All news on the topic: Victims

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Assad’s torture victims speak out as Syrian torture chamber horrors are finally exposed
Victims of Bashar al-Assad’s regime were silenced for years - but after the Syrian president was toppled by rebel forces, they can now speak out about the torture they faced
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British lawyer becomes the fifth person to die after consuming poisoned alcohol at a hotel
A British woman has become the fifth person to die from a suspected mass poisoning with methanol in Laos.
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Dozens killed and multiple injured after car hits crowd outside stadium in China
At least 35 people are dead and 43 more have been injured after a driver deliberately rammed his car into a crowd of people exercising at a sports centre in southern China.
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Manhunt launched after shooting leaves one dead and two injured in southeast London
A fatal shooting in Sydenham has left one man dead and two others injured.
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Bomb blast at train station in Pakistan kills at least 24
Police say army personnel targeted in possible suicide bombing in country’s south-west and many of more than 40 injured in critical condition
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Man ’decapitated’ in late-night bus accident identified
A pensioner who was decapitated after being hit by a bus in Edinburgh has been named.
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Spain flood disaster: death toll reaches 205 as additional troops are deployed
Weather agency says four regions remain on amber alert because of risk of rains and storms
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Three dead and four hospitalized following major incident at care home
Three people were found dead at a Dorset care home that was evacuated this morning.
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Heavily pregnant woman and her unborn baby die in crash involving unmarked police car
The woman, 38, and her unborn child died following a crash in Eltham, southeast London.
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M6 crash: Five killed, including two children, as a third fights for life following a horrific collision
Five people, including two children, have been killed in a crash on the M6 near Tebay Services in Cumbria after two cars collided, with a third child fighting for their life
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The search is still underway for a man after a rowing boat overturned in the Thames
Surrey police are still investigating the cause of the accident that resulted in six people entering the water at Sunbury Lock.
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Woman heard partner scream ‘save me’ after battery exploded in his face
A woman who had to drag her partner out of a fire in their home after a lithium battery says the couple have ‘lost everything’.
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Three children and seven women have been killed in Israeli strikes targeting Hezbollah
Israel has launched strikes into Lebanon following increased tensions between it and terrorist organisation Hezbollah has fired rockets into the Jewish state amid the ongoing war in Gaza
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’Innocent’ mum fatally stabbed at Notting Hill in front of 3-year-old daughter during ’fight’
A man has appeared in court charged with the fatal stabbing of a mother who was attacked in front of her three-year-old daughter at Notting Hill Carnival.
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At least 14 killed in Israeli airstrikes across Syria
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says military scientific research centre housing pro-Iranian weapons experts was hit; strikes also killed people in Hama province
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Bodies of 6 hostages, murdered by Hamas just days ago, found in Rafah
Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lubnov, Carmel Gat and Almog Sarusi discovered in Gaza tunnel; families forum says they could have been saved, urges protests
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Russia-Ukraine war: child in playground among five killed in Kharkiv by Russian bombing
Five people have died, including a 14-year-old girl on a playground, following a Russian guided bomb attack on Kharkiv, officials in the city say.
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Southport stabbing: victims named as Bebe King, 6, Elsie Dot Stancombe, 7, and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, 9
Three children killed in Southport attack named by police
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Southport attack: Third child dies, five remain in critical condition
Two adults also in critical condition as police question 17-year-old over attack in which 11 children and two adults were stabbed
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After Southport attack that killed two children, eight people in critical condition
Police question 17-year-old over attack at dance class on Monday in which 11 children and two adults were stabbed.
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Man arrested in connection with crash that killed a family and a couple on a motorbike
A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving over a crash that left six people dead.
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At least 11 people killed as bridge collapses due to severe flooding in China
At least 11 people have died after a bridge was destroyed by a torrent of flood water in China in the wake of a period of heavy rainfall, with a major rescue operation under way
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At least 60 people killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza Strip
Targets include ‘humanitarian zone’ and school harbouring displaced people, where IDF says there were Hamas fighters
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Victims in Bristol suitcase case identified as man charged with double murder
A man has been charged with the murder of two men after the discovery of human remains in suitcases at Clifton Suspension Bridge and a flat in west London.
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Russia has launched a massive attack on Ukraine
On the morning of July 8, the aggressor country of Russia launched a new missile attack on Ukraine.
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