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Indonesia to investigate military officers for alleged murders in Papua

JAKARTA: Authorities in Indonesia's Papua region have detained six army officers and launched an investigation into their alleged involvement in the brutal murder of four civilians last week, military officials said on Monday.

Bangkok Post · Aug 29, 2022

Indonesia to investigate army officers over Papua killings

Authorities in Indonesia's Papua region have detained six army officers and launched an investigation into their alleged involvement in the brutal killing of four civilians last week, military officials said on Monday.

Reuters · Aug 29, 2022

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ABC News · Aug 29, 2022

Case against mother accused of attempting to murder her teen daughter delayed

The woman, aged in her 30s, is also accused of attacking a 20-year-old man. She has been in custody for more than five weeks.

ABC News · Aug 29, 2022

Thieves target dead Qld grandmother's home

The central Queensland home where an elderly woman was allegedly murdered has been broken into with jewellery and family heirlooms stolen.

AAP · Aug 29, 2022

Eight reasons why the US still has the death penalty

A messy mix of politics, punishment, religion and tradition result in the death penalty having a secure future in the USA.

360info · Aug 29, 2022

Tarek Zahed given 'reception that was deserved' in public arrest over alleged 2014 murder, police say

The state's homicide squad boss says using beanbag rounds to shoot out the windows of the car of an alleged murderer in Sydney's eastern suburbs was "proportionate" as they believed he could be armed.

ABC News · Aug 29, 2022

Man fatally shot Glenwood man whom he wrongly believed put out a hit on a relative, prosecutors say

Isaiah Collier, 35, of northwest Indiana, is charged with first-degree murder in the Aug. 22 shooting of Tyler Hawker, 26, Cook County prosecutors said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 29, 2022

Comanchero boss Zahed charged with murder

Comanchero bikie boss Tarek Zahed, who was nearly killed in a shooting that took his brother's life in May, has been charged with the murder of a man in 2014.

AAP · Aug 28, 2022

170 people arrested as police raids seen across Merseyside after week of violence

Officers have received hundreds of "submissions of intelligence" from communities affected by organised crime

Liverpool Echo · Aug 28, 2022