Sunday, June 30, 2013

Pakistani girls, 15 and 16, killed along with their mother for making video which 'stained the family honour'

Apparently happiness means death to men in Pakistan... Fucking retarded shit pisses me of to no end!

Two teenage sisters have been murdered in Pakistan after they were accused of tarnishing their family's name by making a video of themselves dancing in the rain. The girls, aged 15 and 16, are seen running around in traditional dress with two other younger children outside their bungalow in the town of Chilas, in the northern region of Gilgit. The sisters, named as Noor Basra and Noor Sheza, appear to break into dance and one even flashes a smile at the camera.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351836/Smiling-sisters-shot-dead-dancing-rain-Pakistani-girls-15-16-killed-mother-making-video-stained-family-honour.html

Mother-of-two, 25, found dead in her home by relatives as police name hunt for ex-boyfriend after launching murder inquiry

Detectives investigating the 'brutal' murder of a mother-of-two, who was found dead in her home last night, are hunting her ex-boyfriend. The body of Linzi Ashton, 25, was discovered at her house in Winton, Salford, by relatives shortly before 6pm yesterday. Today, Greater Manchester Police announced they want to speak to Michael Cope, who they believe is responsible for her death.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351865/Linzi-Ashton-Police-hunt-Michael-Cope-mother-dead-Winton-Salford.html

Plane crashes in Guatemala mountains killing six and sparking looting

A small plane has crashed in an isolated mountain area of western Guatemala, killing six men and causing scores of villagers to swarm the site and carry off bags of cash, according to a firefighters' spokesman.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/centralamericaandthecaribbean/guatemala/10149715/Plane-crashes-in-Guatemala-mountains-killing-six-and-sparking-looting.html

Two teen parents killed, four people injured as boozed-up driver crashes in Queens while going 120 mph, law enforcement sources say

Two teen parents were killed and four people were injured after a boozy driver racing down a Queens thoroughfare at 120-mph crashed early Saturday, law enforcement sources said. Madosh Hansraj, 20, was speeding down the Grand Central Parkway when he lost control in Jamaica Estates and slammed into a guardrail shortly before 4 a.m., the sources said. Three teens — Meera Dukharan, 17; Anil Persaud, 18; and a 17-year-old boy — were ejected from the backseat of the packed car, cops said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/2-killed-crash-grand-central-parkway-article-1.1385843

Florida man arrested after he killed, cut up and cooked the family dog

A 25-year-old Tampa man was arrested on Friday after he killed his family's pit bull mutt puppy, sliced it up and boiled some of its parts, according to a statement from the Tampa Police Department. Thomas Elliot Huggins reportedly had the 6-month-old dog's ribs in a pot on the stove when the cops arrived on Thursday night. The man had strangled the dog with his bare hands and then cut it into pieces with a steak knife, WFLA reported. The puppy's head was in the garbage, and other sections were stored in the freezer for future meals, the release said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/florida-man-killed-cooked-family-dog-police-article-1.1385999

Woman suspects husband of cheating, stabs him to death with kitchen knife

A Florida woman woke her husband up with the same hand that would take his life, police say. Tyra Holmes, 26, found texts from other women on Michael Holmes’ cell phone before midnight Wednesday — proof, she thought, that he was cheating on her. She called one of the numbers: no response. They started to argue. She clutched a kitchen knife. At the top of the staircase, he tried to embrace her, presumably to put the feud to rest. But Tyra Holmes raised the blade to her ear and plunged it into his chest, reported the Orlando Sentinel. "You stabbed me," he said. The couple exchanged "I love you's." He died later in the hospital.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/fla-woman-stabs-cheating-husband-death-article-1.1386046

Four dead after plane, glider collide in B.C.

Four people are dead after a plane and a powered glider collided mid-air over a campground near Pemberton, B.C., on Saturday afternoon. RCMP received multiple calls at about 12:20 p.m. about the crash between the Cessna 150 and the powered glider. Officers responding to the crash found four victims, two from each aircraft, and a dog, Sgt. Rob Knapton said. The Cessna was from 100 Mile House, and had a man, a woman and a dog on board. The glider was from Pemberton.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/29/4-dead-in-mid-air-plane-crash-reports

Couple having sex against window fall to their deaths

A steamy lovemaking session turned tragic after a couple in China reportedly fell out of a window to their deaths, The Sun reports. The lovebirds from Wuhan, central China, were having sex against a glass pane when the poorly constructed window broke under the weight of their passion. Clinging to each other even in those last moments, the couple hurtled to the ground. Their blood spattered on the ground as medical personnel scrambled to the scene.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/couple-sex-window-fall-deaths-report-article-1.1385151

Suspected machete killer hacks two men to death

Fright night came early this year for a town in Arkansas. A machete-wielding man reportedly announced that Satan was within him before hacking two people to death in Fort Smith on Wednesday night. The victims were drinking beer on their front porch when suspect Gregory Aaron Kinsey walked by carrying grocery bags. After a terse exchange, the 20-year-old reached behind his back and whipped out a large knife. Police described the gruesome scene that followed as something “out of a horror movie,” KFSM reports.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/horror-movie-suspected-machete-killer-hacks-men-death-article-1.1385276

Elderly Man ‘Severely’ Injured in Dog Attack

MURRIETA, Calif. — An elderly man was hospitalized after he and another man were attacked by a dog on Thursday in unincorporated Riverside County, authorities said. The incident occurred about 9:30 a.m. in the 39000 block of Salinas Drive, according to the county’s Department of Animal Services. One of the victims, the 80-year-old father of the dog’s owner, was “severely” attacked, an Animal Services spokesperson said in a statement. The man suffered bites to his stomach, both arms, and the back of one of his knees. He was transported by ambulance to a nearby hospital.

http://ktla.com/2013/06/28/elderly-man-severely-attacked-by-dog-in-murrieta/#axzz2XbVoUBtB

Terrorists kill 24 officers and civilians in Xinjiang

A total of 24 people, including 16 Uygurs, were killed by a group of mobs in a violent terrorist attack that took place in Lukqun township, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region on Wednesday morning, Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday night. The attack happened around 5:50 am in the township in Turpan prefecture's Shanshan county, about 250 km from the regional capital Urumqi. Several terrorists attacked the police station, the township government and a construction site next to the government building. They also set fire to police vehicles. Eleven mobs were shot dead at the scene and four were arrested. Earlier report said that 17 people — nine police officers and security guards and eight civilians — were killed before police opened fire and killed 10 knife-wielding mobs. Three people were injured by the mobs and were being treated at a hospital.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-06/28/content_16676295.htm

Iowa man who killed 7—including his girlfriend and her 5 children—commits suicide in prison

An Iowa man serving several life sentences in the 2001 slayings of his girlfriend, her five children and a former employer committed suicide in his prison cell. Adam Moss, 35, was found unresponsive and hanging with a bed sheet around his neck tied to a wall vent in his cell Wednesday afternoon at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison, according to the Iowa Department of Corrections. He had been confined to a mental health unit. 'It is the end of the chapter for the Fish family,' said Sarilye Atlas, whose brother Ronald Fish was killed by Moss in August 2001, according to the Sioux City Journal.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351345/Adam-Moss-suicide-Iowa-man-killed-7-including-girlfriend-5-children-commits-suicide-prison.html

Man who 'purchased' a young boy in a foreign country and let other men abuse him for pornographic films is jailed for 40 years

An Australian man accused of making child pornography with a boy he purchased in a foreign country and allowing other men to sexually abuse the child was sentenced Friday in U.S. federal court in Indiana, where the videos were found downloaded on a home computer. The 42-year-old man, who investigators say used falsified documents to adopt the boy after bringing him to the U.S., was sentenced to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy charges involving child exploitation. The judge overseeing the case said she accepted the plea agreement only because the videos were too horrific to show a jury.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351457/Man-purchased-young-boy-foreign-country-let-men-abuse-pornographic-films-jailed-40-years.html

Horror in landmark Berlin fountain as naked man brandishing knife is shot dead by police

Shocking video footage has emerged of the moment police shot dead a naked man brandishing a knife in a landmark fountain in Berlin today. The man was shot once after being surrounded by officers at the German capital's Neptune Fountain, close to the city hall. Police tried to persuade the man to put the knife away but instead he started cutting himself.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2351155/Horror-landmark-Berlin-fountain-naked-man-brandishing-knife-shot-dead-police.html

At least 22 killed as bombs tear through coffee shops in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs exploded in busy coffee shops and at other targets across Iraq late on Thursday, killing at least 22 people, police and medics said. In north and south Baghdad, two blasts tore through cafes where scores of young men had gathered to watch a televised football match, killing eight people, police and medical sources said. Two other explosions killed 10 people in coffee shops in the city of Baquba, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said. Another bomb exploded near a cafe in the town of Jbela, 65 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, killing three, and a "sticky bomb" attached to a car killed a civilian in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. Violence has grown in Iraq since the start of the year, claiming more than 1,000 people in May alone, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian bloodletting of 2006-07.

http://news.yahoo.com/eighteen-killed-bombs-tear-coffee-shops-iraq-211721073.html

