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After 5 Days, No Clues About Missing Boy in Japan
The search for a boy who disappeared after his parents left him behind in a Japanese forest as punishment pushed into a fifth day on Thursday, but with no clues to his fate. Yamato Tanooka, 7, has been missing since Saturday after his parents made him get out of their car as punishment for misbehaving, leaving him behind in a...
Shooting Rampage In Houston Leaves Two Dead, Six Wounded
Police in Houston killed a gunman on Sunday in a chaotic shootout that left one other person dead, six wounded – including two officers – and set off a fire at a nearby gas station when bullets struck a gas pump, authorities said. Witnesses reported that a gunman approached a man who had just pulled up to an auto...
Indian police arrest five in Delhi over assaults on Africans
Indian police say five people have been arrested over attacks on six Africans last Thursday, the latest in a number of assaults that have strained ties between African countries and India. Earlier this month, a Congolese man was beaten to death following a dispute over hiring an auto-rickshaw. India has promised tough action...
Fingerprints and DNA of ‘800 terror suspects’ DESTROYED due to police blunders
MPs last night blamed "appalling" blunders by police and spies for the loss of potentially vital forensic evidence. They reportedly failed to complete major paperwork – meaning the biometric data could only be held for six months. The revelation comes at a time when Britain is on a high terror alert following...
Police switch to US-style baseball caps after 159 YEARS of traditional helmets
IT’S goodbye to the traditional police hat for a 159-year-old constabulary, with officers changing to US-style baseball caps. Cheshire’s force yesterday became the first in Britain to change its headgear. Even inspectors and chief inspectors will now be sporting the unisex baseball caps following a successful...
San Francisco police chief quits amid racism row
San Francisco police chief quits amid racism rowSan Francisco's Police Chief Greg Suhr has stepped down hours after a police officer shot and killed a young black woman. The resignation was announced by Mayor Ed Lee, who had asked him to quit. The woman reportedly tried to drive off in a stolen car and ignored calls to stop...
Shocking footage shows police suspect die at the scene of his arrest
THIS shocking video shows the moment a group of police officers restrained a suspected drug user who later died at the scene. Police watchdogs have now launched an investigation after the two-minute- long video emerged, which appears to show the male suspect being pinned to the ground with his head pushed to the pavement....
German couple tortured two women to death, police say
Police in Germany investigating the deaths of two women say they were the victims of a couple who held them hostage and tortured them. They say a man and his ex-wife placed dating advertisements to lure the women to their home. The suspects — Wilfried W, 46, and Angelika B, 47 — were arrested last Wednesday and...
Bluewater gang rape: WHY were the public kept in the dark by police?
CLAIMS of a cover-up have been levelled at police after a woman was allegedly gang raped in the grounds of Bluewater shopping centre. On Mother’s Day more than SIX WEEKS AGO a young woman says she was sexually assaulted in the vast carpark at the mall in Kent. Formerly Britain’s largest, the sprawling shopping...
Police siege as man ‘kidnaps woman and child and threatens to set fire to himself’
A SEVEN-hour stand-off has left one man in hospital after armed police swarmed a home amid reports a man took a woman and child hostage. Terrified witnesses claimed the man has threatened to cover himself in petrol and set himself alight in Glasgow. Other onlookers have claimed a man was seen brandishing a knife in the middle...
Nearly 75 Percent of People Shot by Chicago Police are Black, Report Says
A task force is recommending that the Chicago Police Department acknowledge its history of racism after a report found that 74 percent of people shot by police between 2008 and 2015 were black. The Police Accountability Task Force released a report Wednesday, detailing "racist or biased policing" of the CPD at an...
TERROR ALERT: Huge police operation underway after BOMB THREAT at Amsterdam airport
A HUGE operation is underway in Amsterdam after a bomb threat forced an airport to be evacuated and closed. Amsterdam's Schiphol airport and the Sheraton Hotel next door were emptied because of a "suspicious situation". One man was arrested at the airport and a second was arrested at a major train station in the...