Hong Kong police trimmed a protest zone that has paralyzed traffic on key roads in the financial district for more than two weeks, removing some barricades used by pro-democracy protesters to allow some traffic through the area on Monday. Police stressed that the dawn operation was not meant to clear[…]
Four people have been arrested for possession of mandrax worth an estimated street value of R2.5 million in Steenberg, Cape Town on Sunday, Western Cape police said. The men, aged between 32 and 52, were arrested during a search and seizure operation, said Colonel Tembinkosi Kinana. The group were also[…]
Western Cape Community Safety MEC, Dan Plato, has responded to renewed concerns over the safety of Bonteheuwel residents, who have been witness to a string of violent gang-related shootings in the area over the past few months. Plato has insisted that police continue to be visible and operational within the[…]
A kidnapped baby was returned to his mother after police arrested the kidnapper in Paarl, Western Cape police said on Tuesday. “His 35-year-old kidnapper was arrested and she is due to make a court appearance in Paarl once she has been charged,” Lt-Col Andre Traut said. Two-month-old Azile Skafu was[…]
Malaysian police say they have detained three Muslim men suspected of wanting to go to Syria to join the Islamic State group. The head of the national police counter-terrorism unit, Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay, said Friday that the three were detained Thursday at the Kuala Lumpur international airport while waiting[…]
Businesses that were targeted by the notorious ‘Crowbar Gang’ months ago believe that not even the arrests of four of its members will make it safe for them to trade. The Athlone business district bore the brunt of brazen attacks by the infamous syndicate just weeks apart. The chairperson of[…]
Israeli police and their militaristic reaction to protests by Palestinian citizens in various Arab neighbourhoods may be the reason behind the quick escalation of violence during peaceful demonstrations, according to a representative of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, an NGO based in Jerusalem. The representative, who wished[…]
A video shown at the Marikana Commission of Inquiry appears to disprove the police version of events ahead of the fatal shootings, The Times reported on Friday. The police claimed that the miners had attacked them and that they had used non-lethal force before resorting to live ammunition at “scene[…]
Lesotho’s exiled police commissioner returned to the country Wednesday, ordering his officers to go back to work. But this week’s violence has left the force disarmed and with reason to still live in fear. “It was around eight o’clock when we heard the shots,” said one of the few remaining[…]
Police in Lesotho have been told to abandon their posts and not wear uniforms to avoid being targeted in attacks in the kingdom’s continuing power vacuum, an official said Tuesday. At least one policeman was killed when the military disarmed police stations on Saturday. Radios were also jammed in what[…]
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