Al Qaeda fanatic is DEAD: Serial killer jumps out flat window with all guns blazing in dramatic end to 32-hour siege

The Al Qaeda fanatic who murdered seven people in south west France died in a vicious gunfire battle after police stormed his apartment following a 32-hour siege.

The Toulouse terrorist burst out of his flat's bathroom 'shooting insanely' at officers, before leaping to his death from a window.

In scenes reminiscent of a Hollywood film, Mohammad Merah, 23, unleashed round after round from automatic weapons after gas cannisters were thrown into his apartment and police stormed in.

Two officers were injured, including one who is still in a serious condition.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118052/Toulouse-shooting-First-picture-Al-Qaeda-fanatic-Mohammed-Merah-suspected-killing-7.html

Girl, 3, has ponytail ripped off her head as she is mauled by runaway dog while walking with her family in a park

A three-year-old girl had her ponytail ripped off her head as she was mauled by a dangerous dog while walking in a park with her family.

Phoebe McInally was left with a large bald patch and serious bite marks across her back after being attacked by the savage animal.

The girl's mother Lucy, 32, could only watch in horror as the out-of-control South African Boerboel dog then turned and attacked Phoebe's five-year-old sister Alix.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118165/Girl-3-ponytail-ripped-head-mauled-runaway-dog-walking-family-park.html

Woman, 39, accused of breaking into house and raping man

Kinda like my fantasy, but I guess it's not for everybody...

A woman was today ordered to stand trial in Australia, accused of breaking into a man’s home and raping him.

Rebecca Helen Elder, 39, pleaded not guilty to one count of aggravated serious criminal trespass at the man’s home, and one count of rape.

She appeared in Adelaide’s District Court this morning.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118300/Rebecca-Helen-Elder-accused-raping-man-breaking-house-stand-trial.html

Somewhere Else

She hates her mom. She hates her dad even more. Her brother is ok, but she could do without him too. She wants to be somewhere else; anywhere but here. She was thinking this while sitting at the kitchen table. A freak accident occurred when her dad was mowing the lawn and one of the blades broke and went flying through the window hitting her with full force on the side of the head. She's in a coma now.

Rare rhinos die from mysterious neurological problems

Four rare white rhinoceroses have died in recent weeks at an Australian zoo after displaying mysterious neurological problems such as stumbling, officials have said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/9157038/Rare-rhinos-die-from-mysterious-neurological-problems.html

Baby found dead inside meth house; Boy’s mother and two others face charges for running drug operation

The last time little Patrick Lerch’s mom took him for a getaway, the adorable 17-month-old came home much worse for the weekend.

“The baby had a black eye, his little voice was hoarse, he had a bad diaper rash,” recalled Kimberly Clark, a relative of the mother, in an interview with The Akron Beacon Journal.

One month later, the toddler was dead — his bruised body found inside a suspected meth house that was home to his mom and three other adults, all now in custody on drug charges.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/baby-found-dead-meth-house-boy-mother-face-charges-running-drug-operation-article-1.1047746

5 shot, 2 dead in night of mayhem in Brooklyn, Bronx

Five people were shot — two fatally — in an hour of bloody mayhem across Brooklyn and the Bronx Tuesday night, police said.

At 7:12 p.m., an 18-year-old woman was shot in the leg on Stone Ave. at the Howard Houses in Brownsville by a black man wearing all-gray clothing, a police source said. He was seen fleeing in a black Cadillac.

About 7:50 p.m., two teens were shot at St. John’s Park in Crown Heights. Daquan Weston, 18, was shot four times in the hip, buttocks and stomach along with a boy, 15, who was shot in the left knee.

Weston, of Albany Ave. in Crown Heights, died at Kings County Hospital. At the same time just three miles away, a 21-year-old man — who had 11 prior arrests — died after he was shot multiple times in front of the Ingersoll Houses in downtown Brooklyn.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/5-shot-2-dead-night-mayhem-brooklyn-bronx-article-1.1047993

Teen charged with sexually abusing children at mom’s daycare

A 17-year-old boy was charged with sexually assaulting three young girls at his mother’s licensed home daycare in north suburban Winthrop Harbor, police said Tuesday.

Brett A. Degler was charged as an adult with four felony counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, Winthrop Harbor Detective Sgt. Chris Willets said.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/11432778-418/teen-charged-with-sexually-abusing-children-at-moms-daycare.html

Fall River man gets up to 15 years for child rape

FALL RIVER, Mass.—A Fall River man has been sentenced to a maximum of 15 years in state prison for raping a female relative starting when she was 9 years old.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2012/03/21/fall_river_man_gets_up_to_15_years_for_child_rape/

Woman killed by police car rushing to job

An elderly woman has died after her car was hit by a police car rushing to a callout in Sydney's south-west.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-21/woman-killed-by-police-car-rushing-to-job/3904010

Baby sitter beat Pa. toddler to death

YORK, Pa. - March 21, 2012 (WPVI) -- A central Pennsylvania man is behind bars charged with the fatal beating of a toddler he was babysitting six months ago.

Thirty-nine-year-old Aric Shayne Woodard is behind bars charged with homicide in the Nov. 7 death of 2-year-old Jaques Omari Twinn.

Investigators say Woodard beat the boy while looking after him at a home in York.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8589343

Man, 35, who murdered boss's wife with axe when he was an Eagle Scout 17 years ago, executed after last meal of shrimp and grits, pancakes and caramel candy

A death row prisoner was executed by lethal injection today for sexually assaulting and beating his former boss's wife to death with an axe handle in 1995.

