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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama condemned Friday the “heinous” murder of Jo Cox, as he offered condolences to the British lawmaker’s widower and praised her “selfless service.” Obama called Brendan Cox while traveling on the Air Force One presidential plane, a day after the MP was “brutally murdered,” the White House said. Jo Cox was shot and killed in a ferocious attack in the northern English village of Birstall. Police are investigating […]
AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) — Eleven Hindus were sentenced to life in prison by an Indian court Friday for their role in the murders of dozens of Muslims during religious riots 14 years ago when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was chief minister of Gujarat state. Judge PB Desai also sentenced 12 others to seven years in jail over the massacre of 69 Muslims who were hacked and burnt to death in a residential complex in the […]
CHICAGO, United States (AFP) — An Uber driver was charged with six counts of murder Monday after he allegedly went on a weekend killing spree in the US state of Michigan, amid reports he admitted to taking people’s lives. Jason Brian Dalton, 45, sat stony-faced in an orange prison jumpsuit, thick glasses shielding his downcast eyes, as a judge read the charges against him in a Kalamazoo court. “I wish to remain silent,” Dalton said […]
British banker, Rurik Jutting, accused of murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong last year, as his lawyer says the trial will start in October 2016. The trial of a British banker accused of murdering two Indonesian women in Hong Kong last year will start in October next year, the man’s lawyer said on Wednesday. The hearing will last around 20 days from October 25 until November 21, 2016, Rurik Jutting’s lawyer Michael Vidler told […]
The prosecution panel is scheduled to present today the third and surprise witness of the murder case against US Marine Lance Corporal Joseph Scott Pemberton, suspect in the death of Jeffrey Laude. In a report, a certain Boy Miraflor, an internal security of Celzone Lodge where the two checked-in before Laude died, would face the hearing today. Although Miraflor was not initially included in the list of witnesses, he is ready to give his testimony […]
South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius has again taken the stand to testify in his own defense at his murder trial. Pistorius has admitted shooting his girlfriend dead, but has said it was an accident. The Paralympic and Olympic sprinter faced a second day of cross-examination by the chief prosecutor, Gerrie Nel on Thursday, in a trial that has drawn widespread international media attention. Nel began Thursday’s proceedings by accusing Pistorius of being selfish in his […]
Indian’s Supreme Court has granted two young men convicted of a fatal gang-rape a stay of execution. The attack on a 23-year-old student in 2012 shocked the country, triggering street demonstrations and tougher laws. In an emergency court session held on Saturday, two Supreme Court judges ordered the hangings of two of the four convicts to be put on hold, after the men’s lawyers appealed. “The court issued instructions for holding a detailed hearing before […]
