The two activists were convicted in a mass terrorism trial in connection with the killing a police officer. Amnesty International says they were tortured into confessing.
Tag: Attacks on Police
Clashes and Tear Gas as Hong Kong Police Confront Protesters in Yuen Long
Despite a police ban, protesters marched on Saturday in the same area where they were attacked last weekend by people accused of having gang connections.
U.S. Student Said to Confess to Killing Italian Policeman
A 19-year-old American student has confessed to killing a policeman in central Rome, according to the national news agency ANSA, in a crime that has shaken Italy.
In Hong Kong Protests, Faces Become Weapons
A quest to identify protesters and police officers has people in both groups desperate to protect their anonymity. Some fear a turn toward China-style surveillance.
Taliban Attack Security Checkpoint and Hospital in Pakistan
At least nine people were killed, including six police officers, and 30 others wounded in a two-pronged assault in the northwest of the country, officials said.
Mob Beats Antigovernment Protesters in Hong Kong
The beating happened the same evening that officers in riot gear dispersed protesters from outside the Chinese liaison office.
Man Attacking ICE Detention Center Is Fatally Shot by the Police
The man was armed with a rifle and was throwing “incendiary devices” on Saturday in Tacoma, Wash., officials said.
Seeking Revenge, Taliban Target Afghan Soldiers’ Families
In one shocking case, a sergeant sent his wife and son to the wedding of his nephew — a Taliban infiltrator, who killed them.
Suicide Bombers Attack Security Forces in Tunisia
Twin bombings in the capital, Tunis, hit a security patrol and a police station, killing one officer and injuring several others, officials said.
U.S. Airstrike Kills Afghan Police
The ill-fated strike was in response to a police call for air support, after a Taliban attack in Helmand Province.