Larry Matthew Puckett, 35, was pronounced dead at 6.18 pm at the Mississippi State Penitentiary, authorities said.

Puckett was an 18-year-old Eagle Scout when he was convicted of the murder of Rhonda Hatten Griffis, a 28-year-old mother of two, who was found dead in her mobile home on October 14, 1995.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117970/Man-35-executed-killing-bosss-wife-axe-Eagle-Scout--17.html

Murder police quiz three youths after cancer doctor is found sprawled on pavement outside his home

Police are continuing to question three teenagers today over the murder of a surgeon outside his millionaires' row home.

Anthony Owen, 68, was found unconscious 20 yards from the property next to his white Honda Civic, which was still running.

Two neighbours, in the affluent Hale Village in Widnes, Cheshire, called an ambulance and Mr Owen was taken to hospital.

However, the cancer specialist is not thought to have regained consciousness, and died on Saturday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117819/Anthony-Owen-Murder-police-quiz-youths-cancer-doctor-outside-home.html

Murder hunt for family who DISSOLVED victims' bodies in baths... then flushed left-over 'sludge' down the loo

A German house was used by a Dutch family of five to dissolve bodies in acid baths before the remaining 'sludge' was flushed away down the lavatory.

An international manhunt is now underway for two of the killers who laid their victims in the flesh-eating chemical.

Police have not ruled out the possibility that there are more victims as they collect human remains from the sewerage system of a small town in Germany.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118054/Murder-hunt-family-dissolved-victims-bodies-bath-ACID--flushed-sludge-loo.html

'This was a scene of a lot of violence': YouTube movie critic 'shoots dead his parents and brother in gun rampage at family home'

A 22-year-old who allegedly gunned down his parents and his brother at their home was captured by police yesterday after a day-long manhunt.

Trey Eric Sesler, an online animation enthusiast and critic from Texas, is believed to have had a high-powered weapon on him and body armour when he was arrested on Tuesday night.

The bodies of his parents and brother were discovered around 1pm at their Houston home after police received a call from concerned relatives.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2118209/Online-anime-reviewer-22-shot-dead-parents-brother-home-fleeing.html

Parents of female student, 19, who 'died after downing up to 17 vodkas at binge-drinking party' sue fraternity and bar

The parents of a 19-year-old college student who died after a night of heavy drinking at a fraternity party are suing the Greek organisation, as well as the bar where their teenage daughter was allegedly served drink after drink.

Megan Helal, who was a student at Navarro College, was attending a Sigma Chi fraternity party with her boyfriend at Baylor University in 2010.

She was said to have consumed between 10 to 17 vodka drinks within two hours, despite being underage and visibly drunk. Her heart stopped the next morning, and she died from arrhythmia, according to the autopsy report.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117736/Parents-student-19-died-downing-17-vodkas-drinking-party-sue-fraternity-bar.html

'Sexual abuse of 15-year-old girl by gang of six men was filmed on mobile phone'

A drunken 15-year-old girl was filmed naked and pleading as a gang of six men sexually abused her throughout the night, a court heard.

Harrowing footage from one of the defendant’s mobile phones seen by Leeds Crown Court showed the young girl lying naked while men laughed and touched her.

She could be heard saying: 'Give me back my clothes' and 'let me go'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117865/Sexual-abuse-15-year-old-girl-gang-men-filmed-mobile-phone.html

Good Morning

One day he woke up after a night of binge drinking. A good old time as they say. He stood up, feeling great, then he slipped over his shirt -whick lay on the floor- face first into a glass table. He broke his jaw and got severe lacerations on his face too which needed a dozen stitches or so. It was not a good morning.

15 dead as train collides with taxi in north India

LUCKNOW, India — Police in India say 15 people were killed when a train collided with an overcrowded taxi minivan at an unmanned railroad crossing in northern Uttar Pradesh state.

Police spokesman Surendra Srivastava says the taxi driver is suspected of ignoring a signal that the train was approaching and crossing the rail tracks

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/15-dead-north-india-train-collides-taxi-article-1.1047421

22 killed in drug violence in south Mexico state

ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Gunmen ambushed and killed 12 police officers who had been sent to search for the bodies of 10 people whose severed heads were found in southern Guerrero state, authorities said Monday.

http://news.yahoo.com/22-killed-drug-violence-south-mexico-state-212858086.html

Swiss hikers die in Norway avalanche

Five people died, four Swiss and one French, after an avalanche hit an expedition on a mountain in northern Norway on Monday, Norwegian authorities said.

http://www.thelocal.ch/2889/20120319/

Atheists wash road anointed by Christian group

Here's further proof that atheists and religious groups get along like oil and water.

On Saturday, atheists in Florida poked fun at Polk Under Prayer (PUP), a Christian group in Polk County, by scrubbing part of a highway that PUP had anointed with oil last year.

The reason for the "anointment?"

“Mainly we want this to be a safe haven for folks who want to raise their families,” PUP spokesman Dr. Richard Geringswald told ABC News affiliate WFTS-TV in Tampa. “Asking God’s protection from ne’er do wells and evil doers.”

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/03/18/atheists-wash-road-anointed-by-christian-group

Another gun murder -- man, 22, shot dead outside Bed-Stuy building while polishing car

A 22-year-old man was shot dead while polishing the rims of his SUV outside an apartment building in Brooklyn Monday afternoon.