Swedish cops hunt bike vandal who slashes tires then pleasures himself all over the saddle

Joyriding now has a whole new meaning. Cops are hunting a creep who slashes bike tires before sitting down and pleasuring himself. The mischief maker was caught on camera carrying out his dirty deed after Swedish cyclist Per Edstrom got fed up with the repeated vandalism to his ride. Setting up a security camera outside his Ostersund home, Edstrom was shocked to see the hooded hoodlum carrying out the sex act astride his wheels, reports Road.cc.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/swedish-cops-hunt-bike-fetish-weirdo-article-1.1383793

Florida man sentenced to 14 years for beating his employer's dog to death with tire iron in horrific 10-minute attack

A Florida man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for beating his employer's dog to death with a tire iron after the two had a fight. Kevin Koscielniak, 52, of Sarasota, pleaded no contest to six charges, including animal cruelty and armed burglary. He also must serve five years probation and he is banned from contacting the dog's owners. Authorities say John Olaya, owner of John's Automotive reported his 4-year-old mastiff Ashton missing in April. After reviewing surveillance video, Olaya told deputies that he saw Koscielniak kill his dog in a vicious beating that lasted 10 minutes. The owner said Koscielniak had been asked to leave the Sarasota car repair shop a day earlier after causing a disturbance.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2350320/Florida-man-sentenced-14-years-beating-employers-dog-death-tire-iron-horrific-10-minute-attack.html

Man accused of killing German Shepherd by running it through a dishwasher before dumping it in a trash can to stop the puppy from soiling the house

A 27-year-old man is behind bars after allegedly killing a puppy by putting it in a running dishwasher to keep it from defecating in his apartment. Marcus Curry has been charged with aggravated animal cruelty after leaving the tiny German Shepherd in the dishwasher 'too long' before dumping its dead body in a trash can on Wednesday. The Memphis resident was arrested after a maintenance man found the dead canine in a red duffel bag in a dumpster near Curry's Eden at Watersedge Apartments home on South Mendenhall Rd.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2350494/Man-accused-killing-German-Shepherd-running-dishwasher-dumping-trash-stop-puppy-soiling-house.html

Teenagers arrested after 'decapitating homeless man they disliked and using his head as a football'

Two Russian teenagers have been arrested after allegedly decapitating a homeless man whom they had taken a dislike to. The attackers are said to have used the man's head as a football before leaving it in a rubbish bin. They were taken into custody by police who followed a trail of blood from the victim's body to their flat in eastern Moscow. Inside, they found an axe and saw believed to have been used in the killing, while the whole flat was covered in blood.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349741/Teenagers-arrested-decapitating-homeless-man-disliked-using-head-football.html

Horror as cousins, 11 and 14, charged with abusing 5-year-old girl with hammer, pliers, screwdriver and belt before her death as punishment for urinating on the floor and 'smarting off'

An 11-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy from Indiana have been charged with aggravated battery after police say the pair brutally tortured their 5-year-old cousin, who later died. Delaware County Coroner Scott Hahn confirmed Wednesday that the death of Marie Sadlyne B. Pierre, a Haitian national, has been ruled a homicide. Police discovered the toddler lying unresponsive in the kitchen area of her home Saturday. Marie’s two teenage cousins have told police that some of the torture sessions were ordered by their older sister, Charlene Tabb, 29, who with her 53-year-old husband, Marcus, faces a preliminary charge of neglect of a dependent causing death – a felony carrying a 30-year prison term. Investigators say the 11-year-old and 14-year-old attacked the girl with pliers, a hammer, a leather belt and screwdrivers, among other items. Police have said the victim's body had more than 80 marks or injuries, the Indianapolis Star reported.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349831/Cousins-11-14-charged-abusing-5-year-old-girl-hammer-pliers-screwdriver-belt-death-punishment-urinating-floor-smarting-off.html

Schoolboy, 13, dies day after falling through the roof of an abandoned mill when he went to collect a football

A schoolboy who was chasing after a football died after falling 20ft through the roof of an abandoned flour mill. Cameron Tidey, 13, plunged into the former Rank Hovis factory in Ramsgate, Kent, on Tuesday afternoon. His family had to make the heartbreaking decision to switch off his life support machine yesterday morning.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349974/Schoolboy-13-dies-day-falling-roof-abandoned-went-collect-football.html

Boy, 16, caught in tug-of-love between two teenage girls killed himself because they were both upset with him

A 'lovely' teenager who was caught in a love triangle killed himself because he thought both girls were upset with him, an inquest has heard. William Davis, 16, who was known as Charlie, jumped in front of a train in February after an argument over his Facebook relationship status. The popular student and keen Scout had fallen out with his girlfriend after he changed the status on his online profile because a second girl had threatened to harm herself if he did not go out with her. The inquest heard Charlie had confided in another female friend that he was worried about the situation with the two girls, who cannot be named for legal reasons, and was concerned he had 'mucked everything up' with his girlfriend.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349807/Boy-16-caught-tug-love-teenage-girls-killed-upset-him.html

Thursday, June 27, 2013

Young brothers, 9 and 12, shot dead in home they shared with their grandparents

Two young brothers were discovered shot to death in the home they shared with their grandparents on Wednesday. Brothers Austin Wiseman, 12, and Blake Campbell, 9, lived in a Jackson, Ohio home with their mother and grandparents. It was the grandparents who called 911 around 11am. City and county police arrived to find the boys both shot dead in an upstairs bedroom.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349768/Young-brothers-9-12-shot-dead-home-shared-grandparents.html

Texas warden who led 140 inmates to their deaths says it's just like watching someone go to sleep

Charles Thomas O'Reilly supported capital punishment when he oversaw his first Texas execution. And he still supported it after his 100th. In six years as warden of the Huntsville Unit, the prison that houses Texas' death chamber, O'Reilly supervised about 140 executions — more than any other warden in state history. Now retired, he reflected on his career this week as the nation's busiest death penalty state as the state executed its 500th inmate since resuming capital punishment in 1982. The 62-year-old said he has no regrets about a process he considered to be a relatively unemotional and small part of his job.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349675/Texas-warden-led-140-inmates-deaths-says-just-like-watching-sleep.html

Turkish holiday horror as two British men 'die in separate drowning incidents' and third British teenager critical 'after being stabbed a dozen times in knife attack'

Two British men are believed to have died in separate drowning incidents in Turkey, while a teenager is fighting for his life after he was 'stabbed ten times'. It has been reported that the incidents all occurred within 24 hours of each other on Turkey’s southern coast. Two British tourists, who have been named locally as Anthony Gissing and Martin Webb, died after drowning at different beaches in Mugla’s Olundeniz district. In Marmaris, a British teenager, named as Dwaine Ward, was left fighting for his life after being found naked and with stab wounds in a garden in the Tepe district, another popular holiday haunt for British tourists.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349492/Turkish-holiday-horror-British-men-die-separate-drowning-incidents-British-teenager-critical-stabbed-dozen-times-knife-attack.html

Police dog savaged boy, 10, as he played in his grandmother's back garden despite the German Shepherd being on a lead

A 10-year-old boy had to be rushed to hospital after he was attacked by a police dog while he played in the back garden of his grandmother's house. Tom Cutbill, was bitten three times by the German Shepherd-Belgian Malinois cross, which was on a lead,as he played in the back garden in Oldbury, West Midlands. West Midlands Police has launched an investigation into the incident, which happened as officers were on the trail of copper thieves, and issued an unreserved apology to the child and his family. The force has also informed the Independent Police Complaints Commission about the incident, which happened on Sunday afternoon. The terrified schoolboy was rushed to Sandwell Hospital, West Midlands, where he needed 20 stitches and two skin graft operations. He spent four days in hospital before being discharged today needing crutches to walk.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349551/Police-dog-savaged-boy-10-played-garden-despite-German-Shepherd-lead.html

Girl, 7, falls 11 storeys to her death from block of flats while her mother went to answer the door

Tributes have been paid to a 'bubbly' seven-year-old girl who fell 120ft to her death from a tower block while her mother's back was turned. Nawaal Sayid, who lived on the 11th floor of the block of flats with her mother and two other children, suffered multiple injuries after falling from the balcony of the flat. She was rushed to hospital by ambulance in a critical condition after suffering from a cardiac arrest, but she sadly died shortly afterwards.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2349463/Nawaal-Sayid-Girl-7-falls-11-storeys-death-block-flats-mother-went-answer-door.html

‘Nanny Cam’ Catches Intruder Attacking Homeowner

MILLBURN, N.J. (KTLA) — Police were searching Tuesday for an intruder who violently beat a homeowner while her 3-year-old daughter watched helplessly. The attack happened around 10:30 a.m., Friday at the victim’s home in the upscale community of Millburn. A nanny cam on the mantel captured the attack. The video shows the intruder punching and kicking the woman repeatedly. At one point he placed her in a choke-hold and slammed her to the floor. Then, he dragged her into another room and could be seen throwing her down the basement stairs.

