Six-month-old Cincinnati infant killed after babysitter slams infant into wall

A Cincinnati babysitter killed a six-month-old boy by slamming him against a wall, police said. Frederick Mitchell, 21, is accused of causing tiny Elliot Megrditchian's death when he was looking after him on Friday. Mitchell has been charged with felonious assault and is held on $1 million bond, with Hamilton County Prosecutor Jackie Mikita saying she expects the charges to be upgraded.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ix-month-old-cincinnati-infant-killed-babysitter-article-1.1287077

21 killed in colliery accident in SW China

GUIYANG - Twenty-one miners were killed and four others were missing in a coal and gas outburst Tuesday evening in a coal mine in Guizhou Province in southwest China, local authorities said early Wednesday.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/13/content_16303789.htm

Hunter shot and killed by friend in South Carolina woods after he was mistaken for a wild hog

A Florida man was shot and killed during a hunting trip over the weekend after a friend mistook him for a wild boar. Robert Iselin Jr., 51, of Jacksonville, Florida, was shot once in the chest at about 9am on Saturday in Greenwood County, South Carolina. Authorities said Iselin was with a group of hunters that had separated after going into a wooded area near the town of Ninety Six. After being dropped off in a four-wheeler by Iselin, 25-year-old Lucas Brickweg climbed into a hunting stand, according to the Index-Journal newspaper. A short time later, Brickweg heard some rustling nearby. Thinking he had a wild boar in his crosshairs, he fired a single shot. But when he went to inspect the animal, Brickweg was stunned to find that it was Iselin.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2292480/Robert-Iselin-shot-dead-Hunter-killed-friend-Lucas-Brickweg-mistook-wild-hog.html

Man, 70, shoots dead ex-boyfriend of 41-year-old wife after he stumbles on them having sex in his living room

A 70-year-old Florida man has been arrested after he allegedly shot dead his wife's ex-boyfriend after he stumbled on the two of them having sex in the living room when he got out of bed for a glass of water. Ralph Lewis Wald, a retired attorney, called 911 and said he had killed Walter Lee Conley, 32, after he caught him 'fornicating' with his 41-year-old wife Johnna Flores, according to police. Ms Flores lived with Conley, before she married Wald five months ago. She is Wald's fifth wife.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2292096/Ralph-Lewis-Wald-Man-70-shoots-wifes-lover-having-sex-living-room.html

Horror crash leaves 14 dead and eight injured after bus plunges off bridge in China

Fourteen people have died and eight are injured after a double-decker bus plunged at least 30ft from a bridge in China last night. The sleeper coach, travelling from the provincial capital Wuhan to Enshi, was carrying 22 passengers, most of whom were migrants, when it fell from the road crossing the Yangtze River. An investigation has been launched, but initial reports suggest the coach may have swerved to avoid a motorcyclist.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2292535/Horror-crash-leaves-14-dead-injured-bus-plunges-bridge-China.html

Riot breaks out in Brooklyn following candlelight vigil for 16-year-old shot by cops

Anger over the death of a Brooklyn teenager shot and killed by police fueled a riot on the streets of East Flatbush Monday — projectiles were hurled at cops, car windows were smashed and a pharmacy customer had a bottle bashed over his head. The scenes of violence on blocks near the NYPD’s 67th Precinct stationhouse followed a protest march that grew out of a candlelight vigil for Kimani (Kiki) Gray, 16, killed by police bullets on Saturday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/wild-confrontation-breaks-brooklyn-candlelight-vigil-16-year-old-shot-cops-article-1.1285755

Girl, 12, Dies After Huffing Freon From A/C Unit

VICTORVILLE, Calif. (KTLA) — It’s called huffing or bagging — a trend among kids and teens looking for a quick high by inhaling a chemical called Freon. The dangerous practice is being blamed in the death of a 12-year-old girl from Victorville. Kristal Salcido lived with her grandmother and cousins. The seventh grader found easy access to Freon from the air conditioning units in their backyard. Kristal inhaled the chemical, later passing out in her grandma’s bathroom. She was pronounced brain-dead at a local hospital. Her family made the difficult choice to take her off life support four days later.

http://ktla.com/2013/03/12/girl-12-dies-after-huffing-freon-from-air-conditioning-unit/#axzz2NLFRLA1D

Man arrested for fatally stabbing 83-year-old mother with scissors

TOKYO — Police in Tokyo said Monday they have arrested a 49-year-old man for allegedly stabbing his 83-year-old mother to death with scissors at their home in Adachi Ward. According to police, the suspect, identified as Kunitoshi Komatsu, is accused of stabbing his mother Keiko in the neck with a pair of scissors at their apartment at around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Fuji TV reported that Komatsu called police afterward and said he had stabbed his mother. Keiko was taken to hospital where she was pronounced dead. Komatsu was quoted by police as saying he was worried about his future and his ability to look after his ailing mother.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-arrested-for-fatally-stabbing-83-year-old-mother-with-scissors

Two teenagers accused of torturing boy in a cellar by pouring concrete in his EYES during horrific sex assault

Two teenagers have been accused of torturing a 17-year-old boy in a cellar by sexually assaulting him and putting concrete in his eyes. The pair, aged 16 and 17, are alleged to have taken the teenage victim to the cellar in Gloucester before subjecting him to a brutal violent and sexual attack. It is alleged that they sexually assaulted the victim with a length of wood, beat him and forced him to perform a sex act on them before filling his eyes with concrete.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291979/Two-teenagers-accused-torturing-boy-cellar-pouring-concrete-EYES-horrific-sex-assault.html

Mother, 21, and unborn child died in car crash as young drivers 'duelled' on country road

A pregnant young mother and her unborn child were killed after a 'duel' between two drivers ended in a devastating car crash. Sales assistant Kimberley See, 21, was five months pregnant with her second child when the crash occurred as she was being driven home from a funfair by Ryan Williams, the boyfriend of one of her friends. The fateful 'duel' unfolded as Williams, 23, tried to block another driver, 21-year-old Christopher Cottingham, from overtaking him on a long stretch of country road, Lincoln Crown Court heard.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2292080/Mother-21-unborn-child-died-car-crash-young-drivers-duelled-country-road.html

Drug addict parents sedated toddler every night 'to catch up on their sleep'

A couple who routinely drugged their toddler daughter so they could 'catch up on their sleep' have been given suspended prison sentences. The drug addict mother, 41, and father, 40, regularly gave their two-year-old daughter the liquid paracetamol Medised - intended for children more than twice her age - for a year and a half so she was less likely to wake in the night and disturb their sleep, a court heard. Gloucester Crown Court was told the little girl also sometimes had the sedative Diazepam - used to treat severe anxiety and agitation.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291463/Drug-addict-parents-sedated-toddler-night-catch-sleep.html

Child bridegroom: Eight-year-old boy marries 61-year-old woman after 'dead ancestors told him to tie the knot'

An eight-year-old schoolboy has married a 61-year-old woman because the ghost of his dead ancestor told him to. Sanele Masilela tied the knot with Helen Shabangu, who is already married and a mother-of-five. The boy, from Tshwane, South Africa, said he had been told by his dead ancestors to wed and his family, fearing divine retribution, forked out for a wedding. They paid £500 for the bride and a further £1,000 for the big day, which was organised in just two months.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291324/Child-bridegroom-Eight-year-old-boy-marries-61-year-old-woman-dead-ancestors-told-tie-knot.html

Murdered like a dog and left in a blanket full of blood: Young mother 'killed by her jealous boyfriend'