Sidney Williams was killed in front of 209 Sumpter St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police sources said.

His killer, a man who wore a black hoodie, blue baseball cap and blue jeans, ran east on Sumpter after the shooting, police said. He was still being sought early Monday night.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gun-murder-man-22-shot-dead-bed-stuy-building-polishing-car-article-1.1046949

Blasts kill 46 in Iraq

BAGHDAD — Bombings across Iraq killed 46 people on Tuesday, striking at police and Shiite pilgrims in a torrent of violence that officials had dreaded in the run-up to a Baghdad meeting of the Arab world’s top leaders, which the government hoped would showcase the nation’s stability.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/blasts-kill-46-iraq-article-1.1047405

Woman Bound, Raped in Winnetka Home Invasion

WINNETKA, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police are looking for a man they say tied up a young woman Monday morning and raped her after he broke into a home in Winnetka.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-winnetka-home-invasion-rape,0,6767986.story

Son Shot to Death Saving Father From Pistol-Whipping Robbers

LYNWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) -- A man was killed Sunday after he came to the defense of his father, who was being pistol-whipped by two armed robbers in a strip mall parking lot in Lynwood.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-lynwood-son-dies-saving-father,0,2892108.story

Woman Found Stabbed to Death on Park Baseball Field

STUDIO CITY, Calif. (KTLA) -- An investigation is underway after a woman was found stabbed to death in Studio City.

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The woman was stabbed multiple times, according to police.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-studio-city-transient-stabbed,0,5819408.story

Kasey Gordon murder trial: 'Man stabbed pupils near school'

A man left a "scene of carnage" after attacking a group of pupils near their school, killing one of them, a court has been told.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17445716

Cleaner finds image of Jesus's face in pub floorboards

A cleaner discovered the face of Jesus in a pub's floorboards while she was polishing, she revealed today.

Remarkably, Elaine Ferguson, 56, has been working at the Old Swan Inn, Paisley, Renfrewshire, for the last eight years but has never seen the mysterious marking before.

The mother-of-two spotted the brown and black image for the first time last week.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117075/A-mark-Holy-Spirit-Cleaner-finds-image-Jesuss-face-pub-floorboards.html

Tragic 17-year-old girl 'stabbed to death by her friend' because he 'wanted to hurt someone after smoking synthetic marijuana'

A teenage girl was stabbed to death at her friend's house - because he allegedly wanted to hurt someone after smoking synthetic marijuana.

Jasmyn Tully, 17, was found at the apartment in Tukwila, Washington, early Saturday, unconscious and bleeding from stab wounds.

A 17-year-old youth arrested in the stabbing has been ordered held in detention for investigation of second-degree murder.

The young man told police he had 'felt an urge to hurt someone'.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117460/Jasmyn-Tully-17-year-old-girl-stabbed-death-friend-wanted-hurt-someone.html

Crushed to death in her sleep: Girl, eight, dies as falling tree crashes into her bedroom during storm

An 8-year-old girl was killed in a freak accident on Sunday when a storm-weakened tree collapsed onto the home where she was in bed asleep, authorities said.

Haley Verzani was fatally pinned to her bed when the 100-foot-tall fir tree, crashed down onto her house in the Northern California town of Arnold.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117472/Haley-Verzani-Tragic-death-Arnold-girl-8-blamed-snow-storm.html

'God told me to do it': Immigrant waiter jailed indefinitely after cutting off his manager's head with a cheese knife

An Albanian immigrant who hacked a restaurant manager’s head off with a cheese knife was allowed to move to Britain despite five years of violent and psychotic behaviour in Europe.

Jonathan Limani, a paranoid schizophrenic described as a ‘highly dangerous individual’, had been sectioned twice and was being investigated for assault when he was allowed to move to England.

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Limani – who had been working at the hotel for only a fortnight – killed his boss because the ‘voice of God’ had told him to, a psychiatrist told the court.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117279/Immigrant-waiter-Jonathan-Limani-jailed-cutting-Golf-Club-manager-Chris-Varians-head.html

Fugitive priest arrested in India after SEVEN years on the run after he 'sexually assaulted 14-year-old girl who sought his advice about becoming a nun'

A former Roman Catholic priest accused of sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota has been arrested in his native country of India, where he was a fugitive for the past several years.

The Rev Joseph Palanivel Jeyapaul fled to southern India after he was accused of molesting Megan Peterson, now 22.

Ms Peterson came forward last fall to say she was abused by Jeyapaul in 2004 when she was seeking advice about becoming a nun.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117651/Joseph-Jeyapaul-Fugitive-priest-arrested-India-7-years-run-sexually-assaulted-girl.html

Boy, 12, beaten to death in a church basement by 13-year-old friend

A boy of 12 was brutally murdered by a 13-year-old friend following an argument in the basement of an Oklahoma church, the State Medical Examiner ruled.

Lance Madison died of head and neck injuries due to blunt force trauma after being struck by the killer during a scuffle at the First Baptist Church in Cordell, Oklahoma, on January 11.

His best friend apparently witnessed the fight and told Lance's mom that the boys had been ‘horsing around’.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117491/12-year-old-boy-beaten-death-church-basement-13-year-old-friend.html

Muslim juror who refused to take veil off is ordered to stand down by judge because he wouldn't be able to see her facial expressions

A Muslim woman was barred from serving on a jury yesterday because she refused to remove her veil.

