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Police: Detroit-Area Man Held, Said He Wanted to Kill Cops
Police seized a dozen rifles and six handguns from the home of a suburban Detroit man after a witness reported the man said he wanted to kill police officers, authorities said Saturday. The man made the threat during a mental health discussion and has been committed to a mental health facility, Warren Police Commissioner Jere...
Nice attack: City refuses police call to delete CCTV images
The local authorities in Nice have refused a request by French anti-terror police to destroy CCTV images of last week's lorry attack. The Paris prosecutor's office said the request had been made to avoid the "uncontrolled dissemination" of images. But officials in Nice have responded by filing a legal...
Munich shooting: Police hunt ‘attackers’
Police in the German city of Munich say the perpetrators of a shooting attack are still on the run, and they advise people to avoid public places. There are reports of at least six people killed, but police have not confirmed that figure. A big security operation is under way at the Olympia shopping centre in the north-western...
Tributes paid to academic who was knocked off his bike by driver trying to outrun police
A HIGH-respected academic died while out cycling after being ploughed into by a driver trying outrun police. Dr Andrew Platten, 55, died at the scene of the crash in Bingley, West Yorkshire, on Tuesday. He was knocked from his bike by a silver Vauxhall Vectra shortly before 7.35pm, after the driver had sped from police officers...
Merrylands car attack: Sydney police raid car attack suspect’s home
Police in Sydney have raided the home of a man who set his car on fire and rammed it into the gate of a police station car park. Peter Zhurawel, a 61-year-old Czech national, is under guard in hospital with serious burns. Australian authorities say the man has a history of mental health problems and ruled out links to...
President Obama Pens Letter to Police: ‘We Have Your Backs’
President Barack Obama told to the law enforcement community that he fully supports them and promised, "We have your backs" in the wake of deadly attacks on cops in Dallas and Baton Rouge. The comments came in a letter penned to the "brave members of our law enforcement community," posted Monday on the...
Kazakhstan: Three police and civilian killed in Almaty gun attack
Gunmen have killed three policemen and a member of the public in Kazakhstan's commercial capital, Almaty, officials say. One attacker, 27, has been captured but an accomplice is still at large, the interior ministry said in a statement. The government has raised the terror threat level but not said who was behind the...
Baton Rouge shootings: Gunman’s videos show anger at US police
The man identified as the killer of three US police officers in Baton Rouge had posted videos complaining at police treatment of African Americans and urging them to "fight back". One of Gavin Long's videos stresses he is not linked to any group but is "affiliated with justice". The ex-Marine, 29, was...
Turkey coup attempt: Police and officials purged
Turkish officials say that nearly 8,000 police officers have been suspended on suspicion of having links to the coup attempt at the weekend. Some 6,000 members of the judiciary and military, including generals, have been detained. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to purge state bodies of the "virus" that had...
Baton Rouge shootings: Obama calls for calm after three police officers killed
President Obama has called for restraint after three police officers were shot dead in the city of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. The gunman, Gavin Long, an African-American who had served for five years in the Marines, was also killed. He had posted videos on the internet complaining about police treatment of African-Americans....
The Latest: Obama Briefed on Baton Rouge Officer Shooting
The Latest on the shooting of law enforcement officers in Baton Rouge (all times local): 1:20 p.m. The White House says President Barack Obama has been briefed on the shooting of police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and has asked to be updated throughout the day as more details become available. The White House has been...
Armenia police station stormed in Yerevan with hostages taken
An armed group has stormed a police station in Armenia's capital, Yerevan, taking hostages and calling for the release of "political prisoners". One policeman has been killed. The group released a video demanding opposition leader Jirair Sefilian and a number of others be freed, and urging supporters on to the...