Police stop ( Young girl gets body slammed into the ground ) Excessive force

India New Delhi ( Police shoot and kill a biker - the man was performing stunts on bike )

A young man was shot dead and another injured after an altercation took place between a biker gang and the police on Parliament Street in New Delhi. According to CNN IBN, Delhi Police intercepted a group of 30-40
A young man was shot dead and another injured after an altercation took place between a biker gang and the police on Parliament Street in New Delhi. According to CNN IBN, Delhi Police intercepted a group of 30-40 youngsters performing dangerous stunts on the road in the wee hours of Sunday. When the police asked the youngsters to stop, a fight broke out between them.

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According to DNA, the police tried shooting at the tyres of one of the bikes. However, the bullet hit Karan Pandey, who was riding pillion, on the back. Another youth Puneet Sharma was also injured. The duo was rushed to a nearby hospital where Pandey was declared dead. Doctors also said that Sharma was drunk.
CNN IBN adds that the police has said that even after repeated warnings, the drunken bikers continued with their stunts and jeered at the police. The police then fired one shot at the air and then targeted the tyre of one of the bikes. Because the vehicles were moving, police said, the shot hit Karan in the back.
DNA reports:

A police patrolling van reached Windsor Place after there were reports that some 30 young bikers were performing dangerous stunts. When the policemen instructed them to stop, the bikers started pelting stones at them, which damaged the police vehicle.
The Delhi Police had recently announced stringent action against biking gangs in Delhi, some of who have reportedly robbed individuals and shops. This police intervention was meant to be a part of the spate of new measures taken to pull a plug on these biking gangs stunts on the road in the wee hours of Sunday. When the police asked the youngsters to stop, a fight broke out between them.

 

 

Iran News ( Member of Iran minority sets self on fire - Ahl Al-Haq faith )

Monday, 29 July 2013   

An Iranian semi-official news agency is reporting that a member of a small religious minority set himself on fire next to the country's parliament building.

Mohabat News - ISNA's late Saturday report says the man, a member of the Ahl Al-Haq, suddenly poured a bottle of fuel on his body and lit it. It said he was taken to hospital.

Iranian opposition websites have reported two other such self-immolations since June by Ahl Al-Haq adherents following the alleged abuse of a group member in prison. Those reports couldn't be independently verified.

Iran recognizes some non-Muslim minorities such as Zoroastrians, but others like the Baha'i complain of exclusion from state jobs, vilification in the media and other pressures.

The Ahl Al-Haq faith is found mostly among ethnic Kurds in both western Iran and Iraq. / journaltimes

PANAMA CITY ( More Than 2 Tons of Cocaine Seized in Panama )

PANAMA CITY – Panamanian authorities arrested six people and seized more than two tons of cocaine in two separate operations, the government said Monday.

The National Aeronaval Service, or Senan, said Monday in a communique that it seized 2,201 kilograms (4,848 pounds) of cocaine last Friday on the island of Bastimento, which borders on Costa Rica.

Three Panamanians were arrested and a 36-foot-long speedboat was confiscated.

Meanwhile, Panama’s Senafront border agency announced Monday that it seized 210 packets of cocaine during an operation in Darien province, which borders on Colombia.

The agency did not say how much the 210 packets weighed, but it mentioned that they were found hidden below the double bottom of a boat whose crewmembers, two of

Riot Police ( A riot police officer caught using - excessive force in a riot ) Human rights violation

Pakistan ( Least 6 Dead in U.S. Drone Strike in Pakistan )

ISLAMABAD – At least six suspected insurgents died in a U.S. drone strike against a building in a tribal area of North Waziristan, a Pakistani official told Efe on Monday.

“The home, which was hit by two missiles, belonged to a group of foreign paramilitaries and those who died were not Pakistanis,” regional administrator Rehman Sha said by telephone from Peshawar.

The attack occurred late Sunday in the area of Data Khel, he said.

The missile hit the home as the occupants were sharing the “iftar” meal that breaks the daytime fast practiced by Muslims during the holy month of Ramadan, a Data Khel resident told Geo television.

Officials cited by Geo said the strike took place in the Shawal Valley near the porous Afghan border and is often used by insurgents, “especially foreigners,” as a summer refuge.

North Waziristan is often the scene of U.S. drone attacks.

This year there have been some 15 attacks that have killed close to 100 people, most of them identified by authorities as suspected insurgents.

A confidential Pakistani government report published last week by the Bureau for Investigative Journalism found that of 746 people killed by drones between 2006-2009, at least 147 “are clearly stated to be civilian victims, 94 of those are said to be children.”

The death of civilians is one of the main sore points between Islamabad and Washington.

Despite their public criticism of drones, Pakistani authorities are suspected to have tacitly accepted their use. EFE

Mexico ( 4 people killed at Pacific resort city of Acapulco - Among the dead a 34 yr old pregnant woman )

Gunmen Kill 4 Members of Family Outside Mexican Pacific Resort City

MEXICO CITY – Four members of a family were gunned down over the weekend outside the Mexican Pacific resort city of Acapulco by unidentified individuals, media reports said.

A man shot twice in the chest is listed in serious condition following Sunday’s shooting, the Novedades de Acapulco newspaper reported.

One of the dead is a 34-year-old woman who was six months’ pregnant, the daily said, adding that the motive for the killings has not been determined.

The murders occurred in Ampliacion Lazaro Cardenas, a neighborhood on the outskirts of Acapulco.

The Citizens Council for Public Safety and Criminal Justice said in a report issued in February that Acapulco was the world’s second most violent city, with 142 homicides per 100,000 residents, trailing only San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

Acapulco, one of Mexico’s most famous tourist destinations, has been plagued by drug-related violence in recent years. EFE