 

http://ktla.com/2013/06/25/graphic-video-nanny-cam-catches-burglar-brutally-attacking-homeowner/#axzz2XK5ma2Fk

Willowbrook Standoff Ends; Alleged Gunman Found Dead

WILLOWBROOK, Calif. (KTLA) — A man who allegedly wounded two officers in a shootout in Willowbrook was found dead on Wednesday after a standoff, police said. “Officers have secured the location and located the suspect,” LAPD Lt. Andy Neiman said. “Unfortunately, in this situation, the suspect was found deceased up in the attic, which is where we thought we might find him,” Neiman said.

http://ktla.com/2013/06/26/lapd-officer-shot-in-face-in-south-los-angeles/#axzz2XK5ma2Fk

Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Disabled British woman, her invalid mother and father shot dead in Costa del Sol 'murder suicide': Bodies had 'been there for DAYS'

Three members of a British family have been found shot dead on the Costa Del Sol in a suspected murder-suicide. The bodies - believed to be those of a couple and their daughter in her 20s - were discovered by their landlord in a rented apartment in Mijas, near Fuengirola, this morning. Neighbours this evening named the dead man as Philip Wood and his daughter as Sophie, who was believed to have been disabled. Her mother - whose name is not yet known - was thought to have been ill for some time. Detectives are working on the theory that the husband killed his wife and daughter before turning the gun on himself. It is believed the family had financial problems and debt collectors had visited the £350,000 villa just days ago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348966/Disabled-British-woman-invalid-mother-father-shot-dead-Costa-del-Sol-murder-suicide-Bodies-DAYS.html

Jealous boyfriend 'killed his newborn daughter, her mother and grandmother by setting fire to house the day she was released from hospital'

A jealous boyfriend killed his own baby daughter, her mother and grandmother after torching their home on the day the child was released from hospital, a murder trial has heard today. Carl Mills, 29, is accused of killing three generations of the same family after setting their home ablaze. Kayleigh Buckley, 17, six-month-old daughter Kimberley and grandmother Kim, 46, were all trapped in their home when it was engulfed in flames. Newport Crown Court heard how Mills started the fire after he became convinced Kayleigh had another man in her bedroom. But the only people inside were the family - who were celebrating Kimberley’s homecoming after being born prematurely at just 1lb 9ozs in hospital. Neighbours saw Kayleigh banging on the windows and screaming for help but they were unable to save her. Prosecutor Greg Bull said: 'The three victims didn’t have a chance.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348995/Carl-Mills-trial-Jealous-boyfriend-killed-newborn-daughter-mother-grandmother-setting-house-day-released-hospital.html

Woman, 20, kills boyfriend with a gun she 'thought wasn't loaded'

A 20-year-old Missouri woman fatally shot her boyfriend on Monday night with a gun she told police she didn't know was loaded. Makenzie Halinski and her boyfriend Cole Campbell, 20, were in his basement bedroom at his family home on the 400 block of South Fifth Street in Festus, St. Louis smoking marijuana and drinking when she shot him in the head at about 11pm. According to police reports, officers responded to a 911 call to the house and arrived find Cole Campbell with a gunshot wound to his head.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348863/Woman-20-kills-boyfriend-gun-thought-wasnt-loaded.html

Girl, 10, dies in hospital days after being gang raped by four teenagers in India

A 10-year-old girl has died days after she was gang raped by four teenagers in Mumbai, police said today. The girl is said to have been lured to a secluded area in Hanuman Nagar after her alleged attackers - who are aged between 13 and 16 and two of whom are brothers - promised to give her Rs10 if she did a chore for them. Officials in Turbhe said the young girl knew all four of her alleged attackers, and that one had raped her on a previous occasion.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348833/Girl-10-dies-hospital-days-gang-raped-teenagers-India.html

Gay man in Chicago killed his wife for insurance payout, prosecutors say

A Chicago man is on trial for allegedly murdering his wife for insurance money after realizing he was no longer in love with her because he was gay.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/gay-man-killed-wife-insurance-money-prosecutors-article-1.1382300

Teenager charged with killing caged animals on cell phone video after over 13,000 people demand an arrest

A Florida teenager was arrested for animal cruelty after a sickening video that shows two trapped animals being shot in the face and then squirming in pain surfaced online. The 17-year-old from Melbourne is being held in Brevard County Juvenile Detention Center after being charged on Monday in connection with the disturbing footage that appeared on Facebook a day earlier. The video was then posted on YouTube by the Causes website where over 13,000 people signed a petition demanding that authorities investigate the cruelty and prosecute those involved.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348373/Teenager-charged-killing-caged-animals-cell-phone-video-13-000-people-demand-arrest.html

Ottawa dad beaten to death in El Salvador

OTTAWA - An Ottawa family are desperately looking for answers after their father was brutally beaten to death in El Salvador. The body of Ricardo Hernandez, 64, was found wrapped in plastic bags and sheets on Thursday, about 100 km from his home in Quezaltepeque. He had been beaten, strangled and dumped, his family says, adding they fear their family is being targeted after Hernandez’s daughter was also shot. “We just want to find out who did this to our father,” said Carolina Hernandez, 40, who lives in Ottawa. “My dad was a really good man. We want somebody to be held accountable.” Ricardo Hernandez lived alone, but his daughter, Maria Enriques, visited him daily to prepare dinner.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/25/ottawa-dad-beaten-to-death-in-el-salvador

At least 27 people killed after 'knife-wielding mobs' attack police stations and government building in western China

At least 27 people have been killed after gangs armed with knives attacked a police station and a local government building in a remote region of western China today, according to state media. The Xinhua agency said mobs in the Xinjiang region - home to a large Muslim Uighur minority - set upon buildings in the township of Lukqun at around 6am local time, stabbing people and setting fire to police cars. Nine police officers and security guards and eight civilians were killed before police opened fire on the attackers, leaving 10 dead, regional Communist Party officials told the agency.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348700/At-27-people-killed-knife-wielding-mobs-attack-police-stations-government-building-western-China.html

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Man, 44, shot dead with a crossbow bolt after he confronted another man in his home

A man and a woman have been arrested in connection with the murder of a 44-year-old who was killed with a crossbow in his own home. Darrell Farnham was found dying at his home in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, at around 10.45pm on Sunday after being hit with a crossbow bolt which passed straight through his body. An ambulance service spokesman said the victim was ‘beyond help’ and died at the scene.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348313/Man-44-shot-dead-crossbow-bolt-confronted-man-home.html

Grandmother, 85, who left patio doors open was 'battered to death with hammer by man who wanted to kill whoever was inside'

A man battered an 85-year-old grandmother to death with a lump hammer- because her patio doors were open, a court heard today. Jamie Boult, 25, entered the ground floor waterside flat of Delia Hughes in Southampton, Hampshire, and planned to 'kill whoever was in there', it is alleged. He rained down eight blows on the pensioner’s head from behind, knocking her to the ground with the heavy and bloodied weapon. She was left with a broken skull and severely damaged brain. Boult had hidden behind her bedroom door after tripping on the patio blinds, and pounced when the frail widow went to investigate the noise. Prosecutor William Mousley QC told Winchester Crown Court that Boult 'brought the hammer down hard from above his head, saying nothing'.

He added: 'After he had hit her once and she had fallen, he hit her again on the top/front of her head. She did not try to defend herself. 'He was trying to kill her.' Boult waited a few seconds to see if anybody else arrived, before ransacking the bedroom, it is claimed. He went through Mrs Hughes jewellery box, which was left upturned on her bed, and took bracelets and necklaces. They were later recovered from the home he shared with his mother. Boult even went into the kitchen of Mrs Hughes’ home during the attack, where he took a carton of orange juice to drink.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348361/Grandmother-85-left-patio-doors-open-battered-death-hammer-man-wanted-kill-inside.html

Crazed man found naked and bloody outside school after ripping off part of his genitals while high on 'magic' mushrooms

A 41-year-old man from Ohio has been found naked and bleeding profusely on the grounds of a Michigan school after police say he ripped off a part of his genitals while high on drugs. The bizarre incident took place at around 1am Tuesday when Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies responded to a report of a burglary at Ypsilanti Middle School at 105 North Mansfield street. Officers who arrived on the scene discovered a naked man kneeling outside the school and covered in blood from the waist down, with his penis partially detached, according to Sgt. Geoff Fox.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348157/Crazed-man-naked-bloody-outside-school-ripping-genitals-high-magic-mushrooms.html

Former hotel manager with 'Jekyll and Hyde personality', 38, strangled his mother, 58, after researching word 'garrotte' on Wikipedia, court hears

A former hotel manager with a ‘Jekyll and Hyde personality’ strangled his mother after researching the meaning of the word ‘garrotte’ on Wikipedia, a court heard today. Paul Stones, 38, allegedly killed accounts clerk Marian Stones, 58, as she lay in bed during a weekly argument after they repeatedly rowed about her calling him a ‘failure’ and ‘not a proper dad’. The divorced father of one moved in with his mother at her home in Sharples, near Bolton, Greater Manchester, after his relationship crumbled and he lost his job following a drink driving conviction.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2348016/Former-hotel-manager-Jekyll-Hyde-personality-38-strangled-mother-58-researching-word-garrotte-Wikipedia-court-hears.html

