Haiti prison break leaves 12 dead as inmates go hungry
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters A prison break in the Haitian city of Saint-Marc left 12 inmates dead on Friday, Mayor Myriam Fievre said, the third such incident in Haiti in recent months amid a protracted humanitarian crisis fueled by gang violence. State Prosecutor Venson Francois said the situation on Friday afternoon was under control at the […]
Postcards: Time running out for Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s advance
ANNA VOITENKO and ALINA SMUTKO, of Reuters, report from the eastern Ukrainian town of Toretsk…
Six arrested in connection with stampede in north India, police say
New Delhi, India Reuters Indian police said on Thursday they had arrested six people over a stampede at a Hindu religious event in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh this week in which 121 people were killed. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the village of Phulrai Mughal Garhi in Hathras district where about 250,000 […]
India stampede killed 121 in wake of massive overcrowding, police say
Phulrai Mughal Garhi, India Reuters More than three times the permitted number of people attended a Hindu religious event in north India that culminated in a stampede, killing at least 121 people, authorities said on Wednesday, adding that most of the victims were women. About 250,000 people gathered for Tuesday’s event in the Hathras district […]
Car drives into crowd near Seoul city hall, nine dead
Seoul, South Korea Reuters A car hit pedestrians near Seoul city hall, killing nine people and injuring at least four, South Korean media reports said, citing police and fire officials. Police and rescuers stand next to a car involved in an incident that resulted in several people killed and injured in central Seoul, South Korea, […]
Updated: Orthodox priest, multiple police killed in gunmen attack in Russia’s North Caucasus, officials say
Updated: 12pm (AEST) Moscow, Russia Reuters Gunmen opened fire at a synagogue, an Orthodox church and a police post in attacks across two cities in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan on Sunday, killing an Orthodox priest and multiple police officers, the region’s head said. “This is a day of tragedy for Dagestan and the […]
Haiti PM condemns killing of police officers in gang ambush
Port-au-Prince, Haiti Reuters Haiti’s new Prime Minister on Monday condemned the gang killings of three police officers on a patrol in a part of the capital controlled by gang leader Jimmy “Barbeque” Cherizier. A group of armed men working under Cherizier ambushed a patrol from the police’s anti-gang unit in the Delmas 18 neighbourhood on […]
Essay: First Kenyan police arrive in Haiti to help tackle gang violence – but the prospects for success are slim
AMALENDU MISRA, in an article first published on The Conversation, explains why external intervention is a “double-edged sword”…
Criminal justice: Four years after George Floyd killing, police reform in US slow to follow
BIANCA FLOWERS and STEPHANIE KELLY, of Reuters, report that federal attempts at wide-ranging reform have been mostly unsuccessful…
Gaza under siege: Criminal gangs, profiteers thrive as cash shortage worsens misery
NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI, EMMA FARGE and RIKAM ALKOUSAA, of Reuters, report on how armed gangs are exploiting the difficulties accessing cash in Gaza…