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‘This is unsettling for us’: doctor’s rape and murder spawns new fear among India’s female medics

Hospital workers say brutal attack in Kolkata has left them feeling vulnerable in place they believed they were safe

The Guardian - UK · Aug 20, 2024

Kenya 'Psychopath' Serial Killer Suspect Escapes From Custody

Kenyan police launched a major manhunt on Tuesday after a man they claim has confessed to murdering and dismembering 42 women escaped from a Nairobi police cell, along with a dozen other detainees.

International Business Times · Aug 20, 2024

India’s top court creates safety task force after rape, murder of doctor

Supreme Court also orders paramilitary forces to provide security at Kolkata state hospital where trainee was attacked.

Al Jazeera · Aug 20, 2024

Drug user murdered three vulnerable people, court told

A man accused of three cold case murders was a drug user who killed vulnerable people while searching for valuables to fund his habit, a judge has heard.

AAP · Aug 20, 2024

A German court will rule on the appeal of a former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp, age 99

A German federal court will announce its verdict on the appeal of a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during World War II

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024

Two men charged with murder of General Hospital actor Johnny Wactor

Police say Wactor was fatally shot after interrupting three thieves stealing the catalytic converter from his car

The Guardian - US · Aug 20, 2024

Jury hears ex-politician on trial for murder amassed photos, ID records about slain Vegas reporter

A Nevada jury heard testimony that Las Vegas police found hundreds of photos of a slain investigative journalist’s home and neighborhood, along with screen shots of his identification records, on the cellphone and computer of a Democratic politician accused of killing him in September 2022

The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024

Trial set to be scrapped for alleged Canberra Hospital murderer

Deceased man's supporter cries in court after announcement.

The Canberra Times · Aug 20, 2024

Two 18-year-olds charged with murder of former 'General Hospital' actor Johnny Wactor

Two 18-year-old men have been charged with the murder of former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor

The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2024

Sinaloa on edge: brothers linked to El Chapo's first escape and to El Mayo murdered in Mexico

The discovery of the tortured bodies of Marín and Leobaldo García Corrales, close to El Chapo Guzmán and allegedly close to his sons, has Sinaloa on edge. Authorities brace for a turf war within the Sinaloa Cartel

Latin Times · Aug 19, 2024