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NEWS ABOUT: beheading

beheading stories: 11 news summaries

(Newser) - Saudi Arabian authorities decapitated and publicly displayed a convicted killer last night, drawing fire from Amnesty International, CNN reports. A state press agency said Ahmed Al-Shamlani Al-Anzi was sentenced for murdering an 11-year-old boy and his father. The Saudis likely sewed Al-Anzi's head back on before his display, or "... More »

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Saudi Arabia • King Abdullah • murder • convict • beheading • criminal • decapitation

Beheaded Wife Feared Abusive Husband's Wrath

Colleagues say woman tried to salvage struggling TV venture

Feb 22, 09 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - Now that authorities have charged Muzzammil Hassan with beheading his wife Aasiya, reports are surfacing that he had beaten her for years, the Buffalo News reports. Local police knew of the violence, but didn't act because Aasiya refused to press charges. “She was afraid she would cause Bridges TV... More »

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crime • New York • Muslim • beheading • Muzzammil Hassan

NY Wife Beheading Blasted as 'Honor Killing'

Divorce linked to gruesome murder

Feb 18, 09 4:36 AM CST
(Newser) - The gruesome beheading of a wife in upstate New York by her Muslim husband has been blasted as a retaliatory "honor killing" against a spouse seeking divorce, reports the Buffalo News. “This was apparently a terroristic version of honor killing, a murder rooted in cultural notions about women’... More »

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murder • Muslim • beheading • honor killings • Muzzammil Hassan

(Newser) - The founder of a Muslim TV network in New York has been charged with beheading his wife in the midst of an acrimonious divorce. Muzzammil Hassan, 44, was busted last week after he told police his wife's body could be found at his Buffalo offices and confessed to her murder,... More »

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crime • New York • murder • Muslim • beheading

(Newser) - A man on the Greek island of Santorini allegedly carried his girlfriend's head through the streets before police shot and apprehended him, the BBC reports. The 35-year-old is said to have decapitated his girlfriend, a teacher in her 20s, slashed an officer, and stolen a police jeep—which he crashed... More »

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Greece • beheading • decapitation • Santorini

Killer Who Beheaded
Bus Rider Ate Flesh: Cop

Suspect was 'very nice, polite guy,' says boss

Aug 3, 08 7:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The man who beheaded his seatmate in a savage random attack on a Canadian bus ate pieces of the body, an officer said in a police tape leaked online. The attacker is “at the back of the bus, hacking off pieces and eating it,” said one officer who... More »

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crime • Canada • murder • beheading • buses • Vincent Weiguang Li

Canadian Bus Passenger Beheaded by Seatmate

Horrified witnesses flee savage random attack

Aug 1, 08 3:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A "totally calm" attacker stabbed and beheaded his seatmate on a bus in Canada, the Globe & Mail reports. In an apparently random act of violence, the man suddenly stood up and slashed his sleeping victim dozens of times with a hunting knife. Terrified passengers fled as the attacker... More »

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Canada • murder • beheading • decapitation • stabbing • buses • RCMP

 Serial Bunny Killer
 Plagues German Town 

Rabbits are snatched from cages and beheaded

Jun 11, 08 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A special bunny task force has been established in the German town of Witten to track down a mystery serial killer who's been beheading pet rabbits for a year, Der Speigel reports. At least 40 rabbits have been snatched from cages in the area. Their corpses are usually left behind.... More »

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pets • rabbits • beheading • killings • Gemany


 Dutch Pol Posts
Anti-Islam Film Online 

Controversial movie slams Koran
as 'fascist text'

Mar 28, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A controversial anti-Islamic movie interweaving graphic images of 9/11, a beheading and protests by extremists has been posted on a maverick internet site by the leader of a far-right Dutch political party. Dutch television refused to broadcast the 17-minute movie, Fitna, which has been slammed as anti-Muslim propaganda. It ends... More »

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Islam • Madrid bombings • Netherlands • September 11 • stoning • Amsterdam • beheading • Koran • London bombings • Geert Wilders • Freedom Party • LiveLeak • Fitna • Theo van Gogh

Pearl Sues Al-Qaeda in Husband's Beheading

Killer, major bank named in NY lawsuit

Jul 19, 07 7:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mariane Pearl, widow of the Wall Street Journal reporter who was beheaded in 2002, has filed a suit in New York against Al-Qaeda for Daniel Pearl's "senseless kidnapping, torture and murder." Habib Bank—one of the biggest banks in Pakistan, which is linked to charities supporting terrorist groups—... More »

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terrorism • Pakistan • Wall Street Journal • kidnapping • Daniel Pearl • lawsuit • Marianne Pearl • Khalid Sheikh Mohammed • Sheikh Omar • Habib Bank • beheading

Taliban Video
Shows Young Boy Beheading Prisoner

Preteen appears to execute Pakistani militant; international outcry follows

Apr 25, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - International outrage is building over a Taliban video in which a preteen boy appears to behead a prisoner. The Guardian reports that the boy, who "appears no older than 12," denounces the man, a Pakistani militant, as an "American spy" in a high-pitched voice before apparently using... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • human rights • war crimes • beheading • militant

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