Raidh Janabi jailed for binding wife, shaving her head and beating her with garden hose

A man who shaved his wife's head and beat her with a garden hose in a jealous rage has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail. Raidh Janabi, 53, from Endeavour Hills, pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to recklessly causing serious injury to his now ex-wife in 2011. In 2011 Janabi confronted his wife, believing she was having an affair with another man. Days later he subjected her to a 20 minute attack in which he bound her hands and feet with duct tape, roughly shaved her head, and beat her for 15 minutes with a garden hose. He also punched and choked and beat her with a shoe, leaving her black and blue. The court heard that when police showed Janabi photographs of his wife's bruising, he replied: "If a wife cheats on a husband, she can expect to have this done to her." "She pushed me too much and made me do it," he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-25/man-jailed-after-admitting-he-beat-his-wife-with-a-garden-hose/4779908

Boy, 14, impales himself on horn of bull sculpture and dies while playing hide-and-seek with friends

A 14-year-old Texas boy has died in a freak accident after accidentally impaling himself through the chest on the horn of a bull sculpture. Police say Miguel Martinez was playing hide-and-seek about 3am on Saturday in front of the National Ranching Heritage Center on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock. In the excitement of the game, he ran into the pointed horn of a bull sculpture outside the museum. The metal horn pierced him through the chest.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347786/Boy-14-impales-horn-bull-sculpture-dies-playing-hide-seek-friends.html

Man admits to stabbing his 13-year-old step-niece to death with a survival knife

Authorities have charged a central Missouri man with first-degree murder after a 13-year-old girl who had been reported missing was found dead on an unoccupied farm. Steven Neal Henderson, 30, of Iberia was charged in the Saturday stabbing death of Macala Shelton, according to court records released on Monday. Macala had been reported missing that day by her grandmother. Authorities said Henderson lived at the same address as the teenager. A probable cause statement by the Missouri State Highway Patrol said Henderson acknowledged killing the girl with a large survival knife and told authorities where to find the weapon. According to posts on Facebook, Henderson had attended his sister Lisa’s wedding Saturday, where he served as the best man.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347824/Macala-Shelton-case-Steven-Neal-Henderson-admits-stabbing-step-niece-death-survival-knife.html

Man gets five life sentences for killing family

A man was (today) sentenced to five life sentences after he admitted killing his wife and four stepchildren. A judge heard that former roofer and removal man Lee Ford garrotted Lesley Ford, 36, and her children Sarah Tranter, 17, Anne-Marie Tranter, 16, Steven Tranter, 14, and Craig Tranter, 13, at their isolated home at Carnkie, near Helston, Cornwall last August. The court heard he killed them separately with a 2ft long rope before hiding their bodies in a wood shed by the bungalow. He later moved the two girls' bodies and buried them in a field four miles away. Police were alerted only after the family had been missing for more than a month. Nigel Pascoe QC, prosecuting, said the attack was calculated and without motive. He said: "This was not a crime of passion but of savagery." Mr Pascoe said the crime was "by any standards an enormous, pitiful tragedy and a tale of true horror".

Classification: Mass murderer
Characteristics: Ford has given no reason for the killings
Number of victims: 5
Date of murders: September 2000
Date of arrest: October 5, 2000
Date of birth: 1968
Victims profile: Lesley Ford, 36 (his wife) and her four children Craig Tranter, 13, Steven Tranter, 14, Anne-Marie Tranter, 16, and Sarah-Jane Tranter, 17
Method of murder: Strangulation with a rope
Location: Carnkie, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Status: Sentenced to life in prison on May 23, 2001

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-48842/Man-gets-life-sentences-killing-family.html

Murderpedia: http://murderpedia.org/male.F/f/ford-lee.htm

Monday, June 24, 2013

Pakistani TV actress, 18, critically injured after attacker hurls acid in her face as she slept

A Pakistani teenage actress is in a critical condition in hospital after a man threw acid in her face while she was asleep at her family home. Bushra Waiz, 18, was attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning, her brother said. Her family said a man had proposed to Ms Waiz and hurled acid at her when she turned him down.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347381/Bushra-Waiz-18-critically-injured-attacker-hurls-acid-face-slept.html

Teenager ‘grabbed his own grandfather, 91, around the neck and left him to die to get his £300 pension’

A teenager murdered his frail grandfather during a botched robbery for his £300 pension money, a court heard today. Stephen Lang grabbed 91-year-old Thomas Lang, 'broke his neck' and pushed him to the floor during the attack in the early hours of April 17 last year. Lang, now 20, went to his bedroom and stole £300 from a wallet that was hidden under a pillow. He then fled, leaving his grandfather seriously hurt on the floor of his home in Launceston, Cornwall. Despite his injuries, Mr Lang was able to summon help at 1.44am on a lifeline alarm that he wore around his neck, Truro Crown Court heard. Simon Laws QC, prosecuting, told jurors: 'In the early hours of April 17 last year Stephen Lang paid a visit to his grandfather. 'He attacked him and he inflicted very serious injuries upon him. 'He broke his neck and he caused injuries to the structures of the throat. Mr Lang died from his injuries a few days later in hospital.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347520/Teenager-grabbed-grandfather-91-neck-left-die-300-pension.html

Spanish matador tossed into the air like a ragdoll after being gored in the backside during bullfight

What a sight to behold ladies and gentlemen...!

A Spanish matador was gored in the backside, just weeks after returning to the sport after a career-threatening injury. Rafael Cerro was thrown into the air by the charging 75 stone bull before being hit in the backside in front of hundreds of people at the Las Ventas bullring in Madrid. In April, the 23-year-old needed surgery after he was gored by a bull in another bullfight.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347415/The-bull-mightier-sword-Spanish-matador-tossed-air-like-ragdoll-gored-backside-bullfight.html

Woman driver and her husband killed in freak car parking accident while she practiced reversing with six-year-old daughter in car

A six-year-old girl witnessed the horrific moment both her parents were accidentally killed as her mother tried to reverse into a car-parking space. The 41-year-old mother was being directed by her husband when the tragedy happened, in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, China. According to Qianjiang Evening News, the newly-qualified driver was practicing the manoeuvre in her Lexus RX270 SUV when she accidentally backed up too far, pinning her husband against the wall.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347437/Woman-driver-husband-killed-freak-car-parking-accident-practiced-reversing-year-old-daughter-car.html

Mother found guilty of murdering her two-year-old son after he was found with 37 injuries over his body

A mother was found guilty today of murdering her two-year-old son, who was beaten to death after suffering months of ill-treatment. Rebecca Shuttleworth, 25, subjected Keanu Williams to horrific abuse, then left him to die before calling emergency services 48 hours later, Birmingham Crown Court heard. The trial jury heard harrowing details of how the 37 injuries found on Keanu when he died were not an 'isolated event' but had been the culmination of a long period of torture.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347332/Rebecca-Shuttleworth-guilty-murdering-year-old-son-Keanu-Williams.html

Woman killed by runaway supermarket trolley which sped down an escalator at Chinese store

A horrific video has emerged of a grandmother being killed by a runaway supermarket trolley. The accident, which was caught on CCTV, happened on Friday morning at Lianhua supermarket in Shanghai. The 60-year-old, who was shopping alone, died from horrific injuries after being hit by the metal trolley at the Chinese store.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347252/Woman-killed-runaway-supermarket-trolley-sped-escalator-Chinese-store.html

Santa Ana Police Shoot, Kill Woman Carrying Fake Gun

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KTLA) — Police officers shot and killed a woman following a confrontation in a alley on Sunday morning. The shooting happened at about 8 a.m in the alley on the 800 block of S. Townsend St., according to Santa Ana police officers. Two patrol officers in separate police cruisers had confronted the woman, who was holding what appeared to be a handgun, investigators said. A fake handgun was recovered at the scene, officers added. The woman was transported to a local hospital where she was declared dead.

http://ktla.com/2013/06/23/santa-ana-police-shoot-kill-woman-during-confrontation/#axzz2X7W2V3u1

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347348/Cops-fatally-shoot-woman-armed-TOY-gun-used-REAL-gun-murder-girlfriend-13-years.html

Five teenagers drowned, one missing in C China

WUHAN - Five junior high school students drowned and one other missing in central China's Hubei Province on Sunday, said the local government. Six students from Lianghezhen Middle School went along the Juzhang River in Dangyang City, taking pictures of one another while playing near the riverside on Sunday afternoon. Four students accidentally fell into the river at about 2 p.m. and the other two were swept away while attempting to rescue them. As of 9 p.m., the bodies of five drowned students were retrieved. But one student remained missing, according to the municipal government.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-06/24/content_16649276.htm

Five-year-old New Orleans girl locked inside at home alone fatally shoots herself in the head while mother shops

A five-year-old Louisiana girl has died after accidentally shooting herself in the head. The New Orleans girl was at home on Sunday morning when the accident occurred. According to New Orleans police, the girl's mother, Laderika Smith, 28, of Saint Roch, locked the girl inside the house while she went to the store.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2347131/Five-year-old-girl-fatally-shoots-head-mothers-gun-New-Orleans.html

