MOSCOW/DUSHANBE (Reuters) – Russia remanded in custody on Tuesday a Kyrgyzstan-born man suspected of involvement in Friday’s mass shooting at a Moscow concert hall, and sent investigators to Tajikistan to question the families of four men charged with carrying out the attack. Eight suspects have now been remanded in pre-trial detention since gunmen sprayed concertgoers […]
DES PLAINES, Ill. — Charges have been filed against a man accused in the kidnapping, assault and torture of three employees from a Des Plaines car dealership back in early 2023. According to Des Plaines police, 33-year-old Eric Grens, a Woodstock resident, has been charged with three counts of aggravated kidnapping and two counts of […]
JACKSON, Miss. — A judge sentenced two former Mississippi sheriff’s deputies from a self-described “Goon Squad” to federal prison Thursday for the torture and abuse of two Black men in a racist attack. Brett Morris McAlpin, 53, was ordered to serve 327 months, which is more than 27 years. And Joshua Hartfield, 32, the final […]
Warning: This story contains accusations of abuse that readers may find disturbing. A Texas man was given a life sentence two years after officials say he severely abused his girlfriend’s 5-year-old daughter, leading to her death. On Feb. 7, 2022, Katrina Mendoza brought her unresponsive 5-year-old daughter, Mercedes Losoya, to a hospital, where she was […]
Peter O’Mahony is determined to prevent the “torture” of another tense Guinness Six Nations finale but admits Ireland are aware of all possible permutations ahead of Saturday’s title decider against Scotland. Andy Farrell’s men will retain the championship crown by avoiding defeat or claiming two bonus points on ‘Super Saturday’ in Dublin, while a single […]
GENEVA (AP) — U.N.-backed human rights experts said Friday they have gathered new evidence of “horrific” torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war by their Russian jailers, saying such practices could amount to war crimes. The Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine said human rights violations have been widespread since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his troops […]
A new federal complaint accuses multiple Baton Rouge police officers of taking a family to a black site called the BRAVE Cave, where one cop sexually battered an 11-year-old boy and unlawfully strip-searched his mother. This lawsuit is one of several connected to the BRAVE Cave, a narcotics processing facility that served as a “torture” […]
WYOMING, Mich. (WOOD) — Two people from Wyoming are facing charges for torture and child abuse. According to court documents, the alleged crimes happened over a period of 10 years, from 2013 to 2023. Their arraignment is set to take place Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. News 8 is waiting to name the individuals involved […]
Police and animal welfare authorities in Berlin rescued 48 cats during a raid on a two-room apartment belonging to an illegal breeder. The cats are of the Ukrainian Levkoy breed, which have severe physical impairments and genetic defects including missing tactile hairs and kinked ears. The practice is considered “torture breeding” in Germany and is […]
ROME (AP) — Four high-level Egyptian security officials are going on trial in a Rome court, accused in the 2016 abduction, torture and slaying of an Italian doctoral student in Cairo. Tuesday’s opening hearing marks the second time the four Egyptians went on trial in absentia: In 2021, a Rome judge halted the trial on […]
Ukraine’s SBU security service has pressed new charges in absentia against Serhiy Handzha, a former high-ranking SBU official under Viktor Yanukovych, the special service reported on Dec. 9. According to the investigation, after the start of the full-scale invasion, he headed the Russian Federal Security Service unit in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhya Oblast. […]
A man was found guilty in the 2020 kidnapping, robbery and torture of a man in Utah, officials said. In April 2020, Ernest Bright and three others robbed and tortured a man for 82 minutes at the All-Star Motel in Salt Lake City, according to a Feb. 5 news release from the district attorney. The […]