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Two killed as armed robbers attack bank in Osun and hijack ATM machine

Heavily armed robbers have invaded a branch of Wema Bank in Ibokun, Oriade Local Government Area of Osun State, killing the bank’s guard and a resident of the town.

Investigation by THISDAY noted  that the armed men numbering eight, stormed the bank on Tuesday evening and carted away huge amount of money from the bank’s vault in the operation which lasted two hours.

Reports said the dare-devil men of the underworld on arrival at the bank fired gunshot at a security agent guarding the bank and also killed a resident of the town who was passing by during the raid.

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Crime – 60 child porn arrests in US, Latin America

Sixty people have been arrested on charges of child pornography and three minors were rescued in a joint operation with FBI agents and police in Argentina, Chile and Mexico, officials here said.

The minors, aged nine, 14 and 15, were rescued in Mexico as part of “Operation Without Borders,” Mexico’s National Security Commission (CNS) said in a statement late Sunday.

The minors were allegedly “used by close relatives or neighbors to obtain images of child pornography that were later posted on Internet sites, on social media networks sent by email,” the statement read.

Eight of the arrests took place in Mexico, the CNS said, without releasing names or dates.

Regarding the 52 other arrests, the statement said only that search warrants were carried out in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Spain, Guatemala, Paraguay, Venezuela and the United States.

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Tragedy! – Mother ‘throws two daughters to their deaths from office window before jumping herself’

Police believe the deaths of the mum and children, aged nearly one and eleven, were a tragic case of murder-suicide.

Police in Spain believe a mum threw her two daughters to their deaths from a 13th floor window before taking her own life.

The children, aged nearly one and 11, died after falling from the building in Gerona just before 8pm last night.

A man drinking in a nearby bar tried without success to save the older girl.

The body of their 42-year-old mum, named locally as Mireia Pujadas Polo, was recovered from a different spot on top of an old water deposit beside the building.

Her husband Marti and their son, who was with his grandparents when the incident occurred and is thought to be aged around four, are receiving counselling.

 

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Crime : Wife-Killer gets life sentence for pushing wife off cliff on anniversary to claim £2.9 million in insurance

Harold Henthorn murdered second wife Toni while the couple were on a walk to celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary – and now case is reopened into the ‘freak accident’ that killed his first wife.

 Harold Henthorn was convicted of murdering his wife of 12 years, Toni

Harold Henthorn was convicted of murdering his wife of 12 years, Toni

 

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Around The World – Girl aged 15 survives being ‘kidnapped, raped repeatedly, shot twice then thrown into 30ft deep well’

A teenage girl who was kidnapped and raped for a fortnight, shot twice in the chest and thrown down a 30ft well survived to bring her attackers to justice.

The 15-year-old, known only as Poonam (not her real name), was left for dead inside the well, but managed to raise the alarm and ensure her attackers were arrested.

She was bundled into a car by an acquaintance as she went to buy a SIM card on November 22 around 5pm.

She was then taken from her West Delhi home to an isolated farmhouse near Salempur Gurjar village.

Her three attackers, two of them minors, kept her for a fortnight and raped her every time they brought her food, police the girl told police.

On Saturday the suspects attackers told her she was going to be released and shoved her into the car.

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LOL! OMG! – Businessman denies rape claiming he ‘may have penetrated teen after falling on top of her’

Ehsan Abdulaziz, 46, is accused of attacking the 18-year-old after meeting her at celeb hotspot Cirque le Soir and offering her and a pal a lift home in his Aston Martin

 

A property developer denies rape claiming he may have penetrated a teenager after falling on top of her, a court has heard.

Businessman Ehsan Abdulaziz, 46, allegedly forced himself on the girl as she slept on the sofa in his plush flat in Maida Vale, West London, following a night of drinking.

When arrested, Abdulaziz responded by telling police “She’ll have to prove it”, the court was told.

The 18-year-old had met Abdulaziz in the Cirque le Soir nightclub in the West End on August 7 last year where she had been spending the evening with a friend, a jury heard.

Abdulaziz offered to give the pair a lift home from the celeb hotspot in his Aston Martin, Southwark Crown Court heard.

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Smh! – Thief eaten by 11ft alligator while hiding from police in lake

Matthew Riggins was hiding in Barefoot Bay, Florida, when he was attacked by the enormous predator.

This is what happens when you’ve seen too much robbery heist movies and then decide to rob someone,smh!

 

A burglar was killed after he was eaten by an alligator while hiding from police.

Matthew Riggins was hiding from police in a lake in Barefoot Bay, Florida, after attempting to steal from homes.

He had called his girlfriend to say he was being chased by police.

However, he never returned home and was reported missing the following day.

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The Rapid Response Squad arrests 4 suspects, recover 6 bags of Indian hemp

The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad, RRS, paraded four men found with Indian hemp yesterday.
The leader of the RRS team, Inspector Adeniba Olorunshola, told journalists that his team acted on a tip off and after two weeks of surveillance stormed the hideout known for the sale of Indian hemp in Oyingbo area on Sunday.

Olorunshola said that six bags of Indian hemp were recovered from the suspects in the hideout which had underground escape tunnels.
He said that four suspected Indian Hemp sellers were apprehended but that the main suspect, a man popularly known as “Aroso” escaped. But that the manhunt for him is still ongoing.

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South African Police issue warrant of arrest for Oscar Pistorius

South African prosecutors have issued a warrant of arrest for Paralympic murderer Oscar Pistorius, it has been reported.

Yesterday Pistorius was convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp after his previous conviction was set aside by a judge.

South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority issued the arrest warrant, YTV station ENCA said.

The disgraced Olympic and Paralympic gold medallist was handed a five-year jail sentence for the “culpable homicide” of Miss Steenkamp last year.

But prosecutors said he should be convicted of murder for firing four shots through a locked toilet door.

 

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Crime – Mother and son found dead just weeks after inheriting a $500,000 gold bar

Crazy : The bodies of Beverly and Greg Giannonatti were found in a rubbish dump on Sunday – a week after the pair disappeared without a trace

Back in October, Ms Giannonatti was told a cleaning woman had found a 25-pound lump of gold in her late ex-husband’s home.

The 79-year-old is thought to have picked up the bullion on October 19.

Ten days later, she and her son, 57, disappeared, leaving their small community of Deer Lodge scratching their heads – until this weekend’s grim discovery.

“The valley has gone from frantic to just sad,” a friend of Ms Giannonattia told theMontana Standard.

Powell County Sheriff Scott Howard identified Nelson as someone they wanted to talk to – but he has not been charged.
The 53-year-old, who has a prior conviction for aggravated kidnapping, lives locally and has been caged without bail for 72-hours, reports the Washington Post .

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