Sunday, June 23, 2013

Two children fight for their lives and two friends aged three and five die in urban Paris pond

Two young children were fighting for their lives today after two of their friends died alongside them in an urban pond on the outskirts of Paris. The horrific drama unfolded on Saturday when a total of five boys and girls aged between three and eight entered the water in Saint-Ouen-l’Aumone, in the Val d’Oise department, north of the French capital. All of the victims, the sons and daughters of single mothers, were found floating in the unsupervised pond near a local council-run hotel close to hotel where they all lived.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2346880/Two-children-fight-lives-friends-aged-die-urban-Paris-pond.html

British killer Simon Hennessey captured in Australia after 15 years on the run

Fifteen years after escaping from a prison in Gloucestershire, a British killer has been captured in a small town in Queensland by local police who believe he used false names to commit elaborate frauds while roaming across Thailand, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia. Simon Hennessey, 49, from Plymouth, was just 14 when he repeatedly stabbed his 72-year-old aunt, Mary Webber, in a frenzied attack which caused widespread shock. The teenager was convicted of manslaughter and made numerous escape attempts before finally walking out of an open prison in Gloucestershire, just before Christmas in 1998. He now faces now faces jail in Queensland – or the prospect of being extradited back to Britain.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/10136411/British-killer-Simon-Hennessey-captured-in-Australia-after-15-years-on-the-run.html

Texas prepares to execute 500th prisoner

The US state of Texas is preparing to execute its 500th convict since the death penalty was restored in 1976, a record in a country where capital punishment is in decline elsewhere.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10137218/Texas-prepares-to-execute-500th-prisoner.html

19-year-old girl killed in failed murder-suicide bid

YOKOHAMA — Police said Saturday they have arrested a 19-year-old youth for allegedly killing his girlfriend, 19, at an apartment in Yokohama. Police say the suspect, a university freshman, stabbed his girlfriend, Shiori Shiraki, to death on Thursday night before attempting to kill himself, TV Asahi reported. He cannot be named because he is a minor. According to police, the suspect was taken to hospital having sustained self-inflicted knife wounds to his abdomen and chest. His wounds are not life-threatening, police said. During questioning, the man was quoted as saying that he killed his girlfriend because she wanted to break up with him and that he tried to kill himself, too. Police said they will question him further after he recovers.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/19-year-old-girl-killed-in-failed-murder-suicide-bid

Gunmen Kill Climbers in Northern Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In one of the most brazen attacks on foreigners in the country in recent years, unidentified gunmen killed nine foreign nationals and one Pakistani in northern Pakistan on Sunday, according to the country’s interior minister. The dead included five Ukrainians and three Chinese, officials said. Their Pakistani guide was also killed in the attack. The nationality of the ninth tourist was unclear.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/world/asia/gunmen-kill-climbers-in-northern-pakistan.html?_r=0

Thousands witness deadly Ohio air show crash; wing walker, pilot killed

CINCINNATI — A budget analyst with a daredevil streak, Jane Wicker knew she was taking a risk when she signed up to entertain thousands of spectators at the Vectren Air Show near Dayton. She said in a TV interview she felt confident of her ability and said on her website that lots of practice makes her signature stunt a "managed risk." She planned to hang underneath the plane's wing by her feet and sit on the bottom of the airplane while it was upside-down. It wasn't clear Saturday what went so wrong. The biplane glided through the sky, rolled over, then crashed and exploded into flames, killing the wing walker and the pilot, authorities said. No one else was hurt.

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/212655831.html

Pedophile charged with murdering girl, eight, and dumping her body in a church less than ONE HOUR after mom let him take her for burgers after he struck up a friendship with them at a dollar store

A registered sex offender, released from jail less than a month ago, has been arrested and charged with murder in the death of an 8-year-old Florida girl abducted while shopping with her mother on Friday night. The body of Charish Perriwinkle was found in front of Highlands Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida on Saturday morning after a frantic search. Donald James Smith of Jacksonville was taken into custody after police cornered his white van on Interstate 95. He had only been released from jail on May 31 after serving 438 days on felony charges of child abuse and unlawful impersonation of a public employee.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2346481/Sex-offender-charged-murdering-year-old-Florida-girl-ONE-HOUR-mom-let-McDonalds-befriending-family-dollar-store.html

Saturday, June 22, 2013

35 show horses worth $4 million belonging to respected breeder die in a barn fire in Georgia

State fire officials say 35 horses were killed when fire swept through stables at a property in north-west Georgia on Thursday night. Georgia Fire Marshal spokesman Glenn Allen said the blaze occurred at Happy Valley Farms owned by Marion 'Bit' Hutcheson in Rossville, just south of the Georgia-Tennessee border. Reports say damage was estimated at up to $4.1 million due to the valuable show horses housed in the stable, some of which were worth up to $200,000, and the two buildings and storage facility that were destroyed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2346300/35-horses-worth-4-million-die-barn-Georgia.html

Suicide bomb kills at least 13 worshippers in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suicide bombing at a Pakistani religious center killed at least 13 worshippers on Friday, the third major attack to test the new government since the Taliban vowed revenge for a U.S. drone strike that killed its deputy commander. The spate of violence has shattered a period of relative calm after the May election that returned former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to power, and underscores the challenges he will face in restoring stability in the country torn by militant violence. More than 60 people have been killed in less than a week from attacks that included suicide bombers targeting women students, a hospital and a funeral procession.

http://news.yahoo.com/suicide-bomb-kills-13-worshippers-pakistan-143559889.html

Pilot and three passengers killed after when small plane crashes after takeoff near Detroit

WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- A pilot and three passengers have been killed after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport northwest of Detroit. Airport spokesman Dave VanderVeen says the Cessna 172 went down about 1:40 p.m. Friday at Oakland County International Airport in Waterford Township. Three people aboard the private flight were killed instantly, while the fourth died later at a hospital. VanderVeen says three of the victims were male and one was female.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/killed-cessna-crashes-michigan-article-1.1379311

The two young women still missing after speedboat driver distracted by child crashes into houseboat, killing his wife as boat flips over

A Utah man driving a motorboat on Lake Powell was apparently distracted by his young passengers when he hit a houseboat and flipped the craft, leaving his wife dead and his daughter and his son's girlfriend missing, deputies said. Adrian Jackman, 59, of South Jordan, apparently tried to swerve when he noticed the moving houseboat but hit the front corner, authorities said. The accident that happened at around 8am Thursday killed his wife, Marilyn Jackman, 57. His daughter, Jessica Jackman, 22, and his son's girlfriend, Valerie Rae Bradshaw, 29, of Sandy, Utah, are missing in the water.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345981/Divers-search-marina-women-missing-speedboat-driver-distracted-child-crashes-houseboat-killing-passengers-boat-flips-over.html

Friday, June 21, 2013

Jewish man shot dead at Western Wall holy site in Jerusalem by security guard who thought he was a Palestinian militant shouting 'Allahu Akbar'

A private security guard shot and killed a Jewish Israeli man at a key Jerusalem holy site after the man reportedly shouted in Arabic. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the guard 'fired a number of shots' at the man, a 46-year-old Israeli, who appeared suspicious at the Western Wall. The guard told police the man shouted 'Allahu Akbar' - 'God is great!' in Arabic - and had his hands in his pockets. Arab militants have been known to shout that phrase before carrying out an attack.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345760/Jewish-man-killed-near-Western-Wall-Jerusalem-shouting-Allahu-Akbar.html

Teens found beaten, whipped and suffering from hypothermia after 'brutal high school hazing'

A group of teenagers were found beaten and suffering from hypothermia in a wooded area after a brutal school hazing ritual, it emerged today. Snohomish County Sheriff's Office said that deputies were sent to the area in Bothell on Monday night after they received a report of young men yelling. When they arrived they found around 12 teens aged 16 to 18 years old who were all students of Inglemoor High School in Kenmore. Some of the students were half naked. Others were bent over a log and some had open wounds from being struck with different items, according to Komo News. Lt Jeff Brand said seven of the teens were juniors at the school and were part of an 'unofficial hazing process' related to the school in which they were blindfolded, led into the woods and beaten with plastic pipes and metal rods so they could join the 'Naked Vikings'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345984/Teens-beaten-whipped-suffering-hypothermia-brutal-high-school-hazing.html

Flesh-eating ‘Aleppo boil’ disease spreads through Syrian city as parasite-spreading flies thrive on mounting waste and sewage

Rebels fighting to hold Syria's economic hub from government forces are facing an enemy their AK47's cannot target. A virulent flesh-eating disease known as 'Aleppo boil' is sweeping the city as the destruction of its infrastructure has led to a breakdown in sanitation systems. Also known as the 'Aleppo evil' or, to give it its proper name, cutaneous leishmaniasis, it causes painful lesions which can become secondarily infected, often leading to permanent disfigurement.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345972/Flesh-eating-Aleppo-boil-disease-spreads-Syrian-city-parasites-thrive-mounting-waste-sewage.html

