All news on the topic: Violence

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Swedish man charged with pimping, rape after allegedly forcing wife to serve over 120 men
In addition to being charged with aggravated pimping, the 62-year-old suspect was also charged with eight rapes.
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Corduff terror ends: Hennessy mob jailed after years of wealth, violence and intimidation
The infamous Hennessy mob laughed and joked their way through court proceedings - the Dublin gangsters have finally been brought to justice.
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Cartel kingpin “El Mencho” killed as Mexico erupts in flames
The Mexican army killed the country’s most powerful cartel leader and one of the United States’ most wanted fugitives, marking a significant victory while cartel members responded with a wave of violence across the country.
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Turkish organized crime gangs dominate parts of north London through violence, drugs, and protection rackets
Turkish mobsters are operating protection rackets and dominating the streets in North and East London through the use of violence and intimidation, Metro can reveal.
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Former Nepal prime minister KP Sharma Oli cleared to travel after testifying over deadly anti-corruption protests
Former Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli is permitted to travel after speaking with two commissions investigating violence during the anti-corruption protests in September.
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Police detain seven men in Sydney over fear of ‘violent act being planned’
Police have detained seven men in Sydney’s south-west in connection with possible planned violence.
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Activists throw food at state crown case in tower of London: four arrested
Police arrested four people after officers rushed to the Tower following reports of an incident shortly before 10am. They found that food had been thrown onto a case containing the State Crown, which is used at coronations and state openings of Parliament.
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Ten killed and more than ten injured in mass shooting at Saulsville Hostel near Pretoria
Police have confirmed that 10 people were shot dead at Saulsville Hostel in Atteridgeville, west of Pretoria, while more than 10 others were injured and taken to the hospital.
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Ukrainian orphans promised safety find neglect and exploitation in Turkey
Documents and first-person accounts reveal how a quickly organized evacuation by a private charity left hundreds of Ukrainian children in a Turkish seaside town with little supervision.
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’Dr. Evil’ on the run: Russian Ilya Sorokin charged with cruel treatment of Ukrainian POWs
“Dr. Evil,” the alleged sadistic Russian prison medic, exposed by OCCRP and RFE/RL Schemes, has been charged in absentia by Ukraine with war crimes.
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Starmer discloses niece and her wife were violently attacked amid soaring UK homophobic hate crimes
The prime minister has revealed that Sir Keir Starmer’s niece and her wife were beaten up for holding hands in public.
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Palestinians from Gaza held in secret Israeli jail report torture and isolation
Israel is detaining dozens of Palestinians from Gaza in an underground prison where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food, and are prohibited from receiving news of their families or the outside world.
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Pro-Palestine protester beaten after lighting flare during Israel Philharmonic concert in Paris
This is the shocking moment a pro-Palestine protester lights a flare at a classical music performance – and receives a brutal beating.
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UK minister tells Elon Musk to “mind his own business” after London rally remarks
Elon Musk has been told to "mind his own business" by a Home Office minister after the tech billionaire made a string of comments criticizing the UK.
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Father of murdered woman Gracie Spinks calls for stronger workplace protections after “shocking” violence survey
The father of a woman killed by her stalker colleague has urged employers to better protect their employees from violence, aggression, or abuse.
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At least 121 killed as police raid turns Rio’s favelas into ‘war zones’
Thousands of protesters have gathered in the Rio favela that this week suffered the deadliest police operation in Brazilian history to demand an inquiry into the killings and an end to security policies that have turned working-class neighborhoods into "war zones".
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Sudan’s RSF accused of massacres in El Fasher and targeting journalists amid blackout
Amid relentless violence and atrocities by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which have placed civilians in grave danger, journalists face a double threat: struggling to survive while being directly targeted for their reporting.
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Gardaí face missiles and fireworks in third night of Dublin unrest
Twenty-three people were arrested after an hours-long standoff with Irish police, whose members were directly struck with fireworks, stones, and other debris on a third consecutive night of disorder in Dublin.
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Six arrested after violent anti-immigrant riot outside Dublin hotel housing asylum seekers
Six people have been arrested after Irish police clashed with hundreds of protesters outside a Dublin hotel that is used to accommodate asylum seekers following an alleged sexual assault on a young girl.
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Chaos in Tel Aviv: Police and fans clash as football derby descends into violence
Police reported that dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown, injuring 13 civilians and three police officers.
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Twelve members of Joshua Hayes’s organised crime group jailed for firearms and drug empire that terrorised communities
A total of 12 members of an organized crime group have been jailed for more than 100 years after three firearms, ammunition, cash, and £100,000 worth of cocaine were found at addresses and in cars in Litherland.
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Narco-influencers targeted in Sinaloa Cartel war, six killed so far
Earlier this year, pamphlets fluttered down from a helicopter over Culiacán, capital of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, accusing an array of influencers and musicians of serving organized crime.
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War on the threshold: Thailand closes border with Cambodia after rocket strikes and first casualties
Thailand has announced that it will close its land border with Cambodia as violence erupts between the two countries.
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Rocks, rage and riot: anti-migrant protest turns violent outside Epping Forest hotel
Rocks and eggs were thrown at police as they tried to protect a hotel near London being used as accommodation for asylum seekers, prosecutors said Monday as a man arrested in connection with the incident appeared in court.
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Unrest in Essex: anti-migrant protests escalate into attacks on police
Two people were arrested after a so-called "anti-migration" march in Epping, Essex, descended into violence on Thursday.