In an extraordinary ruling, a judge said she could not sit on an attempted murder trial because her full face covering, known as the niqab, concealed her expressions.

The woman was about to take the oath in the case at Blackfriars Crown Court in London when the judge interrupted to ask if she was prepared to remove the garment which covered her whole face, apart from a narrow slit through which her eyes could be seen.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117310/Veiled-Muslim-juror-asked-stand-judge-wouldn-t-able-facial-expressions.html

Woman killed workmate then used semen from brothel to make it look as though she'd been raped and murdered

A Spanish businesswoman killed her workmate and then injected the semen of male prostitutes into her mouth and vagina to make it look as if she had been raped and murdered.

María Ángeles Molina was jailed for 22 years yesterday for the grisly crime committed to cover up identify theft and plot to steal €1million in an insurance scame.

The killer, known as Angie, lured her friend Ana Páez to a Barcelona apartment she had fraudulently rented in her victim's name just three days before.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117641/Businesswoman-killed-workmate-used-semen-brothel-make-look-shed-raped-murdered.html

When DIY goes bad: Builder stuck to a floorboard for four hours after slipping and firing a five-inch nail through his HAND

When men attempt a spot of DIY around the house, it can often go disastrously wrong.

But rarely does it go quite as badly as it did for builder Alan Williams.

The 46-year-old was at his home in Market Drayton, Shropshire, when he slipped at the top of the stairs and accidentally fired a five-inch nail through his left hand.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117632/Builder-stuck-floorboard-hours-slipping-firing-inch-nail-HAND.html

Night Gallery - Class of '99

A futuristic university exam, presided over by professor Vincent Price.

Superstition (1982)

A witch put to death in 1692 swears vengeance on her persecutors and returns to the present day to punish their descendants.



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The Cure

The last two or three days he had to live he wanted to spend alone so he could die in solitude. No family, no friends, no one. He bought some beers and sleeping pills. He died in his sleep. As it turned out, the doctors misdiagnosed his disease. His was curable after all.

135 endangered rhino killed in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG — South African officials say 135 endangered rhinoceros have been killed by poachers so far this year, about a third of the number killed during all of 2011.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/world/135-endangered-rhino-killed-in-south-africa-2247256.html

Six killed when mortars aimed at Somalia palace land on refugee camp

Six civilians including a couple and their two children were killed after mortars fired at Somalia's presidential palace in Mogadishu missed and landed on a nearby refugee camp instead.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/somalia/9153166/Six-killed-when-mortars-aimed-at-Somalia-palace-land-on-refugee-camp.html

Dozen elementary school students cut themselves in Los Angeles classroom, worrying parents about potential suicide pact

A dozen fifth graders cut themselves with razors at a Los Angeles elementary school last week, leading parents and school officials to wonder if the children had signed a suicide pact.

But students at Normandie Avenue Elementary suggest the incident may have been some kind of statement against bullying.

"I don't know why they did that but it was something about the bullying," fifth grader Joshua Mendoza told KCAL. "They got all crazy and started cutting themselves... They were actually doing it in class."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/dozen-elementary-school-students-cut-los-angeles-classroom-worrying-parents-potential-suicide-pact-article-1.1041754

Pregnant woman killed in freak accident when car crashed into Florida hotel pool cabana

A pregnant woman was killed in a freak accident on Sunday as a car plowed into the Florida hotel where she was vacationing with her husband.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pregnant-woman-killed-freak-accident-car-crashed-florida-hotel-pool-cabana-article-1.1046809

Man Kills Father With Hammer, Calls 911

CHATSWORTH, Calif. (KTLA) -- A was arrested after he allegedly bludgeoned his father to death with a hammer and then reported the attack to authorities.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-chatsworth-man-kills-father-with-hammer,0,3226734.story

Kitchen Worker Beaten to Death Outside Malibu Restaurant

MALIBU, Calif. (KTLA) -- Police in Malibu are investigating the beating death of a kitchen worker outside a popular restaurant.

It happened around 8:30 Sunday night outside Guido's Malibu in the 3800 block of Cross Creek Road.

Authorities said the victim was taking out the trash when he was confronted and brutally beaten.

He staggered to the front of the building and collapsed, investigators said.

Paramedics pronounced the victim dead at the scene.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-malibu-fatal-beating,0,5415676.story

10 dead, at least 39 others wounded in weekend violence

Ten people were killed and at least 39 others were wounded in shootings across the city this weekend.

Most of the victims, male and female, ranged in age from their mid-teens to 30s, with the notable exception of a 6-year-old girl who was shot dead as she played on the front porch of her home in the Little Village neighborhood.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/11392878-418/10-dead-at-least-39-others-wounded-in-weekend-violence.html

Woman shot in attempted Charlotte murder-suicide

A woman is fighting for her life Monday after being shot Sunday evening in what police say was an attempted murder-suicide in northeast Charlotte.

The man who police say shot the woman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police say. Authorities say the shooting was a case of domestic violence.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/03/19/3109905/woman-shot-in-attempted-charlotte.html

Five shot dead in Bali anti-terror raids

Indonesian counter-terrorism police in Bali say they have shot dead five men who had identified and surveyed targets for a terrorist attack on the island.

Heavily-armed officers from Indonesia's Detachment 88 anti-terror unit conducted two raids overnight.

