Category: kill

3 Countries Investigate Morocco Attacker Who Killed Tourist

RABAT, Morocco—A Moroccan judge on Thursday ordered a man suspected of fatally stabbing a French woman and injuring a Belgian visitor to undergo psychiatric evaluation, as authorities in three countries opened probes into the suspect’s possible links to terrorism. A 78-year-old French woman was killed in a knife attack in a market in the southern…


Road Crash in West Bank Kills 8 Palestinians, Injures 2

JERUSALEM—A truck and a van collided on a narrow two-lane highway in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, killing eight Palestinians and injuring another two, according to Israeli medics. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas declared Friday a day of mourning for the victims. Thousands of Palestinian laborers work in Jewish settlements along Highway 90, which runs…


Illinois Woman in Custody in Killing of Police Officer, Wounding of 2nd

BRADLEY, Ill.—A woman wanted in the fatal shooting of one police officer and the wounding of another at a northern Illinois hotel surrendered to police hours after a man also suspected in the shooting was arrested in Indiana, police said. Xandria Harris, 26, of Bradley, Illinois, turned herself in Friday afternoon at the Bradley Police…


2 Killed When Train Hits Car Going Around Crossing Gate

AVENTURA, Fla.—Two people died when a higher speed commuter train hit their car as the driver tried to make it around the crossing gate, police said. The crossing gate’s lights were flashing and bells were ringing to signal an approaching train on Thursday morning when the car tried to make it through, police and Brightline…


Sudan Officials Say Defunct Mine Collapses, Kills 38 People

CAIRO—Sudanese authorities said at least 38 people were killed Tuesday when a defunct gold mine collapsed in West Kordofan province. The country’s state-run mining company said in a statement the collapse of the closed, non-functioning mine took place in the village of Fuja 700 kilometers (435 miles) south of the capital of Khartoum. It said…


Los Angeles Police Video Shows Officer Shooting That Killed Bystander

LOS ANGELES—Video released Monday showed Los Angeles police firing at a man suspected of assaulting customers last week at a clothing store, a shooting that also killed a 14-year-old girl hiding in a dressing room who was struck by a bullet that went through a wall. The Los Angeles Police Department posted an edited video…


Guatemalans Protest Killing of 12 People

SANTA CATARINA IXTAHUACAN, Guatemala—Hundreds of demonstrators laid coffins on a platform to block a highway in Guatemala Monday to protest the weekend killings of a dozen people. The protesters placed eight coffins on an improvised wooden platform to demand justice in the case. They carried banners reading, “We have The Right to Live in Peace.”…


Man Killed Tigers Fan After 1984 World Series—Now He’s Free and Victim’s Family Is Devastated

By George Hunter From The Detroit News DETROIT—A man who was 16 years old when he gunned down a Detroit Tigers fan outside a downtown restaurant while thousands of people celebrated the team’s 1984 World Series win has been paroled after serving 35 years in prison despite racking up 184 violations, including allegations of sexual…


Man Allegedly Tried to Hire Cellmate in Indiana to Kill 14

BRAZIL, IND.—A man who pleaded guilty to attacking a 13-year-old girl who was attending an Indiana University violin camp has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder for allegedly trying to hire his jail cellmate to kill the victim’s parents and a dozen other people. Dongwook Ko, 19, allegedly provided a hit list and a…


Iran Tampered With Victims’ Electronic Devices in Aftermath of PS752 Downing: Report

OTTAWA—A new report is accusing Iranian authorities of tampering with the electronic devices and misidentifying the remains of some of the passengers killed on Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752. The findings are among new revelations contained in a lengthy report by the Association of the Families of Flight PS752 Victims that examines the Jan. 8, 2020…