All news on the topic: Assault

Piracy off the Somali coast reached its highest point in 2011, when 237 attacks were reported. Somali piracy in the region in 2011 cost the world’s economy €6 billion, with €138 million paid out in ransoms.

A devastated mom says her daughter is terrified to return to school after being kicked and punched by a group of youths while walking home.

Man in his 40s ‘stabbed to death’ at house as cops arrest woman, 45, amid murder investigation.

Presenter Kirsty Gallacher said she was kicked like a “football” by a stranger in central London, leaving her with bruises.

Police are urgently investigating the tragic death of a nine-year-old girl after they were called to reports that three children had been assaulted.

Footage of Billie Eilish being aggressively grabbed by audience members at her Miami concert has raised widespread concern online.

A murder investigation has been initiated following the death of an 85-year-old man, allegedly attacked by another patient at a hospital in west London.

In the early hours of Sunday morning, police have initiated a major investigation following the gang rape of a woman in a churchyard.

A 15-year-old girl was raped in a children’s play area at a popular park in Dorset, according to police.

Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi is expected to appear in court facing three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison.

Three people acted "like a pack of wild animals" when they attacked a man in a block of flats, as a court has heard. Joshua Bassett, Deborah Delaney, and Jamie Davies used a claw hammer, a bottle, and boots to beat their victim, leaving him battered, bruised, and bleeding from a head wound.

Violence outside a Tbilisi mayoral campaign office left journalists beaten and protesters injured, as reporters said police stood by while ruling party supporters attacked.

This is the shocking moment a knifeman, just in his underwear, stabbed a cop in the neck in a "vicious" attack, after he had threatened a woman.

A murder investigation has begun after a man in his 60s, who was ’seriously assaulted’ in Balham, passed away on Friday.

A police officer was "punched in the face" by masked anti-asylum protesters at a march in Canary Wharf today.

The sports star and another man are under investigation for the assault that occurred on a street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Axel Rudakubana is reportedly receiving luxury perks at one of Britain’s most notorious high-security jails as ’bribes’ to encourage good behavior after allegedly throwing boiling water over a prison officer.

A man who assaulted Co-op staff has died after being held down by a vigilante customer.

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz has been found guilty of assaulting two female police officers in a Manchester Airport brawl last year.

Far-right activist Tommy Robinson boarded a flight out of the UK in the small hours of the morning as police made arrest inquiries over an alleged assault at a London train station.

Police body cam footage and CCTV allegedly shows three police officers being assaulted at Manchester Airport.

He was taken to hospital with injuries described as potentially life-changing and currently remains there

The court heard Dighton was "intent on serious violence" and that he targeted Talbot Green police station in an attempt to "force a confrontation" with officers.