Crime and crash

Stockholm, June 1: A professor who believed his young wife to be having an affair allegedly cut off her lips in a fit of jealousy and ate them, a report said today. "He cut off her lips and ate them," Swedish daily Aftonbladet quoted an unnamed source close to the case as saying. "He doesn't seem to regret anything. He thinks she is the one who has offended him," the source added.The man, an

Dubai, June 1: A man who published a woman’s picture on Facebook a year-and-a-half ago was stabbed to death by the woman’s brother on Wednesday, Dubai Police said. Brigadier Khalil Ebrahim Al Mansouri, Director of Dubai Police’s Criminal Investigation Department, said the suspect stabbed the man at least 10 times and was found in a pool of blood in basement parking in Jafiliya area. The victim was

Alapuzzha, June 1: Viswarajan, 22, accused in the raping and killing of 34-year-old R. Smitha, a native of Koippallykarayma near Kayamkulam, was awarded the death penalty by the Mavelikkara additional district and sessions court-II on Thursday. The verdict was pronounced by judge A. Badharudheen after a nearly two-month-long trial. The trial started on April 9. Hearing the verdict, Vishwarajan who

Kathmandu, May 31: Nepal's Supreme Court justice Rana Bahadur Bam was shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Kathmandu on Thursday. According to police, two men on motorcycle stopped the car he was travelling in while returning from a local temple and shot him several times through the window. He was immediately rushed to a hospital. He had been shot in the head and when he was brought to Norvic

Jaunpur (UP), May 31: Five persons were today killed and 50 others injured when several bogies of the Howrah-Dehradun Doon Express derailed near Mahrawa Station here. The incident took place this afternoon, Superintendent of Police, Jaunpur, Akash Kulhari told PTI. "Five persons have been killed and 50 injured in the accident", he said. Relief and rescue teams have been rushed to the spot from

Belgaum (Karnataka), May 31: Ten persons were killed and two others injured in a collision between a car and a goods carrier at Nippani town in the district today. Eight persons died on the spot while two succumbed to injuries at a hospital, police said.The two injured have been hospitalised. The victims were on their way to Goa after a trip to the pilgrim town of Shiradi when the mishap occurred

Mumbai, May 31: Two children reportedly suffocated to death inside a car in Mumbai's suburban Ambernath area on Wednesday. The police's First Information Report (FIR) says that 10-year-old Shivshankar and eight-year-old Ravishankar got into the car while playing. The two children got trapped after the car got locked due to its central locking. The children lived in a MHADA colony at Badlapur and

Dubai, May 31: Investigations into a British teenager’s fatal fall from a Motor City building have taken a new twist. The police are now believed to be probing a murder angle. At the centre of their investigation is a ‘mysterious brawl’ that allegedly led to the boy’s suspicious death, XPRESS can reveal. A student of Jumeirah College, Harry Harling, 15, was found dead on the lawn of Newbridge Hill

Rome, May 30: A US marine sergeant has been arrested by Italian police after he allegedly made a video of his repeated rape of a seven-year-old girl and posted it online. The 28-year-old soldier from Florida was arrested on Tuesday by the Italian Carabinieri military police and is being held at a prison in Pisa. The US has the right to request his extradition. The US marines took part in the

Karwar, May 30: One woman died and six others were rescued at Magod in Honnavar taluk on Tuesday when their boat drowned in the Sharavati river. The victim was identified as Jaya Naik (21) of Bengre Kogthio village. She was returning with her relatives after attending a marriage. The Honnavar police have registered a case.