Chicago Police officers have killed more people this year to date than the total number killed in 2010.A quarterly report just released by the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) shows that 14 people were shot and killed by Chicago officers in the first six months of this year ending June 30. The Chicago Sun-Times reported Saturday that, according to news accounts that tally numbers through July 21, the number of fatalities is actually 16.In...
More than 27 people have been killed during gun battles in the Pakistani city of Karachi.Shootouts are continuing between rival gangs on the streets of the country's commercial capital, and hundreds of extra police and soldiers have been sent to the city in an attempt to restore order.Despite the extra police presence, the situation remains dangerous.The latest violence began on Friday when tension increased between opposing political and ethnic...
Const. Lindsey Houghton spoke to the press at the Vancouver Police Department about last nights shooting which marked the eigth homicide in Vancouver this year. A man was shot dead in the Champlain Heights neighbourhood around 10 p.m. on Monday."At this early stage in the investigation it dose not appear that there is any connection to gangs or drugs," he said.He added that the crime rate in Vancouver has gone drastically in the past few years."Our...
Colombian authorities say the leader of one of the country's most powerful criminal groups has been shot dead by bodyguards.Officials say Angel de Jesus Pacheco, known as “Sebastian,” was killed Monday in the northwestern province of Antioquia, and that his body was found tied to a tree, showing signs of torture.They say Pacheco was the leader of Los Rastrojos, one of Colombia's criminal gangs.Earlier, an international research institution said quickly...
Criminologists say organised crime and a rampant drug trade are behind a spate of shootings and serious violent crimes on Queensland's Gold Coast.The shooting death of a man on the tourist hotspot's busy Hooker Boulevard yesterday was the latest incident, and it came as no surprise to some people.The man's body was found lying on the road. He had been shot at least once in the back, in the third fatal shooting on the Gold Coast in less than two months.Ian...
Police investigating a gangland double murder today recovered a second body from a burned-out van buried on a farm – and arrested another suspect in the case. The victims’ bodies are still being officially identified but are thought to be two men who went missing over a month ago.Semi-professional...
A fire at a Logan Avenue business one month ago appears to have been the first strike in a series of violent events linked to a conflict between two biker gangs, Winnipeg police said yesterday.Since then, there have been 12 other reported incidents where homes and businesses were...
Winnipeg police say they are cracking down on an escalating outlaw motorcycle gang turf war.Const. Jason Michalyshen (mih-kuh-LIH'-shehn) says police know of seven attempted fire bombings of businesses and homes in the last few weeks in the city.He says other homes and businesses have been shot at and a 14-year-old boy was caught in the crossfire on July 4 and injured.Michalyshen says the violence is being fuelled by rival bikers trying to corner...
A group of masked gunmen entered a house in Londonderry and shot a 36-year-old man in both legs late on Thursday night.The man is recovering in hospital and his injuries are not thought to be life threatening.However, the woman who owns the house and a young man with Downs Syndrome had to be treated for shock.Siobhan McGinley, who lives at the house in the Lecky Road, slammed the horror attack.She said: “It was terrible, just terrible, they came...
shooting in Lopez Mateos, in the city of Tepic, Nayarit. It was a clash between elements of the Police State and a group of armed men. The dangerous situation was roiled the streets Engineer Aguayo and Dolphin. A police element lost life in the shooting, authorities confirmed this...
in the town, the bloody outcome of the battle can be seen in the picture The gunmen burst the police building, were about 50 trucks of the Knights Templar , which generated an intense shootout and grenade attack. Reports said that the armed group tried to run to Miguel Angel Rosas...
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One of the Queen City’s biggest and most ruthless gangs has been dealt a devastating blow, authorities announced Thursday.Nearly a dozen members of the MS-13 street gang were arrested or charged with a wide variety of crimes, including conspiracy to commit murder, during a series of raids performed during the last several days, according to Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow.The arrests began over the Fourth of July weekend and continued...
Justice officials have publicly admitted for the first time what has become obvious to many citizens -- tensions are high on Winnipeg's biker front."There's a gang war going on," Crown attorney Mike Desautels told provincial court Associate Chief Judge Mary Kate Harvie on Monday. "It has reached a fever pitch."Desautels made his candid comments during a bail hearing for a high-ranking member of the Rock Machine. He also shed new light on a wave of...
A man stabbed to death in a brutal attack by a large gang was the victim of a war between estates, residents say.Andrew Jaipaul, 21, was repeatedly knifed in the horrific attack by a group of between 12 and 20 men on the Andover Estate, off Hornsey Road, Holloway, at around 10.30pm on Sunday night.Shocked residents have blamed escalating gang violence between estates.A 32-year-old woman, who did not want to be named for fear of reprisals, said: “They...
A five-hour shootout between Mexican marines and dozens of members of the Zetas drug gang left 15 gunmen dead on Friday in the latest outburst of drug violence to hit the central mining state of Zacatecas.A group of suspected Zeta gang members in the small town of San Jose de Lourdes attacked a convoy of marines patrolling the area. Six marines were injured, 15 suspected cartel members were killed and another 17 captured, the marines said."Naval...
Soldiers have detained an alleged hit man who is accused of kidnapping bus passengers, killing them and burying them in mass graves in northern Mexico, authorities said Thursday.Abraham Barrios Caporal, 26, was captured in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz and has acknowledged working for the Zetas drug cartel, Mexico's Defense Department said in a statement.Barrios Caporal is suspected of taking part in the killings of bus passengers...
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