Crime
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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…
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Police remand hit and run driver who reported himself
The alleged hit and run driver who knocked down a pedestrian to death at Suhum Amanase in the Eastern Region has been remanded by Suhum circuit Court in the Eastern Region. The suspect driver John Am…
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Man jailed five in hard labour for for stealing Zoomlion vehicle
Abdul Wahab Bashiru has been sentenced to five years imprisonment in hard labour by a Ho Circuit Court for stealing a vehicle belonging to Zoomlion Ghana Limited. The 25-year-old unemployed pleaded g…
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14-year-old boy to be tried as an adult for stabbing girl 114 times
A 14-year-old boy will be tried as an adult for stabbing 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey 114 times earlier this month in Florida, officials announced. Aiden Fucci was initially charged with second-degree …