A 21-year-old South Florida man is due in court today in Miami accused of killing his 17-year-old girlfriend like a 'dog' and wrapping her bloodied body in a white blanket. Hialeah Police arrested Yoan Raul Dominguez on Saturday and charged him with second-degree murder for the shooting of his girlfriend, Genesis Fonseca at her family home during a get-together. Fonseca's cousin, David Lopez said that her sister and her mother left to get some food at 8 p.m. on Saturday and returned to find her 'wrapped like a dog'. 'And murdered like a dog. She was found in a white blanket full of blood.'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291634/Murdered-like-dog-left-blanket-blood-Young-mother-killed-jealous-boyfriend.html

Teenager raped 15-year-old girl at knife-point in horrific 90-minute ordeal heard by her mother after she called mobile phone

A teenager has admitted raping a 15-year-old girl at knife-point in a terrifying 90-minute ordeal heard by the victim's mother who had called her daughter's mobile phone. Abdul Miah, 19, from Elswick, Newcastle, appeared at the city's Crown Court via video-link and pleaded guilty to three counts of rape and one of robbery. He attacked his victim on waste ground in Elswick, in Newcastle's West End, on December 18.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291577/Teenager-raped-15-year-old-girl-knife-point-horrific-90-minute-ordeal-heard-mother-called-mobile-phone.html

Cadet force schoolboy, 16, at top private school found dead 'after shooting himself with his father's gun'

A teenage boy found dead after apparently shooting himself with his father's gun was a member of a school's cadet force which trains youngsters how to fire semi-automatic rifles, it emerged today. Charlie Booth, 16, was found at the home he shares with his father, Nicholas, 52, the director of a farm equipment supplier, and marketing assistant mother Julia, 48, in Cobham, Kent. Police confirmed his death was not being treated as suspicious, but would not say whether it was an accident or suicide. The gun is believed to be licensed and Kent Police say they are not making any inquiries into the ownership of the weapon. Charlie was a Year 11 pupil at £10,000-a year Gad's Hill School, based at the former home of Charles Dickens in Higham, Kent.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291445/Boy-16-dead-home-shooting-fathers-gun.html

Mother charged with selling her 18-month-old daughter to 39-year-old man to make child porn

A mother has been charged with selling her 18-month-old daughter to a man who used her to make child pornography. Natisha Hillard sold the child to 39-year-old Christopher Bour for an undisclosed amount of money, according to court documents. The 24 year old is alleged to have known that her daughter would be used in child porn films. The FBI began investigating Bour after being alerted by a unnamed masseuse who said Bour had texted her about his intentions to sexually abuse the child.

Two of Bour's messages read: 'U wanna watch me play with a baby tomorrow a real one' while another said: 'I get a chance once in a while I was just seeing if you would hold the camera.' The woman told FBI agents she had seen child porn movies on Bour's laptop during previous visits to houses he lived in while renovating them. He also said he had expressed interest in 'animal love.' An FBI agent assumed the identity of the masseuse and texted Bour about what he planned to do with the infant according to NBC News. Bour responded with graphic descriptions, said he had done it before and that the mother approved.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2291104/Natasha-Hillard-Mother-charged-selling-18-month-old-daughter-39-year-old-man-make-child-porn.html

Germany: Fire at apartment building kills 8

BERLIN (AP) — An early-morning fire Sunday at an apartment building in southwestern Germany left eight people dead, seven of them children, police said. Police said the victims were a woman and seven children aged between 6 months and 16, all of Turkish origin and from the same family, news agency dpa reported. Three other people were injured in the fire in Backnang, a town near Stuttgart, and taken to hospitals.

http://news.yahoo.com/germany-fire-apartment-building-kills-8-124759634.html

2 adults, 5 children killed in house fire in rural southeastern Ky.; cause unclear

GRAY, Ky. — A fire that roared through a ranch-style home in rural, southeastern Kentucky has killed two adults and five children, authorities said.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/coroner-2-adults-5-children-killed-in-house-fire-in-rural-southeastern-ky-cause-unclear/2013/03/09/f1588d34-892c-11e2-b412-2e8596e7c927_story.html

70-yr-old woman arrested for death of mother in failed murder-suicide bid

KANAGAWA — Police have arrested a 70-year-old woman for allegedly killing her mother in an attempted murder-suicide. According to police, the body of 98-year-old Sato Yoneyama was discovered at her home in Minami-ashigara on Friday after her daughter, Shizue Yoneyama, 70, reported her death to police. Fuji TV reported that police discovered Shizue lying on the floor bleeding from self-inflicted cuts to her wrists and neck. The accused was taken to hospital for treatment where she is in a stable condition, police said Saturday. She was quoted by police as saying she had strangled her mother to death with a towel on Thursday night. Police quoted her as saying that living with her mother was hard. “My mother couldn’t hear. I became exhausted from looking after her without being able to communicate,” Shizue said, according to police.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/70-yr-old-woman-arrested-for-death-of-mother-in-failed-murder-suicide-bid

Over 900 dead pigs found floating in Shanghai river

SHANGHAI - More than 900 dead pigs have been retrieved from Shanghai's Huangpu River as of Saturday afternoon after a large number of bodies were found floating in the water, local authorities said. The dead pigs were spotted in the Songjiang section, the upstream of the Huangpu River and a drinking water source for Shanghai residents, according to the city's water supplies bureau. The bureau said the water quality has not been affected. However, to ensure tap water safety, local environmental protection and water supplies authorities have beefed up quality examination at the water intakes as well as the whole water disinfection process.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/10/content_16294787.htm

The battered face of a 15-year-old kicked 'like a human football' by gang of yobs in case of mistaken identity

This shocking picture shows the battered face of an innocent schoolboy beaten so savagely by 'shameless' thugs his own mother barely recognised him. The 15-year old slightly built lad was confronted in the street and punched and kicked 'like a human football' in what police fear was a case of mistaken identity. He and his friends had earlier been chatting outside a row of shops in Manchester on a Saturday afternoon when the gang of 12 burly men drew up in three cars.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290658/The-battered-face-15-year-old-kicked-like-human-football-gang-yobs-case-mistaken-identity.html

2-year-old Colorado boy raped, drowned in pool at vacation home in Mexico

Child was with 7-year-old brother being watched by local babysitter when her boyfriend arrived, attacked the child then threw him into the pool, according to Mexican officials. He has been charged with rape and murder.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/2-year-old-colorado-boy-raped-drowned-pool-vacation-home-mexico-article-1.1281957

Sex fiend describes raping, strangling 17-year-old neighbor in cold-blooded jailhouse confession to the press

A convicted sex offender in Indiana admitted to raping and strangling his 17-year-old neighbor in a stunning, cold-blooded confession to the press, saying he snapped during the attack and "blocked out" the girl's screams for mercy. "I just lost it in my head. I just lost control," sex fiend Richard Hooten told reporters at the Clark County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, according to The Courier-Journal newspaper. Hooten had not yet been met with a lawyer when he sat before reporters looking haggard in an orange jumpsuit and described killing teen neighbor Tara Willenborg in her Clarksville apartment early Saturday.

After his arrest, Hooten, a wanted sex offender, told cops he knew he was going rape the teen as soon as he saw her sitting on the stoop of their building at around midnight on Friday, the newspaper reported. The 49-year-old said he'd been drinking with pals earlier in the day before he returned home to the Cambridge Square Apartments and saw Willenborg sitting out front. "I went in my apartment and came back out and she was still sitting out there," he said. "I asked if she wanted to hang out so we went in to her apartment and starting hanging out."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-admits-raping-killing-teenage-neighbor-article-1.1283376

Tokyo man arrested after living with father's corpse

TOKYO — Police said Saturday they have arrested a man in his 50s after it was discovered that he had been living with his father’s corpse in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward for more than a year. According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, officers visited the home of the accused, a fourth floor apartment in a condominium, on Friday morning. TBS reported that police discovered the mummified remains of a man hidden in a duvet. The man was quoted by police as saying that the corpse was that of his father who had passed away in January 2012. He claimed that he did not have the money to arrange a funeral and had left the body in his home. TBS quoted police as saying that the man will be charged with unauthorized disposal of a corpse. Police say there were no obvious signs of injury on the body of the deceased.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/tokyo-man-arrested-after-living-with-fathers-corpse

Catholic Church in Scotland 'knew of 20 child sex abuse allegations'

The BBC has seen evidence that bishops in the Catholic Church in Scotland knew of 20 allegations of child sex abuse by priests between 1985 and 1995.

