PARIS—As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed several very young children, including at least one in a stroller, and also assaulted adults at a lakeside park in the French Alps on Thursday. The savagery left at least two children and one adult with life-threatening injuries, authorities said. A suspect, identified by […]
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Actress Reid Donovan is giving what would appear to be a typical high-profile interview. When a bloodied carving knife is revealed moments into the interview, the tables start to turn. Is Reid really as innocent as thought, or is she […]
BERLIN—A German court convicted a man of attempted murder and bodily harm and sentenced him to 14 years in prison on Friday over a knife attack on a train last year that left four people wounded. Judges found that he had an Islamic extremist motive. The 28-year-old Palestinian man who grew up in Syria, identified […]
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.—Southern California police on Tuesday shot and killed a man who was holding a knife during a foot chase, authorities said. Bakersfield police say the man, whose name was not made public, was initially holding a gun—prompting officers to open fire—but he discarded it and ran through dirt fields. Minutes later, officers again opened […]
BERLIN—A 14-year-old girl has died after she and another teenage girl were attacked by an unidentified man on their way to school in southwestern Germany on Monday, local broadcaster SWR reported, citing police. A police spokesperson had earlier confirmed a media report that two girls had been injured in an attack in Illerkirchberg, a town […]
MILAN—A man grabbed a knife from a supermarket shelf Thursday and stabbed five people, killing one and wounding four others, including Spanish soccer player Pablo Mari, Italian authorities said. Police arrested a 46-year-old Italian man suspected in the attack at a shopping center in Assago, a suburb of Milan, carabinieri said. A supermarket employee died […]
MEXICO CITY—The slashed-up bodies of five men were found on a roadside in southern Mexico on Tuesday, authorities reported. The bodies were lying on a road near the city of Iguala in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero. The state prosecutors’ office said all the men had knife wounds on their faces and necks, suggesting […]
MIAMI—A high school student was ambushed and stabbed to death with a knife and sword by another teen, authorities in South Florida said. A 17-year-old boy planned the murder with his current girlfriend, who is also 17, and received help from another female friend, who is 16, Miramar police said. All three were charged with […]
WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand authorities imprisoned a man inspired by the ISIS terrorist group for three years after catching him with a hunting knife and extremist videos—but at a certain point, despite grave fears he would attack others, they say they could do nothing more to keep him behind bars. So for 53 days from […]
TOKYO—The man alleged to have wounded 10 people in a knife attack on a Tokyo commuter train late on Friday told police he became incensed when he saw women who “looked happy” and wanted to kill them, Japanese media reported on Saturday. Police arrested the 36-year-old man in another part of Tokyo after he slashed […]
