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  • September 2008

    • USC Student Fatally Stabbed in Neighborhood Attack

      Los Angeles Times  |  Sep 19, 08 5:58 AM CDT

      USC Student Fatally Stabbed in Neighborhood Attack

      (Newser) - USC students are demanding the university beef up security after a film student was fatally stabbed yesterday in a neighborhood attack, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Idaho native was killed after an argument with a man in an apartment complex near the LA campus. A wave of anxiety has gripped the campus since the slaying—and two recent sexual assaults near university-owned housing. More »

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      Los Angeles  • student  • stabbing  • University of Southern California  • USC  • campus violence  • campus security

  • August 2008

    • 40-Year-Old Virgin Actor Charged With Stabbing Ex

      Associated Press  |  Aug 12, 08 10:58 AM CDT

      40-Year-Old Virgin Actor Charged With Stabbing Ex

      (AP) - An actor in The 40-Year-Old Virgin was arrested in San Diego last night on attempted murder charges for allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend. Shelley Malil, 43, was nabbed on his way to meet with his attorney, who along with family and friends had persuaded him to turn himself in, police said. The woman is in critical condition with multiple stab wounds. More »

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    • US Volleyball Coach's Family Pulls Together After Stabbing

      Minneapolis Star Tribune  |  Aug 11, 08 2:31 PM CDT

      US Volleyball Coach's Family Pulls Together After Stabbing

      (Newser) - Though his heart is broken, Hugh McCutcheon won’t indulge in anger as he grieves for his father-in-law, Todd Bachman, brutally stabbed to death in Beijing on Saturday. "It hurts. I think it's something no one should have to go through,'' the US Olympic men’s volleyball coach told the Minneapolis Star Tribune . His focus is on helping his wife’s mother, Barbara, through the shock of losing her husband. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • murder  • Beijing  • stabbing  • Olympics  • murder suicide  • volleyball

    • Canadian Bus Passenger Beheaded by Seatmate

      Globe and Mail  |  Aug 1, 08 3:51 AM CDT

      Canadian Bus Passenger Beheaded by Seatmate

      (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 cut off the young man's head and began disembowelling him. Passengers pushed against the door to prevent the attacker from leaving the bus. More »

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

  • July 2008

    • Facebook Pulls Stabbing App Amid UK Knife Deaths

      ABC News  |  Jul 30, 08 12:07 PM CDT

      Facebook Pulls Stabbing App Amid UK Knife Deaths

      (Newser) - A surge in knife crime has shaken Britain, ABC News reports. Twelve people—six of them teenagers—were stabbed to death in a single week this month. Public concern has caused Facebook to yank a third-party application where users could send each other "virtual stabs," and Nike has taken its Air Stab shoes off the market. More »

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      Great Britain  • Facebook  • violence  • stabbing  • knife

    • Homeless Man Charged in UK Student Killings

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 9, 08 3:05 PM CDT

      Homeless Man Charged in UK Student Killings

      (Newser) - London authorities charged a homeless man today with the brutal murders of two French students, the Guardian reports. Nigel Edward Farmer, 33, is accused of stabbing the two a total of 243 times in a London flat June 29, and then setting the apartment on fire. Farmer was arrested after walking into a city police station early Monday. More »

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    • Cops Probe 'Horrific' London Murder of French Students

      BBC  |  Jul 4, 08 5:32 AM CDT

      Cops Probe 'Horrific' London Murder of French Students

      (Newser) - Scotland Yard detectives are investigating the "frenzied" murder of two French research students in their flat on a quiet London street, the BBC reports. The biochemistry students were tied up and stabbed a total of 243 times before being set alight. A man was seen running from the building after an explosion. More »

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      murder  • London  • torture  • arson  • stabbing  • Imperial College London

  • June 2008

    • Four Japanese Busted for Copycat Stabbing Threats

      Associated Press  |  Jun 17, 08 8:50 AM CDT

      Four Japanese Busted for Copycat Stabbing Threats

      (Newser) - Threats of copycat violence posted on Japanese websites have led to four arrests in the wake of seven fatal stabbings in Tokyo this month by a crazed attacker, AP reports. “I'm going to do it, too. I’m going to kill 100 people,” wrote one man. Last week's killings, in which a man drove a truck into a crowd before stabbing bystanders, followed warnings he had posted on the Internet. More »

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      Internet  • Japan  • arrest  • stabbing  • death threats

    • 7 Killed in Tokyo Stabbing Spree

      Associated Press  |  Jun 8, 08 7:36 AM CDT

      7 Killed in Tokyo Stabbing Spree

      (Newser) - A Japanese man plowed his truck into Tokyo pedestrians before jumping out and stabbing them, killing at least 7 and wounding 10 more, the AP reports. Police nabbed a 25-year-old man in the attack, which occurred in the city’s leading electronics district, a hotspot for young people. The suspect announced he had come “to kill people,” said a police spokesman. “He said he was tired of life.” More »

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    • Britney's Ex: Sex Tape Drew Death Threats

      Sun (UK)  |  Jun 4, 08 10:46 AM CDT

      Britney's Ex: Sex Tape Drew Death Threats

      (Newser) - Britney Spears’ onetime paparazzo-turned-lover Adnan Ghalib says he was stabbed because he was planning to post a sex tape of the pop wreck on his website, the Sun reports. The video is reportedly of the “Toxic” star performing a private striptease during an overnight getaway in Mexico during a particularly, er, erratic point in her mental health. More »

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      crime  • Britney Spears  • paparazzi  • stabbing  • sex tape  • death threats  • Adnan Ghalib

  • May 2008

    • Harry Potter Actor Killed in Vicious London Knife Fight

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  May 24, 08 9:18 PM CDT

      Harry Potter Actor Killed in Vicious London Knife Fight

      (Newser) - Robert Knox, a young British actor set to appear in an upcoming Harry Potter movie, was stabbed to death outside a London bar early today, the Daily Mail reports. The teen, who had finished filming his part as Ravenclaw student Marcus Belby, was killed defending his younger brother following an apparent dispute over a stolen cellphone. He is the 14th teenager murdered in the city this year. More »

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      murder  • crime  • London  • Harry Potter  • stabbing  • Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince  • knife

    • Berkeley Student Stabbed to Death

      San Francisco Chronicle  |  May 5, 08 7:09 AM CDT

      Berkeley Student Stabbed to Death

      (Newser) - A University of California-Berkeley senior was fatally stabbed after an ugly screaming match outside a sorority house, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . It wasn't immediately clear what the fight was about. A student who attends Berkeley City College and was seen tossing away a bloodied knife has confessed to the crime, according to police. Victim Christopher Wootton, a 21-year-old engineering honors student, had boasted of an earlier fraternity house fight on his MySpace page. More »

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      murder  • crime  • stabbing  • University of California

  • April 2008

    • Top Model Argument Leads to Stabbing

      Seattle Post-Intelligencer  |  Apr 25, 08 3:15 PM CDT

      Top Model Argument Leads to Stabbing

      (Newser) - A Seattle woman allegedly attacked an acquaintance who refused to stop talking loudly over an airing of America's Next Top Model , the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The ensuing scuffle got bloody when the upset attacker pulled a paring knife from an apple and stabbed the 42-year-old victim in the chest and neck, police say. The suspect remains at large. More »

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      crime  • Seattle  • stabbing  • noise  • America's Next Top