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The Catholic Church in Scotland insists its child protection procedures have improved dramatically since the 1990s and allegations of abuse now are rare. The Roman Catholic Church is no stranger to scandal, but until now Scotland has not been engulfed by allegations of abuse. That may be changing.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21715473

Three dead in beach drownings across Vic

Three men have drowned in three separate swimming accidents across Victoria today.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-09/two-dead2c-another-missing-in-spate-of-vic-drownings/4562990

On Ebay Poachers

There must be a significant hate out there for these ebay poachers who search for limited editions (of anything) buy them and then have the goddamn fucking nerve to sell them for absurd amounts of money. Personally I hope they get the most violent and fierce sort of cancer in the worst possible places in their bodies so they die the most horrible, slow death there is to imagine. There exists no mercy for these insignificunt, useless, damaged sperm cells on this earth, or anywhere else for that matter. Read this and heed this, you cocksucking, vile diseases festering the planet.

I remember a guy in my past who'd love to see someone suffer by way of a foot long chain welded with razors, put in the mouth and torn out of the asshole and be tugged to and fro just for the hell of it... These poachers deserve worse!

Example (this is a limited edition of a 7 inch of a 1000 copies, it contains TWO SONGS): http://www.ebay.nl/itm/GHOST-SECULAR-HAZE-10-CLEAR-WAX-VERY-RARE-Elizabeth-/121075472779?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item1c30a9198b#ht_500wt_1203

P.S. DIE, DIE, DIE!!!

Five-year-old girl 'watches as mother is shot dead along with two other victims' at abandoned Detroit home

A little girl witnessed the death of her mother after the woman was shot dead along with two others at an abandoned home. Police said that the bodies of two women and a man - aged 25, 20 and 24 respectively - were found on Thursday morning at a property on Detroit’s west side with gun shot wounds. The five-year-old girl and a one-year-old child were found unharmed at the home.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2290012/Five-year-old-girl-watches-mother-shot-dead-victims-abandoned-home-Detroit.html

Tragic teens killed on drive home from school fair: Three dead and three others injured after 'speeding' pick-ups collided

Three teenagers who had left a school function early were killed on Thursday when their pickup trucks collided at a rural intersection in southeastern Indiana, police and school officials said. The two-vehicle crash involved six students from South Ripley High School in the small town of Versailles, about 45 miles west of Cincinnati. The students had the day off of school to attend a Future Farmers of America event at a rural church, but they left the daylong event around 9:30 a.m. after serving breakfast to local agriculture officials, Superintendent Rob Moorhead said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2289998/Tragic-teens-killed-drive-home-school-fair-Three-dead-injured-speeding-pick-ups-collided.html

Lion kills woman at US animal sanctuary

A lion has killed a female intern in an attack at a big cat sanctuary in California. The attack took place at Project Survival's Cat Haven near Fresno, police say. Cat Haven founder and executive director Dale Anderson was crying as he read a one-sentence statement about the fatal mauling. Diana Hanson, 24, was attacked and killed when she entered the lion's enclosure, he said, refusing to take questions.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/9914223/Lion-kills-woman-at-US-animal-sanctuary.html

Body parts found in Kawasaki apartment

KAWASAKI — Police said Wednesday that parts of a human body have been found at an apartment in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture. Police said they received a call from a man last Monday night, reporting that his sister had not been in touch with him since Saturday. The woman, 43-year-old Toshie Tsukahara, lived there with her 19-year-old son, who had also not been heard from for a few days. Fuji TV reported that police visited the apartment in Miyamae Ward at about 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday and found a right human foot inside a plastic bag. A left leg and the severed head of a woman were found in a bag in another room. A blood-stained kitchen knife was also found, police were quoted as saying. Police said that Tsukahara had been missing from work since last Sunday, while her son contacted his employer on Saturday to say that he was not feeling well and would be taking some time off. The boy’s current whereabouts are unknown.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/parts-of-body-found-in-kawasaki-apartment

Horror as 14-month-old boy is mauled to death by two pit bulls

A toddler has died after he was mauled by two pit bulls in south-eastern Wisconsin. The 14-month-old, who has not been named, died nearly three hours after the attack. It is believed he was being looked after by a babysitter. The babysitter and dog owner, identified as 30-year-old Susan Iwicki, was also injured in the attack at her house in Walworth.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2289484/Horror-14-month-old-boy-mauled-death-pit-bulls.html

Two sisters and brother live with their dead mother's skeleton for THREE YEARS because they believed she had become a god

Three adult siblings have been arrested after it was discovered that they had kept their mother's body in their house for three years after her death. The Japanese sisters and brother insist that they have done nothing wrong - and say the reason they wanted to stay with their parent was that she had become a god. The 65-year-old man and two women aged 59 and 52 are accused of conspiring to abandon a body.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2289590/Two-sisters-brother-live-dead-mothers-skeleton-THREE-YEARS-believed-god.html

Murdered on the bus to school: Girl, 16, is stabbed to death on top deck as police arrest man, 22, on suspicion of murder after a chase

Tributes were paid today to a 16-year-old girl stabbed to death as she travelled to school on a busy bus in Birmingham city centre. Christina Edkins was attacked on the top deck of the number 9 First West Midlands service as it pulled into a stop on the Hagley Road at 7.37am. She had only been on the bus for a matter of minutes as she made her way to Leasowes High School in Halesowen. Officers and paramedics rushed to the scene after the bus driver reported that a passenger had been wounded. But despite frantic efforts to resuscitate her, she was pronounced dead at the scene. A 22-year-old man was arrested a short distance away on suspicion of her murder at 12.20pm - around five hours after the attack. He was held near Morrisons in Harborne Road during a foot chase after officers spotted someone acting 'furtively' who fitted the description of the suspect.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2289518/Birmingham-stabbing-Schoolgirl-16-killed-bus-morning-rush-hour.html

Records Collecting Dust (Official Trailer 2013)

Please help me, I don't want to be cut like my sister: Heartbreaking letter from desperate 11-year-old girl who learns her sister's genitals were mutilated by an aunt

A heart-breaking letter from an 11-year-old girl begging for a charity for help to avoid female genital mutilation reveals the very real threat for many girls in the UK. The girl’s cry for help was prompted by her discovery that her 12-year-old sister had been taken to her grandmother’s home in Gambia, west Africa for the procedure. 'I really hope you can help me, not to have my private cut,' she writes after discovering her sister's horrific fate. The letter, sent in 2010, was today published by campaigners in a bid to alert teachers to the importance of reporting suspicions of female genital mutilation (FGM) to the authorities.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288530/FGM-Heartbreaking-letter-desperate-11-year-old-girl-learns-sisters-genitals-mutilated-aunt.html

Two-month-old baby left in family car for ten minutes was MURDERED by car thief who drove off while he was on back seat

A Chinese car thief has told police how he strangled a two-month-old boy to death when he stole a luxury motor with the tot still strapped into its baby seat. Horrified dad Xu Ling, 34, had left the four-by-four car outside his shop in Changchun, Jilin province, northern China, with the engine running and baby Xu Haobo strapped into his seat. But seconds later the car and the tot were gone, say police. In a series of emotional TV appeals dad Xu said: 'Please, please don't hurt my boy. Do what you want with the car, but give us back our boy. 'The baby was crying and screaming and I thought he would give me away,' brutal Zhou Xijun, 48, told police. 'So I stopped the car, strangled the baby and buried his body in the snow,' added the killer, now facing the death penalty.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288973/Two-month-old-baby-left-family-car-minutes-MURDERED-car-thief-drove-seat.html

