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[Link] Man Who Shot Store Owner for Flying Pride Flag Was a Far-Right Conspiracist

Read: 22/8/2023 www.vice.com

The man who shot and killed the store owner last week over her display of a pride flag outside her store was a far-right conspiracy theorist who shared deeply anti-LGBTQ and antisemitic content on his social media accounts.

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[Link] Alleged Club Q Shooter Changed Their Name After Edgelord Harassment Campaign

Read: 23/11/2022 www.vice.com

On Saturday night, Club Q, an LGBTQ dance club in Colorado Springs, erupted into violence as a person armed with a rifle entered the establishment and began firing. At the end of the bloodshed, five people were dead and dozens more were injured.

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[Link] Ben Roberts-Smith to call ex-SAS member alleged to have committed war crime as his first reply witness in defamation trial

Read: 18/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

A former Australian SAS soldier alleged by three newspapers to have ordered the execution of an unarmed elderly man in Afghanistan will be the first witness-in-reply called by Ben Roberts-Smith in his war crimes defamation trial.

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[Link] Multiple People Shot and Explosive Devices Found in Brooklyn Subway Stop

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

This is a developing story. Please refresh for updates. Emergency responders answered a call about reports of smoke in the subway station at 36th Street and 4th Avenue servicing the D, N and R lines, the email continued.

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[Link] NYPD Have Named a ‘Person of Interest’ in the Brooklyn Subway Mass Shooting

Read: 13/4/2022 www.vice.com

The individual is Frank R. James, 62. James rented a U-Haul vehicle in Philadelphia that officials have connected to the shooting, and vehicles’ keys were found at the incident.

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[Link] Witness in Ben Roberts-Smith defamation trial denies he is a ‘liar and a fantasist’

Read: 2/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

A former SAS soldier who testified that Ben Roberts-Smith ordered him to stage a mock execution of a comrade during a training drill has defended himself in court against accusations he was a liar and fantasist who was trying to justify his own failures as a soldier.

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[Link] Mafia hitman escapes from federal custody in Florida

Read: 2/4/2022 www.theguardian.com

A New York mobster who killed three people and attempted to kill two others has escaped from federal custody after recently being moved to a halfway house, according to the Bureau of Prisons.

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[Link] Police Arrest Father Who Shot and Killed His 7-Day-Old Baby Girl

Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com

Police caught 24-year-old Shahazib Khan on Thursday in the Bhakkar district of Punjab province, 57 miles from his home in Mianwali district where he fatally shot his baby girl Jannat, whose name means “heaven” in Urdu.

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[Link] Witness tells court he killed a Taliban fighter credited to Ben Roberts-Smith in Victoria Cross award

Read: 3/3/2022 www.theguardian.com

A soldier who fought alongside Ben Roberts-Smith at the battle of Tizak where Roberts-Smith won his Victoria Cross has told the federal court he killed one of the Taliban machine gunners credited to Roberts-Smith on his official VC citation.

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[Link] QAnon Surfer Who Killed His Kids Believed He Was Neo From ‘The Matrix’

Read: 1/3/2022 www.vice.com

At 3.12 a.m., Matthew Coleman was lying in bed next to his children, 2-year-old Kaleo and 10-month-old Roxy, in a hotel room in the Mexican resort town of Rosarito, when he decided to text his wife Abby. “Hi babe, miss you too. Things have been rough but starting to get some clarity as well.

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[Link] Ex-soldier charged with wife's murder granted home detention bail

Read: 31/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

WARNING: This story contains content that some people may find distressing. Antony Ogar, 58, is accused of murdering 37-year-old Cherry Gerente Ogar at their Port Hughes home last July.

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[Link] Dozens have finally been sentenced over the 2017 murders of two UN investigators in the Congo

Read: 30/1/2022 www.abc.net.au

About 50 people have been sentenced to death, many in absentia, in Democratic Republic of Congo in connection with the murders of UN experts Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp in 2017, according to a defence lawyer in the case.

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[Link] Oklahoma executes man for 2001 murders of two hotel workers

Read: 27/1/2022 www.theguardian.com

Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for the murders of two hotel workers during a robbery in 2001. Donald Grant, 46, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma state penitentiary in McAlester and was declared dead at 10.16am.

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[Link] Two shot dead in Moscow by man reportedly told by security guard to put on a face mask

Read: 8/12/2021 www.abc.net.au

Four other people were wounded in the incident on Tuesday. Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a suspect had been detained.

