Murder/Manslaughter

Hitmen in Malta took $220,000 to murder journalist, jury hears

(FILES) Maltese tycoon Yorgen Fenech (C), whose business interests span the energy and tourism sectors, walks into court escorted by his lawyer Gianluca Caruana Curran (R) on November 29, 2019 in Valletta, Malta. The man accused of ordering the 2017 murder of a hard-hitting investigative journalist in Malta finally faced a court on July 1, 2026, marking a key moment in the criminal case that rocked the tiny nation. Businessman Yorgen Fenech is charged with orchestrating the assasination of Daphne Caruana Galizia, 53, a prominent public figure and vocal critic who was killed by a bomb placed in her car near her home. (Photo by AFP)

Wealthy businessman goes on trial over murder of Maltese journalist

FILE PHOTO: Maltese businessman Yorgen Fenech, who was arrested in connection with an investigation into the murder of journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, leaves the Courts of Justice in Valletta, Malta, November 29, 2019. REUTERS/Yara Nardi/File Photo

Kenyan court charges eight schoolgirls with their fellow students' murder

FILE PHOTO: Members of the clergy stand next to coffins of victims of an overnight dormitory fire at the Utumishi Girls Academy Senior School, during a memorial service at the Gilgil Stadium, in Gilgil, Nakuru county, Kenya, June 12, 2026. REUTERS/Monicah Mwangi/File Photo

Hanoi tanker driver jailed 20 years for dragging teenage girl to her death

The defendant, 52-year-old Dinh Van Long from the northern province of Phu Tho, was convicted of murder.

German prosecutors arrest man accused of ordering killings during Rwanda genocide

Life in jail for man who poured hot oil on roommate in Redhill rental flat and stabbed him to death

The victim bled to death from multiple stab wounds to the abdomen.

Germany shooting suspect accused of shaking three-month-old daughter: Reports

Forensic Police officers work at the scene where six people were killed in a shooting the day before in Stade, northern Germany, a city some 50 kilometres west of Hamburg, on June 30, 2026. The suspected shooter who killed six people at a German youth welfare centre on Monday was in a custody dispute over his three-month-old daughter, police said. The victims of the shooting -- four women and two men -- were youth welfare employees, a police official told a press conference. The girl and her mother were in the office at the time of the shooting but were not harmed. (Photo by Ibrahim OT / AFP)

Malaysian police launch murder probe after body found in suitcase in Selangor

Pedestrians walking down a road in Kajang, Malaysia. The district’s police chief Naazron Abdul Yusof said a woman whose body was found stuffed in a suitcase died from slash wounds to the head.

Man who had caregiver stress gets 8 years’ jail for killing younger brother in Boon Lay flat in 2025

On June 30, Abdul Rani pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. He was originally charged with murder.

Six killed in shooting at mother-and-child shelter in northern Germany

Police secure a youth welfare facility in the northern German town of Stade where at least five people were gunned down.

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