Police say three suspects were shot and killed at a hotel in Sanur, while another two died during a raid in Denpasar.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-19/anti-terrorism-raids-in-bali/3897396

Man charged with toddler's murder, rape

A 32-year-old man from Queensland's Gold Coast has been remanded in custody charged with the murder of a toddler.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged with murder, rape, torture, grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning bodily harm, and common assault.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-19/man-charged-with-toddlers-murder-rape/3897526

James Lee Troutman pleads guilty to rape, slaying of girl

NORRISTOWN, Pa. - March 19, 2012 (WPVI) -- A suburban Philadelphia man will spend the rest of his life in prison for raping and murdering a 9-year-old girl in the basement of the apartment complex where they both lived.

James Lee Troutman pleaded guilty Monday to strangling Skyler Kauffman and slamming her head against the basement floor before dumping her body in a commercial trash bin in May.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8586184

Two nurses arrested in Uruguay after 'poisoning 200 hospital patients in mercy killings'

Two nurses have been been arrested for the suspected murders of up to 200 hospital patients in Uruguay.

The men - aged 49 and 36 - were detained after a two-month long police investigation in the capital Montevideo.

The police suspect that the hospital workers brought in poison from Brazil and gave it to the patients who were in a critical condition.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116841/Uruguayan-nurses-arrested-killing-200-patients.html

Woman, 21, 'held man hostage in car at gunpoint and tortured him for $5,000 to buy his freedom'

A woman held a 21-year-old man hostage in a vehicle for hours, pistol-whipping the victim and burning him with cigarettes.

Elizabeth Perry, 21, was charged with armed robbery, burglary and kidnapping after trying to force the man, whom she knew, to raise $5,000 to buy his freedom.

The attack took place between March 4 and 5 after Perry and two others pounced on the man at his home in West Rogers Park, Chicago.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116985/Woman-21-holds-man-hostage-gunpoint-torturing-him.html

Mother-of-two killed in horror shooting as she sat on her front step chatting to husband

A mom of two was shot dead in a barrage of bullets outside her New York home on Sunday, police said.

Sandra Bajnath, 39, was killed at around 5.30am when her attackers, thought to be men she had rowed with in a bar, fired the fatal shots.

She was sitting on the porch of her house in Queens chatting with her husband and 26-year-old cousin when the group approached and opened fire.

In the aftermath of the shooting 24 shell casings littered the street.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116990/Mother-killed-horror-shooting-sat-step-chatting-husband.html

'Pictured: The tragic children 'gunned down by their own mother in campground murder-suicide'

A mother and her three daughters have been found dead at a rural Missouri campground in a suspected triple-murder suicide, according to local police.

The body of 37-year-old Christine Adewunmi was found along a remote Missouri gravel lane on Saturday afternoon along with the corpses of her three daughters, Lauren, 8, Samantha, 6, and Kate, 3.

All four had sustained one gunshot wound each. It is believed the mother shot her children before turning the gun on herself. A handgun was found close to the bodies.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116759/Missouri-campground-deaths-3-children-woman-dead-Blue-Springs-resort.html

Shot dead while playing on her own front porch: Tragedy as girl, six, is gunned down in cold blood

A six-year-old girl has died after being shot outside her house in a mysterious drive-by attack.

Two teenage gang members have been arrested over Aliyah Shell's murder in Chicago on Saturday afternoon, one of seven killings in the city over the weekend.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116924/Aliyah-Shell-murder-Tragedy-Chicago-girl-6-killed-gang-drive-shooting.html

Drug-crazed thug who beat nursery nurse so badly her mother didn’t recognise her is jailed for 12 years

A drug-crazed thug who battered a nursery nurse so badly her own mother failed to recognise her because of her blood-soaked hair has been jailed for 12 years.

Katey Wall was forced to play dead after Matthew Atkins punched the back of her head repeatedly after he pounced as she walked home in Bridgnorth, Shropshire.

Her injuries were so bad her mother did not recognise her when she met her daughter's ambulance as it reached hospital, especially because the blood had stained her blonde locks a shocking red.

The 25-year-old punched her repeatedly for 10 minutes and only stopped beating Miss Wall, 24, after a member of the public walked past in the early hours of July 30 last year.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117118/Drug-crazed-thug-beat-nursery-nurse-badly-mother-didn-t-recognise-jailed-12-years.html

Three crushed to death as tens of thousands turn out to see DEAD Coptic Pope sit on throne for one last time

A memorial service for Egypt's late Pope Shenouda III plunged into chaos when mourners trying to catch a glimpse of his embalmed corpse were crushed to death.

Tens of thousands visited Cairo's main Abbasiya cathedral as the body of the 88-year-old leader of the nation's Orthodox Church sat on an ornate throne.

But the desire to see the spiritual leader of the Coptic Christians soon turned to tragedy - as three devotees suffocated to death and dozens were injured in the crowded church.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117036/Three-dead-crush-DEAD-Coptic-Pope-sitting-throne-timerone.html

Hunt for moped-riding gunman who murdered three paratroopers after four people are killed outside Jewish school

French police stepped up the search for a killer moped-rider with a tattooed face after four people were shot down and killed outside a Jewish school in Toulouse this morning.

A 30-year-old man and his two young sons, aged six and three, were among the dead along with the headteacher's eight-year old daughter.

The latest killings come a week after two shootings in Toulouse and 30 miles away in Montauban that left three paratroopers dead and a fourth person injured.

Police fear the latest shooting, which took place outside the Ozar Hatorah school, shows that a far right wing gunman is on the loose with a grudge against ethnic minorities. All the victims so far have been Jewish, black or of North African origin.