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[Link] Disabled Man and Teenagers Among 11 Shot and Burned in Horrific Massacre

Read: 8/12/2021 www.vice.com

Warning: This article contains graphic images. News outlet Myanmar Now reported locals as saying that some of the victims’ hands were tied when their bodies were found. Cries for help were reportedly heard during the fire, leading some to believe that they were burned alive.

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[Link] Alleged Michigan School Shooter Made Gun Video, Had Parents Called Into School

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

Ethan Crumbley, who has since been charged as an adult with murder, attempted murder, and terrorism causing death, used a 9mm Sig Sauer handgun belonging to his father and shot 10 students and one teacher during his rampage at the school on Tuesday, according to authorities. . 

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[Link] TikTok Says Being Victim of Mass Shooting ‘Could Result in You Getting Hurt’

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

One student inside the school took their phone out and filmed the scene inside the classroom, where students were locked in. The gunman was outside, asking to be let in and pretending to be a sheriff. The students did not fall for it.

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[Link] Michigan Shooting Suspect’s Parents Could Be Charged for Not Locking Up Gun

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

The father of the 15-year-old charged in Tuesday’s horrific school shooting in Michigan bought the gun suspected in the killings just four days prior. Now, he and the child’s mother might be charged as well, the county’s top prosecutor said Wednesday.

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[Link] Cop Caught on Video Shooting Man in Wheelchair 9 Times From Behind

Read: 1/12/2021 www.vice.com

The officer, Ryan Remington, has since been fired from the Tuscon Police Department as a result of the deadly shooting, police said Wednesday. Remington, a four-year veteran of the force, also faces possible charges in the fatal incident. Police say that sometime before 6 p.

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[Link] Fundraiser for US man exonerated after 43 years in prison tops $1.4m

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

By mid-afternoon on Saturday, a fundraiser for a man who spent 43 years in prison before a judge in Missouri this week overturned his conviction in a triple murder had raised more than $1.4m.

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[Link] Tonga’s drug crisis: Why a tiny Pacific island is struggling with a meth epidemic

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

After more than four decades spent living in New Zealand, Ned Cook knew it was time to return to his home country of Tonga. His country was in the grip of a methamphetamine epidemic that was ripping families apart and overrunning the country’s hospitals and jails.

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[Link] The Brutal Racism of the Trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers

Read: 23/11/2021 www.vice.com

Whether the defense likes it or not, the trial of Travis and Gregory McMichael and William “Roddie” Bryan is all about race.

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[Link] Court blocks bid to release secret Ben Roberts-Smith report

Read: 23/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Mr Roberts-Smith is suing The Age, Federal Capital Press and Fairfax Media, which reported serious allegations against him, including multiple unlawful killings in Afghanistan, which he denies.

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[Link] Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Were Justified Because Break-Ins ‘Scared’ Them, Defense Says

Read: 22/11/2021 www.vice.com

Travis McMichael had every reason to fear a 25-year-old Black man running through his neighborhood and was justified in attempting to make a “citizen’s arrest” that led to the deadly shooting of Ahmaud Arbery, an attorney for the defense said in one final appeal to jurors.

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[Link] Darwin shooter left without lawyers after sacking expert legal team

Read: 18/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

Confessed killer Benjamin Hoffmann could be left to represent himself when he is sentenced over the killing of four men in 2019, after his high-profile legal team withdrew their services.

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[Link] Travis McMichael Admits Ahmaud Arbery Never Threatened Him Before Shooting

Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com

Ahmaud Arbery did not threaten Travis McMichael or signal that he was armed in the moments before he was killed, but McMichael shot him dead during their struggle anyway, the Glynn County courthouse in Georgia heard Thursday.

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[Link] ‘He Had My Gun’: Ahmaud Arbery's Killer Claims It Was Self-Defense

Read: 18/11/2021 www.vice.com

Travis McMichael, one of three men who chased Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery in a truck with a confederate flag vanity plate, testified Wednesday that he shot Arbery during the confrontation because he believed Arbery was trying to take his gun.

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[Link] Defense for Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Doesn’t Want Famous Black People in Court

Read: 12/11/2021 www.vice.com

One of the defense attorneys for Ahmaud Arbery’s killers was in his feelings when he found out Rev. Al Sharpton stopped by the courtroom to sit with the slain young Black man’s family.

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[Link] Father of Ahmaud Arbery’s Killer: ‘I Would Have Shot Him Myself’

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

Had Travis McMichael not shot Ahmaud Arbery in the chest twice with his shotgun and killed the 25-year-old Black man, Travis’ dad Gregory McMichael said he would have done it instead.

