PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan have arrested 23 people accused of being part of a mob that killed a man suspected of desecrating the Quran, Islam’s holy book, officials said Monday. The suspects were charged with murder and burning a police station in Madyan, a tourist destination in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern […]
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Tourist accused of blasphemy killed by mob in Pakistan
Muslim mob torches police station and lynches man accused of blasphemy
A Muslim mob in north-western Pakistan has broken into a police station, snatched a man who was held there and then lynched him over allegations that he had desecrated Islam’s holy book, the Koran. The attackers also torched the station in Madyan, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and burned police vehicles parked there, according […]
A Muslim mob in Pakistan torches a police station and lynches a man after accusing him of blasphemy
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Muslim mob in northwestern Pakistan on Thursday broke into a police station, snatched a man who was held there and then lynched him over allegations that he had desecrated Islam’s holy book, the Quran. The attackers also torched the station in Madyan, a town in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, and burned […]
GameStop Stock Surges, Top Short Seller Bows Out On ‘Mob Mentality’
Citron Research on Wednesday announced it was no long shorting GameStop stock due to GameStop’s amassed cash holdings. The video game retailer late Tuesday announced it secured more than $2 billion in proceeds from its latest equity offering. GME stock surged early Wednesday to add to its rally Tuesday. X “Citron is no longer short […]
A mob in Pakistan burns down a house and beats a Christian over alleged desecration of Quran
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Hundreds of Muslims in eastern Pakistan went on a rampage over allegations that a Christian man had desecrated the pages of Islam’s holy book, ransacking and burning his house and beating him before police officers rescued the man and his father, officials said. The incident occurred Saturday in the Mujahid Colony […]
Hikers mob moose for selfies at Yellowstone National Park – it doesn’t go well
Three prisoners accused of killing Boston mob boss James ‘Whitey’ Bulger agree to plea deals, prosecutors say
Three inmates charged in the violent killing of notorious Boston mob boss James “Whitey” Bulger while imprisoned with him in West Virginia have accepted plea agreements, court filings show. Fotios Geas and Paul J. DeCologero are accused by prosecutors of bludgeoning Bulger to death as fellow defendant Sean McKinnon acted as a lookout in October […]
UCLA creates high-level post to oversee campus safety after security lapses in mob attack
UCLA has moved swiftly to create a new chief safety officer position to oversee campus security operations, including the police department, in the wake of what have been called serious lapses in handling protests that culminated in a mob attack on a pro-Palestinian student encampment last week. Chancellor Gene Block announced Sunday that Rick Braziel, […]
UNC student who defended American flag from campus mob ‘honored to give back to the nation’
A University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student felt “honored to give back to the nation” while defending an American flag on the quad that protesters were trying to take down on Tuesday. “Yesterday, my fraternity brother [Guillermo Estrada] and I were photographed holding up the American flag in the Quad of UNC-Chapel Hill during the […]
Jan. 6 defendant who ‘fed’ officer to Trump mob sentenced to prison
WASHINGTON — Jack Wade Whitton, a Georgia man who dragged an officer down the steps of the U.S. Capitol while wearing a “Trump 2020” hat on Jan. 6 and bragged he “fed” the officer to the mob, was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Thursday. “You’re gonna die tonight!” Whitton admitted yelling […]
UNC fraternity brothers defend reinstated American flag from campus mob who replaced with Palestinian flag
FIRST ON FOX: A moment of patriotism on the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill campus Tuesday has captured the nation’s attention. Anti-Israel protesters on Tuesday morning successfully replaced the American flag on Chapel Hill’s quad — which had been flying at half-mast after four Charlotte officers were killed in the line of duty Monday — […]