Two-year-old girl dies as she is hit by neighbour's 4x4 just outside driveway of her parents' home

A two-year-old toddler was killed after she was hit by her neighbour's car just yards from her home. Lily MacCluskey was struck by the Audi Q7 4x4 just outside the driveway of her horrified parents' house at around 4pm yesterday. She was rushed to hospital but later died of her injuries. The driver of the car was unharmed. Today tributes were paid to Lily by devastated neighbours and friends of the family, who live in Portlethen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2289078/Two-year-old-girl-dies-hit-neighbours-4x4-just-outside-driveway-parents-home.html

Woman mauled to death by lion as she made love to her boyfriend in the African bush

A woman was mauled to death by a lion as she made love to her boyfriend outdoors in Zimbabwe, it was reported today. Sharai Mawera died yesterday after the big cat pounced while she was enjoying a romantic moment in the bush with her unnamed partner. The My Zimbabwe news website reported that the predator attacked the couple at a secluded spot in the bush near the northern town of Kariba.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288970/Woman-mauled-death-lion-love-boyfriend-African-bush.html

Texas family of 4 killed in small plane crash in New Mexico

A family of four, including two children, was killed after the single-engine plane they were riding in crashed in high winds in northern New Mexico on Sunday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/family-killed-small-plane-crash-article-1.1278698

Four die in two days after string of deadly avalanches sweep across the US

A backcountry skier has been killed and another critically injured after they triggered an avalanche in a Colorado mountain pass, in the fourth such fatality in two days as snowslides swept across the US. The unnamed skier's death came less than 24 hours after a snowmobiler died in Utah, a skier in Wyoming and a climber in New Hampshire. The two men in Colorado were cross-country skiing Saturday on the western side of Cameron Pass, about 135 miles northwest of Denver, when they were buried in the avalanche, said Kent Minor, manager of State Forest State Park. 'There were two sets of ski tracks going in, so the assumption is they caused the avalanche,' Minor said, adding that the slab of snow and ice that broke loose was a quarter-mile wide and 300 to 400 yards long.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287992/Four-die-days-string-deadly-avalanches-sweep-US.html

Girl, 17, 'raped and murdered in her own apartment by convicted sex offender'

A man, who falsely claimed he was a vicar, stole up to £30,000 in charity funds after buying a clerical title online. 'Clever trickster' George Gordon, 51, faces jail after he siphoned off European grant funding for voluntary groups set up to help some of the most vulnerable people in Britain. Calling himself ‘The Reverend,’ Gordon falsely claimed to be a Cambridge-educated Church of England clergyman and also won widespread sympathy by allegedly pretending to suffer from cancer and manic depression.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288324/George-Gordon-Fake-vicar-stole-30-000-charity-fund-buying-clerical-title-Canadian-website.html

Horror film fan 'tortured and stabbed homeless man to death before rubbing salt in his wounds in echo of The Loved Ones'

A horror film fan tortured and stabbed a homeless man to death before rubbing salt into his wounds in a chilling echo of teen movie The Loved Ones, a court heard. Andrew Nall’s body was found with strange wounds cut into the flesh, salt rubbed onto his arm and hand and a creamy substance put in his eyes. One of the defendants, Gary George, was fan of the violent horror film, which features a scene in which a man is stabbed multiple times before salt is rubbed in his wounds, Chester Crown Court was told.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288303/Horror-film-fan-tortured-stabbed-homeless-man-death-rubbing-salt-wounds-echo-The-Loved-Ones.html

Man wearing just a towel 'murdered 20-year-old who disturbed his bath after hearing loud music and thinking there was a house party going on'

A naked man wrapped only in a towel murdered a passer-by who disturbed his bath-time, a court heard today. Stuart Worvell, 22, was listening to loud music in the bathtub at about 9pm when he heard a series of loud knocks on his front door. Passer-by Thomas Sutton, 20, heard the bath-time music and thought there was a party going on in Worvell's house. The court heard Worvell went down wearing nothing but the towel then allegedly flew into rage before stabbing Sutton nine times.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2288384/Man-wearing-just-towel-murdered-20-year-old-disturbed-bath-hearing-loud-music-thinking-house-party-going-on.html

7 dead in NE China acid leak

SHENYANG - Seven people have been confirmed dead after 2,000 cubic meters of sulphuric acid leaked in Northeast China's Liaoning province on Friday afternoon, local authorities said on Sunday. Rescue efforts ended Sunday at the scene in Fangshen village, Jianping county, where a sulphuric acid tank suddenly broke and leaked at 3 pm on Friday. Local environmental protection authorities said monitoring showed the water quality and air near the site were normal. Workers are still transferring the remains of the leaked material and treating the polluted land.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/03/content_16271127.htm

Twelve killed as Kenyan elections hijacked by terrorists with machetes, bows and arrows and pistols

Multiple attacks against security forces in Kenya on Monday killed at least 12 people as Kenyans waited in long lines to cast ballots five years after more than 1,000 people died in election-related violence. A group of 200 secessionists armed with guns, machetes and bows and arrows set a trap for police in the pre-dawn hours, killing five officers, Inspector General David Kimaiyo said. One attacker also died. The group - the Mombasa Republican Council - had threatened election day attacks. A second attack by MRC secessionists in nearby Kilifi killed one police officer and five attackers, Kimaiyo said. A Kilifi police official, Clemence Wangai, said seven people died in that assault, including an election official.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287773/Kenyan-elections-Twelve-killed-Kenyan-elections-hijacked-terrorists-machetes-bows-arrows-pistols.html

New York mother of three rides the subway for hours before turning herself in to police and telling them: 'I just shot my boyfriend'

A mother of three shot her boyfriend in the head before riding around the New York subway for hours in a daze, before confessing and giving herself up to police. 38-year-old Lisa McQuade, allegedly told officers at Manhattan’s Port Authority Bus Terminal that her boyfriend had been beating her, so she shot him. Her claims checked out - when police visited the Staten Island home they both shared, Christopher Bonafede, 39, was found laying on a blood-soaked bed. He had been shot in the head.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287860/New-York-mother-rides-subway-hours-turning-police-telling-I-just-shot-boyfriend.html

Suicide bombing in Karachi kills 45 and injures 149 in attack that targeted Shi’ite Muslims as they left evening prayers

The death toll from a suspected suicide bombing in Pakistan's commercial capital Karachi on Sunday has risen to 45, a senior city official said. Hashim Raza also said 149 people were wounded in the attack outside a Shi'ite mosque, the latest signal that Sunni groups are escalating sectarian bombings against the minority. The bomb exploded outside a Shi'ite mosque as people were leaving evening prayers, said police official Azhar Iqbal. Men, women and children were among those killed and wounded, he said.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287470/Suicide-bombing-Karachi-kills-45-injures-149-attack-targeted-Shi-ite-Muslims-left-evening-prayers.html

Mother and three children killed in car buried by drifts as bad weather kills eight in Japan

A mother and her three children have been killed after their car was buried by drifts after a weekend of heavy snow in Japan. At the weekend eight people were killed on Hokkaido island due to the poor weather including the family. Kazuyo Miyashita, 40, her two daughters Misa, 17, and Sayo, 14, and her son Daiki, 11, were trapped in their car during a snow storm.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287894/Entombed-snow-Mother-children-killed-car-buried-drifts-bad-weather-kills-Japan.html

Window cleaner killed himself over 'childish prank' after friend posed as his ex-mistress and sent him dozens of messages

