| Latest crime news headlines from Yahoo India News. Find top stories, videos, pictures & in-depth coverage on crime news from national news section.
| Oregon sheriff won't 'glorify' mass killing by naming gunman | | | By Eric M. Johnson and Courtney Sherwood ROSEBURG, Ore. (Reuters) - The Oregon sheriff investigating the execution-style killing of at least nine people in a college classroom refused to identify the suspect on Friday, saying he wanted to deny the shooter notoriety, the ultimate prize he sought in the bloodshed. A day after the shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, residents of the quiet former timber town struggled to comprehend the deadliest mass killing this year in the United States. The gunman also wounded seven people in the rampage and died in an exchange of gunfire with police. |
| After Kunduz rout, Afghan army and police blame each other | |  By Hamid Shalizi KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hungry and exhausted after being routed by Taliban fighters in the northern city of Kunduz, Afghanistan's army and police force are blaming each other for the shambolic surrender of the provincial capital. The lack of coordination between the key pillars of Afghan security forces contributed to a humiliating loss, which, though largely reversed three days later, leaves the government looking more vulnerable than at any time during the 14-year insurgency. "They were the ones who surrendered to the Taliban, not us," said soldier Aqa Shereen, referring to the city's police force.
|
| British MP calls for FA chairman to explain Platini support | |  By Mike Collett LONDON (Reuters) - English FA chairman Greg Dyke should explain his support for Michel Platini's FIFA presidential bid following the latest twist in the crisis engulfing world soccer's governing body, British MP Damian Collins said on Friday. "I think many people want to know why the FA have nailed their colours to the mast backing Michel Platini before even the presidential nominations have closed," Collins told Sky Sports. Collins said Dyke needed to explain the FA's support for the UEFA president, whom Swiss authorities said had received two million Swiss francs ($2.05 million) from FIFA president Sepp Blatter in 2011.
|
| Turkey kills over 10 Kurdish militants, 44 people detained in Istanbul | | | Turkish security forces killed more than 10 suspected Kurdish militants amid intensifying clashes in the country's southeast, while 44 people were arrested in Istanbul on suspicion of links with the rebels, officials and media reports said. The exact death toll from clashes in Silvan, a town in southeastern Turkey's Diyarbakir province, was not immediately clear. A security source said it exceeded 10 people - all members of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). |
| British boy, 15, gets life sentence for inciting Anzac Day attack in Australia | | | A 15-year-old boy, thought to be the youngest Briton to be convicted of a terrorism offence, was given a life sentence on Friday for inciting an attack on a World War One commemorative event in Australia from his bedroom in northern England. The boy, who cannot be named due to his age, pleaded guilty in July to sending messages online encouraging an attack on police officers at an event in April to mark Anzac Day - a day of remembrance for military dead in Australia and New Zealand. British police said had the plot not been uncovered, it was likely someone would have been seriously injured or killed. |
| Difficult to buy a gun in China, but not explosives | |  By Ben Blanchard BEIJING (Reuters) - A series of deadly bomb blasts in China this week has shown how easy it is to acquire explosives in the country, revealing a major gap in its huge security apparatus as the economy slows and anger grows over issues like graft and poor public services. In a country where firearms are banned for most people, the bombings in the southwestern city of Liuzhou on Wednesday, and others in recent years around the country, demonstrate lax enforcement of rules to control access to bomb-making material. Private gun ownership is almost unheard of in China as controls are so strict, meaning gun crime is rare.
|
| Hungarian church thanks God, government for fending off migrants | |  The church in a southern Hungarian diocese heavily affected by an influx of migrants has thanked the right-wing government for regarding its effort to seal Hungary's borders against further migration as "a task given by God". Hungary, a landlocked country whose government has been criticised by European Union peers for its anti-foreigner stance, has become a main transit route for hundreds of thousands of migrants arriving via the Balkans to the south. More than 280,000 migrants fleeing conflict and poverty in the Middle East, Asia and Africa have passed through Hungary in central Europe this year so far, nearly all seeking sanctuary in the wealthier countries of the western EU.
|
| Pope did not give unconditional support to clerk in gay marriage row -Vatican | |  By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis did not ask to meet a Kentucky county clerk who had been jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples and did not offer her unconditional support, the Vatican said on Friday. Looking to limit controversy after last week's meeting in Washington between the pope and Kim Davis, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said she was one of "several dozen" people who had been invited by the Vatican ambassador to see Francis. "The Pope did not enter into the details of the situation of Mrs. Davis and his meeting with her should not be considered a form of support of her position in all of its particular and complex aspects," Lombardi said in a statement.
|
| Sydney cordons off streets after shootings | | | SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police sealed off streets and warned the public to keep away from New South Wales state police headquarters in Sydney on Friday after two people were shot dead, police and media said. The Daily Telegraph newspaper said a man had fired on the building, hitting a police employee before being shot dead by police. Australia has been on heightened alert for attacks by home-grown Islamist radicals since last year. In December, two hostages were killed when policed stormed a central Sydney cafe to end a 17-hour siege. ... |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment