More than half of female homicide victims last year were killed by intimate partners or relatives, says a report on homicides around the world by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.
Tag: Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides
Activist Who Used Humor to Highlight War is Gunned Down in Syria
Raed Fares’s videos and protest placards drew international attention to the plight of Syrians while angering both the government and extremists.
Houthi Rebels Ready to Negotiate Control of Key Yemen Port, U.N. Envoy Says
The United Nations sees a deal on the port of Hudaydah as a key first step to a broader end to the Saudi-led war against Iran-allied Houthi rebels.
A Man’s Last Letter Before Being Killed on a Forbidden Island
John Allen Chau’s letter to his parents from the Andamans lays out a disturbing account of his final days trying to spread Christianity.
Islanders Who Killed American Have a History of Guarding Their Isolation
The Sentinelese, a tribe of Andaman islanders and one of the world’s most enigmatic groups, have had limited interaction with outsiders.
6 Men Jailed for Beating American Student to Death in Greece
A court convicted the attackers of assault charges, downgraded from murder, after Bakari Henderson, 22, was beaten, chased and killed on the island of Zakynthos in 2017.
Ex-Soldier Gets 5,160 Years in Prison for Guatemala Massacre
Santos López Alonzo, 66, participated in the 1982 killing that all but wiped out a farming village at the height of the civil war, prosecutors said.
Reformed Gang Leader in Denmark Is Shot Dead Leaving Book Party
Nedim Yasar had been the target of attacks since becoming a prominent voice against gang membership, and had cooperated with a biography.
Isolated Tribe Kills American With Bow and Arrow on Remote Indian Island
John Allen Chau had ventured to North Sentinel in the Andaman Sea, where the local tribe has killed outsiders simply for setting foot on their shore.
Egyptian Sentenced to Death in Killing of Christian Doctor
A man accused of supporting the Islamic State was convicted in the stabbing death as the militants have targeted Egyptian Christians over their support for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi.