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Janitor Charged in NJ Priest's Stabbing Death

He confesses, citing argument; cops probe possible relationship

Oct 25, 09 7:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - A janitor and "second father" to kids at a New Jersey Catholic church has been charged in the murder of a beloved parish priest, who he rushed to halfheartedly give CPR when he and church workers discovered the body. Jose Feliciano told police he and Father Ed Hinds had... More »

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New Jersey • murder • homicide • priest • stabbing • Catholic priest • Edward J. Hinds • janitor

UConn Football Player Slain
on Campus

Cornerback Jasper Howard, 20, was stabbed to death

Oct 18, 09 2:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - A University of Connecticut football player has died after being stabbed on campus early this morning. Jasper Howard, a junior cornerback from Miami and the first member of his family to attend college, was 20. Two groups of people scuffled as a dance at the student union was letting out,... More »

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crime • football • death • stabbing • University of Connecticut • college football • Jasper Howard • Storrs, Conn.

UCLA Reeling After Lab Student's Throat  Slashed

Male student attacks female chem partner

Oct 9, 09 4:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - UCLA students were shaken yesterday after a 20-year-old man slashed the throat of a classmate in a chemistry lab in front of others. The pair, believed to have been lab partners, had a verbal altercation before the man attacked the woman and walked calmly away as a teaching assistant rushed... More »

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university • UCLA • stabbing • attempted murder • Damon Thompson

French Tourist
Attacked Near  
Tiananmen

Second stabbing incident in 2 days
rattles Beijing

Sep 19, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - A French  tourist was attacked and injured by a knife-wielding man near Beijing's Tiananmen Square today, raising tensions as the Chinese capital prepares to mark 60 years of Communist rule, the AP reports. Two security guards were killed and at least a dozen other people were injured in another attack... More »

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China • Beijing • Tiananmen Square • stabbing • tourists

 Roman Soccer Fans 
 Will Kick, Er, 
 Stab Your Butt 

Anyway you slice it, extreme fans like to attack from behind

May 28, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - People who attend soccer games in Rome have to watch their backsides, warns the BBC. That's because Romans are particularly fond of stabbing rival fans in the butt. Stabbings are "now so frequent they're hardly reported in the press," said a professor who has studied the attacks. "... More »

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Italy • Rome • soccer • stabbing • roman • fans • Roman Empire • knife • Jay-ZTV • soccer violence

Mass. Mom Kills Child, Unborn Baby: Cops

Woman was 7½ months pregnant, stabbed herself

Apr 17, 09 10:15 AM CDT
(AP) - A pregnant woman killed her 9-year-old daughter and stabbed herself in the stomach to kill her unborn child, authorities in the Boston suburb of Quincy said today. Fang Chi Xue, 38, was treated for self-inflicted stab wounds to the arms and abdomen and is expected to be arraigned on two... More »

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pregnancy • crime • murder • Massachusetts • fetus • stabbing • daughter • mother • Quincy, Mass. • filicide

Student Killed
in Teacher's
Love Triangle

Ex-pupil boyfriend held in murder of Ariz. woman's teen lover

Apr 15, 09 7:44 AM CDT
(AP) - An 18-year-old Arizona high school student caught with his 48-year-old math teacher in her bedroom was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, who is himself a former student of hers, police said yesterday. Sixto Balbuena, 20, a Navy sailor on leave, was arrested on a murder charge after police found... More »

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high school • Arizona • murder • student • stabbing • love triangle • teacher

 Woman Dies Trying to Stop 
 Family Sword Fight 

Grandson charged with murder after bizarre altercation

Apr 9, 09 11:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - A woman is dead in Indianapolis after trying to stop her grandson and brother-in-law from fighting with swords early this morning, the Star reports. Christopher Rondeau, 39, faces preliminary murder charges after 77-year-old Franziska Stegbauer was stabbed in an altercation between him and Adolf Stegbauer, 69. Authorities are unsure if... More »

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crime • murder • Indianapolis • violence • stabbing • sword • relatives

Teen Date Stabbed Newsman
50 Times: Cops

Attack occurred during sex arranged through teen's MySpace web page

Mar 26, 09 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - A disturbed teenager stabbed an ABC radio newsman 50 times during $60 sex arranged through the boy's satanic MySpace web page, reports the New York Daily News. George Weber was found dead in his bed earlier this week after the knife-obsessed hustler attacked him, the 16-year-old confessed to police. The... More »

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crime • murder • sex • journalist • stabbing • teen sex • teenager • pedophilia • Howard Stern Grid