A window cleaner who had an affair with a married woman killed himself after his friend posed as his ex-lover and bombarded him with texts as a 'childish prank', an inquest heard. Guilt-ridden Jeremy Brown, 38, stepped in front of a train on September 14 last year after receiving dozens of text messages claiming to be from his former mistress. Mr Brown, a self-employed window-cleaner from Evesham, in Worcestershire, had been cheating on his wife Sarah, 32, with a married woman before confessing to the affair last March.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287879/Window-cleaner-killed-childish-prank-friend-posed-ex-mistress-sent-dozens-messages.html

Girl, 18, brutally gang-raped by five men after being abducted as she walked home from a party in Sydney

A teenager was brutally gang-raped by five men after being abducted as she walked home from a party. The 18-year-old girl was grabbed and forced in a car before being driven to a unknown location on Sunday evening in Sydney's Hills district. She was eventually released and went to hospital for treatment. The girl was walking home at Baulkham Hills at 1am on Sunday when a green sedan stopped next to her near St Michaels Place, reported Australian newspaper The Daily Telegraph. The car, with five men inside, asked for directions to a nearby shopping centre. The woman gave directions and continued walking, but she was grabbed from behind by one of the men and forced into the car. She was then driven to an unknown location nearby and sexually assaulted by a number of men. Following the assault, the woman was driven to Waterloo Road at Castle Hill and freed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287792/Girl-18-brutally-gang-raped-men-abducted-walked-home-party.html

Drunken teen eaten by stray dogs

LAC-SIMON, QUE. - Nineteen-year-old Glen-Vince Papatie went unnoticed in life and in death. He had dropped out of school and had alcohol problems. Locals in his native reserve of Lac-Simon, Que., about 150 km north of Montreal, saw him stumbling along the streets the night he died, but they did nothing. On Dec, 17, 2010, Papatie drank for 24 hours straight; local kids found his half-naked body in the snow, his neck and chest devoured by stray dogs. The tragic death of Papatie was kept quiet for two years - until QMI Agency obtained the coroner's report. Most of the members of the community of 1,165 people still refuse to talk about what happened. Neither the band council nor the local police would give QMI Agency a comment.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/04/drunken-teen-eaten-by-stray-dogs

Six killed in east coast road accidents

It has been a dreadful night on the nation's roads with six deaths along the east coast.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-03-03/six-killed-in-east-coast-road-accidents/4549980

Six members of the same family between the ages of 8 and 92 killed in horrific collision with tractor-trailer

Kentucky State Police were investigating whether distracted driving caused a tractor-trailer to plow into an SUV carrying eight people on Saturday, killing six and possibly triggering a serious crash on the opposite side of the highway. The truck driver is ‘telling us that he saw the vehicle that was in front of him and he hit the brakes and he didn't hit them in time,’ Master Trooper Norman Chaffins said. ‘ ... There was a reason for that and we're trying to figure out what the reason was.’ The late-morning crash was followed 15 minutes later by a multi-vehicle crash on the opposite side of Interstate 65 that injured three people. The site was just 15 miles from where 11 people died in 2010 when a tractor-trailer crossed the median and hit a van carrying a Mennonite family.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287269/Six-members-family-ages-8-92-killed-horrific-collision-tractor-trailer.html

Man and a woman found shot dead at home in Wiltshire

A man and a woman have been found shot dead at a house. Police were called to the home on the Moonrakers housing estate in Devizes, Wiltshire, at 11am yesterday when officers discovered the bodies. Cordons have been placed around the house today and the deaths are being investigated by the force's major crime unit.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2287304/Man-woman-shot-dead-home-Wiltshire.html

8 dead in SW China colliery blast

KUNMING - Eight miners have been confirmed dead in a colliery blast on Friday in Southwest China's Yunnan province, local government said. The accident happened around 2 pm at the Liangshuigou Coal Mine in Muzhuo Township of Zhenxiong county, according to the county's publicity bureau. An initial probe has indicated a gas blast in the mine.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-03/02/content_16268897.htm

Doctor stabs her 7-year-old daughter 31 times before killing herself

A doctor has killed herself after stabbing her seven-year-old daughter 31 times - leaving the girl's father to find the grisly scene. Victoria Vovchik, 45, was found dead in her master bedroom in New City, New York on Thursday afternoon, with her daughter, Ava Sangavaram, lying nearby. Officials said the young girl had been stabbed 31 times, including across the throat, and was rushed to Westchester Medical Center, where she is listed in critical condition. She has undergone surgery and is expected to survive. The bloody scene was discovered by Ava's father, Dr. Kristappa Sangavaram, when he visited the home. He called 911 and police arrived at the upscale home just after 1 p.m.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286628/Doctor-stabs-7-year-old-daughter-31-times-killing-herself.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286933/Victoria-Vochik-Doctor-fight-relatives-weeks-stabs-7-year-old-daughter-31-times-killing-herself.html

Horses killed stampeding into traffic in Milton

Eight horses broke loose from an Ontario farm Thursday, stampeded into traffic, galloped over a local woman's vehicle and smashed into a cop car. Two of the horses died after colliding with the woman's vehicle, and another is gravely injured and may have to be put down. It all started Thursday, near midnight, when the eight horses broke loose in Milton, Ont., located west of Toronto.

http://www.torontosun.com/2013/03/01/horses-killed-stampeding-into-traffic-trampling-cars-in-milton-ont

14 killed in Malaysia standoff with Filipinos

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian police say 14 people have been killed in a shootout amid a three-week security siege on some 200 members of a Filipino clan occupying a village in eastern Malaysia. Members of a Muslim royal clan from the southern Philippines landed in the coastal village of Lahad Datu in Sabah state on Feb. 9 to claim the territory as their own, citing ownership documents from the late 1800s. Sabah Police Chief Hamza Taib says 12 clan members and two Malaysian police commandos were killed early Friday in a 30-minute shootout. He says Malaysian authorities were tightening a security cordon around the village when members of the clan opened fired.

  http://news.yahoo.com/14-killed-malaysia-standoff-filipinos-113124873.html

Elderly couple brutally bashed in Christchurch home

An elderly couple suffered serious injuries when they were brutally bashed at their home in broad daylight today. A 72-year-old man and a woman aged 80 were taken to Christchurch Hospital with serious injuries after the attack at the Port Hills house about 1.15pm. Police believed a male relative may have been responsible for the attack at the St Martins Rd address and said a weapon had been used.

  http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10868568

Carpinteria Youth Pastor Charged with Child Rape and Molestation

CARPENTERIA — A youth pastor at a Carpinteria church is in custody on child sex charges. Louis Joseph Bristol, 28, is charged with multiple counts of child molestation, child rape, lewd acts upon a child and furnishing an illegal substance to minors. Bristol was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after he surrendered to Sheriff’s Detectives at the Carpinteria Station.

  http://ktla.com/2013/02/28/carpinteria-youth-pastor-charged-with-child-rape-and-molestation/#axzz2MCrVPCLo

Public schoolboy, 17, jumps to his death in front of a train 14 years after his father hanged himself

A 17-year-old boy due to return to boarding school plunged to his death in front of a train a decade after his father was found hanged. Jake Pirie was found dead on the tracks at Northallerton Station in North Yorkshire after being hit by a train on Sunday. His death was described by police as ‘non-suspicious’. The public schoolboy had been driven to the railway station by his mother after spending the weekend at home in the Yorkshire Dales.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286396/Public-schoolboy-17-jumps-death-train-14-years-father-hanged-himself.html

Child hitman, 13, found murdered in Mexico after authorities returned him to his MUM because he was so young

A self-confessed child hitman has been found murdered in Mexico today after police were forced to return him to his mother because he was so young. The body of Jorge Armando Moreno was found alongside five others, who had been tortured, killed and dumped at a busy roadside. He had confessed to taking part in at least 10 assassinations and killing three people himself for the violent drugs cartel Los Zetas when he was arrested earlier this month.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286387/Child-hitman-13-murdered-Mexico-authorities-returned-MUM-young.html

