All news on the topic: Violence

Several people have been injured at a secondary school in Sweden by a person armed with a sword.

Thetford in Norfolk descended into chaos on Wednesday night, with protesters throwing rocks at officers and breaking doors and windows in an attempt to enter the properties, with one female officer "seriously bitten".

A record 10,293 referrals were made to Prevent for 9,957 people in the year to September, figures show.

Officers arrested a woman accused of stabbing four men in London’s Covent Garden neighborhood, the Metropolitan Police said Wednesday.

Four people have been charged with attempted murder after Arsenal’s Premier League title victory parade that prompted 29 arrests over incidents at the event.

Winners of a violence-reduction competition will be treated to fakeaways in a women’s prison, according to a new report.

A rapist who escaped from a prison van has been told he may never be released from prison.

A pregnant woman is among three victims who have been stabbed in a horrific knife rampage in Paris.

A police officer who took his own life in May was a rapist who attacked at least nine women over 14 years.

Diners at a restaurant in Birmingham were "targeted with a baseball bat" then "threatened with a knife" after the attacker left a pregnant woman with a serious injury.

Avon and Somerset Police have arrested a man on suspicion of rape after a child was allegedly attacked by a man in his 40s in broad daylight

The government has announced it will launch a "major" new examination into the security of prisons in England and Wales.

An Edinburgh street has reportedly been left "covered in blood" following a suspected crossbow attack.

A member of the ‘cult’ group known as Zizians has been charged with murdering her parents.

A bare-knuckle boxer has died after being restrained on a flight to the UK.

At least one person has died and five others are injured after a knifeman went on a stabbing rampage in Germany, according to local media.

A 66-year-old man says he no longer feels safe in Liverpool city centre and is considering moving away after a brutal late-night attack shattered his confidence.

Tributes have been paid to a man found dead after a summer solstice rave at a stone circle.

Former British rugby league player Ricky Bibey was found dead in Italy after allegedly beating up his girlfriend while high.

As Mexico struggles with a cartel-driven methamphetamine crisis, even makeshift rehab centers have become vulnerable to gang infiltration and attacks.

At least one person is dead and nine were in the hospital following a shooting in Texas, officials said on Friday.

The message circulating on WhatsApp listed 26 locations in and around Belfast with an unambiguous instruction: “Forward to all men of the age 18 and over.

Protests spread around Belfast and in other Northern Ireland cities on Tuesday after a Sudanese man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a knife attack on Monday night.