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Police detain a suspect in South Korea's 2nd stabbing attack in 2 days

South Korean police have detained a man suspected of stabbing a high school teacher with a knife in the city of Daejeon SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean police detained a man suspected of stabbing a high school teacher with a knife Friday in the city of Daejeon. The stabbing follows a separate, apparently random attack on Thursday in which 14 people were wounded near a busy subway station in Seongnam. Officials at the Daejeon Metropolitan Police Agency didn’t immediately release the personal details of the suspect in the Friday morning attack on the teacher at Songchon High School, describing him only as a man in his late 20s. According to police, the suspect waited for the teacher to step out of a classroom before stabbing him and fleeing the scene, which, according to officials, suggests they were acquaintances. Police and fire department authorities did not specify the teacher’s Health condition. The attack in Daejeon, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) south of Seongnam, came hours...

Police arrest suspect in knife attack on a train in western Japan. 3 were slashed and injured

Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing three people on a train in western Japan TOKYO -- Japanese police said Monday that they have arrested a man on suspicion of slashing three people on a train in western Japan. The 37-year-old suspect was carrying three knives, including two in each hand, when he was arrested on the platform of Rinku Town station in Osaka, western Japan, immediately after the alleged attack Sunday, according to police in Izumisano City. The injured — a train conductor in his 20s and two male passengers aged 23 and 79 — were taken to nearby hospital for treatment. Their injuries were not life-threatening, police said. After an emergency call from another passenger, four police rushed to the station just after the train arrived and the suspect holding the knives got off. The suspect ignored police order to drop the knives. One officer knocked down the weapons with a stick and officers seized him, police said. The suspect...

Joran van der Sloot, suspect in Natalee Holloway disappearance, on plane en route to US

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Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, was being extradited to the United States. Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, is en route to the United States to face extortion and wire fraud charges, according to Peruvian Interpol. The Dutch citizen was handed over to the FBI on Thursday morning in Peru, where he had been serving a 28-year sentence for the 2010 murder of 21-year-old Stephany Flores. Dutch citizen Joran van der Sloot stands with security forces previous to his extradition to the U.S., in Lima, Peru June 8, 2023. Interpol via Reuters Van der Sloot's plane took off for the U.S. around 8:15 a.m. local time from a military base in Lima. Peru releases new footage of Joran van der Sloot's transfer to Lima, Peru, ahead of his extradition to the U.S. National Penitentiary Institute of Peru via Reuters MORE: Natalee Holloway...

UN judges declare elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to stand trial due to dementia

United Nations judges have declared an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue to stand trial because he has dementia THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- United Nations judges have declared an elderly Rwandan genocide suspect unfit to continue stand ing trial because he has dementia and said they would establish a procedure to go on hearing evidence without the possibility of convicting him. The majority decision published Wednesday by judges at the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals means no guilty verdict can be reached in the trial of Félicien Kabuga, one of the last fugitives charged in connection with the 1994 genocide. Kabuga, 88, is accused of encouraging and bankrolling the mass killing of Rwanda’s Tutsi minority. His trial began last year, nearly three decades after the 100-day massacre left 800,000 dead. He is in custody at a U.N. detention unit in The Hague. Medical experts who have closely monitored his health said the “consequences of dementia ...

5 dead and suspect killed in Toronto area condo shooting

Canadian police say five people have been shot and killed in a condominium unit a Toronto suburb and the gunman has been killed by police TORONTO -- Five people were shot and killed in a condominium unit a Toronto suburb and the gunman was killed by police, authorities said late Sunday. Chief James MacSween of York regional police said one of his officers shot and killed the suspect at a condo in Vaughan, Ontario. “Horrendous scene,” MacSween said. “Six deceased. One of them is the subject. The other five are victims,” He said a seventh person shot by the suspect was in the hospital and expected to survive. MacSheen said he didn’t have details on whether the shooter was a resident of the building. Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit, which gets involved when there is a death or serious injury involving police, is investigating. Police did not identify the suspect or name the deceased. Police evacuated the building but MacSween said there is no further threat to the community. He...