The shooting suspect, a man in his 20s, stole the retired glazier’s 2009 Hyundai Sonata and remains at large.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295246/Horror-masked-gunman-shoots-dead-husband-67-cancer-stricken-wife-68-cowers-closet-brazen-home-robbery.html

Pensioner, 78, beaten black and blue by two teenagers he tried to warn that their car headlights were switched off

A pensioner was left completely unrecognisable after two teenagers battered him when he waved to indicate their car headlights were off. Christopher Graney and Samantha Fenton, both 19, left their 78-year-old victim with severe bruising to his face after beating him at a bus stop. The pair leapt out of their car, pushed the unnamed man over, then kicked and punched him as he lay defenceless on the ground. They then jumped back in the vehicle and fled the scene, but were arrested a short while later at Fenton's home, in Bromley, Kent.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295076/Pensioner-78-battered-teenagers-waving-tell-car-headlights-off.html

Two girls killed and seven injured as car spins out of control in Spring Break car crash horror

Two students were killed and two of their classmates badly injured in a car smash as they drove home from spring break in Florida. Brittney Gallagher and Courtney Miller, both 21, were pronounced dead at the scene after their car spun across the road in the Florida panhandle. Their friends Diana Mitchell and Lauren Kane, both 22, are critically injured in hospital after the accident that happened on Saturday morning as they set off back to Ohio after a trip to Panama City Beach.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295116/Spring-break-smash-leaves-Ohio-girls-dead-seven-injured-Florida.html

Anarchy on the streets of Egypt as lynch mob strip, beat and hang two men accused of stealing rickshaw in front of baying crowd

They are horrific pictures which highlight the worrying deterioration in Egypt's security. Two men - accused of stealing a motorised rickshaw - were badly beaten by vigilantes, stripped half-naked and hung by their feet in a crowded bus station in the Nile Delta. A baying crowd of 3,000 people watched, with some shouting 'kill them'. Both men died.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2295021/Anarchy-streets-Egypt-Two-men-accused-stealing-rickshaw-badly-beaten-hung-vigilantes-baying-mob-thousands.html

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Bronx teen crushed to death in dump truck

Bronx teen Luis Camarillo was crushed to death in back of a private recycling truck Saturday in a horrific accident. Police said Camarillo, 18, of the Bronx was working at the back of the truck at a recycling plant in DUMBO at about 10:30 when the accident happened. The compactor came down on him, striking him in the chest. The truck's hydraulics system proceeded to crush him, police said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294649/Horror-Bronx-teen-crushed-death-dump-truck.html

Dog is stung to death by swarm of BEES in California

Killer bees aren't just a cliche from B horror movies. A homeowner trimming trees in North Hollywood was shocked to accidentally disturb a swarm of bees who then killed a 5-year-old pit bull on Saturday. According to CBS Los Angeles, the accident occurred in the afternoon on the 11500 block of Cumpston Street.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294671/Horror-dog-stung-death-swarm-BEES-California.html

Race car driver, 17, hits and kills his cousin, 14, and a 68-year-old man in tragic accident as car spins out of control

A 17-year-old race car driver accidentally struck and killed his teenage cousin and an elderly man during warm-up laps at a California raceway on Saturday. A sprint car driven by Chase Johnson hit his 14-year-old relative and a 68-year-old man on pit row at Marysville Raceway Park some 40 miles north of Sacramento, said Race track announcer Steven Blakesley.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294665/17-year-old-race-car-driver-struck-killed-teenage-cousin-elderly-man-California-raceway-collision.html

Saturday, March 16, 2013

To Adjust or not to Adjust

His hands icy, his mind, cold. He sat there staring at his reflection, mirroring recent events. He was glad it ended this way. It could have gone on as it was, but then it would eventually have no meaning anymore. So he took measures into his own hands and made that change; a difference. So as not to be that boring individual who always talks about it but never acts, but actually does it. So as I said he's staring at his reflection. In the gleam of a machete smeared with the blood of someone he thought he loved. It was his conscious decision to act as he saw fit. Her bloodied corpse laying there, careless, unregretful, mourning yet free,  it's now 03:00 AM.

