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Cambridgeshire Emergency responders at Huntingdon station

Two arrested and Nine with life-threatening injuries after train stabbing at Huntingdon station in Cambridgeshire

November 2, 2025 World Justice News 0

Counter-terrorism police have joined an investigation into a mass stabbing on a train, which left nine people with life-threatening injuries. The train was stopped at Huntingdon station, in Cambridgeshire, after officers received the first 999 […]

Bryan Kohberger to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students

July 1, 2025 World Justice News 0

The man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death has agreed to plead guilty to the murders, in a move that would spare him from the death penalty. Bryan Kohberger, 30, was […]

School stabbing trial collapses over jury problem

October 9, 2024 World Justice News 0

The trial of a 14-year-old girl accused of trying to murder two teachers and a pupil in a school stabbing has collapsed due to a “great irregularity in the jury”. Teachers Fiona Elias and Liz […]

German police hunt knife attacker after three killed at festival

August 24, 2024 World Justice News 0

A manhunt is under way after three people were killed and eight others injured in a knife attack in the western German city of Solingen, police say. The attack happened during a festival in the […]

Teenage girl admits triple school stabbing

August 12, 2024 World Justice News 0

A 14-year-old girl has admitted stabbing three people in an attack at a school in Carmarthenshire, but has denied attempted murder. Teachers Fiona Elias, Liz Hopkin and a pupil were injured at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman […]

Two children killed and nine injured – six critical and two adults critical in “ferocious” knife attack in Southport

July 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

Two children have been killed in a “ferocious” knife attack in Southport at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga event. Nine more children were injured, with six in a critical condition, after the incident late on Monday […]

At least six killed and several in critical condition after Westfield shopping centre attack in Sydney

April 13, 2024 World Justice News 0

Six people have been killed and several are in a critical condition, including a baby, after stabbings at a shopping centre near Bondi Beach in Sydney. Police said the attacker, believed to be a 40-year-old […]

One dead and seven others are hurt after report of stabbings in Cornwall

April 30, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man in his 30s has died and seven other people have been injured after police were called to reports of someone with a knife in Cornwall. Officers were called to the area of Victoria […]

Final suspect in Canada mass stabbings has died

September 7, 2022 World Justice News 0

The final suspect in the recent mass stabbings in and around a Canadian reserve has died after being run off the road, police have confirmed. Myles Sanderson, 32, was found near the town of Rosthern, […]

Canadian mass stabbing suspect arrested

September 7, 2022 World Justice News 0

Police in Canada have arrested the suspect in a mass stabbing that left 10 people dead and 18 others injured. Myles Sanderson’s capture ends a manhunt that spanned three provinces and prompted questions about why […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]