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Apr

2024

Stabbed Sydney bishop is a TikTok star beloved by his community

BISHOP Mar Mari Emmanuel who was stabbed during a church service live streamed from Sydney is a social media star with followers around the world, but the bearded clergyman is also a divisive preacher. Dressed in dark robes, clutching a large cross and sporting a bushy grey beard under a black cowl, Emmanuel's sermons from the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church range from homilies on the Bible to fiery criticisms of homosexuality, COVID vaccinations, Islam and U.S. President Joe Biden's election. The 53-year-old bishop, who has a popular youth following on TikTok and was awarded by YouTube in 2023…

Jan

2024

By The African Mirror

Ugandan LGBT activist in critical condition after stabbing

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A prominent LGBT rights activist in Uganda, where sexual minorities say they have faced a wave of abuse since a harsh anti-gay law was enacted last year, was stabbed and is in critical condition, his organisation said. Steven Kabuye was "stabbed to near death by unknown assailants a few meters from our home as he was heading for work this morning", Coloured Voices Media Foundation-Truth to LGBTQ Uganda, said on the social media platform X. Coloured Voices shared a video that showed Kabuye writhing in pain with an apparent gushing wound on his wrist and a knife protruding from his…

Dec

2023

By The African Mirror

Four children and their mother murdered in France

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POLICE in France arrested a man suspected of murdering his wife and four children in a knife attack early on Christmas Day, a public prosecutor said. Their bodies were found on Monday night in a bloodied apartment in the town of Meaux, 40 km (25 miles) northeast of Paris. Local prosecutor Jean-Baptiste Bladier said the mother and two daughters had been stabbed so many times it was impossible to determine how many blows they had received. The family's two younger sons appeared to have been suffocated or drowned. Police detained the children's father, 33, at his residence in a nearby…

Nov

2023

By The African Mirror

Former officer convicted in death of George Floyd attacked in prison, official confirms

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DEREK Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the death of George Floyd, was attacked in a prison in Arizona, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison confirmed. The Associated Press earlier reported Chauvin had been stabbed and seriously injured on Friday. "I am sad to hear that Derek Chauvin was the target of violence," Ellison said in an emailed statement. "He was duly convicted of his crimes and, like any incarcerated individual, he should be able to serve his sentence without fear of retaliation or violence." He did not give further details. Chauvin is serving a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd's…

Sep

2023

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Teenager stabs teachers, pupil in Spanish school

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A teenager wounded three teachers and one pupil in a stabbing in a high school in Jerez de la Frontera, southern Spain, police said. One of the teachers will undergo surgery, while the other three victims suffered light wounds, a source from Andalusia's health services said. Police said the attacker had been detained. Canal SUR television channel showed parents congregating outside the school gates. A pupil's mother told the station the attacker had wielded two large knives from his backpack inside a classroom and attacked fellow pupils and teachers at about 8:15 a.m. (0615 GMT) local time, telling them he…

Jul

2023

By The African Mirror

Tunisia national guard officer stabbed, police arrest attacker

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A man stabbed a national guard officer in La Goulette, a suburb of the capital Tunis, the interior ministry said, the second such attack targeting the police in two weeks. Police quickly arrested the suspect, the ministry said. The national guard officer was taken to a hospital and his condition was listed as stable. The reasons for the attack are unknown. Last month, a policeman died after a man fatally stabbed him on duty outside the Brazilian embassy in Tunis. Thomson Reuters Foundation

Oct

2022

By The African Mirror

Salman Rushdie lost sight in one eye following attack, agent says

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SALMAN Rushdie lost sight in one eye and the use of one hand following an attack on stage at a literary event in western New York in August, his agent said. Andrew Wylie, who represents literary giants such as Saul Bellow and Roberto Bolano, described the extent of the injuries Rushdie suffered in the "brutal" attack in an interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais. A view of who appears to be author Salman Rushdie treated by emergency personnel after being stabbed on stage before his scheduled speech at the Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York, U.S., August 12, 2022, in…