This afternoon they confirmed that the gun used in today's shooting was the same that had been used in the last two incidents.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117014/Toulouse-shooting-4-dead-injured-gunman-French-Jewish-school.html

Two male nurses charged with 16 'mercy killings'... even though most of the patients were NOT terminally ill

Murder charges were filed against two male nurses Sunday and a female nurse was charged with covering up a crime in a case involving more than a dozen deaths at two Uruguayan hospitals, judicial officials said.

The judge overseeing the case said there was no indication the two male nurses, aged 39 and 46, were acting together.

Judge Rolando Vomero said after a court hearing that the accused admitted to causing a total of 16 deaths of patients, but added that the investigation continued and the number was not final.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117170/Two-male-nurses-charged-16-mercy-killings--patients-NOT-terminally-ill.html

'Drunk driving' grandmother, 77, 'hit and killed biker on St. Patrick's Day'... but his family refuses to blame her

The distraught family of a motorcyclist has vowed not to be filled with hate for the grandmother accused of killing him in a drunk-drive crash.

Devoted father-of-two Charles Edwin Bixler, 64, was hit as he rode home with two friends along Ocean Shore Boulevard, in Daytona Beach.

A retired teacher and grandmother Barbara Dunn, 77, of Chatham, Cape Cod, is being held without bail after being charged with causing the fatal crash while drunk.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2117155/Charles-Edwin-Bixlers-family-refuse-blame-Barbara-Dunn-77-accused-killing-drink-drive-crash.html

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Man stabbed to death during fight at his own engagement party

A Staten Island man celebrating his engagement was stabbed to death during a spat with a restaurant worker early Saturday, police sources said.

Antonio Lacertosa, 27, was killed just eight months before he and his high school sweetheart planned to tie the knot, relatives said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-stabbed-death-fight-engagement-party-article-1.1041356

3 Painters Found Dead in Home, Cause Unknown

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (KTLA) -- Homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of three commercial painters found Friday inside a home in Rancho Cucamonga.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-rancho-cucamonga-painters-found-dead,0,6818546.story

Montgomery County man kills alleged home invader

Homeowners told investigators that their adult son was home alone asleep around 7:50 a.m. when he heard what sounded like someone trying to force their way into a side door at the house in the 16000 block of Burklin, authorities said.

He then got out of bed, retrieved a handgun and pressed the panic button of the alarm system. When he walk toward the living room, he was confronted by 29-year-old Claude Lowell Woodard. The homeowners' son fired his pistol three times in Woodard's direction, authorities said.

Woodard fled outside toward the driveway, where he collapsed and later died. Authorities found that he was in possession of at least two knives and a replica BB gun, authorities said.

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Montgomery-County-man-kills-alleged-home-invader-3415601.php

Catholic church abuse: at least one youth castrated for 'homosexuality'

At least one boy under the age of 16 was castrated to 'help' his homosexual feelings while in Catholic church care in the 1950s, the NRC reported on Saturday.

But there are indications at least 10 other boys were also castrated, the paper said. The claims were not included in the Deetman report on sexual abuse within the Catholic church published at the end of last year.

The paper says the one confirmed case concerned a boy - Henk Heithuis - who reported being sexually abused by priests to the police in 1956. After giving evidence, he was placed in a Catholic-run psychiatric institution where he was then castrated because of his 'homosexual behaviour'.

http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2012/03/catholic_church_abuse_at_least.php

NYC man gets prison for killing his sleeping wife

NEW YORK (AP) --A New York City man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for killing his wife with a baseball bat while she slept.

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A note that appeared to have blood stains on it was found at the couple's home. It said: "My life is destroyed. ... I killed my best friend."

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/connecticut/nyc-man-gets-prison-for-killing-his-sleeping-wife

One dead, 16 hurt in overnight shootings

One man was killed and 16 others were wounded in shootings throughout the city between Friday night and Saturday morning.

Joel Sanroman, 42, died after he was shot in the head while in a vehicle in Marquette Park early Saturday, authorities said.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/11358211-418/one-dead-16-hurt-in-overnight-shootings.html

Man molested girl, 10, while her brothers watched

A freelance musician showed a video of an obscene act to a 10-year-old girl and molested her while her two younger brothers watched.

On Friday, Harry Shawn Fernandez, 42, was found guilty of stripping and molesting the girl at a staircase landing in Woodlands. For this, and a separate charge of molesting a 41-year-old woman, he was sentenced to 26 months in jail and four strokes of the cane.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_778569.html

9 Men Indicted in Fraternity Hazing Case

(YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio) — Nine men have been indicted in a fraternity hazing case on charges that they beat two Youngstown State University pledges to the point that they wound up hospitalized.

A Youngstown State sophomore, Breylon Stubbs, 22, told a judge last month that he and a friend, Resean Yancey, 20, were beaten during off-campus rituals for the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity in January and February. Pledges were beaten with fists, a paddle and a wire clothes hanger, Stubbs said.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2109300,00.html

Trio killed in Tasmanian camping mishap

The tight-knit community of Miena in Tasmania's central highlands is in shock after three men died in a camping accident overnight.

The 50-year-old father, his 21-year-old son and a family friend in his thirties died inside a caravan near Little Pine Lagoon, about 10 kilometres west of Miena.

