Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Albert Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in Kenya with protests held to demand justice. Mr Ojwang was arrested after Kenya’s deputy police chief Eliud Lagat filed a complaint, accusing the blogger of … Read more
The man who opened fire outside a Wayne, Mich., church filled with worshippers before he was struck by a vehicle and then fatally shot by security staff had attended services there a couple of times in the last year and his mother is a member, police said. Several people can be seen carrying or directing … Read more
Nick Thorpe BBC Budapest correspondent Getty Images The government has had Budapest’s Pride march in its sights for some time Police have banned Hungary’s annual Budapest Pride march later this month, prompting a defiant response from liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony. “Budapest city hall will organise the Budapest Pride march as a local event on 28 … Read more
A 22-year-old fake dentist and two assistants have been charged by Czech police after treating dozens of patients using instructions found on the internet. Police said the three family members opened a surgery without a licence in their home in Havlickuv Brod two years ago and treated patients without any “necessary professional knowledge”. They added … Read more
Wycliffe Muia, Barbara Plett Usher & Brian Waihenya BBC News, Nairobi Albert Ojwang / Facebook Albert Ojwang, who was married with a young son, had graduated with a Bachelor of Education degree a few years ago “My son died like an animal,” said Meshack Ojwang, before breaking down in tears in front of journalists outside … Read more
The Fairfax County Police Department, located in the US state of Virginia, responded to a caller who reported seeing an alligator early Monday morning. The reptile was located outside of a motel just 20 minutes south of Washington DC. Police told the BBC that they determined the owner was transporting the alligator from New York … Read more
A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday. Police took the alleged rifleman, Arturo Gamboa, … Read more
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Austrian authorities were searching on Wednesday for answers to why a 21-year-old gunman shot dead 10 people in a rampage at his former high school before killing himself, one of the worst outbreaks of violence in the country’s modern history. Police said the man, armed with a shotgun and a pistol, acted alone. They are … Read more
Ten people have been killed in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, police have said. The incident took place at Dreierschützengasse secondary school in the north-west of the city. Police said the gunman was among the dead and Austria’s APA news agency has reported that seven of those killed were pupils. A … Read more