Man kills wife, slashes son in Tokyo home

TOKYO — Police said Thursday they have arrested a 75-year-old man for allegedly murdering his wife and slashing his son with a knife at their home in Tokyo. The man, who has been named as Shigeru Uchida, was arrested Wednesday after his 24-year-old son called police. Fuji TV reported that Uchida’s son telephoned emergency services from a nearby convenience store to report that his father had stabbed him at their home in Shinagawa Ward at around 10:30 p.m. Police arrived at the scene to find that Uchida had followed his son to the convenience store. Uchida was arrested at the scene on a charge of assault. Police then searched Uchida’s home, around 50 meters away, and discovered the body of his 66-year-old wife, who had reportedly bled to death from several knife wounds, including at least one to her neck.

  http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-kills-wife-slashes-son-in-tokyo-home

Father 'kills his sleeping 9-year-old son with a hatchet as the boy's great-grandmother watches in horror'

A father has been arrested for allegedly murdering his nine-year-old son with a hatchet as the boy slept on the couch. Matthew Raymond Hernandez was brutally slayed as his great-grandmother looked on and pleaded with his father, 36-year-old Phillip Raymond Hernandez, to stop, police said. The horrific killing at the family's home in South Natomas, California on Tuesday night came as Hernandez battled his ex-wife to keep custody of their two sons. The couple's other son, who is 12, was at the home at the time of the attack but was not harmed.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2286019/Father-kills-sleeping-9-year-old-son-hatchet-boys-great-grandmother-watches-horror-unfold.html

Quiet Doom by Dax Riggs

Quiet Doom of beating heart
Exploding head and belly full of stars
Oh the quiet doom of a girl and her doll Something like ... nothing like ...
You've never seen before
Satan on my lap against the killing wall
The ghost of jelly roll, haunts the speakers That you stole. 

 --Dax Riggs

Man, 28, dies in jump from ledge in Queens mall

A 28-YEAR-OLD man died after jumping from a ledge in a Queens mall Wednesday, police sources said. The man, who was not immediately identified, leaped from a walkway on the third floor of the Queens Center Mall about 12:35 p.m., the sources said. A source said surveillance footage captured the man pacing back and forth before he took off his headphones and made the terrifying plunge in front of several shoppers. Emergency workers rushed the man from the popular Queens Blvd. shopping center to Elmhurst Hospital Center, but he could not be saved.

  http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/man-28-jumps-death-mall-article-1.1275022

South African police drag Mozambican man from back of police car; man is later found dead

JOHANNESBURG — His hands are tied to the rear of a van while his body lay behind it, on the ground. The van speeds off, dragging the slender taxi driver along the pavement as a crowd of onlookers shouts in dismay and at least one videotapes the scene. The man is later found dead. It’s a gut-wrenching video, made all the more disturbing by the fact that the men who abused the Mozambican man were uniformed South African police officers and the van was a marked police vehicle.

 

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/video-safrican-police-drag-man-dies-article-1.1275674

Woman stabbed to death in Tokyo's Kichijoji; one suspect in custody

TOKYO — A 22-year-old woman was stabbed to death while walking home in Tokyo’s Kichijoji area early Thursday morning, police said, adding that a 17-year-old foreign male has been taken into custody. According to police, the attack occurred in Musashino, about 500 meters from JR Kichijoji Station just before 2 a.m. Fuji TV reported that the woman, identified as Arisa Yamada, had just left a convenience store and was on her way home from work when she was attacked by two men. A passerby alerted police. Yamada was taken to hospital, but died due to loss of blood from two stab wounds to the back. Her left wrist was also cut, police said. Police said that her handbag was found empty about 200 meters away. Meanwhile, police said that the foreign suspect, who is Romanian, was stopped by a patrol car near Kichijoji Station at about 5 a.m. Police said he ran when officers approached him, Fuji reported. Later, he was quoted as saying that his companion stabbed Yamada and also stole her purse.

  http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/woman-stabbed-to-death-in-street-in-tokyos-kichijoji-area

Suicide among elderly on the rise

Suicide among the elderly has soared in recent years, especially in rural areas, prompting experts to call for improved social welfare and medical systems to aid senior citizens. "Our society is in the midst of a transformation, turning into an aged society. The system for senior citizens is not complete, which has a significant impact on the later life of residents," Dang Junwu, deputy director of the China Research Center on Aging, said at a news conference when the country's first Blue Book of Aging was released on Wednesday. People aged 65 or older in China are more likely to commit suicide than any other age group, and the rate has been climbing in recent years, according to the book. "The reasons for elderly suicides are complicated. The major reasons include the loss of spouse, a debilitating and terminal illness and decreased socialization and social support," said Qu Jiayao, a research assistant from the National Committee on Aging.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/28/content_16262755.htm

4 dead in carbon monoxide poisoning in NW China

LANZHOU - Carbon monoxide has been blamed for four deaths of workers in a cement plant in northwest China's Gansu Province on Wednesday, local officials said. Seven workers were poisoned by carbon monoxide at 6:40 p.m. when they were adding steel balls into a raw mill at the cement plant in Pingliang City, according to officials from the city government and the provincial work safety bureau.

  http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/28/content_16262599.htm

'God spared my 13-year-old son': Grandmother who shot dead her two grandchildren before killing herself left chilling suicide note claiming God told her not to kill teenager too

Debra Denison chatted with day care workers as they helped load her two grandsons into her van. It had been a day full of smiles and cupcakes for two-year-old Alton Perry, who was celebrating his birthday, and nothing seemed amiss, said Nikki Salaun, the director of the Kidds & Co. day care. But instead of taking the children home as planned, Denison vanished on Tuesday and left behind a suicide note. After a frantic search, she and her grandsons, two-year-old Alton Perry and 6-month-old Ashton Perry, were found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285932/Debra-Denison-God-spared-13-year-old-son-Mentally-ill-grandmother-fine-picked-grandsons-murder-suicide-suicide-note-reveals-God-told-kill-son.html

Horrified photographer captures suicide couple flinging themselves off bridge over the Yangtze as he tried to take a picture of the fog

This is the moment a newspaper photographer trying to take a snap of heavy fog that had blanketed a bridge captured a couple's suicide leap. The photographer had been standing on a viewing platform ready to take a snap of the fog shrouded bridge across the Wuhan Yangtze River in Wuhan, at Hubei province in central China. He said: 'The mist was so thick on the bridge so large that it looked as if the bridge was standing on and disappeared into air. Like a bridge into nothingness.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285858/Chinas-lovers-leap-Horrified-photographer-captures-suicide-couple-flinging-bridge-Yangtze-tried-picture-fog.html

Mother drowns son, nine, in the bath because she thought 'his small penis would ruin his life'

An Indonesian mother was so concerned that her nine-year-old son's small penis would ruin his life that she drowned him in the bath. Police in the capital Jakarta said today that the woman, 38, told them her son had a small penis before he was circumcised but that it was even smaller after the operation. Spokesman Rikwanto said the mother believed the boy would have a 'bleak future' because of the size of his genitalia.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285824/Mother-drowns-son-bath-thought-small-penis-ruin-life.html

Five killed and several injured after gunman goes berserk in Swiss wood processing plant

Five people are dead and several others injured after a gunman went berserk at a wood processing plant in Switzerland today. The gunman committed suicide at the scene, confirmed police, as helicopters were scrambled to evacuate the wounded. The shooting came just days after the Kronospan company said production had been reduced due to a massive timber shortage. It was not immediately clear if the shooter was faced with the sack due to the downturn at the firm in Menzau, near Lucerne.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285247/Several-people-killed-shooting-Swiss-factory.html

'Rape victim', 15, sentenced to 100 lashes in the Maldives for engaging in pre-marital sex

