At least 12 killed and dozens injured as three bombs tear through Indian
city
At least 12 people were killed and 52 injured when three bombs shook the
southern Indian city of Hyderabad late on Thursday, police said.
A relative at the Omini hospital
Kothapet after bomb blasts in Hyderabad Photo:
AFP
3:13PM GMT 21 Feb 2013
"I can confirm that 12 people have lost their lives and at least 52 people
have been injured," Amit Garg, a senior police officer at the scene of one of
the explosions, told AFP.
The blasts occurred about 10 minutes apart outside a movie theater and a bus
station, police officer Syed Anwarul Huda said.
Television images showed the injured being taken to hospitals.
The last major bomb attack in India was a September 2011 blast outside the
high court in New Delhi that killed 13 people.
A car bomb has shaken central Damascus, exploding near the headquarters of
the ruling Baath party and the Russian Embassy, eyewitnesses and opposition
activists said.
Opposition activists said at least 31 people were killed in the bombing.
Syrian state television reported the blast in the central Mazraa
neighborhood, calling it a "terrorist" attack on a heavily populated area. It
did not say what caused the explosion but reported that there were casualties
and that the wounded included four children.
The pro-regime station Al-Ikhbariya showed images of what appeared to be at
least four dead bodies on the ground and cars on fire. The footage shows
firefighters trying to douse cars on fire and lifeless bodies lying on the grass
of a public garden.
Eyewitnesses at the scene said a car had exploded at a security checkpoint
between the Russian Embassy and the central headquarters of the ruling Baath
party of President Bashar Assad.
The aftermath of the car bomb that
exploded near the headquarters of Syria's ruling Baath party in the centre of
Damascus (AFP/Getty Images)
Ambulances rushed to the scene of the blast, which also shattered windows and
sent up a huge cloud of smoke visible throughout much of the city, eyewitnesses
said.
"It was huge, everything in the shop turned upside down," one local resident
said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution for speaking
with foreign media.
Damascus has so far mostly avoided the large-scale violence that has
destroyed other Syrian cities, though deadly car bombings have targeted
government buildings in the capital.
The blast followed two mortar attacks in as many days on the capital. On
Wednesday, two mortar shells exploded near a soccer stadium in Damascus, killing
one player. The day before, two mortar shells went off near one of Assad's three
palaces in the city, causing only material damage.
Not long after the first blast Thursday, a security official reported a
second blast in the capital's northeastern Barzeh neighborhood. He had no other
information and spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to
brief the media.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said two car bombs had
exploded near security centers in Barzeh. It gave no further details.
Syria's conflict began in March 2011 with political protests against the
government and has since evolved into a civil war between Assad's regime and
hundreds of rebel groups seeking to topple it. The U.N. says some 70,000 people
have been killed in the conflict so far.
Source: Associated Press
Three British men who have been held for seven months without trial on drugs
charges in Dubai were tortured by police with beatings and electric shocks, a
human rights charity has claimed.
Left to right: Grant Cameron,
Karl Williams and Suneet Jeerh, three British men who have been held for seven
months without trial on drugs charges in Dubai.Photo:
PA
12:21AM GMT 21 Feb 2013
Grant Cameron and Karl Williams, both 25 and from London, and Suneet Jeerh,
25, from Essex, were arrested while on holiday on July 10 last year by police
who claimed to have found a quantity of a synthetic cannabis known as "spice" in
their car.
The men signed documents in Arabic - a language none of them understands -
after being threatened by having guns put to their heads and in Williams' case,
having electric shocks administered to the testicles, Reprieve lawyer Marc
Calcutt said.
They have denied charges of "consumption and possession with intent to
distribute" and will appear at their first trial hearing tomorrow after spending
seven months in custody.
In a draft witness statement provided to Mr Calcutt, Williams said: "I
remember that the police put a towel on my face so I could not see. They kept
telling me I was going to die. I was so scared.
"Once I had been knocked to the ground, the police picked me up and put me on
the bed. They pulled down my trousers, spread my legs and started to electrocute
my testicles. It was unbelievably painful. I was so scared. Then they took off the towel and I could see that there was a gun pointed at my
head. All I could think was that the gun in my face could go off if the
policeman slipped, and it would kill me. I started to believe that I was going
to die in that room."
The torture took place in the desert, it was claimed, where the men were
initially taken after their arrest, and subsequently in a hotel room.
Williams and Cameron have been held at Port Rashid police station since their
arrest, while Jeerh was moved and is now in Al Awir Central Jail.
Mr Calcutt said: "The idea that young British tourists on holiday can find
themselves arrested and tortured in this way is truly appalling.
"Being electrocuted in the testicles is about as brutal a torture as can be
imagined. The Dubai authorities need to immediately drop the charges against the
men and conduct an independent investigation into how these terrible events
occurred.