4 YO kid found beheaded and burned in doghouse

The body of a 4 year old child was found decapitated and burnt at St. Benedict, on the east coast of the island of Reunion, said the police on Wednesday, June 19. The corpse was in a doghouse in the yard of the family home. According to the police, the main suspect, the stepfather of the victim, was arrested. The boy's mother, in shock, was hospitalized and a security cordon was set up around the house.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=921_1371648588

Soldier died after banging his head in play-fight with comrades who sneaked in bottles of vodka to army training camp where 'drinking was encouraged'

A soldier died after he smashed his head on a concrete floor during a drunken play-fight with a comrade at an army training camp where heavy drinking was encouraged, an inquest heard yesterday. Private Steven Murray, 23, who had been drinking vodka sneaked into the barracks, suffered a fractured skull after he was grabbed by the legs and pulled to the ground whilst wrestling with best friend James Cox, 24, in front of fellow squaddies. Despite complaining of a sore head, feeling sick and showing a cricket-ball sized swelling to his temple, Pte Murray was allowed to go bed by senior officers after insisting he wanted to sleep it off. The alarm was raised at 5.30am the following morning when colleagues failed to wake him up, noticed he was not breathing and called for an ambulance to the Halton Camp near Lancaster.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345649/Soldier-died-banging-head-play-fight-comrades-sneaked-bottles-vodka-army-training-camp-drinking-encouraged.html

Decorated firefighter, 48, 'kills himself' after police launch inquiry into sex abuse allegations

A long-serving firefighter is believed to have killed himself hours after being questioned by police investigating an alleged sex abuse scandal. Martin Sibley, 48, was found dead at his home in Colchester, Essex, just hours after being interviewed by police. The father-of-two is believed to have been one of a number of people questioned by police investigating historical allegations of sex abuse within Essex County Fire and Rescue Service dating back to the 1970s and 80s. It is not known why Mr Sibley, who worked for the fire service for 24 years, was being interviewed about the allegations. Sources claim the investigation related to wild 'initiation ceremonies' in which new recruits were stripped naked and assaulted using a feather duster.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345650/Martin-Sibley-48-kills-police-launch-inquiry-sex-abuse-allegations.html

Police hunt double murderer who slit eight-year-old girl's throat before stabbing her mother 20 times

Irish police are investigating a double murder after a mother and daughter were brutally killed in their County Kerry home. 27-year-old Jolanta Lubiene and her eight-year-old child Enrika, which were discovered on Sunday, confirmed the pair died in violent circumstances. It has emerged that eight-year-old Enrika Lubiene had her throat slit, and was killed alongside her mother, 27-year-old Jolanta Lubiene. Jolanta was stabbed more than 20 times in her torso as well as receiving a fatal knife wound to the neck She was stabbed in the kitchen after putting away the shopping and her dinner in the oven.

Their bodies lay dead in their home for 48 hours before being found by a friend. Ms Lubiene, originally from Lithuania, was found in a room downstairs and the child in an upstairs bedroom. According to sources, the extensive nature of the stab wounds suffered by Ms Lubiene suggest she was the intended victim of the attack. Police are investigating whether Enrika was then killed because she witnessed the attack on her mother and may have known the killer. A source said: ‘The scene was awful, because there was so much blood. It was like an abattoir.’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345655/Police-hunt-double-murderer-slit-year-old-girls-throat-stabbing-mother-20-times.html

Taliban bomber in Kabul kills 17 at Supreme Court

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide bomber struck outside Afghanistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday, killing 17 people in the deadliest attack in Kabul in over a year and a half. It was also the second consecutive day of attacks in the Afghan capital, undermining the ability of Afghan forces to keep security without help from NATO troops. The attacker rammed his SUV into buses carrying court employees at the end of the day' work. All of the dead were civilians, including women and children, police said, and at least 39 people were wounded. The Taliban said they delivered a blow to "cruel judges" who obey Western powers, and warned of more bombings to come.

http://news.yahoo.com/taliban-bomber-kabul-kills-17-supreme-court-174748474.html

'Snake charmer' dies during viper demo

A German reptile enthusiast died after being bitten by a viper during an event in southern France aimed at helping audiences overcome their fear of snakes. The man died from a heart attack due to a rare allergy, his colleague told The Local.

http://www.thelocal.de/national/20130620-50419.html

Video shows disabled mom kept as ‘slave’ at Ohio home beating her child

Chilling video has surfaced showing the mentally disabled mom allegedly held captive in an Ohio home beating her daughter, though the woman says her captors blackmailed her into it. Jordie Callahan, 26, Jessica Hunt, 31, and Daniel Brown, 33, were arrested Tuesday for allegedly keeping the 29-year-old woman and her 6-year-old daughter as prisoners at their ramshackle Ashland home for more than a year. A fourth suspect, Dezerah Silsby, 21, turned herself in on Thursday. The victim, identified as S.E., told investigators that the sickos forced her beat her child on camera so they could use the videos against her if she ever went to the police, CNN reported. In the sickening clips, the woman repeatedly slaps the child in the face and on the rear, as the little one wails in agony.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/disabled-mom-slave-beat-child-video-article-1.1377783

2 dead in fireworks factory explosion

MONTREAL - Two people are dead after a major fire ripped through a fireworks factory Thursday morning southwest of Montreal. The explosion sent smoke billowing hundreds of metres into the air and forced police to evacuate the area within 1 km from the burning buildings.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/20/fireworks-factory-explodes-in-montreal

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Boys testify how they hacked great-grandmother to death for $155 in sickening Wisconsin trial

These scum have no respect for their elders. A Wisconsin boy saw his great-grandmother as a human piggy bank, hacking her to death with a hatchet and hammer so he and an accomplice could steal a measly $155.

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"We went into the living room where she was, and Antonio picked up the hatchet and struck her with the blade side of the hatchet," Paape recounted. "And he called me over because [THE HATCHET]got stuck, and we both had to pull it out. "After we pulled it out, he hit her one more time with the backside of the hatchet, and we started to go through the house," Paape added.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/boys-trial-slaying-great-grandmother-155-article-1.1377718

Daniel Marsh, 16, held in murder of elderly couple, was hailed as boy hero in 2009

A Northern California teen once praised as a hero is suspected of being a cold, heartless killer. Daniel William Marsh, 16, was charged with double homicide Tuesday for the April stabbing deaths of an elderly couple at their home in Davis, west of Sacramento. The slayings of Oliver Northup, 87, and his wife Claudia Maupin, 76, were "willful, deliberate and premeditated" and "manifested exceptional depravity," prosecutors said in a charging document. Marsh, who was 15 at the time, allegedly lay in wait until they returned home. He is accused of inflicting torture before finally taking their lives, reported The Sacramento Bee.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/boy-hero-12-accused-killer-16-article-1.1377799

Bronx teacher arrested after raping 10-year-old student, deceiving parents

A scheming Bronx teacher raped a 10-year-old student after he tricked the girl’s family into thinking she was receiving an academic award, police sources said Wednesday. “He needs to die,” the girl’s devastated grandmother told the Daily News. Twisted Public School 386 teacher Anthony Criscuolo — the hulking brute accused of the sickening attack on his fifth-grade student — penned a bogus note to the victim’s parents on school letterhead announcing that their daughter had written an award-winning persuasive essay, police sources said.

The letter convinced the unsuspecting parents to allow the 40-year-old predator, who had already given the girl an iPod Touch and let her wear a diamond ring in his classroom, to take the girl to a sham award ceremony he claimed was Monday. But there were no awards, no ceremony, no pomp and no circumstance. Instead, the pathetic creep drove the victim to a school parking lot in Queens and raped her inside his silver Dodge Charger, which has tinted windows that hid the beastly attack, police sources said. The girl’s mother called cops Tuesday after she found a string of sexually illicit emails sent by Criscuolo, family said. One missive even said the perv had left his wife to be with the child. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/bronx-teacher-arrested-raping-10-year-old-student-article-1.1377579

Man arrested for punching schoolchildren outside station in Ibaraki

IBARAKI — Police said Thursday they have arrested a man after he allegedly punched four schoolchildren outside Ishioka Station in Ibaraki Prefecture. According to police, the man, who has been named as 32-year-old Kazuhiko Yahagi, was arrested on June 15 after he allegedly punched the four high school students in the face, one after another, outside the station, TBS reported. The attacks took place just after 12 noon.. Yahagi fled the scene, but police used an artist’s likeness to identify and locate him. During police questioning, Yahagi was quoted as saying he had no memory of hitting the children. Yahagi is also under investigation in relation to two other assaults, which were reported in the area on the same day, TBS reported. The four children hit by Yahagi sustained minor injuries in the attack, police said.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-arrested-for-punching-schoolchildren-outside-station-in-ibaraki

Two killed, 150 injured after restaurant blasts

TAIYUAN - Blasts ripped through a restaurant in north China's Shanxi Province Wednesday night, killing two people and injuring over 150 others. At least 12 others were severely wounded, safety watchdog in the city of Shuozhou said. The explosion of natural gas pipes was suspected to be the cause of the accident after an initial investigation.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-06/20/content_16639197.htm

Man 'castrates paraplegic FRIEND when he was trying to settle a dispute between the victim and their mutual female friend'

