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Criminal International Latest Headlines 

Three Have Life-Threatening Wounds After Sweden Ax Attack

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
attack, stabbing, Sweden

Hospital officials say three people wounded in an assault by a man using an ax in southern Sweden are in life-threatening condition and police have reduced the overall number of victims to seven.

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Criminal Religion Trials 

Libyan Man Sentenced to Life for Deadly UK Park Stabbings

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 ASSOCIATED PRESS
England, parks, sentencing, stabbing, Terrorism

A Libyan man who stabbed three friends to death as they sat in an English city park on a summer evening was sentenced Monday to life in prison with no chance of parole.

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Civil Rights Entertainment Sports 

Brawl Stabbing

November 25, 2020November 27, 2020 BRIEF
Major League Baseball, negligence, San Diego, stabbing, strip club

San Diego Padres outfielder Tommy Pham sued the Pacers Showgirls International gentlemen’s club after he was stabbed in the back while trying to leave the establishment during a brawl.

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Criminal International Religion 

New Arrest After France Church Attack, Security Tightened

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
cartoons and animation, churches, France, Islam, Muslims, stabbing, Terrorism

Investigators detained a second suspect in Thursday’s attack, a 47-year-old man is believed to have been in contact with the assailant the night before.

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International Latest Headlines Politics Religion 

Saudi Wounds French Consulate Guard in Jeddah Knife Attack

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
cartoons and animation, Embassies, France, Islam, Saudi Arabia, stabbing, Terrorism

A Saudi citizen wounded a guard in a knife attack Thursday at the French consulate in the Red Sea city of Jeddah, officials said, as France faces growing anger over satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

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Civil Rights International Regional 

3 Killed in Knife Attack in Nice, Shaking France

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 CAIN BURDEAU
churches, France, Islam, stabbing, Terrorism

Three people were knifed to death Thursday morning in and near a cathedral in the southern French city of Nice in what French authorities are saying was a terrorist attack.

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Civil Rights Criminal Religion 

Two French Women Charged Over ‘Racist’ Stabbing of Veiled Muslim Women

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Assault, discrimination, France, Islam, Muslims, stabbing

Two women accused of stabbing two other women wearing Muslim headscarves near the Eiffel Tower in Paris and trying to rip off their veils have been charged with assault and racist slurs, legal sources told AFP on Thursday.

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Criminal International Media 

Suspect Claims Prophet Caricatures Prompted Paris Stabbings

September 29, 2020September 29, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
France, Islam, newspapers, stabbing, Terrorism

The chief suspect in a double stabbing in Paris told investigators he acted out of anger over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad recently republished by the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo, France’s counterterrorism prosecutor said Tuesday.

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Criminal International Media Religion 

Terror Probe Opened After 2 Wounded in Paris Knife Attack

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
attack, France, Islam, Journalism, Paris, stabbing

French terrorism authorities are investigating a knife attack that wounded at least two people Friday near the former offices of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris, authorities said. A suspect has been arrested.

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Criminal Latest Headlines 

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Son Criminally Charged After Stabbing Neighbor

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 MARTIN MACIAS JR
California, NBA, stabbing

The son of NBA and Los Angeles Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is facing criminal charges for stabbing his neighbor in June during an argument over trash bins outside their Southern California homes, the Orange County district attorney’s office announced Tuesday.

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Appeals Criminal 

Wisconsin Appeals Court Upholds Adult Sentence for Slenderman Stabbing Teen

August 12, 2020August 13, 2020 JOE KELLY
juveniles, slenderman, stabbing, Wisconsin

A Wisconsin appeals court Wednesday upheld the decision to charge a local teenager as an adult for the 2014 attempted murder of her friend and classmate on the orders of Slenderman, a faceless fictional boogeyman.

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Criminal International 

Police Partner at Americans’ Murder Trial Recounts Knifing

July 15, 2020July 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
California, Italy, murder, Police, stabbing, teens, tourism

An Italian police officer testified Wednesday at the murder trial of two Americans about trying in vain to stop blood pouring out like a “fountain” from his partner who was fatally stabbed last summer in Rome.

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Criminal International 

American Expat Among UK Terror Victims

June 22, 2020June 22, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
attack, England, stabbing, Terrorism

An American man was among the three victims stabbed to death in a park in the English town of Reading that is being treated as a terror attack, the U.S. ambassador to Britain said Monday.

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Uncategorized 

Stay of Execution

June 9, 2020June 10, 2020 BRIEF
Death Penalty, DNA, executions, stabbing, Texas

A federal court in Texas stayed the scheduled execution of Ruben Gutierrez, who has maintained his innocence in a fatal stabbing and has long sought DNA testing of potentially exculpatory evidence. The execution was set for June 16.

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Appeals Civil Rights Consumers 

Supermarket Stabbing

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 BRIEF
dbrief5, first circuit, stabbing, supermarkets, Wrongful Death

The First Circuit upheld the dismissal of wrongful death claims against a Shaw’s Supermarket in Saco, Maine, finding that the grocery store’s employees had no way of knowing a woman was at danger of being stabbed by a frequent shopper in the ice cream aisle.

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Appeals Civil Rights Law 

Prisoner Blinded by Cellmate Fights to Revive Civil Rights Case

April 2, 2020April 3, 2020 KAYLA GOGGIN
11th circuit, blind, Eighth Amendment, Florida, immunity, inmates, stabbing

A Florida prisoner asked an 11th Circuit panel Thursday to reinstate his lawsuit claiming that prison officials violated his civil rights when they put him in a cell with an inmate who later stabbed him in the eye with scissors while he was asleep.

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Criminal International Trials 

Trial Begins for Jailed American Pals in Policeman’s Slaying

February 26, 2020February 26, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
California, Italy, murder, Police, stabbing, tourism

After months in a Rome jail, a pair of boyhood pals from California went on trial Wednesday, accused of murdering an Italian policeman during a summer vacation in Italy.

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Criminal International 

US Student’s ‘Confession’ in Italy Cop Death Was Mistranslated: Lawyer

February 20, 2020February 20, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
ap6, confessions, Italy, language, Police, stabbing

The apparent confession by a U.S. student that he knew an Italian he stabbed to death last year was a policeman was flawed due to a mistranslation, his lawyer said Thursday.

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Criminal Trials 

Oregon Train Stabbing Case Goes to the Jury

February 19, 2020February 20, 2020 KARINA BROWN
Oregon, stabbing

Attorneys argued Wednesday over whether a man who punctuated a racist rant on a crowded commuter train by stabbing three unarmed men did so in self defense.

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Criminal International Law 

Street Stabbing Brings New Terror Rules in UK

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Great Britain, stabbing, Terrorism

The British government plans to announce new rules for the imprisonment of convicted terrorists after an Islamic militant recently released from prison stabbed two people in south London, the second such attack in less than three months.

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