Jesus Christ makes an 'appearance' in a paint-splattered dropcloth

A Massachusetts man believes Jesus Christ has miraculously appeared to him - in a dropcloth covered in paint. Brian Krantz, of Saugus, say there is no doubt what the abstract image represents: 'I can't deny this. This is what it is. It looks like Jesus Christ,' Krantz told Whdh. The man said that he first used the protective covering around four years ago when he spray-painted his blinds. But when he noticed the divine presence last week he got a huge shock.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294283/Jesus-Christ-makes-appearance-paint-splattered-dropcloth.html

Mom who recently battled cancer wipes out her whole family as she kills husband and her two children in college before taking her own life

A gruesome triple murder in which a mother wiped out her entire family before killing herself has left investigators puzzled as to what drove mom of two take such drastic action. The Dallas County Medical Examiner ruled 43-year-old wife and mother Angelica Vazquez shot and killed her husband, Marcelo,44, and their son, Alejandro, 18, and daughter Paulina, 21. All the bodies were found together in the family home in Mesquite earlier this week. A shotgun was found on the floor next to Mrs Vazquez's body.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294342/Mother-shoots-husband-dead-kids-taking-life.html

24 soldiers killed in road accident in Pakistan

ABBOTTABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A bus carrying Pakistani soldiers slid off a mountainous road and fell into a deep ravine in the country's northwest on Saturday, killing 24 and injuring five others, officials said. Senior government official Aqil Badshah said the bus was going from the garrison city of Rawalpindi to the northern town of Gilgit when the accident happened in the Kohistan district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

http://news.yahoo.com/24-soldiers-killed-road-accident-pakistan-055059534.html

Woman Claims Ex-Husband Put A Spell On Her

MARCH 13--A Georgia woman and her adult daughter yesterday went to a sheriff’s office to report that the younger woman’s ex-husband had cast a spell on her and her home, investigators report. The duo lodged their complaint Tuesday afternoon with the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office, according to an incident report authored by Deputy D. Boyd. Mychia Vang and her mother, Pang Khang, charged that Vang’s former spouse had placed her and her Winder, Georgia residence “under a spell or spells.” Bruce Lor, Vang’s 28-year-old former spouse, reportedly did this with the assistance of his mother (who is not named in the report). To support their claim, Vang and Khang “stated they believe this because Mr. Lor was able to know what they do and where they go.” Additionally, Lor’s purported spell “caused Ms. Vang’s recent health issues,” alleged the pair. Deputy Boyd noted that Vang and Khang “stated these issues have been going on for the past year since her divorce.”

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/bizarre/spell-claim-647901

24 killed in bus crash near Cape Town

Twenty four people including two children have died after their double-decker bus crashed on a mountain pass near Cape Town in South Africa.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/southafrica/9933405/24-killed-in-bus-crash-near-Cape-Town.html

Husband ‘beats wife to death with a vacuum cleaner’

A husband beat his wife to death with a vacuum cleaner and then went on the run for six months, police have said. Cops finally arrested murder suspect Anthony Tyron Mayo, 37, on Tuesday at an apartment in Mojave City, California. He was detained on suspicion of killing his wife Beverly McFarlane, 40, at their home in North Las Vegas in August 2012. A police report alleges that Mayo, who had two daughters with McFarlane, strangled and then hit her on the head with the cleaning device after an argument.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/husband-beats-wife-death-vacuum-cleaner-cops-article-1.1289517

Small Plane Crashes into Parking Lot, Killing 3

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A twin-engine plane crashed late Friday afternoon in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, parking lot, killing all three people onboard, authorities said.

http://ktla.com/2013/03/15/3-dead-after-small-plane-crashes-into-parking-lot/#axzz2NhOchA19

Librarian is carjacked in gymnastics class parking lot and stabbed to death by sex offender who then raped her daughter, 10

