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Dec252020 by adminNo Comments

222 killed in Ethiopia village massacre as ethnic tensions flare – Red Cross

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Some 222 people have been killed following an attack in Ethiopia, a Red Cross volunteer has said.Homes were torched in the massacre that took place on Wednesday in Bekoji, a village in the western region of Bulen that borders Sudan, amid rising ethnic tensions. The death toll was originally estimated to be more than 100 by the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission. Image: Ethiopia has been grappling with outbreaks of deadly violence since 2018 But Melese Mesfin, who volunteers for the Red Cross, said on Friday that the organisation had buried the bodies of 207 victims and 15 attackers.A Bulen county spokesman confirmed 207 people were killed and that 40,000 more had fled their homes due to the fighting. ...

Aug252020 by adminNo Comments

‘The devil arrived’: Christchurch mosque massacre sentencing continues

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A New Zealand court has heard more harrowing stories of survival and loss from the Christchurch terror attacks. It's the second day of a hearing to sentence mass murderer Brenton Tarrant. The 29-year-old Australian admits shooting men, women and children while they prayed at two city mosques last year, killing 51 people.Tarrant has also pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of a further 40 worshippers, and a charge of terrorism. He's representing himself in court, flanked by heavy security.[embedded content] Mohammad Siddiqui was shot in the arm at Al Noor mosque, leaving him injured in hospital for eight days. He told the court he was only there a few minutes before "the devil arrived". ...

Aug232020 by adminNo Comments

Colombia court calls on Uribe to testify in massacre probe

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BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia’s Supreme Court is calling on powerful former President Álvaro Uribe to testify in an investigation into three massacres that could once and for all establish whether he had any ties to violent paramilitary groups. The new legal quandary for Uribe is potentially more damaging than a separate Supreme Court probe into possible witness tampering that sparked protests earlier this month after magistrates placed the ex-president on house arrest. Details of the massacre inquiry are contained in a 71-page court document obtained by The Associated Press on Sunday and also published in local media in which magistrates examine whether Uribe had any connection to three mass killings in the Antioquia department as well as the death of a human rights activist during his ti...

Dec282019 by adminNo Comments

Medical examiner in Sandy Hook massacre, other crimes dies

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A former longtime Connecticut chief medical examiner who played a key investigative role in the state's most infamous murder cases has diedBy DAVE COLLINS Associated PressDecember 27, 2019, 7:54 PM2 min readHARTFORD, Conn. -- Dr. H. Wayne Carver II, the former Connecticut chief medical examiner whose office examined the bodies of victims of the state's most infamous homicides, including the children and educators killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School, has died. He was 67. Carver died Thursday night at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, said Dr. James Gill, current chief medical examiner. Carver's death was natural, he said, but the exact cause was not immediately clear. Carver, a portly man known for his dark sense of humor, joined the medical examiner's office in 1983 and headed the offi...

Dec192019 by adminNo Comments

Philippines massacre: Brothers found guilty of killing 58 people

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Dec. 19 (UPI) -- In a historic decision, a Philippine court on Thursday convicted two brothers who planned a politically motivated massacre a decade ago and dozens of others who were involved in the assault. Quezon City Regional Trial Court Judge Jocelyn Solis Reyes convicted Datu Andal Ampatuan Jr., Zaldy Ampatuan and over 40 others for the deaths of 58 people in Maguindanao province in 2009. The brothers were handed down a life sentence of 40 years in prison without parole for 57 counts of murder as were almost 30 other people. Fifteen suspects were sentenced to between six and 10 years in prison for being accessories to the crime. And another brother, Sajid Islam Ampatuan, was among 55 people who were acquitted. Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te said the 10 years the brothers served...