A knife-wielding brawl in the southwestern province of Sichuan ended with the fatal stabbing of a man, in China’s third deadly episode in recent days. According to Chengdu police, a 35-year-old man surnamed Zhu stabbed a man on Monday afternoon after a traffic dispute. The victim died despite medical treatment. Zhu has been placed under … Read more
Qu Weiguo, a Fudan University professor, said the recent cases of “indiscriminate revenge against society” in China had some common features: Disadvantaged suspects, many with mental health issues, who believed that they had been treated unfairly and who felt they had no other way to be heard. “It is important to establish a social safety … Read more
Beijing: Eight people were killed and 17 others wounded Saturday (Nov 16) in a knife attack at a vocational school in eastern China, and the suspect, a former student, has been arrested, police said. The attack took place in the evening at the Wuxi Vocational Institute of Arts and Technology in the city of Yixing in Jiangsu … Read more
GEORGE TOWN: A 32-year-old factory worker has been charged with murdering a father and daughter here. Muhammad Farhan Izzuddin Rosman, currently being treated at the Penang Hospital for self-inflicted wounds, said he understood the charge when it was read to him in the ward before Magistrate Nadratun Naim Mohd Saidi on Wednesday (Nov 13). For … Read more
MHA said the incident showed the value of being prepared for emergencies, as such attacks can happen anytime and anywhere despite being relatively rare in Singapore. “Like the two men who helped to deal with the attack, and members of the congregation who provided first aid to the priest, we can all play our part … Read more
The ministry said Iwaya had also conveyed “grave concerns over the increasing activities of the Chinese military” and sought an explanation for a breach of Japanese airspace by a Chinese aircraft in August. It was the first time a Chinese military aircraft had breached Japan’s airspace, Japan’s defence ministry has said. The Japanese statement did not … Read more
The man accused of stabbing a Japanese boy on the way to school in Shenzhen this week has a criminal record and no steady employment, according to police who have released more information about the suspect than is usual in similar cases in China. The suspect, a 44-year-old man surnamed Zhong, was reportedly detained by … Read more
Two weeks after organizers scrubbed Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna amid a foiled terror plot, the singer issued her first statement on the cancellations. “Having our Vienna shows cancelled was devastating,” she wrote in a statement posted on Instagram on Wednesday. “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and … Read more
A man accused of stabbing a man multiple times while attempting to steal his motorcycle and then days later beating his girlfriend’s small dog against a wall faces a dangerousness hearing Wednesday morning. “We request dangerousness hearings only when an individual’s conduct presents an imminent or ongoing threat to the community, which is clearly the … Read more
Emergency services in the northwest England town of Southport said at least eight people were hospitalized with stab wounds after police said a man was detained following reports of a mass stabbing. The police said a knife was seized when the man was arrested and there was “no wider risk to the public.” North West … Read more
