A gang member and drill rapper has been convicted of the murder of a 22-year-old man in a case of mistaken identity. Rashid Gedel, 21, was convicted—along with 22-year-old Shiroh Ambersley—of Sven Badzak‘s murder on Friday but it emerged during the trial he had four convictions for possession of a knife. Mr. Badzak—who had been…

LOS ANGELES—A 9-year-old boy and 25-year-old woman are hospitalized in critical condition Nov. 16 after being stabbed at a Target store in downtown Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers arrived at the store at the FIGat7th shopping center shortly after 6:20 p.m. Tuesday to find two stabbing victims and a third victim who…

A New Zealand man has injured four people in a random “fast-paced” mass stabbing attack with a large kitchen knife before police arrived and apprehended him. The victims and the offender, who was also wounded, have been confirmed as sustaining “moderate” injuries. The man began stabbing people in Murrays Bay, Auckland, at around 11 a.m….

BAMAKO, Mali—A man detained for attempting to stab Mali’s transitional president last week has died in a hospital while in custody, the government said. The attempted stabbing of Col. Assimi Goita was on July 20 at a public ceremony at the Great Mosque in the capital, Bamako, to celebrate the Muslim holiday of sacrifice, Eid…

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco police arrested a man hours after he allegedly stabbed a 94-year-old Asian woman Wednesday in an unprovoked attack, officials said. Officers responded to a report about a stabbing and found the woman with several stab wounds and rendered medical aid while medics arrived at the scene. The victim was taken to a…

Three teenagers will face court after being charged over the stabbing of a Melbourne boy at the weekend. The boys, aged between 14 and 16, were arrested on January 24 and will face a children’s court on Monday. They have been been charged with a number of offences, including intentionally causing serious injury. A 15-year-old…

The attacker who murdered three men in a park in Reading, UK, last summer was on Monday given a whole-life jail sentence without any possibility of parole or conditional release. Khairi Saadallah, 26, stabbed James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, in Forbury Gardens on the evening of June 20 last year….

A man in the NSW Hunter region has been arrested after the stabbing of two women and a stand-off with police. The 27-year-old was allegedly found in the front yard of a Muswellbrook home on the evening of January 12, carrying an 11-month-old baby and scissors. Police tasered and arrested the man after negotiating with…