Crime

Mexican criminal gang kills 6 children, 6 adults, in revenge act

Mexican criminal gang kills 6 children, 6 adults, in revenge actMexico City - A criminal commando killed 12 people in the south-western Mexican Tabasco province in an act of revenge against a police officer and his family for arresting a gang of murder suspects, officials confirmed Sunday.

The extraordinary gruesome attack on Saturday evening took the lives of six children in Monte Largo, 50 kilometres south of the Tabasco capital Villahermosa.

Officials believed the motive was revenge against a police officer who helped arrest four suspected killers on Tuesday who were members of a criminal gang.

Mexico claims drug cartels behind army protests

Mexico claims drug cartels behind army protestsMexico City  - It started with small groups of students demonstrating against the Mexican Army. A few days later the protestors were 200-strong and growing increasingly aggressive.

Officials in Mexico claim that powerful drug cartels are paying protestors to block streets in protest and disrupt life in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey.

In exchange for demonstrating against the military presence, recruiters are apparently handing out school backpacks and 500 pesos (about 35 dollars) in cash per person, the Mexican daily Reforma reported.

alaysian police find 84 kilograms of cannabis in abandoned car

Malaysian police find 84 kilograms of cannabis in abandoned carKuala Lumpur  - Malaysian police found 84 kilograms of cannabis, worth more than 345,600 ringgit (101,647 dollars), while investigating complaints related to an abandoned vehicle, a news report said Sunday.

The cannabis was recovered early Saturday from the boot of an old car that was believed to have been abandoned for more than a year in a car park in central Petaling Jaya city.

Court to pronounce quantum of sentence to Pandher, Koli

Court to pronounce quantum of sentence to Pandher, KoliGhaziabad, Feb 13 : A special court in Uttar Pradesh will pronounce the quantum of sentence to the main accused Mohinder Singh Pandher and his domestic help Surinder Koli in the Nithari killings case.

Judge Rema Jain will pronounce the quantum of sentence.

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Thursday convicted Pandher and Koli who are accused of killing and disposing off the bodies of 19 children and a young woman between 2005 and 2006.

ICC denies warrant for arrest of Sudanese president Bashir

The Hague - The International Criminal Court in The Hague has denied that it has issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the Dutch news wire ANP reported Thursd

Singapore to send ship to aid anti-piracy efforts in Gulf of Aden

Singapore - Singapore will send a landing ship tank, with two Super Puma helicopters, to the Gulf of Aden as part of its contribution to the international community's anti-piracy efforts, the city

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