Posts Tagged ‘police-officers’
Pakistan orders arrests of police in Bhutto case (Reuters)
Reuters - A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has ordered the arrest of two senior police officers on allegations they failed to provide adequate security for former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination, a prosecutor said on Sunday. More here: Pakistan orders arrests of police in Bhutto case (Reuters)
Fifty-two killed in Iraq church raid (Reuters)
Reuters - Fifty-two hostages and police officers were killed when security forces raided a Baghdad church to free more than 100 Iraqi Catholics held by al Qaeda-linked gunmen, a deputy interior minister said on Monday. Continued here: Fifty-two killed in Iraq church raid (Reuters)
French fuel depots forced open amid strikes (AP)
AP - French authorities forced strike-shuttered fuel depots to reopen to ensure gasoline supplies, and the interior minister threatened Wednesday to send in paramilitary police to stop rioting on the fringes of protests against raising the retirement age to 62. Visit link: French fuel depots forced open amid strikes (AP)
Gunmen storm Chechen government buildings (AP)
AP - Insurgents stormed the parliament complex in Russia's volatile Chechnya region on Tuesday, killing at least two police officers and one parliamentary official, and injuring 17 others, authorities said. Read the rest here: Gunmen storm Chechen government buildings (AP)
6 abducted police found slain in Mexican state (AP)
AP - The bodies of six kidnapped police officers, most of them dismembered, were found Sunday in a ravine in the Mexican state of Guerrero, bringing to eight the death toll from a mass abduction of policemen, officials said. More: 6 abducted police found slain in Mexican state (AP)
Manila officials, police face hostage crisis raps (AP)
AP - The Philippine justice chief said Thursday she'll recommend criminal and administrative charges against about 10 officials, police officers and journalists over last month's killing of eight Hong Kong tourists in a botched hostage rescue that outraged China. See the rest here: Manila officials, police face hostage crisis raps [...]
300 protesters throw rocks, eggs at LAPD station (AP)
AP - Protesters on Tuesday night pelted a police station with eggs, rocks and bottles despite Police Chief Charlie Beck's plea for calm earlier in the day and his promise to thoroughly investigate an officer's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant wielding a knife. Read more: 300 protesters throw rocks, eggs at LAPD station (AP)