Police said the caravan had a gas refrigerator and it is believed the men died from carbon monoxide poisoning during the night.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-18/town-in-shock-over-camping-tragedy/3896586

Man dead after being tasered by police

Police say they cannot confirm if a man killed after being tasered while resisting arrest was involved in a the robbery of a Sydney convenience store.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-18/sydney-taser-death/3896584

Ukrainian teen 'gang-raped, dumped in a ditch and set on fire by sons of former government officials' (but survives)

-Girl, 18, incredibly survives ordeal after being left for dead

-But suffered 50% burns and needed arm and feet amputated

-Naked protesters lead mass outcry at sloppy police investigation

-Suspects initially released over 'lack of evidence', but are re-arrested and charged after President steps in

-MPs: 'Bring in death penalty or castrate suspects'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116538/Ukraine-Teen-gang-raped-dumped-ditch-set-sons-government-officials-survives.html

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He thought that what he had was exactly what he wanted. It was. Until he got sick of it. Everything obtained, now without meaning. Empty, wordless; nothing. For now...

Gunmen kill 10 in northern Nigeria

Gunmen raided a mainly Christian village in Nigeria's restive Kaduna State, killing 10 people, including a pastor and injuring four others, police said Saturday.

"Ten people were killed in an attack on Nayi village in Chikun local government by unknown gunmen," state police spokesman Aminu Lawan told AFP.

"Four other people were injured in the attack. The gunmen raided homes of their victims on Thursday night. A pastor was among the dead," he said.

http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/2/9/36967/World/International/Gunmen-kill--in-northern-Nigeria-police.aspx

Twin bombings in Damascus kill at least 27

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twin blasts hit the heart of Damascus on Saturday, killing at least 27 people in an attack on security installations that state television blamed on "terrorists" seeking to oust President Bashar al-Assad.

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Gruesome images from the sites showed what appeared to be smouldering bodies in two separate vehicles, a wrecked minivan smeared with blood, and severed limbs collected in sacks.

At least 27 people were killed and 97 were wounded, another television channel said, quoting Health Minister Wael al-Halki.

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/3/17/worldupdates/2012-03-17T110536Z_7_BRE82G04H_RTROPTT_0_UK-SYRIA&sec=Worldupdates

Coyote head found outside student residence

Police found the severed head of a coyote outside student housing in St. John's, N.L., on Thursday night.

Memorial University spokesman David Sorensen said it appears to be a "prank gone awry" rather than a threat against any individual student.

Cops found the head around 10 p.m. outside the university's Bowater student residence. Bowater's official mascot is a coyote.

http://www.torontosun.com/2012/03/16/coyote-head-found-outside-student-residence

Man stabbed in the eye with fork in Chelsea diner; suspect arrested

A man was stabbed in the eye with a fork during an argument at a Chelsea diner early Friday, police said.

The suspect, Maurin Patterson, 29, was arrested at the Good Stuff Diner on West 14th St. just after the violence erupted about 5 a.m., police sources said.

Patterson allegedly got into a dispute with Damien Pitt, 25, before he grabbed the fork off a table, sources said.

“The suspect took a fork and stabbed the victim in the eye,” a police source said. “The fork went through the lid and into the eyeball.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ouch-man-stabbed-eye-fork-chelsea-diner-suspect-arrested-article-1.1040740

Magnolia mom slit 5-year-old-son's throat

MAGNOLIA, TX (KTRK) -- A local mother has been charged with nearly killing her five-year-old son after police found the child covered in blood this morning.

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A five-year-old was bleeding on the floor when authorities arrived. According to investigators, the child's throat was cut from one side to the other and he had multiple lacerations to the throat. Officials said he also had a possible crushed chest and severe head injury.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8584855

Teen Admits Crushing Kittens' Skulls with Baseball Bat

HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. (KTLA) -- A Hacienda Heights teen faces possible animal cruelty charges after authorities say he confessed to hitting three tiny kittens with a baseball bat, crushing their skulls.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-teen-kills-kittens-with-bat,0,1487132.story

Woman Found Bound, Strangled in Back of Vitamin Store

HUNTINGTON PARK, Calif. (KTLA) -- An investigation is underway after a woman was found dead early Thursday evening, bound and apparently strangled in the back of a vitamin store in Huntington Park.

The woman's body was at Global Nature, a vitamin and herb store on a busy Huntington Park street.

Police detectives called to the scene found the cash register drawer open and empty, and they believe robbery may have been the motive.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-vitamin-store-killing,0,3701482.story

Woman's butt bitten in bear attack

LONGWOOD, Fla. - A woman walking her dog while taking out the trash was attacked by a bear Friday morning at an apartment complex in Seminole County, officials said.

Terri Gurley, 57, was bitten on the rear-end in the attack, which occurred at the Camden Club Apartments on Sabal Lake Drive in Longwood. The area is close to the Wekiva River, near the edge of a state forest that was once bear habitat.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/Woman-s-butt-bitten-in-bear-attack/-/1637132/9351930/-/99ptumz/-/index.html?source=ORLPN

Woman arrested for fatally abusing 1-month-old daughter

HYOGO — Police in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, said Friday they have arrested a 37-year-old woman over the death of her 1-month-old daughter.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/woman-arrested-for-fatally-abusing-1-month-old-daughter

Teenagers guilty of killing Christopher Knox in Greenock

Two teenagers have been convicted of killing a 17-year-old schoolboy in a street attack.

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One of Paton's friends, 19-year-old Sean O'Neill, spotted Mr Knox drinking cider with some friends and phoned Paton, who arrived minutes later with a gang of people.

