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By Shweta Desai PARIS (AA): The Tunisian assailant who stabbed a female official inside a police station in Rambouillet on the outskirts of Paris on Friday was ‘radicalized’ and suffered from psychiatric problems, investigators have said. Five suspects have been detained, including the father, two cousins and landlords of the assailant, in the case […]

23rd Feb 2020

UK: Muslim worhipper stabbed during prayers forgives has attacker

UK: Muslim worhipper stabbed during prayers forgives has attacker By Ahmed J Versi London, (The Muslim News): A Muslim worshipper who was stabbed in the neck during late afternoon (Asr) prayers, on Thursday, has forgiven his attacker. Raafat Maglad who is in his 70s was taken to hospital for treatment to stab injuries, victim had […]

23rd Feb 2020

UK: Muslim worhipper stabbed during prayers forgives his attacker

By Ahmed J Versi London, (The Muslim News): A Muslim worshipper who was stabbed in the neck during late afternoon (Asr) prayers, on Thursday, has forgiven his attacker. Raafat Maglad who is in his 70s was taken to hospital for treatment to stab injuries, victim had suffered a 1.5cm wound to his neck. He was […]

18th Mar 2019

UK: ‘Far-right’ stabbing treated as terrorist incident

By Muhammad Mussa LONDON (AA): U.K. police are treating the stabbing of a young man as an act of terrorism as the perpetrator was inspired by the far-right. On Saturday night a 19 year old man was stabbed in the county of Surrey and a 50 year old man was arrested near the scene […]

19th Aug 2017

Finland: Two people killed in knife attacks in Turku

By Ilker Girit Anadolu Agency: Two people were killed and eight others injured Friday in a stabbing attack in in a market square in Turku, a city in southwest Finland. The attack was not considered an act of terrorism, Finland’s top police chief, Seppo Kolehmainen, said at a news conference. Kolehmainen said the attack […]

14th May 2017

Palestine: Jordanian shot dead by Israeli police in Jerusalem knife attack

JERUSALEM (AA) – A Jordanian man was shot dead Saturday in an alleged stabbing attack in East Jerusalem, according to Israeli police. In a statement, police spokesperson Luba Sumari said an assailant armed with a knife stabbed an Israeli police officer at Al-Silsila gate in Jerusalem’s old city. “The police at the scene shot the […]

4th Aug 2016

UK: One dead, 5 injured in London knife attack

ANKARA/London (AA): At least one woman in her 60s was killed and five others injured in a knife attack in central London, police said late Wednesday. “Officers are currently on scene at #RussellSquare. Up to six people injured and one person has died. A man has been detained and arrested by police #RussellSquare,” Metropolitan police […]

26th Jul 2016

France: One priest killed, one nun in critical condition in attack on church

The Muslim News: Two men armed with knife took 5 people hostages killing one priest in a church Tuesday morning.They attacked the Catholic church in Saint-Etienne-du Rouvray, Normandy, France,during morning service. IN addition to the priest, two nuns, two worshippers were taken hostage. One of the nuns is in a critical conditon. The police […]

26th Jul 2016

Japan: At least 19 killed in knife attack near Tokyo

By Todd Crowell TOKYO (AA): Police are investigating a knife attack at a facility for the disabled that killed 19 and seriously injured many others west of Tokyo, in the largest case of mass murder in Japan’s modern history. Japanese news agency Kyodo reported that a knife-wielding man had attacked the Tsukui Yamayuri En […]

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