ABC Newsman Murdered in Brooklyn Home

Found dead in bed
with stab wounds
to chest, neck

Mar 23, 09 6:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A longtime ABC radio newsman was found stabbed to death in his Brooklyn home yesterday, reports the New York Daily News. George Weber, 47, was dead in his bed with wounds in his chest and neck, police said. His apartment was ransacked, but there was no sign of forced entry.... More »

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radio • New York City • crime • ABC • murder • Brooklyn • stabbing

Suspect Killed
in Court After Stabbing Judge

Accused murderer attacked justice during recess in Calif. trial

Mar 5, 09 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - An accused killer jumped up and stabbed the judge presiding over his trial before a detective shot him dead in a California courtroom, Recordnet.com reports. David Paradiso was on trial for the stabbing death of his girlfriend. After the judge called for a recess, he attacked her “with... More »

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California • crime • judge • stabbing • murder trial • shooting

'Angry' Knife Nut Guilty of Killing Potter Actor

He said 'Yeah, sweet'
when Rob Knox died; sentencing tomorrow

Mar 4, 09 1:00 PM CST
(Newser) - A British court found a young knife enthusiast guilty today of murdering an actor from the next Harry Potter film, the Guardian reports. Karl Bishop, 22, stabbed the 18-year-old actor Rob Knox five times with a pair of kitchen knives last May, as Knox tried to protect his brother... More »

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

Knox: 'I Heard Meredith Screaming'

Prosecutors to confront Knox with contradictory statements

Feb 26, 09 3:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Accused student murderer Amanda Knox will be confronted in court with her contradictory stories about the night her British roommate was killed when prosecutors reveal her handwritten statement to police that she heard "screaming" the night Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death, reports the Independent. The accused killer from... More »

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Italy • murder • stabbing • Perugia • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • students

 Attacker Wanted 
 Breast Implants 
 Back: Witness 

Roommate of man charged with attempted murder outlines post-breakup attack

Jan 29, 09 2:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Testimony began this week in the trial of a California man who attacked his ex-girlfriend with a knife, allegedly with the intent to remove breast implants he’d paid for, the Victorville Daily Press reports. Thomas Lee Rowley is charged with attempted murder in the 2006 assault on his ex,... More »

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California • crime • breast implants • stabbing • ex-boyfriends • criminal trial • attempted murder

Details Emerge on Belgian
Baby Killer

Thousands march to honor dead; worker praised as a hero

Jan 25, 09 5:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Details of a Belgian daycare stabbing spree emerged today as thousands marched to honor three dead and 12 wounded in the attack, the Telegraph and AP report. A photo has surfaced of suspect Kim de Gelder, a loner who sniggered during police questioning and refused to cooperate. Police believe he... More »

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Belgium • crime • baby • toddler • stabbing • daycare • killings • weapons

 3 Dead in Belgian 
 Nursery School Attack 

Attacker in face
paint injures 20;
children evacuated

Jan 23, 09 6:51 AM CST
(Newser) - An unknown man wielding a knife at a Belgian nursery school killed at least 2 children and one adult today, the BBC reports. A dozen or more were said to be injured in the attack northwest of Brussels. The attacker, wearing black-and-white face paint, fled by bicycle, says the Times... More »

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Belgium • crime • children • stabbing • knife • nursery school

Student Held in Fatal
Virginia Tech Stabbing

Student alert system launched

Jan 22, 09 5:50 AM CST
(Newser) - A Chinese graduate student has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a female student in a cafeteria of the Virginia Tech campus. The death was the first campus killing since a suicidal gunman shot dead 32 in 2007. A student alert system devised after that attack was launched when... More »

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crime • Virginia Tech shooter • Virginia Tech • murder • stabbing • gunman • Virginia Tech massacre

USC Student Fatally Stabbed in Neighborhood Attack

Los Angeles campus tense after killing, sexual assaults

Sep 19, 08 5:58 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

 40-Year-Old Virgin Actor Charged With Stabbing Ex 

Woman in critical condition

Aug 12, 08 10:58 AM CDT
(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.... More »

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California • celebrity • arrest • stabbing • murder plot • Shelley Malil

US Volleyball Coach's Family Pulls Together After Stabbing

McCutcheon 'not indulging in anger'

Aug 11, 08 2:31 PM CDT
(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... More »

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murder • murder-suicide • Beijing • 2008 Beijing Olympics • stabbing • volleyball • Olympics • Hugh McCutcheon • Todd Bachman • Barbara Bachman • Elisabeth Bachman

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