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Nov
29
2023
By RICH MCKAY and STEVE GORMAN
Vermont man charged with attempted murder in shooting of students of Palestinian descent

Vermont man charged with attempted murder in shooting of students of Palestinian descent

WORLD
THE man accused of shooting and wounding three college students of Palestinian descent in Burlington, Vermont, over the weekend, pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges and was ordered by a judge to remain held without bond. Jason J. Eaton, 48, was arraigned in Chittenden County Criminal Court in Burlington, appearing via a video feed from the county jail where he has been detained since his arrest on Sunday, the day after the attack. Police have said investigators were treating Saturday evening's gun violence in the heart of Vermont's largest city as a suspected hate-motivated crime. Two of the three…
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Nov
22
2023
By The African Mirror
South Africa’s police are losing the war on crime – here’s how they need to rethink their approach

South Africa’s police are losing the war on crime – here’s how they need to rethink their approach

SPECIAL FEATURES: ANALYSIS
SOUTH Africa’s crime statistics for the third quarter of 2023 show that people continue to face a serious problem of violent crime, especially murder and attempted murder. The country’s per capita murder rate for 2022/23 was the highest in 20 years at 45 per 100,000 (a 50% increase compared to 2012/13). GUY LAMB, Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University In response to this crisis, the South African Police Service has reconfigured its policing strategies and plans. Yet, these approaches offer very little innovation. They mostly reaffirm the way the police have typically pursued policing for the past three decades –…
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Jun
29
2021
By The African Mirror
Uganda charges two over attempt to kill minister

Uganda charges two over attempt to kill minister

NEWS
TWO suspects were charged with murder and attempted murder yesterday over an assassination attempt on a Ugandan government minister in which the minister was wounded and his daughter and driver were killed. Sserubula Hussein Ismael and Nyanzi Yusuf Siraji "attempted unlawfully to cause the death" of General Katumba Wamala, Uganda's works and transport minister, the charge sheet showed. Early on June 1, masked gunmen on motorcycles intercepted Katumba as he travelled through Kisaasi, a suburb of the capital Kampala. They sprayed his vehicle with bullets, killing his daughter and driver but aborted the attack when Katumba's bodyguard shielded him and…
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