Tag: violent crime
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‘Heroic’ worker fighting for life after train attack
A heroic British rail worker who “undoubtedly saved people’s lives” by trying to stop a train knife attacker is now fighting for life. British Transport Police (BTP) said the staff member was one of 10 people taken to hospital after the mass stabbing on Saturday’s 6.25pm train service from Doncaster to London King’s Cross. BTP…
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How Trump is weaponising the assassination of Charlie Kirk
In the days since the assassination of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, the White House has ordered flags flown at half-staff and memorials have been organised in Washington, DC and Arizona. But what followed wasn’t just mourning. The Trump administration is urging people to report anyone who criticised or mocked Kirk’s death, and has pledged…
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Trump activist dies after rally shooting
US right-wing activist and commentator Charlie Kirk, an influential ally of President Donald Trump, has been fatally shot in the neck at an event at a Utah university. “The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than…
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Wife’s plea as search for gunman reaches day seven
Police are throwing everything at a bushland hunt for alleged gunman Dezi Freeman, who has been on the run for seven days after two officers were killed. On Sunday, Freeman’s wife Amalia Freeman pleaded for him to safely surrender and put an end to the ordeal in Victoria’s high country. Freeman has been at large…
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Army sergeant arrested over shooting at US military base
Five soldiers have been shot and wounded at one of America’s largest army bases in an attack that triggered a lockdown. The shooting unfolded at Fort Stewart, in Georgia, where 10,000 people live, including soldiers, their families and civilian staff. Officials said the suspected shooter was male US army sergeant Quornelius Radford, 28, who has…
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Snowtown murderer granted parole after decades in jail
The youngest of the four men convicted over South Australia’s “bodies in the barrels” serial killings has been granted parole. James Vlassakis has spent 26 years behind bars after being found guilty of being involved in four of the 11 murders between 1992 and 1999. At its monthly meeting on Tuesday, SA’s parole board approved…
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US shooter’s note blamed NFL for brain injury: Mayor
A gunman who stormed a New York City high-rise, killing four people, took a lift to the wrong office from the one he was targeting. A note on Shane Tamura’s body revealed what appeared to be his manifesto to attack the offices of the National Football League. New York mayor Eric Adams said the 27-year-old…
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Fashion boss dead, boy charged with murder
Police are speaking to distressed teenagers after a man was fatally stabbed at a house party packed with dozens of young people. Police have charged a 15-year-old boy with murder after the body of 58-year-old fashion founder Greg Josephson was found inside a large home in the upmarket Brisbane suburb of Clayfield on Thursday night.…
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At least 11 dead in horror shooting at Austrian school
At least 11 people are dead, including the gunman, after a horrific shooting rampage at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz. Six females and three males were killed at Dreierschützengasse Secondary School, according to Austrian Interior Minister Gerhard Karner on Wednesday morning, Australian time. Graz University Hospital said a seriously injured…
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Missing teen’s housemates moved body twice: police
The housemates of Pheobe Bishop allegedly murdered the missing teen before moving her body from a national park, police say. James Wood, 34, and Tanika Bromley, 33, will face Bundaberg Magistrates Court in southern Queensland on Friday charged with 17-year-old Pheobe’s murder. Wood and Bromley were arrested on Thursday night, three weeks to the day…