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Sendai policeman's killer may have tried to steal officer's gun
A university student who stabbed a policeman to death at a police box in Sendai on Wednesday may have tried to steal the officer's gun, investigative sources said Thursday. The body of police officer Hiroaki Seino, 33, had cuts apparently inflicted during his attempts to ...
Man fatally stabs officer at Sendai police box before being shot to death
Police officer Hiroaki Seino was fatally stabbed early Wednesday by a man who said he had come to hand over some lost cash.
Brazilian presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed, in serious condition
The wounding of a leading Brazilian presidential candidate has the potential to reshape the election contest after dramatically exposing the deep polarization in Latin America's largest nation. Far-right congressman Jair Bolsonaro, a former army captain who has promised to crack down on crime, has long ...
Panic in Amsterdam station after double stabbing at train station
Two people were stabbed at Amsterdam's busy Central Station on Friday before the alleged attacker was shot and wounded, Dutch police said. Witnesses described scenes of panic as gunshots rang out and thousands of commuters and tourists were evacuated from the rail terminus shortly after ...
Man with mental health issues kills mother and sister near Paris; Islamic State group claims attack
A man stabbed his mother and sister to death and seriously injured another person in a town near Paris on Thursday before being shot dead by police. The killer had serious mental health problems and had been on a terror watch list since 2016, Interior ...
Osaka police catch 14-year-old who allegedly stabbed woman with knife
A 14-year-old boy was arrested Sunday for allegedly stabbing a newspaper delivery woman in Osaka Prefecture in July, police said. "I felt frustrated. I stabbed her because I wanted to kill a person," the junior high school student was quoted by police as saying. According to ...
Toyama murder suspect had four knives, showing attack was likely premeditated
A 21-year-old former SDF member arrested over a fatal police box attack in Toyama was carrying at least four knives, a sign the attack was premeditated.
Police officer and school security guard killed after man steals officer's gun in Toyama
A 21-year-old suspect killed a policeman in the city of Toyama on Tuesday after stabbing the officer, stealing his gun, shooting him and then fatally gunning down a security guard at a nearby elementary school, police said. Keita Shimazu, a former member of the Self-Defense ...
Man flees after fatal knife attack at Yokohama housing complex
One man is dead and two others, his wife and son, are injured after a knife attack early Thursday at a housing complex in Yokohama, police said. The male suspect fled the scene after attacking Koji Endo, 61, his wife, Kyoko, 61, and their son, ...
Teen arrested in connection to knife attack on 9-year-old near school in Shizuoka
Police arrest a teen suspected of involvement in a knife attack Tuesday on a 9-year-old boy — causing serious head trauma — who was returning home from school in Shizuoka Prefecture.
London murder rate inches past New York's for two months in row as stabbings surge
A surge of stabbings in London was blamed Monday for the city overtaking New York's monthly murder tally for the first time in modern history. Fifteen people were murdered in London during February, compared to 14 in New York, according to police figures. The British capital ...
Five in Oklahoma family found fatally stabbed; siblings caught in nearby woods
Oklahoma police responding to an emergency call in which no one spoke found a gruesome scene at a suburban Tulsa home — five members of a family dead or dying from stabbing and a sixth wounded but alive near the front door. Broken Arrow Police ...
