A man who stabbed his wife to death in front of their infant son after tracking her to a refuge has been found guilty of murder. Habibur Masum stabbed Kulsuma Akter more than 25 times after confronting her in Bradford city centre in April 2024. The baby was unharmed. Bradford Crown Court heard Ms Akter,...
Tarah Welsh Housing correspondent BBC Over the past year, Dilara’s next-door neighbour has threatened her father with a knife and damaged their property. Dilara says she also smashed her sister’s car windscreen with a hammer. “I’m just scared,” says the 17-year-old beauty therapy student, who lives with her family in south London, “it doesn’t feel...
No further charges are being considered in the investigation into the Southport knife attacks, police have said. Axel Rudakubana was 17 when he murdered three young girls and severely injured 10 others – including eight children – at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in the Merseyside town on 29 July 2024. After Rudakubana, from Banks...
A man cleared of murder has been sentenced for possessing the knife he used in the fatal incident in Plymouth last year. Tahla Redwan was found not guilty of murdering 36-year-old Shane Sweet, from Plymouth, by a jury at Plymouth Crown Court on Tuesday. Redwan, 20, admitted he stabbed Mr Sweet twice in the chest...
Emma Saunders Culture reporter at the Hay Festival Getty Images Salman Rushdie was warmly welcomed at the event on Sunday Sir Salman Rushdie says he has moved on from the knife attack which has seen his attacker jailed for attempted murder. Hadi Matar, 27, was sentenced to 25 years last month after repeatedly stabbing Sir...
A Syrian man has admitted carrying out a knife attack in the German town of Solingen last August in which three people were killed. “I have committed a grave crime, I am prepared to accept the verdict,” Issa al H said in a statement read out by his defence lawyers at the start of his...
Several people have suffered life-threatening injuries in a knife attack at the main railway station in the German city of Hamburg, police have said. The city’s fire department said 12 people were injured in the attack, but police later said there were no reliable figures for the number of victims. Hamburg Police said officers arrested...
A shop worker was threatened by a man with a knife during a robbery in, police have said. The incident happened at the Spar convenience store at the junction of Bear Street and Boutport Street, in Barnstaple before 21:50 BST on Saturday. Devon and Cornwall Police said the offender fled the store taking four bottles...
A man has been found guilty of murdering a woman who he stabbed with a zombie knife in front of her three-year-old daughter at the 2024 Notting Hill Carnival. Shakiel Thibou, 20, from Kensington in west London, was found guilty of the murder of Cher Maximen by a jury at the Old Bailey. Ms Maximen...
A British man has been praised for tackling a suspected knifeman to the ground in central Amsterdam. The tourist, who does not wish to be named, restrained the suspect after five people were stabbed near the Dutch capital’s Dam Square on Thursday. Video of the incident shows the Briton, wearing jeans and a black hoodie,...
A man who was arrested for carrying a knife at a Devon farm shop has been charged, police have said. Nicholas Courtney, 45, of no fixed abode, was arrested at Darts Farm, Topsham at 10:45 GMT on Monday. Devon and Cornwall Police said he had been charged with assault by beating an emergency service worker,...
Google Police were received reports of a man with a knife at Darts Farm A man who was carrying a knife has been arrested at a Devon farm shop, police have said. Devon and Cornwall Police said they received reports of a man with a knife at Darts Farm, Topsham at 10:45 GMT on Monday....