Crime
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Court grants bail to six Chinese national arrested for illegal mining
Six Chinese nationals, arrested for engaging in illegal mining (galamsey) at Asankragua in the Western Region, have been admitted to bail by an Accra High Court. They are: Chen Guibin, Yao Zengcan, L…
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Angry mob beat mobile money robbers to stupor following ‘Rambo-style’ capture
Two suspected armed robbers have been beaten to a pulp by a mob at Asuboi in the Ayensuano district in the Eastern region. One of the robbers is feared dead. The robbers on a motorbike robbed a mobil…
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Man charged with hate crime for allegedly assaulting 55-year-old Asian woman
New York City police have charged a man with a hate crime after he was arrested for an unprovoked assault on a 55-year old Asian woman in the Chinatown area, police said. Alexander Wright, 48, was ch…
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Police on the hunt for fetish priestess who ordered couple to bury two-year-old son alive
The Central Regional Police Command is on a manhunt for a spiritualist who allegedly directed a couple to bury their two-year-old son at Breman Brakwa. On May 27, 2021, the father of the child, Paul …
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Police arrest teacher who eloped with his 16-year-old student and impregnated her
Police in Butaleja District in eastern Uganda have arrested a 31-year-old teacher for allegedly eloping with his 16-year-old student. The suspect, identified as John Omondi, allegedly eloped with one…
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Four more Oath Keepers indicted in Capitol Building attack case
A newly unsealed indictment on Sunday named additional members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group that participated in the storming of the U.S. Capitol, as defendants for their role in th…
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Ex-lover stabs Chelsea fan to death amid Champions League jubilation
Police in Teshie in the Greater Accra Region are on the hunt for a woman who has allegedly stabbed her former lover to death. The woman, according to eyewitnesses, stormed a drinking bar where her fo…
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Couple bury two-year-old son alive following fetish priestess’ advice
A couple at Breman Brakwa in the Central Region have been arrested by the Asikuma Odobeng Brakwa Police for allegedly burying their two-year-old son alive. The couple say they were convinced by a fet…
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Remains of 215 children found at former indigenous school site in Canada
The remains of 215 children, some as young as three years old, were found at the site of a former residential school for indigenous children, a discovery Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau descri…
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One dead, four taken to hospital after shooting near Toronto
Police in the Peel region near Toronto said on Saturday one person was killed and four were transported to hospitals in the Toronto area “in various conditions” after a shooting. Police said in a sta…