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Mob in Mexico brutally beats suspected kidnapper to death hours before Holy Week procession

Mar. 29, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

TAXCO, Mexico (AP) — A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco brutally beat a woman to death Thursday because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city’s famous Holy Week procession. The mob formed after an 8-year-old girl...

Haiti now needs up to 5,000 police to help tackle `catastrophic' gang violence , UN expert says

Mar. 28, 2024 22:35 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Haiti now needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police to help tackle “catastrophic” gang violence which is targeting key individuals and hospitals, schools, banks and other critical institutions, the U.N. rights expert for the conflict-wracked Caribbean nation...

The death toll in the Moscow concert hall attack rises to 143, while 80 others remain hospitalized

Mar. 27, 2024 15:31 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll from last week's Moscow concert hall attack rose to 143, Russian authorities said Wednesday. Around 80 other people wounded in the siege by gunmen remain hospitalized. The Friday night massacre in Crocus City Hall, a sprawling shopping and entertainment...

Russia persists in blaming Ukraine for concert attack despite its denial and Islamic State's claim

Mar. 26, 2024 17:12 PM EDT

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officials persisted Tuesday in saying Ukraine and the West had a role in last week's deadly Moscow concert hall attack despite vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Without offering...

Men described as Idaho prison gang members appear in court on hospital ambush and escape charges

Mar. 25, 2024 19:18 PM EDT

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two men charged in a brazen prison escape and ambush at an Idaho hospital that left three correctional officers with gunshot injuries were arraigned in Boise on Monday. Skylar Meade, the escaped inmate, and Nicholas Umphenour, a former inmate who used to live in...

Putin says Islamic extremists raided concert hall but attack masterminds are yet to be found

Mar. 25, 2024 17:30 PM EDT

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that the gunmen who killed 139 people at a suburban Moscow concert hall are “radical Islamists,” but he repeated his accusation that Ukraine could have played a role despite Kyiv's strong denials. Two days after the Islamic State's...

An explosion near a police station in northern Kenya has killed 4 people, including 3 officers

Mar. 25, 2024 14:15 PM EDT

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An explosion at a small hotel located near a police station in northeastern Kenya killed four people, including three officers, and wounded several others on Monday, authorities said. The blast in the town of Mandera, which is on the border with Somalia, was...

Italy follows France in raising security after the IS-claimed concert hall attack in Russia

Mar. 25, 2024 13:53 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — Italy followed France on Monday in stepping up security following the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall and the claim of responsibility by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. The attack renewed attention in Europe on the risk from the extremists, and...

How the deadliest attack on Russian soil in years unfolded over the weekend

Mar. 25, 2024 03:34 AM EDT

The auditorium at Crocus City Hall was about three-quarters full, with the crowd waiting to see Picnic, a band popular since the Soviet days of the early 1980s. But the concert was sold out in the 6,200-seat hall, so some of the audience was still likely getting food or were shedding their heavy...

What we know after the Islamic State group claims responsibility for Moscow massacre

Mar. 23, 2024 16:07 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people, the most deadly attack in Russia in years. Though the U.S. says it has evidence backing up the jihadists' claim, that didn't stop Moscow and...