Tag: Attack

A Man Who Attacked 2 Girls With a Knife in Germany and Killed 1 Is Sentenced to Life in Prison

BERLIN—A man who attacked two girls and killed one of them in Germany last year was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday, German news agency dpa reported. The 27-year-old Eritrean, who came to Germany as an asylum seeker, was found guilty of murder and attempted murder with dangerous bodily injury, a regional court in…


2nd Child Attacked by Coyote in Winnipeg Within a Week

A 4-year-old child has been attacked by a coyote in the Winnipeg area. It’s the second such attack in the area within a week. In a news release, Manitoba Natural Resources said the attack happened the evening of June 30 in the North Kildonan area, in north Winnipeg. “The child has been treated and released from…


Teen Sentenced to at Least 16 Years in Prison for Brutal Attack on Teacher in Nevada

A teenager was sentenced to 16 to 40 years in Nevada state prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in April to various charges following a plea deal that avoided trial for having brutally attacked a high school teacher in 2022. Jonathan Martinez Garcia was 16 when he carried out the brutal after-school attack on…


Terrorists Kill 37, Abduct 6 Others in Attack on Ugandan School

KAMPALA—Terrorists linked to ISIS terrorist group killed 37 people and abducted six others in an attack on a school in western Uganda near the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the military said on Saturday. Military personnel found the bodies of the dead when they arrived at the school, defence spokesperson Felix Kulayigye said…


Man Dies in Bear Attack at Arizona Campsite

PRESCOTT, Ariz.—A bear attacked and killed a man at a campsite in central Arizona on Friday, authorities said. The victim, 66-year-old Steven Jackson of Tucson, was at his campsite when he became entangled with the animal around 8 a.m., the Yavapai County Sheriff’s office said. Neighbors tried to help by making noises. But the bear…


Police Arrest Suspect in Spray Attack in Japanese Department Store Restroom

TOKYO—Police in the western Japanese city of Osaka said Thursday they have arrested a woman on suspicion of spraying an unknown liquid on several women inside a department store, causing pain to their faces and eyes. Police arrested a 33-year-old woman early Thursday in the alleged assaults inside a restroom at a department store the…


French ‘Backpack Hero’ Says His Faith Gave Him Strength to Fight Knifeman

PARIS—A modern-day pilgrim on a walking tour of France’s cathedrals told journalists on Friday his Catholic faith gave him the strength to fight a man who stabbed four children in a park in Annecy. Dubbed “the backpack hero”—”le héros au sac a dos”—by media, the 24-year-old who only gave his name as Henri said he…


Russian Citizen Mauled to Death by Tiger Shark Off Egypt’s Red Sea Coast in Rare Attack

CAIRO—A Russian man died after being mauled by a shark on Thursday off one of Egypt’s Red Sea resorts, Egyptian and Russian authorities said. Egypt’s Environment Ministry said the man was killed after being attacked by a tiger shark in the waters near the city of Hurghada. Authorities closed off a 74-kilometer (46-mile) stretch of…


Very Young Children Among 3 Critically Wounded in Knife Attack in French Alpine Town

PARIS—An attacker with a knife stabbed several very young children and at least one adult, leaving some with life-threatening injuries, in a lakeside park in a town in the French Alps on Thursday before he was arrested, authorities said. French President Emmanuel Macron said “children and an adult are between life and death.” He described…


Japan Police Say Flaws in Basic Security Allowed Attacker to Throw Pipe Bomb at Prime Minister

TOKYO—Japan’s National Police Agency said in a report Thursday that flaws in basic security such as an absence of metal detectors and bag checks allowed an attacker to enter a campaign crowd unnoticed and throw a pipe bomb at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April. The bomb fell near Kishida and he was pushed away…