LAHORE, PAKISTAN—A mob angered over the recent rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl attacked a police station and a nearby government building in eastern Punjab province on Wednesday, triggering clashes that left at least two people dead and several injured, the police said.The violence erupted in the city of Kasur hours before the funeral of Zainab Ansari, whose case has drawn wide public outrage.The girl went missing last week while going to a nearby home for Quranic studies. Her parents, who were away at a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia at the time, returned on Wednesday, landing at the Islamabad airport.“We will not bury our daughter until her killers are arrested,” said the father, Ameen Ansari, as his wife sobbed.Zainab’s body was found on Tuesday in a garbage bin, senior police officer Imran Nawaz Khan said. Police say she was abducted, raped and murdered. Officer Maqsood Ahmed said six girls were sexually assaulted in recent months in Kasur and that police … [Read more...] about Outrage over rape, murder of 8-year-old girl in Pakistan prompts clashes that leave 2 dead
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Trial into the murder of U of T clerk hears of bitter breakup, torrid affair
A Toronto lawyer arranged his husband’s murder with his lover in order to collect on a $2 million life insurance policy, a prosecutor told a jury Monday at the start of a murder trial in a downtown courtroom.Crown attorney Anna Tenhouse presented a summary of the prosecution’s anticipated evidence, including details of a bitter breakup, a torrid romance, salacious emails, and allegations that the accused men killed the victim after he bankrolled their European travels.At the centre of this love-triangle trial is Allan Lanteigne, a University of Toronto accounting clerk who was beaten to death in the entranceway of his Ossington Ave. residence on March 2, 2011. His body was discovered the next day.Accused of first-degree murder is Lanteigne’s husband, Demitry Papasotiriou-Lanteigne, who has pleaded not guilty. The couple married exactly 13 years ago, on Nov. 27, 2004, at Toronto City Hall.Co-defendant Michael Ivezic, a Mississauga married father, has also pleaded not … [Read more...] about Trial into the murder of U of T clerk hears of bitter breakup, torrid affair
Southern Alberta man pleads guilty to triple murder
LETHBRIDGE, Alta.—A man has pleaded guilty to a triple murder in which the victims were stabbed dozens of times in a townhouse.Austin Vielle, 24, entered three pleas to second-degree murder in a Lethbridge, Alta., court Monday on what was supposed to be the beginning of his first-degree murder trial.Several victim impact statements were expected to be heard before Justice Rodney Jerke delivered a sentence. However, Vielle’s lawyer had already indicated outside court that a sentence of life with no chance of parole for 20 years would be recommended as part of the plea deal.Vielle was charged after Kyle Devine, 27; Clarissa English, 24; and her 18-year-old brother Dakota were found stabbed to death in a Lethbridge townhome in April 2015.An agreed statement of facts said all three were heavily intoxicated at the time. … [Read more...] about Southern Alberta man pleads guilty to triple murder
Army captain arraigned in court for murder of ‘Director Oi’
SI SA KET: An army captain was arraigned in provincial court on Monday with the premeditated murder of a senior education official known as "Director Oi". Capt Supachai Phaso, alias Capt Neng, was taken to Kantharakak provincial court by prison officers after being indicted by prosecutors last week. He was to enter pleas to 11 alleged offences, including premeditated murder and covering up a crime.He faces prosecution over the death of Juthaporn Oun-on, 37, director of the education office attached to the tambon Cham administration organisation in Kantharalak district of Si Sa Ket.Police investigators reportedly believe Juthaporn and Capt Supachai were together on July 3, shortly before she disappeared.The victim's family was at the court to observe the proceedings on Monday.Laem Oun-on, Juthaporn’s mother, said she had mixed with emotions. While she felt "satisfied" that her daughter would eventually get justice, she was still devastated by the loss. … [Read more...] about Army captain arraigned in court for murder of ‘Director Oi’
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer bring their two-man band back to Toronto
The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer have come a long way, baby, from their acoustic-blues roots to the inspired psychedelic mutant-R&B sprawl of last year’s thoroughly enjoyable fourth LP Apocalipstick, but all that progress comes with a real physical cost.Harmonica-slingin’ singer Shawn Hall (the Harpoonist) and hot-to-trot guitarist Matthew Rogers (the Axe Murderer) are but two people onstage, after all. They’re already playing an assortment of percussion instruments with their feet on top of their other musical duties. Each trick they add to their live arsenal to keep up to speed with HarpAxe’s continuously evolving sound and expanding sonic palette basically means they’ve gotta strap something else to their bodies. Read more: The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer put on killer performance at the Toronto Star“You don’t have eight people to choose from. It’s been a really, really neat group to play in that way because there’s … [Read more...] about The Harpoonist and the Axe Murderer bring their two-man band back to Toronto