A 15-year-old girl, who was allegedly raped by her step-father, has been sentenced by a court in the Maldives to 100 lashes for having pre-marital sex with another man. Police in the strict Islamic country had been investigating allegations the girl had been abused by her stepfather for years when they uncovered new evidence. The girl and her step-father were first arrested after the body of a baby she had given birth to was found buried outside their house on Feydhoo in June 2012.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285332/Rape-victim-15-sentenced-100-lashes-Maldives-engaging-pre-marital-sex.html

Grandmother 'shoots dead her two young grandchildren before turning the gun on herself' - as their mother waited for them all to arrive for two-year-old's birthday party

A grandmother shot and killed her two young grandchildren before shooting herself, it emerged today. The body of Connecticut woman Debra Denison was discovered alongside brothers Ashton, six months, and two-year-old Alton Perry late last night. Earlier that day, the 47-year-old, from Preston had picked up the brothers from their daycare in Danielson. Yesterday was Alton's second birthday and family members said they were waiting for him to arrive for his party, according to Eyewitness News 3.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285246/Grandmother-shoots-dead-young-grandchildren-turning-gun--mother-waited-arrive-year-olds-birthday-party.html

Three children left orphaned after mother hangs herself a week after boyfriend killed himself because she ended their seven-year romance

Two sweethearts killed themselves within a fortnight of each other in a 'Romeo and Juliet' style tragedy, an inquest has heard. Builder Raymond Oswell 31, was found hanged from a tree after girlfriend Victoria Donovan, 24, ended their seven-year romance and started dating someone else. Mother of three Miss Donovan was so devastated by her ex-lover's death she hanged herself from the same branch of the tree just two weeks later, Manchester Coroner's Court was told.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285202/Romeo-Juliet-lovers-killed-days-leaving-young-children-relationship-broke-down.html

Sex attacker made 'pinky promise' not to kill young woman he grabbed off street before raping her at knife-point

A rapist who attacked a random woman because he was angry at being dumped by his girlfriend made a 'pinky promise' with his terrified victim not to kill her. Thomas Coutts, 21, grabbed the 20-year-old woman from behind and dragged her into bushes where he gagged, handcuffed and raped her at knifepoint. During the brutal attack, Coutts locked his little finger with hers and promised he would not kill the terrified woman after she begged for her life. Afterwards, Coutts ran off leaving the traumatised victim to stagger into the road to raise the alarm. He was arrested for the rape in Poole, Dorset, and jailed for 10 years by a judge who said he had 'eked out his revenge' on the unfortunate victim after being dumped.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285277/Thomas-Coutts-Sex-attacker-pinky-promise-kill-young-woman-grabbed-street-raping-knife-point.html

Large shark kills man in New Zealand; beach closed

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) — A shark possibly 14 feet long killed a swimmer near a popular New Zealand beach on Wednesday, then disappeared after police attempting to save the man fired gunshots at the enormous predator. Muriwai Beach near Auckland was closed after the fatal attack, one of only about a dozen in New Zealand in the past 180 years.

  http://news.yahoo.com/large-shark-kills-man-zealand-beach-closed-030458494.html

19 killed in Calcutta fire

The blaze, which started before 4am local time, was likely caused by a short circuit, said West Bengal fire minister Javed Khan. The fire was under control by midmorning, he said, but toxic gases being released by the blaze were hampering rescue efforts. A police official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to the media, said at least 18 people had died. He said police were looking for the owner of the building, which was filled with dozens of small shops selling various plastic products. At least 11 people were admitted to hospital in critical condition and the death toll was expected to rise, Khan said.

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/9896726/19-killed-in-Calcutta-fire.html

Son admits cutting mother into pieces, spreading her parts around the South Bronx

A schizophrenic South Bronx man confessed Tuesday to dismembering his mom and scattering her body parts in garbage bags across the South Bronx, police sources said. Deranged suspect Bashid McLean, 23, implicated himself in the gruesome death after investigators recovered a saw inside the apartment where he lived with victim Tanya Byrd and his 7-year-old brother, Nasyr.

  http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/human-body-parts-found-bag-bronx-article-1.1273607

2 Santa Cruz, Calif., officers shot dead during sex assault investigation; suspect also shot, killed

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. - Two Santa Cruz, Calif., police officers were shot and killed Tuesday while investigating a sexual assault, and a male suspect was also fatally shot, authorities said. Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vogel said Sgt. Loren Butch Baker and Detective Elizabeth Butler were shot and killed about 3:30 p.m. as they followed up on the sexual assault investigation. A male suspect was shot and killed a short time later while authorities were pursuing the gunman, the Santa Cruz County Sheriff's Office said. The dead suspect was identified as 35-year-old Jeremy Goulet.

  http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/u-s-world/2-santa-cruz-calif-officers-shot-dead-during-sex-assault-investigation-suspect-also-shot-killed

4 killed in C China elementary school stampede

WUHAN - Four students were killed in a stampede accident in an elementary school in Central China's Hubei province Wednesday morning. The accident has caused the death of four students and injured several in Qinji elementary school.

  http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2013-02/27/content_16260545.htm

Teens 'had three-way sex on corpses of men they lured to their house, strangled to death and hog-tied'

An 18-year-old woman with a necrophilia fetish had three-way sex on the corpses of two men who she and her sexual partners strangled, it was claimed today. Joshua Miner, 24, piled the bodies of Eric Glover and Terrence Rankins, both 22, together and placed a beige sheet across them so he and his longtime girlfriend, Alisa Massaro, could lie together on top of them at Massaro's home in Joliet, Illinois, according to police reports. Miner told police he remembered 'years back' that Massaro had told him she 'wanted to have sex with a dead guy,' so he hoped to fulfill part of her fantasy, according to documents. Adam Landerman, the 19-year-old son of a police sergeant, may have joined Massaro and Miner's sexual romp, as well, the report says. Patch.com released the revolting new details today in the shocking January 10 murders - allegedly committed by Miner, Landerman, Massaro and 18-year-old Bethany McKee.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284890/Joliet-murders-Teens-3-way-sex-bodies-men-strangled.html

Man slain in Austin among 2 dead, five hurt in weekend shootings

Two men were killed and at least five other people were wounded in weekend gun violence in Chicago.

  http://www.suntimes.com/news/crime/18444021-418/man-slain-in-austin-among-2-dead-five-hurt-in-weekend-shootings.html

'False prophet' killed three men after luring them with hoax Craigslist ad, jury hears in murder trial

A self-proclaimed street preacher accused of killing three men who answered a Craigslist ad for a non-existent job, preyed on people who were down on their luck, a prosecutor said yesterday. In opening statements, special prosecutor Emily Pelphrey, of the Ohio Attorney General's office, called Richard Beasley a 'false prophet' who took advantage of his victims by giving them 'a message of hope and change and a new start in life.' Beasley, 53, is charged with the murder of three men, two of whom were apparently lured by the Craigslist ad.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284580/Richard-Beasley-murder-trial-Man-trial-killing-men-luring-Craigslist-ad.html

Student, 22, lay dead in his bed for up to three days after housemates did not realise he had killed himself

A student lay dead and undiscovered in his bedroom for days when his housemates failed to realise he had killed himself. Vivek Ajit Shah, 22, had not been seen for three days by fellow students at Manchester Metropolitan University, but the alarm was only raised when he didn't arrive at a family gathering in London and his worried relatives asked a friend to go and check on him. 'Shocked' Alex Faulkner found the electronic engineering student - described as 'kind and geeky' by university friends - lying fully clothed on his bed at the shared house in Rusholme, next to a canister of helium gas. Mr Shah, who had suffered from anxiety and depression in the months leading up to his death, died from asphyxiation and helium inhalation, an inquest heard.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284655/Vivek-Ajit-Shah-Kind-geeky-student-22-lay-dead-bed-days-housemates-did-realise-killed-himself.html

