Crime News from Singapore & World

CCTV captures moment man pushes woman onto railway tracks in Hong Kong

A 56-year-old man has been arrested, after a woman was pushed onto the tracks in Hong Kong on 21 October. The 59-year-old was left with injuries to her left hand and cheek, after the man pushed her onto the rails, before calmly walking away.

Oct 23, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Shocking video shows illegal loggers capture sloth

Undercover investigators captured footage near the town of Iquitos, Peru, showing illegal loggers taking a sloth from the wildlife and selling it at a market. Local illegal loggers can be seen cutting down a 100 foot tree whilst the terrified animal clings on for his life.

Oct 23, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Malaysian storekeeper jailed six months for molesting seven-year-old girl

32-year-old Singaporean charged for assaulting and abusing police officers

Ganesh Valas Supa Maniam was charged with six offenses which include assault and abusing a public servant

Oct 23, 2017

By Nirmal Narayanan

Singapore crime

Suspect arrested after eight injured in Munich knife attack

A man has been arrested after eight people were attacked by a knife in Munich.The attack happened in several locations across the Bavarian city. German Police detained the suspect, a man in his 30s, after he fled on a bicycle.

Oct 22, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Armed carjackers pull woman and baby out of Houston car

Houston Police released security camera footage of an armed carjacking on October 16. The video shows four people leaving their vehicle and approaching a minivan, before one of them opened fire on the street and another pulled a woman and her 11-month-old niece out of the vehicle.

Oct 19, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Search continues for missing toddler Sherin Mathews

Police in Richardson, Texas continue to search for three-year-old Sherin Mathews. The toddler was reportedly left outside in the middle of the night by her father, Wesley Mathews, as punishment for not drinking her milk, according to local police.

Oct 19, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Storm Ophelia coats parts of UK in freak sea foam

Strong winds from storm Ophelia have brought up sea foam that has covered parts of the UK.

Oct 18, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Jo Deok Jae revealed to have sexually assaulted actress while filming movie

Jo Deok-jae denies charges of sexually assaulting actress and will file an appeal against verdict.

Oct 17, 2017

By Riddhiman Mukhopadhyay

Sessions stumps critics by sending top DOJ lawyer to help LGBTQ murder case

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has unexpectedly assigned a top federal hate crimes lawyer to prosecute a man on trial for the shooting death of gender-fluid teen Kedarie Johnson. Johnson, 16, was killed in an alley in Burlington, Iowa, in March 2016. Jorge Sanders-Galvez, 23, has been charged with first-degree murder in Johnsons death. Johnson identified as both male and female and sometimes went by the name Kandicee. Sessions, a staunch conservative, is known for battling against LGBTQ rights.

Oct 17, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Deadly wildfires continue to rip through Galicia, Spain

Firefighters continue to battle a wave of wildfires ravaging Spains northwestern Galicia region.

Oct 17, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Two US military allies could soon be at war

Tensions are mounting between two US backed military forces on the ground in Iraq. Iraqi military forces assaulted an oil field in Kurdish-controlled Kirkuk. This further complicates the fight against the Islamic State (Isis). The Iran-backed militia and the Kurdish forces have a common enemy in the Islamic State. And while the US supports both groups mission to eradicate Isis in the Middle East, Kurdish military officials claimed Iran-backed militias armed with US equipment took part in the attack.

Oct 17, 2017

By Staff Reporter

President Trump brags about his great relationship with Steve Bannon, The House and Congress

During a joint press conference with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Trump answered a question about his former chief strategists backing of controversial candidates in the 2018 congressional elections.

Oct 17, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Journalist killed by car bomb in Malta

Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who broke the Panama Papers story in 2016, was killed on Monday (16 October) in a car bomb explosion near her home in Bidnija, Malta.

Oct 17, 2017

By Staff Reporter

CCTV captures dramatic moment woman fights off carjacker at gas station

Police in Allen Park, Michigan, charged Earl Joseph Larche, 37, with carjacking on Saturday (15 October) over an incident caught on camera at a BP gas station. The gas stations security camera shows a man jumping into a womans car and drive away while she is pumping gas on Oct. 12, 2017. The woman jumped into the passenger side door and the attempted hijacker fled after a truck driver pulled him from the car.

Oct 15, 2017

By Staff Reporter

Shocking video captures horrific acid attack in London

Two men have been convicted of conducting random chemical attacks and violent robberies in London. Sadik Kamara, 24, and Joshua Gordon, 20, were both found guilty of applying a corrosive fluid with intent to burn, main, disfigure or do grievous bodily harm at Wood Green Crown Court on 10 October. The Met Police have released shocking CCTV footage of one of the incidents, where a gang including Kamara and Gordon entered a supermarket in Hackney, and sprayed the shopkeeper with ammonia three times in the face, before stamping on her. The pair will be sentenced on 17 November.

Oct 13, 2017

By Staff Reporter