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South Asia | Afghanistan | Crimes

Men who falsely accused woman of burning Quran get death sentence

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A court in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, sentenced four men to death and eight more to 16 years in jail each for mob killing a 27-year-old woman falsely accused of burning pages from the Quran. Delivering the sentence on live television, Judge Safiullah Mujadidi said the four were guilty on all counts, including murder, burning Farkhunda’s body, and violence against women. They have the right to appeal.
Asia | China | Crimes

Racketeering Grandma: China breaks racketeering gang run by 61-year-old grandma

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After three months of investigations, police mobilized to bring down a racketeering group operating near the Nanjing Railway Station, in the northern part of Nanjing’s urban core, revealing the leader to be a 61-year-old grandmother. The group was responsible for demanding money from passengers by means of threats, intimidation, and assaults. The culprits operated around bus and railway stations, and often solicited illegal taxi services in black vans, in which many of the extortions and robberies took place. The main targets of the scams were foreign tourists.
North America | United States | Crimes

‘Mom of the year’: Baltimore woman praised for smacking rioting son

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A woman in Baltimore is being praised for what she did after she spotted her son taking part in the rioting in the streets of Baltimore. A news crew from WMAR videotaped her berating her son for taking part in the violence. The woman can be seen repeatedly slapping her son and yelling at him. She recognized him even though he was wearing a black face mask. Witnesses say she saw her son throwing rocks at police. What the woman did got the attention of Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony Watts. “If you saw on one scene, you had one mother who grabbed her child who had a hood on h

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