Father 'got drunk, tripped and killed his tiny two-month-old daughter – then put her BACK in the baby swing

A 28-year-old man has been charged with endangering children after his two-month-old daughter died over the weekend. Edward Doyle, 28, of Philadelphia, was taken into custody Sunday, according to the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, reports The Philadelphia Enquirer, after the death of his daughter Makayla. Makayla was found unresponsive in the family's apartment on Sunday morning, according to court documents. She was taken to Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Police say her death is still under investigation and an autopsy is underway. Officers who arrived at the home saw 'red swelling on Makayla's forehead and bruising and cuts on the bridge of her nose', according to court documents. Doyle told detectives he was carrying the child and hit a baby swing in the living room while he was walking. He fell and landed on top of her, according to the documents.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284647/Hatboro-baby-death-Edward-Doyle-got-drunk-tripped-killed-month-old-daughter.html

Grandmother, 82, mauled by three pit bulls in her own backyard who are STILL living next door

An 82-year-old grandmother in Ohio has been viciously mauled by three pit-bulls - but is living in terror because the dogs who live next door have not been taken away and destroyed. Attacked in her own Dayton backyard on Sunday night, Charlotte Carter was saved only by the swift intervention of her son Chris, who had to physically rip the dogs snarling jaws from his stricken mother. Suffering severe gashes and head injuries, Mrs. Carter is currently recovering in hospital while the family fume as authorities say the owner and dogs will only face prosecution once a full investigation is complete.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284777/Grandmother-82-mauled-pit-bulls-backyard-STILL-living-door.html

Egypt balloon crash kills 18, mostly foreign tourists

CAIRO - At least 18 people, most of them Asian and European tourists, were killed when a hot air balloon crashed on Tuesday near the ancient Egyptian town of Luxor following a mid-air gas explosion, officials said.

 http://www.torontosun.com/2013/02/26/hot-air-balloon-crash-kills-19-tourists-in-egypt

Husband questioned in death of Brooklyn woman found battered in Cobble Hill home; autopsy inconclusive

A former tabloid editor died mysteriously on Saturday, hours after she was found lying on the floor of her posh Brooklyn brownstone, her head gushing blood, cops said. Neighbors found the mortally injured Elizabeth Ann Borst, 55, on the kitchen floor of her tony Clinton St. home in Cobble Hill about 10:30 p.m. Friday, according to police. A massive wound to Borst’s head was spewing blood — but the ex-New York Post editor was still alive. An autopsy was inconclusive, officials said Sunday. The city medical examiner will conduct further tests to determine how the former letters editor died.

  http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-woman-dies-found-unconcious-home-article-1.1271630

Boy, 4, dies after shooting himself with father's stolen gun

It was an accident with deadly consequences. Jaiden Pratt, 4-years-old, was spending a weekend with his father Marquiez Pratt, 21, when he discovered a nearby handgun and shot himself in the stomach. By the time emergency personnel arrived on the scene, however, Jaiden was already dead from the gunshot wound.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284063/Boy-4-dies-shooting-fathers-stolen-gun.html

Drunken teenager, 14, run over and killed by a car as he played a game of CHICKEN on a busy road

A teenager was hit by a car and killed after playing a drunken game of chicken on a busy road. Shane Jeavons, 14, had been drinking lager with friends in a park before he was knocked down in September last year, an inquest has heard. The schoolboy, who suffered from an eye condition but was not wearing his glasses at the time of the incident, was fatally injured when he sprinted into the road in Solihull, West Midlands. He was taken to Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham but later died.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284137/Drunken-teenager-14-run-killed-car-played-game-CHICKEN-busy-road.html

Man attacks his wife with a MEAT CLEAVER as he drags her down a busy New York street in front of horrified shoppers before firefighters leap in to rescue her

A crazed man 'repeatedly hacked into his wife’s head with a meat cleaver' in broad daylight on a Manhattan street as aghast fire fighters watched from their firehouse across the street and rushed to the rescue. The incident reportedly took place Sunday at around 10:20am on Canal Street in New York City’s Chinatown neighborhood. Jose Ortiz and some other firefighters heard a commotion from nearby Engine Company 9 firehouse.

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He said the 28-year-old man pulled a meat cleaver from his waistband and began hacking into his young wife's face and head. 'I would guess maybe six, eight, ten times, he hit the woman in the head,' he said.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283952/Crazed-man-meat-cleaver-hacks-wife-repeatedly-head-firefighters-nearby-firehouse-rush-rescue.html

Drunken reveller, 22, fell off hotel bed and was impaled through the nostril by her own UMBRELLA

A drunken reveller had a lucky escape when she impaled her face on an umbrella after a boozy drinking session. Jessica Yates fell off a hotel bed and onto one of the spokes of her recently discarded umbrella, which pierced into her nose, sliced down through her gum and into her mouth. But the 22-year-old, from Solihull, West Midlands, admitted she had 'drunk so much she could not feel the pain' initially. Friend Laura Sullivan dialled 999 as the black and green umbrella was stuck fast and too dangerously placed to pull out. Miss Yates instead went to meet the paramedics with the umbrella still hanging from her face. She was rushed to hospital where most of it was cut away to leave a six-inch spike still embedded through her nose.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2284155/UMBRELLA-impales-drunken-reveller-22-NOSTRIL-fell-bed.html

Son, 21, 'saved mother and father's life' after shooting dead home invader while they were baking cake at home

A 21-year-old son shot dead an intruder to protect his parents when three men stormed their suburban home on Thursday night. The residents, who are from Eastern Europe, were enjoying some family time together and baking a cake when they heard a knock on the door at around 8pm. The father answered the door and a group of three men forced their way in at the home in Houston, Texas. One intruder was reportedly carrying a shotgun and another a pistol. 'I see a young boy and I think it is a friend of my son so I open it a little bit,' the father explained to KHOU, he did not want to be identified and pictured out of concern for his safety. 'These guys push and out comes two more, they push me on the ground.' The men then chased the mother while the son retrieved his gun which was stored under his bed. He fired three shots and hit one intruder in the bedroom. The man died at the scene.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283553/Son-21-saved-mother-fathers-life-shooting-dead-home-invader-baking-cake-home.html

Subway horror as 'drunk' man's legs are sliced off after he falls onto the tracks

A man has had both his legs cut off after drunkenly falling in front of a New York Subway train last night. The unidentified man, said to be in his 40s, was waiting for a train in the Bronx, when he fell off the platform into the path of an incoming train, the Gothamistreports. Before he could pull himself to safety, the D-train came into the 161 Street-Yankee Stadium subway stop crushing and severing both of his legs.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283757/Middle-aged-man-legs-sliced-Saturday-night-New-York-subway-train-drunkenly-falling-tracks.html

Bride, 27, 'falls to her death out of Dubai hotel window' just days after marrying professional motorcyclist

A 27-year-old British bride is believed to have plunged to her death from a hotel room while on honeymoon in Dubai. Abbie Emmett died just days after she had arrived in the United Arab Emirates with her new husband Sean, 43, a divorced father of three, following their wedding in South Africa. Police in Dubai were investigating what happened after Mrs Emmett, who is a vicar’s daughter, was reported to have fallen out of a window at the hotel last Tuesday.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283851/Bride-Abbie-Emmett-27-falls-death-hotel-window-Dubai.html

Family of three and their dog die in caravan from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning

A middle-aged woman and her elderly parents have died of suspected carbon monoxide poisoning at a caravan park. The bodies of the family, named locally as Alfred and Audrey Cook and their daughter Maureen, were discovered by firefighters who had been called to the static caravan by the couple's worried carer who had been unable to reach them. When rescue workers broke down the door of the caravan near Camborne, Cornwall, after failing to get any kind of response from the occupants, they found the three bodies, and that of the family dog.

  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2283449/Family-dog-die-caravan-suspected-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html