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MURDER

JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2018
Suspect in Sagamihara massacre planned second attack on same day
Satoshi Uematsu, awaiting trial for the 2016 massacre on a facility for the mentally disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, has told Jiji Press that he planned to attack another such facility in the same prefecture on the same day.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2018
Nine dismembered corpses found in truck in murderous Mexican state of Veracruz
Nine dismembered bodies were found piled in a truck on Saturday night in the violent Mexican state of Veracruz, the governor said on Sunday, describing the crime as a clash of rival gangs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2018
Myanmar military says soldiers murdered 10 captured Rohingya 'terrorists' after Buddhists forced them into grave
Myanmar's military said its soldiers had murdered 10 captured Muslim "terrorists" during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after Buddhist villagers had forced the captured men into a grave they had dug.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 8, 2018
Gunfights between residents and community police outside Acapulco claim 11
The aftermath of a gunfight on the outskirts of the Mexican seaside resort of Acapulco that pit residents of a small town against members of a local, self-appointed community police force has left 11 dead, state officials said on Sunday.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Jan 6, 2018
'Lady First': Lea O'Harra examines gender roles in a murder mystery
Women have made significant inroads towards infiltrating Japan's patriarchal society, but their progress is still stymied by traditional views. With a long career as a university lecturer in Shikoku, Lea O'Harra draws on her own experiences to examine gender roles in provincial Japan in this, her third...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2017
Melbourne driver charged with attempted murder
The man accused of deliberately plowing into Christmas shoppers on a busy street in the Australian city of Melbourne was charged on Saturday with 18 counts of attempted murder.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2017
Six bodies hung from bridges near Los Cabos tourist resort amid Mexico's most murderous modern year
The bodies of six men were found hanging from three different bridges near the Mexican tourist resort of Los Cabos on the Baja California peninsula on Wednesday, local authorities said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Dec 20, 2017
Surefire formulas failed Japanese cinema in 2017
In a quarter-century of reporting on the Japanese film industry, I've yet to find one optimist about its future.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 17, 2017
Canadian police probe mysterious deaths of billionaire pharma couple
Canadian police are investigating the mysterious deaths of pharmaceuticals billionaire Barry Sherman, founder of Apotex Inc., and his wife, Honey, whose bodies were found in their Toronto mansion on Friday.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 8, 2017
Female chief priest and her two attackers dead in Tokyo Shinto shrine stabbings
A violent attack with Japanese swords and survival knives at Tokyo's famed Tomioka Hachimangu shrine has left three dead — including the chief priestess and her brother — in an apparent family feud that turned deadly.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 28, 2017
Video footage of Manila police casts doubt on official accounts of drug killings
The police report was clear. Anti-drug officers shot and injured three men in one of the Philippine capital's poorest districts, then "rushed" them to hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
WORLD / Society
Nov 28, 2017
Central America's LGBT people forced to flee for their lives: Amnesty
Killings and violence against LGBT people in Central America are driving hundreds to flee their homes each year, but they have no safe sanctuary to run to, Amnesty International said on Monday.

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