A fight broke out and McCowan plunged a knife into Mr Knox and left him dying in the street.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-17063799

Newtownabbey man cuts his own throat in front of police

A man accused of breaking into his ex-partner's home slashed his own throat in front of police, the High Court has heard.

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He has been granted bail to live at his mother's address on condition he has no contact with the alleged victim.

He is also charged with aggravated burglary with intent to commit grievous bodily harm, criminal damage, threats to kill and earlier allegations of harassment and inflicting grievous bodily harm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-17397237

Man dies after swallowing dangerous chemical

A man has died after ingesting a dangerous chemical in an incident that saw the emergency department at Newcastle's Mater Hospital evacuated.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-17/dangerous-chemical-clears-emergency-room/3895718

Woman left naked in field after row with partner is savaged to death by vicious dogs in Ukraine

A young woman has died after she was stripped naked, raped and then savaged by stray dogs in Ukraine - which is hosting the Euro 2012 this summer.

The attack happened on the outskirts of Simferopol in Ukraine's Crimea where police said they had been alerted by locals to the fact that a woman and a man had been having an argument outside and later other woman had screamed for help.

Police have reconstructed some of the circumstances including the fact that the young woman had been drinking with two men a short while earlier.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116245/Woman-left-naked-field-row-partner-savaged-death-vicious-dogs-Ukraine.html

‘The Ouija board made me do it’: Teen tells cops the spirits told him to stab his friend

A teenager charged in the stabbing of his 14-year-old friend told police a Ouija board made him do it.

The 15-year-old, from Texas, was charged with attempted murder after stabbing his friend with a 4-inch knife on February 29.

He pulled the weapon on the friend in a wooded area behind a high school in Weslaco, a small town along the U.S-Mexico border at the southern tip of Texas.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116274/The-Ouija-board--Teen-tells-cops-spirits-told-stab-friend.html

Mother, 43, and her three children arrested after stripping naked outside school and chanting 'God is great'

Students at a Philadelphia high school got a lesson they weren’t expecting when a mom and her kids stripped off and ran around the parking lot.

They lay on the ground and began chanting ‘God is great’.

Sarah Butler, 44, and three of her children - Joanne, 23, Bessie, 22, and a 14-year-old son – stripped off outside Upper Darby High School on Friday at around 1pm.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116260/Mom-kids-strip-naked-outside-school-bizarre-chanting-stunt.html

Woman soldier who was struggling to cope with working 80-hour weeks hanged herself in her barracks, after scrawling 'I'm sorry' in lipstick on mirror

A woman soldier who was struggling to cope with working 80-hour weeks hanged herself, an inquest heard yesterday.

Corporal Anne-Marie Ellement told friends and family that she was called in for duty on her weekends off and even when she was signed off on sick leave.

The 30-year-old said she was belittled and slated by senior colleagues for her work, with one even writing criticisms on Facebook.

Royal Military Policewoman Ellement was found hanged on a fire escape on October 9 last year at Bulford Barracks near Salisbury, Wiltshire, shortly after returning from sick leave.

Her death came after she learned on Facebook that an ex-boyfriend had started seeing someone else. Police found the words ‘I’m sorry’ scrawled in lipstick on her bedroom mirror.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2116033/Woman-soldier-struggling-cope-working-80-hour-weeks-hanged-barracks-scrawling-Im-sorry-lipstick-mirror.html

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What's worse than a lie...

He didn't lie because he thought he would get away with it. He lied because he's an asshole and a fuck up and he didn't care. Now he's dead of heart failure at age 42. He will be remembered a liar and a lesson.

Scooter-riding gunman kills two French soldiers

A gunman riding a scooter shot dead two French soldiers and seriously wounded another in a hail of bullets on a street in the southwestern city of Montauban on Thursday, officials said.

http://www.thelocal.fr/2858/20120316/

Man with machete leaves woman bloodied

A machete-wielding man went on a wild rampage in northern Sweden on Thursday, first slashing a woman in the face before hijacking a minivan filled with students.

http://www.thelocal.se/39700/20120316/

Job Counselor Stabbed to Death in Hollywood, Suspect Identified

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KTLA) -- A 22-year-old student is in custody for allegedly stabbing a career counselor to death at a vocational school in Hollywood.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-hollywood-stabbing-job-corps,0,1092736.story

Horse set on fire, beaten in Acres Homes

HOUSTON - Houston police have launched an animal cruelty investigation after a horse was badly beaten and then set on fire in Acres Homes, Local 2 Investigates learned Thursday.

The mortally-wounded horse was found in the 9600 block of West Montgomery Road on Sunday, where officers said the horse had been beaten and then doused with kerosene before being set on fire and left on the property.

Livestock officers arrived on Sunday and the horse was still alive, but vets euthanized the animal a short time later.

http://blog.chron.com/newswatch/2012/03/horse-found-beaten-burned-in-acres-homes/

Man Dies After Being Covered By Pinto Beans

BRUSH, Colo. -- Sheriff's officials said a 56-year-old Morgan County man has died after apparently suffocating under a pile of pinto beans in a warehouse near Brush.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/30690111/detail.html

Iraq vet kills sister, self in Gilroy; mom missing

An Iraq war veteran said by his family to be suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder killed his 11-year-old sister and himself in their Gilroy apartment, and authorities fear he may have also wounded or slain his mother, police said Thursday.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/16/BAP61NLM6A.DTL