A 41-year-old man was arrested after castrating a paraplegic man during an argument over a woman. Edgar Bonilla was visiting a woman at an assisted living home for people with disabilities in Philadelphia when he got into an argument with another one of the residents. Bonilla then stabbed the 43-year-old male resident multiple times and cutting off his genitals.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344840/Man-castrates-paraplegic-FRIEND-trying-settle-dispute-victim-mutual-female-friend.html

Cyclist, 20, crushed to death by lorry with faulty indicator after it pulled across her path at busy junction

A young cyclist was crushed to death by a lorry with a faulty indicator when it pulled across her path at a busy junction, a coroner ruled. Paula Jurek, 20, was on her way to university when she was hit by a lorry as it made a left turn at a busy central London junction. Witnesses told St Pancras Coroner's Court yesterday that they didn't see the lorry driver indicate before making the turn. Immediately after the accident the lorry, driven by Barry Roe, was examined and found to have a loose bulb in one of its left side indicators. Road traffic collision investigator Paul Deneyes told the inquest: 'It wasn't that it was broken as such, it was that the bulb wasn't fitted correctly. 'It's possible that a cyclist travelling on the near side of the lorry may not have known it was making a left turn because they could not see the indicator.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2345052/Cyclist-20-crushed-death-lorry-faulty-indicator-pulled-path-busy-junction.html

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Florida man indicted for strangling ex-wife and tossing her off cruise ship in Italy

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy. Lonnie Kocontes, 55, who used to live in Southern California, was indicted by an Orange County grand jury on Friday and did not enter a plea during his Superior Court arraignment Monday, the Orange County Register reported. Kocontes remained jailed Tuesday. He is charged with murder for financial gain, which carries a potential death penalty and a minimum sentence of life in prison without chance of parole.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/florida-man-indicted-strangling-ex-wife-tossing-cruise-ship-article-1.1375816

Alaska man feeds black bear barbecue meat, gets mauled for dessert

Beer, barbecue and black bears are never a good mix. An Alaska man learned that the hard way this weekend when he threw a hungry bear a piece of barbecued meat — only to be mauled by the same bear. "He'd been drinking," Alaska State Trooper spokeswoman Beth Ipsen told the Anchorage Daily News of the man. The unidentified man was at a picnic Saturday at Eklutna Lake when he took off on a bike ride through the picturesque recreation area north of Anchorage. When he stumbled upon a black bear, the man tossed it some meat. The bear gobbled it down, and when the man offered another piece, "That's when it kind of went ballistic," Ipsen told the newspaper. The drunken man, who police say could be charged with illegally feeding wildlife, was found by park rangers washing off at a campground. He'd been bloodied by a blow to his jaw and back.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/alaska-man-feeds-black-bear-mauled-article-1.1376606

India monsoon death toll rises to more than 130

Flooding has killed more than 130 people in northern India with the death toll expected to rise. The floods have swept away buildings and triggered landslides across northern India. Tens of thousands of people are stranded in Uttarakhand, the worst-hit state where over 100 people have already been killed.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-06-19/an-india-monsoon-floods-kill-more-than-130-people/4766554

Boy, 13, 'beat his sister, 5, to death with wrestling moves that he had "seen on TV"'

A 13-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly using wrestling moves he had seen on television on his five-year-old half sister, who died from the brutal beating. Viloude Louis suffered broken ribs, internal bleeding and a lacerated liver after Devalon Armstrong repeatedly slammed her on a bed, punched her in the stomach, jumped on her and struck her with his elbow several times, police said. Deputies say they received a 911 call from the home in Terrytown, Louisiana on Sunday afternoon saying the girl had been found unconscious on the bathroom floor. Paramedics found the girl unresponsive and she was pronounced dead a short time later.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344106/Devalon-Armstrong-13-beat-Viloude-Louis-5-death-wrestling-moves-seen-TV.html

Son 'stabs his father with scissors before severing his own hands off with a saw'

An argument between a father and son turned violent after the son stabbed his dad several times with a pair of scissors before severing off his own hands with a saw, police said today. Gregory Dunn, 59, and Jason Dunn, 27, from Shasta County, California, are in hospital in serious condition after the gruesome incident, which unfolded in the driveway of their home on Monday afternoon. Police are investigating the incident as an attempted homicide.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344394/Son-stabs-father-scissors-severing-hands-saw.html

Mother 'tried to kill her three-month-old baby because she thought the baby was trying to kill HER'

A mother accused of trying to kill her three-month-old baby said she only did it because she thought her daughter was trying to kill her. Anna Murphy, 35, from Tacoma, Washington, was arraigned yesterday on charges of second-degree child assault in Pierce County Superior Court. She pleaded not guilty. According to reports, Murphy told the baby's father when he came home on Sunday that she had thrown the baby down on the ground. He called 911 and told dispatchers she had deliberately dropped their daughter on the floor. He immediately called 911 after seeing blood on and inside the baby's mouth. When she was interviewed by officers, Murphy said her baby was trying to kill her so she threw her down in 'her first exorcism'. She also insisted she was trying to save her from 'traveling to another dimension'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344078/Anna-Murphy-Mother-tried-kill-month-old-baby-thought-baby-trying-kill-HER.html

Schoolboy, 12, who was fascinated by TV magician Dynamo accidentally hanged himself in his bedroom

A 12-year-old schoolboy accidentally hanged himself in his bedroom just two weeks after jokingly wrapping a cable around his neck in a classroom prank, an inquest heard today. Charlie Kelsey-Neil, 12, was a big fan of street magician Dynamo - spending hours watching the British-born star's TV shows. An inquest in Medway heard how he was found by a younger sibling at the family home in Canterbury, Kent. His mother Caroline, 31, and stepfather Jovan Neil, 26, desperately tried to revive him but he was pronounced dead later that evening.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344350/Charlie-Kelsey-Neil-12-fascinated-TV-magician-Dynamo-accidentally-hanged-bedroom.html

Husband, 33, battered 42-year-old wife to death with ornamental elephant after she asked for divorce

A husband bludgeoned his wife to death with an ornamental elephant after she asked him for a divorce, a court heard. Devendra Singh, 33, is accused of killing Charlotte Smith, 42, in a brutal attack on September 3 last year. Stafford Crown Court heard Singh flew into a rage and battered his wife of three years with the 4lb wooden object following an argument at their home. Singh rained down blows with 'extreme force and extreme violence', and Charlotte's skull was repeatedly 'smashed and shattered', with the level of violence used described as 'off the scale', jurors were told. Singh admits killing his wife but denies murder on the basis he suffered a 'loss of control'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344377/Husband-33-battered-42-year-old-wife-death-ornamental-elephant-asked-divorce.html

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Two foreigners drop dead on different Italian beaches

Beachgoers were apparently unfazed by the sight of the dead bodies, which were covered up with white sheets and lay on the sand for some time until being removed by emergency services.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/10127691/Two-foreigners-drop-dead-on-different-Italian-beaches.html

Bombing at Pakistani funeral kills 27

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 27 people. Among those killed was a newly-elected lawmaker who may have been the target, authorities said. The blast was the worst attack in the region since the May 11 nationwide elections installed a new government in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

http://news.yahoo.com/bombing-pakistani-funeral-kills-27-133733572.html

Twin suicide bombs kill 29 in Baghdad

Two coordinated suicide bombings at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Baghdad killed at least 29 worshippers at noon prayers on Tuesday, medics said. The first bomber detonated his charge at a checkpoint about 100 meters (yards) away from the mosque in al-Qahira district of northern Baghdad. He was followed minutes later by a second who blew himself up inside the building. "The (second) suicide bomber detonated himself among the worshippers, who were gathering after the call to prayer," said policeman Furat Faleh, who was near the site of the blast.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/18/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE95H08B20130618

Girl's lemonade stand near Westboro Baptist Church raises thousands, controversy

A 5-year-old girl hoping to add a little sugar to the bitter Westboro Baptist Church set up a lemonade stand outside its front doors not to antagonize but to spread peace. What she got was harassment from its adult members calling her among names a "satanic liar" — as well as more than $16,000 raised toward anti-bullying programs from supporters across the U.S. "Jayden and I went out there to raise money for Planting Peace," her father, Jon Sink, told WBTV, referring to the nonprofit organization that owns the rainbow-painted Equality House where the two set up their stand Friday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/lemonade-stand-westboro-baptist-church-raises-thousands-article-1.1375502

Baboon killed after escaping from British zoo

Don't these dicks use tranquilizers anymore...?

