The police detained a 46-year-old man from Kraśnik (Lubelskie Voivodeship), wanted on a European Arrest Warrant, convicted of, among others, for stolen goods, car thefts and burglaries. The man was hiding in Great Britain, the police said.more
More than 500 new prison places will be made available to ensure those taking part in rioting and disorder on UK streets can be jailed, the government said. It comes after days of violence and unrest across parts of the UK following the fatal stabbing of three girls in Southport last week.more
The former head of counter-terrorism policing says some violence during the riots has “crossed the line into terrorism”. Neil Basu, who held the top counter-terror job between 2018 and 2021, said: “I hope my successors are looking at that very closely.”more
A 39-year-old Polish citizen living in Denmark will stand trial in Copenhagen today charged with assaulting Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Reuters reported.more
Yesterday, on the seventh day of protests sweeping across Great Britain following the killing of three young girls, the most serious riots broke out in Plymouth and Birmingham. In the event of further riots, an army of specialized officers is on standby, said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after a meeting of the government's crisis council.more
Yesterday, violent riots broke out again in several British cities following the killing of three girls in Southport near Liverpool. Prime Minister Keir Starmer assured that the police have the full support of the government in taking action against extremists.more
A police station and a car set on fire, three police officers injured and eight people arrested so far - these are the results of the riots that erupted last night in Sunderland in northeast England following Monday's murder of three girls in Southport near Liverpool.more
A man has been arrested after a van drove into several gates at Government Buildings in Dublin. Gardai are also investigating an incident of criminal damage at Dublin’s Phoenix Park where the official residence of Ireland’s President, Michael D Higgins, is located.more
A Russian fake news website fueled the riots that broke out after a knifeman killed three girls in Southport by spreading false information that the perpetrator came to Great Britain illegally and was under MI6 surveillance, the Daily Mail revealed yesterday.more
Christopher Dunn of Missouri walked out of a St Louis prison after 34 years when his murder conviction was overturned. He was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of applying for parole.more
The now famous former presenter of the British public broadcaster BBC Huw Edwards pleaded guilty in a London court yesterday to three charges of possessing sexually explicit images and videos of children, including sexual acts involving children.more
There was a riot last night in front of the gate leading to Downing Street, where the British Prime Minister's residence is located. Participants in a protest organised in the wake of Monday's knife attack in Southport threw flares outside the gate, with police using tear gas against them.more
The threat from international and domestic terror presents a “breadth of challenge greater than it has ever been”, according to senior US and UK police officers who oversaw the successful prosecution of Anjem Choudary.more
An organized criminal group led by a man from Poland is suspected of transporting to Finland and marketing an "exceptionally large" amount of drugs and substances for their production, as well as legal highs, the police said yesterday.more
Thirty-nine police officers have been injured after unrest broke out in Southport hours after a vigil took place to remember the victims of a knife attack in which three children were killed, the North West Ambulance Service said.more
A teacher at a primary school in Durban, South Africa, was shot dead in front of her students and colleagues by two armed thugs yesterday, KwaZulu-Natal provincial police spokesman Robert Netshiunda reported.more
Among other things, amphetamine production equipment was found in the flat of a Polish priest detained in Austria in connection with a drug law violation, Austrian police reported yesterday. According to it, the clergyman may have been producing the drug at a rectory in Waldviertel in Lower Austria.more
Six children and two adults remain in a critical condition after a deadly stabbing in Southport on Monday. Two children were killed in what police called a "ferocious" attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance and yoga workshopmore
Eight people including children have been rushed to hospital after being injured in a stabbing attack in Southport, as police declare a major incident.more
A priest from the Warsaw archdiocese was arrested on Wednesday in Waldviertel in Lower Austria in connection with a violation of an anti-drug law, the daily ‘Der Kurier’ reported today. According to the Austrian media, the clergyman produced and distributed so-called hard drugs.more
North Korean hackers have been stealing data from Western countries' arms companies, Reuters reported yesterday, citing the UK's National Cyber Security Centre. The criminals' activities were intended, among other things, to aid Pyongyang's nuclear programme.more
Lublin police officers extradited a 42-year-old man who was wanted with an Interpol red notice and an arrest warrant for leading an organized criminal group. He was temporarily arrested.more
Ukrainian authorities have detained a group of individuals who were preparing a series of arson attacks on civilian facilities and critical infrastructure in Poland and the Baltic States on behalf of Russia, the Office of the Prosecutor General in Kiev said today.more
A court in London today found British radical imam Anjem Choudary guilty of terrorist offences, Reuters reported, citing the PA Media agency. No information was available on the details of the verdict.more
