All news on the topic: Violence

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4,000 police deployed as London faces major protest security crackdown
The Metropolitan Police has warned that it is preparing for potential violence and hate speech crimes across two protests in London this Saturday.
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Former Lostprophets frontman dies after being stabbed in neck and head in prison cell
New details have been revealed about the murder of Ian Watkins, including how a prisoner allegedly ‘boasted’ after stabbing him to death.
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Four injured, one critical after Brixton shooting as police launch urgent manhunt in London
Four people have been injured in a London shooting, with one man left fighting for his life.
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Allegations of violence and erasing traces: surgeon Vardan Khachatryan fights back against patients’ claims and rewrites his reputation
Last year, plastic surgeon Vardan Khachatryan was celebrated as a national hero.
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Morrisons sacks manager after he tackles shoplifter in store despite 29 years of service
A long-serving Morrisons manager was dismissed by the supermarket for taking a shoplifter to the ground.
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Jeffrey Epstein reporting ignores root causes of gender-based violence
Media coverage of violence against women and girls and misogynistic harassment is at a "pitiful" low, despite a proliferation of high-profile cases of men abusing women and children, and a rise in AI-assisted violence against women and girls, new research shows.
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Horror in Pasaje as referee killed during game in front of players and fans
A referee was shot dead midway through a football match in Ecuador after gunmen stormed the pitch and opened fire.
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Rat infestation, filthy kitchens and collapsing standards: Calls grow to shut Strangeways as watchdog warns jail is ‘fundamentally not safe’
Eighteen months after a damning report branded conditions “appalling” and warned it was among the UK’s most violent prisons, Strangeways has seen little meaningful improvement.
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Criminal gangs ’smuggle drugs through jail’s broken windows’
Organized crime gangs are operating "with impunity" at a high-security jail by using drones to import drugs through broken and insecure windows, the watchdog has revealed.
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Man, 26, stabbed to death in machete attack outside London nightclub as two fight for life
Murder detectives have identified a man who was fatally stabbed in a machete attack, leaving two others in critical condition.
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Haiti descends into chaos as gang violence displaces 1.4 million and children face hunger, abuse and forced recruitment
Altagrace, a mother living in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, remembers the moment that her life changed forever.
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Serbia election marred by violence and fraud as Vucic hails disputed victories
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić hailed his party’s performance in small municipal elections, while watchdogs reported widespread fraud and election-day violence.
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Swedish man charged with pimping, rape after allegedly forcing wife to serve over 120 men
In addition to being charged with aggravated pimping, the 62-year-old suspect was also charged with eight rapes.
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Corduff terror ends: Hennessy mob jailed after years of wealth, violence and intimidation
The infamous Hennessy mob laughed and joked their way through court proceedings - the Dublin gangsters have finally been brought to justice.
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Cartel kingpin “El Mencho” killed as Mexico erupts in flames
The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives, marking a significant victory while cartel members responded with a wave of violence across the country.
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Turkish organized crime gangs dominate parts of north London through violence, drugs, and protection rackets
Turkish mobsters are operating protection rackets and dominating the streets in North and East London through the use of violence and intimidation, Metro can reveal.
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Former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli cleared to travel after testifying over deadly anti-corruption protests
Former Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is permitted to travel after speaking with two commissions investigating violence during the anti-corruption protests in September.
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Police detain seven men in Sydney over fear of ‘violent act being planned’
Police have detained seven men in Sydney’s south-west in connection with possible planned violence.
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Activists throw food at state crown case in tower of London: four arrested
Police arrested four people after officers rushed to the Tower following reports of an incident shortly before 10am. They found that food had been thrown onto a case containing the State Crown, which is used at coronations and state openings of Parliament.
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Ten killed and more than ten injured in mass shooting at Saulsville Hostel near Pretoria
Police have confirmed that 10 people were shot dead at Saulsville Hostel in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, while more than 10 others were injured and taken to the hospital.
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Ukrainian orphans promised safety find neglect and exploitation in Turkey
Documents and first-person accounts reveal how a quickly organized evacuation by a private charity left hundreds of Ukrainian children in a Turkish seaside town with little supervision.
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’Dr. Evil’ on the run: Russian Ilya Sorokin charged with cruel treatment of Ukrainian POWs
“Dr. Evil,” the alleged sadistic Russian prison medic, exposed by OCCRP and RFE/RL Schemes, has been charged in absentia by Ukraine with war crimes.
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Starmer discloses niece and her wife were violently attacked amid soaring UK homophobic hate crimes
The prime minister has revealed that Sir Keir Starmer’s niece and her wife were beaten up for holding hands in public.
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Palestinians from Gaza held in secret Israeli jail report torture and isolation
Israel is detaining dozens of Palestinians from Gaza in an underground prison where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food, and are prohibited from receiving news of their families or the outside world.
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Pro-Palestine protester beaten after lighting flare during Israel Philharmonic concert in Paris
This is the shocking moment a pro-Palestine protester lights a flare at a classical music performance – and receives a brutal beating.