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Met Police issue CCTV after man assaulted in Trafalgar Square

Met Police issue CCTV after man assaulted in Trafalgar Square

Police have issued CCTV after a man was left with serious injuries following an assault in central London.Officers were called at around 00:40 on Saturday, June 3, to reports that a man had collapsed after being assaulted in Trafalgar Square. The 50-year-old is in hospital in a critical but stable condition. The victim was assaulted in the area outside the National Gallery - no weapons were involved.Two male suspects are believed to be involved and the Metropolitan Police are appealing for information.
Jun 12, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Dramatic video shows rescue of sex slave from South Carolina serial killer

Dramatic video shows rescue of sex slave from South Carolina serial killer

Chilling footage shows the moment a victim is freed from a notorious serial killer in November 2016. Kala Brown was kidnapped by Todd Kohlhepp in Woodruff, South Carolina and chained up inside a shipping container for two months. He also shot and killed her partner Charlie Carver and raped Brown daily.After Kohlhepps arrest, he confessed to seven murders, including an unsolved quadruple shooting in 2003. Kohlhepp previously lured another couple to his property promising a job and killed both in 2015. He was sentenced to seven consecutive life terms plus 60 years for kidnapping and sexual assault.Because he accepted a plea deal, he cannot receive the death penalty.
Jun 11, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Police ask public for information on London Bridge attack knives

Police ask public for information on London Bridge attack knives

Londons Metropolitan Police has released more details about the London Bridge terror attack. Police appealed to the public for information about were the knives used by the terrorists to attack pedestrians at London Bridge and Borough Market were bought. The ceramic knives used are branded Ernesto,were sold by German discounter Lidl and measure 12 inches in length. Images taken by police also shows the inside of the van used in the attack.
Jun 10, 2017
By Staff Reporter

Tiny dog scares off home invader

Footage from Arlington Police shows a home Invader in Texas getting spooked after a tiny dog started barking in a house hed just broken into.
Jun 9, 2017
By Staff Reporter
CCTV Footage Shows Moment Police Shot London Bridge Attackers

CCTV Footage Shows Moment Police Shot London Bridge Attackers

CCTV footage has been released showing the moment police responding to the London Bridge terror attack shot the perpetrators. Eight people were killed after the van and knife attacks in the U.K. capital on May 4. Armed police officers killed all three attackers just over eight minutes after the first 999 call was made.
Jun 8, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Muslim leaders march in solidarity against terrorism

Muslim leaders march in solidarity against terrorism

Islamic leaders and members of Londons Muslim community have marched together to show solidarity against recent terror attacks. Qari Asim, Senior Imam at the Leeds Mosque, said they were sending a strong message to terrorists.
Jun 8, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Man attacks police officer with a hammer in Paris: This Is For Syria

Man attacks police officer with a hammer in Paris: This Is For Syria

A man was shot after he attacked a police officer next to Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. Eyewitness Kyle Riches shot video of the man lying on the ground after being shot. The man attacked a police officer with a hammer, yelling This is for Syria during the attack. The officer suffered minor injuries. The suspect was wounded in the chest.
Jun 7, 2017
By Staff Reporter
You do not commit these disgusting acts in my name Sadiq Khan tells terrorists

You do not commit these disgusting acts in my name Sadiq Khan tells terrorists

Londons mayor Sadiq Khan led a vigil on Monday (June 5) to honour the victims of extremist attacks in the heart of the capital, in which seven people were killed and dozens needed hospital treatment, with 18 still in a critical condition. He condemned the attackers, calling them sick and evil extremists and saying London would never be broken by terrorism.In Britain and amp;#39;s third Islamist attack in as many months, three men rammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge in the late evening on Saturday (June 3) before running into the bustling Borough Market area, where they slit throats and stabbed people indiscriminately.All three attackers were shot dead by police, who made at least a dozen arrests in east London on Sunday (June 4) and carried out further raids on Monday morning.
Jun 6, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Orlando shooter who killed five was disgruntled employee says sheriff

Orlando shooter who killed five was disgruntled employee says sheriff

A man fired from his warehouse job in April returned to his old workplace near Orlando on Monday (June 5) and fatally shot five people before killing himself. The 45-year-old suspect had a history of misdemeanor criminal offenses but was not linked to any terror organizations, Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said at a press briefing. Demings added, [The attacker] was a disgruntled employee that came back to this business this morning. The unidentified assailant arrived at the company that makes accessories for recreational vehicles and campers, at about 8 a.m. local time armed with a handgun and a knife.
Jun 6, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull calls Melbourne siege shocking and cowardly terrorist act

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull calls Melbourne siege shocking and cowardly terrorist act

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday (6 June) that police were treating a deadly siege in the southern city of Melbourne as an act of terrorism in which a gunman was killed. The Islamic State (Isis) militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the gunman was one of its soldiers. A day earlier, on Monday, the attacker, identified as Yacqub Khayre, 29, held a woman hostage inside an apartment building in Melbourne. While the hostage was rescued unharmed, three police officers suffered injuries when they engaged in a firefight with Khayre. The attacker was shot dead by police. A man was found dead in the foyer of the building where Khayre held the woman against her will.
Jun 6, 2017
By Staff Reporter
White Brit armed in racist rant goes viral but apologises, calling video a joke

White Brit armed in racist rant goes viral but apologises, calling video a joke

Video footage of a British man wielding a large machete and what he claims is a grenade threatening to blow up mosques and stab Muslims surfaced online in the aftermath of the London Bridge terror attack. However another video has emerged showing the same man apologizing for his comments, clamming he never posted the video and that it was a joke that wasnt meant for the internet.
Jun 5, 2017
By Staff Reporter
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India@75: Article-370 in J&K is history, three glorious years later, "nothing" has changed

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By Danish Manzoor