"If they do not, I am sure this story will linger in people's memories -
particularly when it comes to booking their holidays."
A man stole 70,000 yen from a convenience store in Kita-Ibaraki City, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Sunday morning.
According to police, the man entered the 7-Eleven store at about 4 a.m., threatened the 47-year-old male clerk with a knife and demanded money. He was described as being about 40, 170 cms tall and was wearing a dark blue parka with a hood and white face mask.
Nobody was injured in the incident, police said.
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CJNG Pigs Kill Child Mistaking Her for the Child of a Rival Narco
Colima: Four members of the CJNG cartel mistakenly identified a ten year old girl as the daughter of a rival involved in a conflict over drug market territory. Irma Isaisa Jasmine Arroyo, 10, whose body was found maimed and semi incinerated on 28 January in the city of Tecoman.
The state attorney general, Yolanda Guzman Verduzco, specifically named CJNG, (Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generación) as the attackers.
At a press conference in which she was accompanied by the Secretary General of Government, Rogelio Rueda Sanchez, the attorney reported that the alleged perpetrators have been captured and detained.
Guzman Verduzco said that the pigs accused of the murder, at least-two of them originated in Tecoman, one from Michoacán and other Los Angeles, California,They were arrested five days after the event.
After being kidnapped on Sunday January 27, 2013 the child was raped and murdered. The next dayher body was discovered in a lemon orchard within the colonia Cofradía de Juárez.
The four arrested suspects, were brought before the court and charged withthe crime of femicide.
Arthur R. Salinas, arrested in connection with a sexual assault Feb. 13, 2013, on the 1400 block of Sutter Street in San Francisco. Photo: Photo From San Francisco Police, San Francisco Police Department
Arthur R. Salinas, arrested in connection with a sexual assault...
An undated Texas mugshot of Arthur R. Salinas, arrested in connection with a sexual assault Feb. 13, 2013, on the 1400 block of Sutter Street in San Francisco. Photo: Texas Dept. Of Criminal Justice, Courtesy
An undated Texas mugshot of Arthur R. Salinas, arrested in...
(02-20) 12:16 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- A 57-year-old man on parole for rape in Texas has been arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a woman in San Francisco, police said Wednesday.
The woman told police that she struck up a conversation with the man at a store on the 1400 block of Sutter Street, near Franklin Street, at 11 p.m. Saturday, said Officer Albie Esparza, a police spokesman.
The man walked with her for a block, then pushed her into a stairwell and sexually assaulted her, Esparza said.
The man fled and the woman returned home, where her roommate called 911, police said. The woman was taken to the hospital to be evaluated by doctors and was later released.
She told police that she had taken evidence from the crime scene that could identify her attacker, Esparza said without elaborating.
Officers swarmed the area and arrested a man fitting the attacker's description, Arthur R. Salinas of San Francisco, at the corner of Franklin and Sutter streets, police said. He was booked on suspicion of sexual and aggravated assault, kidnapping and false imprisonment.
He was also booked on suspicion of failing to register as a sex offender. Police said Salinas is wanted in Texas for allegedly violating his parole as a sex offender.
In 1981, Salinas began a 60-year prison sentence for rape in Galveston County, Texas, said Connie Durdin, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Salinas was paroled in August 2012 and a warrant was issued for his arrest in December after he failed to check in with his parole officer, Durdin said.
Robert Saylor's Death Ruled A Homicide: Man With Down Syndrome Died In Police Custody
The death of a man with Down syndrome who was reportedly killed after lying face-down in police custody has been ruled a homicide. WJLA reports that Robert Saylor, 26, of New Market, Md., was asphyxiated on Jan. 12, according to a medical examiner's ruling late last week.
A "law enforcement source familiar with the case" told the station that Saylor "went into distress when he was put face down on the ground."
Police were reportedly called to a Frederick movie theater by employees who couldn't get Saylor to leave. He had come to the theater with a health aide, paid admission for "Zero Dark Thirty," but allegedly remained after it was over.
Dr. George Kirkham, a criminologist and former law enforcement officer, told the Frederick News Post that Saylor's death may have been caused by positional asphyxia
Positional asphyxia is typically the result of an intense struggle and often involves a person who is handcuffed and lying on their stomach after the struggle. Kirkham said people often panic and can't catch their breath. People with larger stomachs are particularly vulnerable, he said, because their bellies will push into their sternums, making breathing even more difficult.
Frederick County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Jennifer Bailey said the case is still under investigation and that the three officers involved in Saylor's death -- Lt. Scott Jewell, Sgt. Rich Rochford and Deputy First Class James Harris -- "continue to work their normal assignments," according to the Post.
Frederick County State's Attorney Charlie Smith said his office is reviewing the incident and has not decided whether to bring charges.
The aftermath of the car bomb that
exploded near the headquarters of Syria's ruling Baath party in the centre of
Damascus (AFP/Getty Images) 
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