A violent morning of kidnappings, gang threats and torture ended in death when an escaped baboon was gunned down outside a British zoo. Gamekeepers shot the fugitive beast dead at 8:20 a.m. Sunday after he vaulted the perimeter fence at Knowsley Safari Park in Merseyside. It followed a brutal few hours which began when a vicious congress of 20 other baboons abducted his female mate. His efforts to save her from their clutches failed and his rivals cornered him. Fearing for his own life, he scaled an electric fence and bounded out of his enclosure. After two hours roaming the park, he made a final dash for freedom by climbing over its outside fence. Cops were called after a resident spotted the beast playing on swings in a park. A moving cordon was set up and the police chopper deployed. Officers then chased the animal into an industrial unit where it was shot dead by the park's gamekeeper, reports the Liverpool Echo.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/baboon-killed-escaping-british-zoo-article-1.1374831

Coroner: ‘Night Stalker’ Richard Ramirez Died of Cancer

SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (KTLA) — Richard Ramirez, the convicted rapist and serial killer known as the Night Stalker, died of complications from blood cancer. Ramirez, who terrorized Southern California in 1984 and ’85 with a series of murders and rapes, died at Marin General Hospital on June 7, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. On Monday, the Marin County coroner’s office announced Ramirez died of complications related to B-cell lymphoma. At the time of his death Ramirez had other significant conditions, including “chronic substance abuse and chronic hepatitis C viral infection,” according to the coroner’s report.

http://ktla.com/2013/06/17/report-night-stalker-richard-ramirez-has-died/#axzz2WZqZQU7n

64-year-old woman arrested for stabbing 59-year-old boyfriend

GIFU — Police said Monday they have arrested a 64-year-old woman in connection with the murder of her 59-year-old partner in Seki, Gifu Prefecture. According to police, Osamu Yamamura was found stabbed to death at his home last Saturday after his partner, Hideko Nagamine, called police to report the incident. Police said that Nagamine allegedly stabbed Yamamura to death between 1 a.m. and 2 a.m., TBS reported. During police questioning, Nagamine was quoted as saying that the stab wounds to Yamamura’s chest were self-inflicted and denied the charges. Police say that records show Nagamine consulted police in October last year, claiming Yamamura attacked her when he was drunk.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/64-year-old-woman-arrested-for-stabbing-59-year-old-boyfriend

Girl, 15, and boy, 18, from same secondary school are killed by train in suspected suicide pact near station

A teenage boy and a girl from the same secondary school died after being hit by a train just outside a station in a suspected suicide pact. Charleigh Disbrey, 15, and an 18-year-old man were found on the tracks around 200 yards from Elstree and Borehamwood station. The pupils went to Hertswood Academy in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, where they were in years 10 and 13.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2343761/Teenage-boy-girl-killed-train-railway-station.html

Monday, June 17, 2013

Museo de la Medicina Mexicana

A scientific repository of goiters, boils and other gross ailments throughout Mexican history. Museo de la Medicina Mexicana isn’t the kind of museum that you visit to see tame paintings of water lilies. Instead, the museum—housed in the gentile 18th-century Palacio de la Escuela de Medicina—displays some of the most gruesome and graphic wax replicas imaginable: a face full of boils, a screaming man in the middle of a torturous, medieval curing and plenty of bacteria-eaten genitals.


http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/museo-de-la-medicina-mexicana

The Fiji Cannibal Fork

BBQ season is peaking, with parks and gardens mushroomed with grilled meat festivities. But because it's Morbid Monday, we won’t explore the new wave in burger gastronomy, although we will discuss the art of cooking...


http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-the-fiji-fork

Image of Jesus appears on floor tile at Phoenix airport

The smudge in Terminal 3 of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport has become a pilgrimage site in recent weeks, as visitors have come to see for themselves whether the Lord and Savior flies coach or first-class.


http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/image-jesus-appears-tile-phoenix-airport-article-1.1374572

'Allah will punish you all!': Terror at mosque as worshipers and policeman slashed with machete by 'Taser-proof' madman after row over whether they were praying properly

A Somali Muslim allegedly stabbed a policeman and three mosque worshippers after screaming: ‘Allah is going to punish you all.’ The 32-year-old is said to have tried to kill the worshippers during an argument over whether they were praying correctly. It is thought the man, who was not a regular at the mosque in Birmingham, became upset because the prayers were not being performed in the manner of his denomination.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342504/Allah-punish--Terror-mosque-worshipers-policeman-slashed-machete-Taser-proof-madman-row-praying-properly.html

Horrified teenage son finds bodies of his mother and her boyfriend after murder-suicide

The bodies of an Upper West Side couple have been discovered by the woman’s teenage son after an apparent murder-suicide. Police arrived at the scene after receiving a 911 call of an unconscious man and woman in the apartment. The 19-year-old found the body of his mother, Florenciana Martinez, 44, on the bedroom floor of her West 94th Street apartment around 11 a.m. yesterday. She had been beaten in the face, head and neck, a police source said. The body of her boyfriend, Edwin Rodriguez, 58, was found with a belt wrapped around his neck. The belt had been fastened to the headboard of her bed. They were both pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342987/Horrified-teenage-son-finds-bodies-mother-boyfriend-murder-suicide.html

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Daughter, 18, cuts off her father's head after he raped her in their Papua New Guinea village home

A teenage girl chopped her father's head clean off with a bush knife after he raped her in their home in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Now residents of the village have formed a protective ring around the 18-year-old, refusing to hand her over to the police because they agreed her 'evil' father deserved to die. A local church leader, Pastor Lucas Kumi from the village of Rang in the Western Highlands, said the entire community would refuse to allow the girl to be subjected to any official investigation.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342526/Daughter-18-cuts-fathers-head-raped-Papua-New-Guinea-village-home.html

Gunmen in Pakistan bomb female students' bus then attack hospital

Militants in Pakistan have bombed a bus carrying female students before attacking the hospital where survivors and relatives of the victims had gathered. At least 23 people were killed in the twin attacks – including 12 women on the bus, travelling to a university in Quetta, capital of the troubled Baluchistan province. Eleven others died when a bomb exploded in the emergency ward of the city's Bolan Medical Complex where the wounded were taken.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/10122549/Gunmen-in-Pakistan-bomb-female-students-bus-then-attack-hospital.html

Austin man killed; 11 others wounded in Friday shootings

One man is dead and at least eleven other people have been wounded in shootings on the South and West sides since Friday afternoon.

http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/06/15/austin-man-killed-11-others-wounded-in-friday-shootings/

At least 4 killed in Dalian plant explosion

DALIAN - At least four people were killed in a chemical plant explosion in northeast China's Liaoning province on Saturday evening, local authorities said.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-06/16/content_16626555.htm

Teenage girl, 19, burned to death in Indian village 'by four men because she wanted to disobey elders and marry for love'

A 19-year-old girl has been burnt to death and her mother beaten after pleading with village elders to be allowed to marry a boy from the same village and same caste, Indian police have confirmed. Anju Yadav, 19, from Karahkol village, in Deoria district of Uttar Pradesh, was set on fire at her home while her mother, Gyanwati Devi, 48, was on the other side of the village pleading with the village council to allow Anju to marry her boyfriend of two-years, Ranjit Yadav, 21. But the village council, along with the boy's father, Jai Hind Yadav, 52, rejected their pleas insisting it was against tradition.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342215/Teenage-girl-19-burned-death-Indian-village-wanted-marry-boy-higher-social-caste.html

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Army ranger killed by freak parachute accident after cords wrapped round his neck when routine jump went wrong

An army ranger was killed in a freak parachute accident after the cords became wrapped around his neck during a routing training jump in Georgia. The soldier, who has not yet been named, was dragged 350ft by his parachute after the wind caught it as he prepared to land at Fort Stewart in Savannah. Members of his regiment rushed to the ranger's aid, cutting away the cords and harness that had wrapped round his neck, but they were unable to revive him after the accident on Thursday afternoon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2342036/Army-ranger-killed-freak-parachute-accident-cords-wrapped-round-neck-routine-jump-went-wrong.html

Harlem man beat, choked his 76-year-old grandmother to death before hooking up with prostitute in same apartment

A Harlem man beat and choked his 76-year-old grandmother to death, packed her body into a closet and then hooked up with a prostitute in the same apartment, a prosecutor said Thursday at the onset of a murder trial. Larry Davis killed his grandmother, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Matthew Bogdanos charged, because she wouldn’t give him $175.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/harlem-man-beats-chokes-76-year-old-grandmother-death-prosecutor-article-1.1372599

Stalker gets death sentence for murdering 2 relatives of his victim

NAGASAKI — The Nagasaki District Court on Friday sentenced a man to death for murdering the mother and grandmother of a woman he had been stalking. Gota Tsutsui, 28, from Kuwana in Mie Prefecture, was convicted of stabbing to death Mitsuko Yamashita, 56, and her mother, Hisae Yamashita, 77, in the rear compartment of their minivan outside their home in Saikai, Nagasaki Prefecture, on Dec 16, 2011. The victims were the mother and grandmother of Tsutsui’s former girlfriend. Tsutsui’s lawyer had entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity, Fuji TV reported. The court heard that prior to the murders, Tsutsui sent 17 emails to the woman’s relatives threatening to kill them if they interfered with his efforts to get back together with his ex-girlfriend. The case gained notoriety when it was revealed that Chiba prefectural police failed to act on a complaint against the stalker and went off on a holiday. After the murders, the National Public Safety Commission reprimanded 20 police officers at Chiba police headquarters, and at Narashino police station, where the complaint was filed.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/stalker-gets-death-sentence-for-murdering-2-relatives-of-his-victim