A man previously charged with having child pornography cut an electronic monitoring device off his ankle before carjacking a woman, fatally stabbing her and raping her 10-year-old daughter. David J. Renz abducted the school librarian and her daughter as they left a gymnastics class at a mall in the Syracuse suburb of Clay, about 150 miles west of Albany, on Thursday night. Renz bound both victims, raped the girl and drove a short distance to a spot where the girl escaped and was found by a passing motorist, troopers said. The motorist told 911 dispatchers he saw a man running away from the scene, allowing police to quickly send in officers on the ground and a sheriff's helicopter in the air. Renz was caught a short time later near a wooded area. They believe Renz tied up the woman and the girl and then raped the 10-year-old in a deserted area of the mall parking lot shortly before 9pm on March 14. It was unclear how the girl escaped or when her mother was killed, authorities said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294194/Man-charged-stabbing-woman-death-raping-girl-10-gruesome-carjacking.html

Swiss tourist, 39, 'gang-raped' in India in front of her husband after being attacked by eight men armed with sticks

A gang of eight men allegedly raped a 39-year-old tourist and beat her husband with sticks while they were holidaying in India. Police said that the couple had been brutally attacked in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Friday night. Thugs attacked the pair at a village near Datia town, said district superintendent of police CS Solanki.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2294315/BREAKING-NEWS-Swiss-tourist-39-gang-raped-India-husband-attacked-men-armed-sticks.html

Fireworks blast kills at least 13 Catholic pilgrims in Mexico

TLAXCALA - At least 13 people were killed and 154 others injured on Friday when a truck containing fireworks exploded in a freak accident in the central Mexican state of Tlaxcala, casting a pall over a Catholic procession in honor of a local patron saint.

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The fireworks were set to be used in a ceremony honoring Jesus Tepactepec, patron saint of a village named after him in the municipality of Nativitas. The blast happened on the highway just outside the village.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/16/fireworks-blast-kills-at-least-13-catholic-pilgrims-in-mexico

Friday, March 15, 2013

Rail dig may have found London's lost Black Death graves

Rail dig may have found London's lost 'Black Death' graves - Science

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Man, 50, commits suicide by shooting himself in the head in front of shocked firearm safety class at gun range

A 50-year-old man has committed suicide by shooting himself in the head during a gun safety class at a shooting range. Brian J. Parry used a pistol to kill himself in front of more than a dozen people including children on Sunday at West Coast Armory in Bellevue, Washington. Bellevue police are investigating the man's death, which was ruled a suicide by the King County Medical Examiner's Office earlier this week.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293859/Brian-Parry-suicide-Man-50-commits-suicide-shooting-head-shocked-firearm-safety-class-gun-range.html

'I'd have cut them up like a piece of pork': Chinese chef pictured drenched in blood after attacking wife and her lover with a meat cleaver

A maniac Chinese chef, who attacked his wife and her lover with a meat cleaver after he discovered them in bed together told relatives he wanted to 'cut them up like a piece of pork'. Cook Sun Li turned his home in Foshan, Guangdong province, into a bloodbath when he discovered his wife cheating on him after coming in from work. Crazed Sun hacked at the cheating pair with the heavyweight metal cooking utensil as they fled through the house and out into the street. The pair both suffered injuries but survived.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293927/Chinese-chef-pictured-drenched-blood-attacking-wife-lover-meat-cleaver.html

Body of newborn baby found by walkers close to Bolton Wanderers' training ground

The dead body of a newborn baby was found abandoned near to a Championship football team's training ground, it emerged today. A cordon has been set up around a path where the child was found, close to fields used by Bolton Wanderers' academy players. It is understood a group of walkers made the grim discovery on Ox Hey Lane in Lostock which is just over a mile from the Reebok Stadium.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293863/Body-newborn-baby-walkers-close-Bolton-Wanderers-training-ground.html

8 Syrians killed, 29 injured in Lebanon accident

Officials say at least eight Syrians were killed and 29 were injured when the bus they were traveling in from Syria overturned in the mountains in central Lebanon. The bus was headed to the Lebanese capital, Beirut, when the accident occurred in the Kahhaleh region.

 http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4356839,00.html

Gunmen kills 7 in Cancun bar as thousands of students enjoy spring break

The party city of Cancun, in Mexico, has been rocked after two gunmen, armed with a machine gun and a pistol, stormed a crowded bar and shot dead seven drinkers. As tens of thousands of American Spring Breakers partied across the city, the duo burst into The Mermaid bar, on the outskirts of town, and sprayed the room with bullets. A further four people were wounded in the attack in a working class area of the city which nestles on Mexico's palm-fringed Caribbean coast.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293755/Gunmen-kills-7-Cancun-bar-thousands-students-enjoy-spring-break.html

