| Latest crime news headlines from Yahoo India News. Find top stories, videos, pictures & in-depth coverage on crime news from national news section.
| Town, mourning murdered lawmaker, urges calm before Britain's EU vote | | Sunday, June 19, 2016 3:38 AM | |
|  By Paul Sandle BIRSTALL, England (Reuters) - In the town where a British lawmaker was shot and stabbed to death, her family, friends and the people she represented called for an end to the vitriolic campaigning that has marred the debate in the run up to Britain's vote on EU membership. Cox's sister Kim Leadbeater said an outpouring of love in the last 48 hours showed that the "silent majority" of British people shared Cox's belief in fairness and justice. "When Jo would get abuse on Facebook or Twitter we would talk and we would sometimes cry together, but she would still focus on the positive and talk about the silent majority who didn't always shout the loudest but who she knew were in her corner." The killing of Cox, who was elected to parliament just over a year ago, stunned the close-knit Yorkshire community, politicians of all hues and voters across Britain.
|
| U.S. advocates see LGBT rights at a watershed after Orlando shooting | | Sunday, June 19, 2016 3:35 AM | |
|  By Julia Harte and Jonathan Allen ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - In the days following the slayings of 49 people at a gay nightclub, members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community pulled together in prayer vigils and benefit drag shows and basked in a broad showing of support many said they had never experienced. For Victor Guanchez, that support was personified in President Barack Obama, who met Thursday with survivors at a sports arena in downtown Orlando. Obama told him it wasn't necessary, that Guanchez was strong and would recover well.
|
| Egyptian court hands ex-president Mursi another life sentence | | Sunday, June 19, 2016 3:05 AM | |
|  Egypt's former president Mohamed Mursi was handed another life sentence on Saturday, after a court found him guilty of espionage and leaking state secrets. Mursi, leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood, has already been sentenced in three other cases, including the death penalty for a mass jail break during the 2011 uprising against former president Hosni Mubarak and a life sentence for spying on behalf of Palestinian group Hamas. The court on Saturday also said the death penalty had been approved for six others accused alongside Mursi, including three journalists sentenced in absentia.
|
| Belgium charges three men with terrorism offences after overnight raids | | Sunday, June 19, 2016 3:02 AM | |
|  By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian prosecutors charged three men with terrorism offences on Saturday following overnight raids that took place amid heightened security in Belgium and France due to the Euro 2016 soccer tournament. Three months after Islamist bombers killed 32 people in Brussels, police searched dozens of houses across the country and arrested 12 people the night before Belgium's Euro 2016 game against Ireland. Some media reports said the suspects had planned attacks against fans watching the Euro 2016 games in Brussels, and had possibly been targeting Saturday afternoon's Belgium vs Ireland match.
|
| Three Belgians charged with terrorist offences - prosecutor | |  () - Three Belgian nationals arrested overnight have been charged with attempting to commit terrorist murder and with taking part in the activities of a terrorist group, Belgium's federal prosecutor said on Saturday. Nine other suspects arrested during the overnight searches have been released, it said in a statement. (Reporting by Julia Fioretti; editing by David Clarke and Jon Boyle)
|
| Croatia, Turkey face UEFA action over crowd trouble | |  By Julien Pretot PARIS (Reuters) - UEFA said on Saturday it had opened disciplinary proceedings against the soccer federations of Croatia and Turkey for crowd trouble during two games at the Euro 2016 tournament in France this week. Croatia faces additional charges over alleged "racist behaviour", while Turkey faces charges linked to a pitch invasion by supporters. The incidents took place when Turkey played Spain in Nice and during Croatia's clash with the Czech Republic in Saint-Etienne, the latest crowd trouble to hit the tournament.
|
| UK police examine right-wing extremism link to murder of lawmaker | |  By Elisabeth O'Leary and Paul Sandle BIRSTALL, England (Reuters) - British police said on Friday that right-wing extremism was an important line of inquiry in the murder of lawmaker Jo Cox, after a man with suspected neo-Nazi links and a history of mental illness was arrested over the killing. Cox, 41, a supporter of Britain staying in the EU, was shot and stabbed on Thursday by a man who witnesses said shouted "Britain first", in her own electoral district near Leeds in the county of West Yorkshire in northern England. Officers arrested a 52-year-old man, named by British media as Thomas Mair, near the murder scene and he remains in custody where he is being questioned by detectives.
|
|
No comments:
Post a Comment