Violence

From Valletta to Vienna: The EU’s Safest and Riskiest Cities for Gun Crime

This report, compiled by Euronews, examines the latest data on gun crime across the European Union, comparing which countries and capitals — including Valletta — rank among the safest and…

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Iran prisons head apologises after leaked pictures show abuse

The head of Iran's prisons apologised on Tuesday for "bitter events" in Tehran's Evin prison after videos leaked by hackers showed beatings of prisoners, a rare admission of abuse by authorities. A hacking group calling itself Edalat-e…

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Lady Gaga reveals she got pregnant after being raped by music producer

Lady Gaga got pregnant after being raped. The 35-year-old singer has recalled how she was sexually assaulted by a music producer when she was just 19 years old and "froze"…

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1 in 3 women globally experience violence – WHO

Violence against women remains devastatingly pervasive and starts alarmingly young, shows new data from WHO and partners. Across their lifetime, 1 in 3 women, around 736 million, are subjected to…

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Malta: Remanded in custody – accused denied killing Victor McKeon last March

38-year old Libyan Samir Almiri has denied in Court of killing Victor McKeon whose body was found wrapped in black plastic bags last March in Santa Luċija. The accused used…

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Violence erupts in Brazil after Black man beaten to death at Carrefour store

More than 1,000 demonstrators attacked a Carrefour Brasil supermarket in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre on Friday after security guards beat to death a Black man at the…

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Malta: Man wins appeal on domestic violence case

Net says a 55-year-old man had a six month sentencer revoked. He is walking free from all accusations that he threatened his wife after winning an appeals case in court.…

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Violence erupts between rival Chechen gangs in Dijon

Armed police were deployed in part of Dijon, eastern France, after violence erupted between rival gangs for a fourth night running. Cars were torched and wheelie bins set alight late on…

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Wave of anti-foreigner violence in South Africa

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned a wave of looting and violence that has mostly targeted foreign nationals. Dozens of people were arrested in Johannesburg on Monday. At least…

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Shock and dismay as London witnesses the third victim of violent attacks in under 24 hours

A man in his thirties has died following a stabbing on a street in Tower Hamlets – the third fatality from violent attacks across London in the space of just…

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Five hours into new year woman is killed in London’s first knife death of 2019

Police in London have launched a murder investigation after a woman in her thirties was stabbed to death in Camberwell, south London. Officers were called by the London Ambulance Service to a property…

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Germany: Chemnitz Violence

Saxony State Premier Michael Kretschmer traveled to Chemnitz on Thursday as part of a statewide election campaign tour. At the same time, a far-right rally, this time unopposed by an…

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German official blame fake news on social media for helping fuel right-wing violence in Chemnitz

German officials have blamed "fake news" on social media for helping fuel right-wing violence in the eastern German city of Chemnitz over the past two days. "We have to acknowledge that mobilization…

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Violence in Nigeria kills 86 and leads to curfew

Al Jazeera: Eighty-six people have been killed in an attack by herdsmen on six villages in central Nigeria, local media reported. Another six people were wounded and 50 homes were destroyed in…

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Elderly woman treated like an animal in hospice residence in Latina (Italy)

Seven domestic arrest warrants were issued after an elderly woman was held in a cage, or in the bed surrounded by bars, her hairs were pulled violently in the hospice…

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Public Lecture : Relationship between youth work and young people involved in violence

The Faculty of Social Wellbeing of the University of Malta announced that Mr. Pete Harris from Newman University will be holding a public lecture at the University of Malta on…

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