SYDNEY, Australia — An Australian police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old care home resident with a Taser gun was found guilty of manslaughter on Wednesday. Kristian White was called to a care home in Cooma, a town about 90 minutes south of the capital, Canberra, in May 2023, after reports that resident Clare Nowland, … Read more
British police officers carried out a controlled explosion near the US embassy in London following the discovery of a suspect package, authorities said on Friday. “We can confirm that the ‘loud bang’ reported in the area a short time ago was a controlled explosion carried out by officers,” London’s Metropolitan Police said on X. … Read more
Suspect arrested after attack at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in Yixing county, police say. Eight people have been killed and 17 others wounded in a knife attack at a vocational school in Wuxi city, eastern China, police said. The suspect – a former student – has been arrested, police said on … Read more
Sackings come as UK police chiefs battle to restore public trust following a series of scandals. A record number of police officers have been sacked in England and Wales amid efforts to restore public faith in policing following a series of scandals. A record 593 police officers were fired and banned from returning to the … Read more
Gunmen stormed a hospital in Mexico Monday to attack a man recovering from a gunshot wound, killing him and two police officers, authorities said. The attackers shot the man more than 10 times in the central town of Atlixco, then killed police who tried to stop them from fleeing, the public security secretariat in Puebla … Read more
Police have raided a pizzeria in western Germany which they alleged served customers a side of cocaine when they ordered item number 40 on the menu. Authorities were tipped off about the scheme in March by food inspectors, and drug squad officers began watching the restaurant, criminal director Michael Graf von Moltke said on Monday. … Read more
Gaza war protesters and police have clashed outside an arms fair in Australia. About 1,200 people attended the protest on Wednesday, picketing the Land Forces 2024 exposition being held in Australia’s second largest city of Melbourne, authorities said. Police used sponge grenades, flash-bang devices and irritant sprays against a rowdy crowd, and arrested dozens. Pro-Palestine … Read more
A beluga whale that rose to fame in Norway after its unusual harness prompted suspicions that the creature was trained by Russia as a spy died after a stick became stuck in its mouth, police have said. The lifeless body of the whale, named Hvaldimir – a combination of the Norwegian word for whale and … Read more
Why and how often do shark attacks happen? Why do shark attacks happen and how common are they? 06:41 A shark attacked and killed a 16-year-old Jamaican high school student whose body was found in waters just north of the island, authorities said. Police identified the victim as Jahmari Reid from the northern parish of … Read more
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says perpetrators of attack ‘should be identified and given exemplary punishment’. A bomb blast near a police office in southwestern Pakistan has killed at least two children and injured 16 people, authorities have said. Seven policemen were among those wounded when the remote-controlled bomb attached to a motorcycle detonated in Pishin … Read more