Woman confesses to killing 25-year-old mentally disabled son

OSAKA — Police said Thursday that a 55-year-old woman has confessed to murdering her 25-year-old son by strangulation at their home in Kashiwara, Osaka Prefecture. The alleged murder was reported to police by a relative of the mother and son involved on Wednesday morning. Fuji TV reported that police went to the apartment and found Hiroshi Kanata, 25, lying motionless on the living room floor with his throat still bound by the cord. He was rushed to hospital where he was confirmed dead. The boy’s mother, Misae, was quoted by police as saying: “He was suffering from a mental disorder and I was worn out from caring for him. He would shout loudly and hit the walls. I didn’t know what to do.”

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/woman-confesses-to-killing-25-year-old-mentally-disabled-son

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Certainty... Or is it un-?

The way it turned out? He didn't have a dime to spend nor anywhere to go. Those moments: black-outs, confusion, feeling alone, uncomfortable, no sense of self worth, simply distracted. He's sitting in a bathroom stall of a gas station in the middle of nowhere, thinking... So what's next...?

2 stabbed to death, 5 wounded by Chinese man in Hiroshima Pref

HIROSHIMA — At least two people died and five others were injured Thursday when a man believed to be a Chinese worker went on a stabbing rampage at a fish processing firm in Japan, police and press reports said. The man in his 30s used a knife and shovel to attack several people at the firm in Etajima, a port near the western city of Hiroshima, at about 4:30 p.m., a prefectural police spokesman said by telephone. “The number of injured may possibly rise,” he said. The man was believed to be Chinese and was arrested on charges of murder and attempted murder, an Etajima police officer said. The assailant was arrested after local police were informed of “a brawl involving men and women with several people lying in blood”, the Jiji Press news agency said, adding he was believed to be a worker at the firm. The agency had earlier said the man was a Chinese exchange student. TV Asahi said the dead were the male president of the plant and a woman, and that the assailant was also injured.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/2-stabbed-to-death-5-wounded-by-chinese-exchange-student

British tourist, 31, brutally gang-raped metres from Spanish holiday apartment by 'three men including 70-year-old'

A British woman was brutally gang-raped just metres from the holiday apartment she was sharing with her boyfriend in Spain's Costa del Sol, it has been claimed. The 31-year-old was attacked by three men in the early hours of Sunday morning as she walked, alone, back from a night out in the southern town of Benalmadena. La Opinion de Malaga reports the couple were partying in the popular Puerto Marina area, but she decided to return to the flat early at 1am after an argument.

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According to her testimony, she was walking through a tunnel, underneath the busy N-340 road, and that leads to the famous Carvajal Beach, when she was approached. Three men, described as Arabic, stopped her. One was around 70-years-old, and the other two were significantly younger. They are alleged to have grabbed her, before taking her to a secluded spot. One of the men held her down as the others took it in turns to rape her. Following the attack, she walked back to her apartment but could not gain entry or even contact her boyfriend because all her possessions had been stolen. A passerby contacted police after finding her collapsed on the ground, outside the apartment, at 3am.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293275/British-tourist-31-brutally-gang-raped-metres-Spanish-holiday-apartment-men-including-70-year-old.html

Horror as mother jumps to her death from eight-floor apartment in upscale Harlem co-op with baby son in her arms - but the child survives

A distraught mother strapped her baby boy to her chest and plunged eight stories out of an apartment window to her death in an apparent suicide on Wednesday - but the child miraculously survived. Cynthia Wachenheim, 45, was found on the Harlem street with her son, Keston, in her arms. A police officer who responded took the boy, believed to be 10 months old, to hospital where he is said to be in stable condition. Wachenheim - who was also known as Cindy - was clutching her son to her chest when her back hit the pavement. On impact, the baby bounced out of her motionless arms and started wailing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2292999/Horror-mother-jumps-death-floor-apartment-upscale-Harlem-op-baby-son-arms--child-survives.html

Upstate New York gunman is killed by police after 20-hour standoff and shootout one day after he murdered four people in violent spree

-Suspect Kurt R. Myers, 64, went on the run after police say he killed four people and wounded two others in separate shootings at a barber shop and a car wash

-Police later found Myers, who is described by those who knew him as a 'loner,' hiding out in an abandoned building in the tiny town of Herkimer

-After a day-long standoff with police, Myers was killed in a shootout

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293066/Kurt-Myers-Upstate-New-York-gunman-killed-police-20-hour-standoff-shootout-day-murdered-people-violent-spree.html

Drunken thug who battered girlfriend in the street after being rejected at cashpoint walks away with community service despite the fact he was on PROBATION

These are the horrific injuries inflicted upon a young woman whose boyfriend flew into a rage when he was unable to withdraw money from a cash machine. But despite the terrible wounds inflicted upon Loretta Butterworth, 22, by her boyfriend, Toby Hayden, 27, has been spared jail. A woman who heard Miss Butterworth screaming 'please help me' said she saw Hayden holding her with one hand and hitting her face with the other. His rage did not stop there and when police went to arrest him he spat in the face of one officer and tried to gouge the eyes of another. Hayden was already serving a suspended prison sentence, but magistrates decided that not sending him to jail would be a tougher option.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293284/Toby-Hayden-spared-jail-beating-Loretta-Butterworth-card-declined-cash-machine.html

Face of grandfather savagely beaten by yobs when he told them to stop vandalising his local park

This is the grandfather who confronted two vandals causing havoc in his local park and was so savagely beaten he feared he would be murdered. Account manager Mark Earnshaw was almost left in a coma after he went outside his Blackpool home to remonstrate with youths who were overturning bins. The 51-year-old was then punched and kicked, which left him nursing two black eyes, broken nose, a badly bruised jaw and a gaping wound to the side of his face after his teeth tore through his cheek during the beating.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293193/Face-grandfather-savagely-beaten-yobs-daring-confront-vandalised-local-park.html

Four bodies found this year along B.C. road

VANCOUVER -- Another two bodies have been found on a stretch of Surrey, B.C., road that homicide police say may be a possible dumping ground. On Wednesday, Mounties doing patrols discovered the most recent bodies — a man and a woman — pushing the count to four victims found so far along Colebrook Road since late January.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/14/four-bodies-found-this-year-along-bc-road

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Man who killed 3 in 1999 executed in Oklahoma

Man who killed three as he tried to steal money and gifts for his wife and her children before Christmas is executed after meal of large pizza and peanut M&Ms | Mail Online

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Cruel owner hacked off his dog's back legs to stop him jumping over fences

Adorable Maltese dog recovering after cruel owner HACKED OFF his back legs to stop him jumping over the garden fence | Mail Online

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Pakistani soldier stoned to death for falling in love with tribeswoman

Pakistani soldier, 27, stoned to death after falling in love with tribeswoman | Mail Online

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Police hunt for gunman suspected of killing at least 4 people in New York

Shots ring out as police hunt for gunman suspected of killing at least four people in upstate New York shooting spree | Mail Online

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Saudi Arabia executes 7 men after appeals rejected

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Seven Saudi men convicted of theft, looting and armed robbery were beheaded on Wednesday, according to the country's official news agency, more than a week after their families and a rights group appealed to the king for clemency. The executions took place in Abha, a city in the southern region of Asir, the Saudi Press Agency said. The south has been marginalized and suffered discrimination by the powerful central region where the capital, Riyadh, and the holy shrines of Mecca and Medina are located. The seven were arrested in 2006 and received death sentences in 2009, a Saudi newspaper reported at the time.

The case was back in focus after Human Rights Watch earlier this month called for the sentences to be canceled because the men were juveniles at the time of their arrest. One of the men told The Associated Press in early March that he was only 15 when he was arrested as part of a ring that stole jewelry in 2004 and 2005. Nasser al-Qahtani said he was tortured to confess and had no access to lawyers. Al-Qahtani said that during the years-long trial, he only faced the judge three times and when the men tried to complain to the judge about the torture or show torture marks on their bodies, they were ignored. He also said the judge never assigned him a lawyer. The original sentences called for death by firing squad and crucifixion. However, SPA said on Wednesday that the seven were beheaded. A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, said three men with swords carried out the executions.

http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-arabia-executes-7-men-appeals-rejected-090647934.html