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[Link] Ahmaud Arbery’s Dad Walked Out When Jury Was Shown Images of His Dead Son

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

The first time photos of Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal injuries were shown during the trial of the three white men accused of killing him, his father Marcus Arbery Sr. stood up and left the courtroom. “If you seen your kid get blown apart with a 12-gauge shotgun, what would you do?” Arbery Sr.

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[Link] Paramedic Shot by Rittenhouse Believed He ‘Was Going to Die’

Read: 9/11/2021 www.vice.com

The high-profile Rittenhouse trial has now entered its second week.

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[Link] Tasmania shooting: two men dead and woman in hospital

Read: 7/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Two men have died and a woman is in hospital after suffering gunshot wounds at a Tasmanian house with two children inside. Police were called to a property on William Street in Devonport after reports of shots fired about 1am on Saturday.

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[Link] Lawyers for Ahmaud Arbery’s Killers Really Want to Stay Away From Race

Read: 6/11/2021 www.vice.com

During opening statements in the murder trial against Ahmaud Arbery's killers, defense attorneys avoided mentioning race almost entirely.

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[Link] Outrage as McDonald’s CEO appears to blame parents of slain Chicago children

Read: 4/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

McDonald’s chief executive, Chris Kempczinski, has sparked outrage after the emergence of a text exchange with the Chicago mayor, Lori Lightfoot, in which he appears to blame two Chicago parents whose children were fatally shot.

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[Link] All sides in Ethiopian war committed crimes against civilians, UN report finds

Read: 4/11/2021 www.sbs.com.au

The report covers most of the year-long conflict, fought by Tigrayan forces against the Ethiopian military and its key allies: forces from Ethiopia's Amhara region and soldiers from the neighbouring nation of Eritrea.

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[Link] QAnon Surfer Accused of Killing His Own Kids May Mount Mental Health Defense

Read: 1/11/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Lawyers for the man accused of killing his own children with a spear gun because he was radicalized by QAnon conspiracy theories are seeking to delay his trial by six months to properly assess his mental health.

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[Link] Alleged TikTok ‘Skyrim IRL’ Murders Shows the Real Danger of Stalkerware

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

Last week Ali Nassar Abulaban, a popular TikTok and other social media personality with over a million followers combined across his accounts, allegedly murdered his wife and a man.

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[Link] Man Shot Dead In Hail of Gunfire Over Crypto Mining Rigs, Police Say

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

On October 20, a man opened fire on people attempting to steal his cryptocurrency mining equipment in the Abkhazia region bordering Russia. According to police, the man killed one of his own friends while fending off the attackers and is now in custody.

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[Link] School Cop Who Shot and Killed Manuela ‘Mona’ Rodriguez Charged With Murder

Read: 28/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The former Long Beach, California, school safety officer who shot and killed an 18-year-old mother as she drove away from the scene of a fight will now face a murder charge.

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[Link] Two Tourists Killed as Cartels Creep Into Mexico's Tulum Resort Area

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

But the October 20 killings revealed the dark underbelly of Mexico’s Riviera Maya, one that tourism officials along the vacation corridor have struggled to hide.

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[Link] It Took 7 Years To Charge Cops Who Shot Jamarion Robinson 59 Times

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Members of a U.S. Marshal’s task force shot Jamarion Robinson, a 26-year-old Black man with paranoid schizophrenia, 59 times during a raid on his girlfriend’s home in 2016. 

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[Link] Police Thought They Saw Brian Laundrie Coming Home. It Was His Mom.

Read: 26/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. When Petito was reported missing, North Port Police set up cameras outside Laundrie’s residence. Laundrie had returned home alone Sept.

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[Link] Rightwing Chilean newspaper accused of ‘apology for Nazism’ over Göring article

Read: 26/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Chile’s main conservative daily newspaper has been accused of publishing “an apology for Nazism” after running an illustrated article commemorating the life of the German war criminal Hermann Göring.

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[Link] Human remains found in Florida belong to Gabby Petito's boyfriend Brian Laundrie, FBI says

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

The FBI says human remains found in a Florida nature reserve belong to Brian Laundrie. Mr Laundrie was being sought as a person of interest in the death of his girlfriend Gabby Petito while the couple were on a cross-country road trip.

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[Link] Parkland school shooter pleads guilty to 17 counts of murder

Read: 23/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Nikolas Cruz has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people during a rampage at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, leaving a jury to decide whether he will be executed for one of the nation's deadliest school shootings.

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[Link] What We Know About the ‘Skeletal’ Remains of Brian Laundrie

Read: 22/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The Federal Bureau of Investigation confirmed Thursday that remains found at a Florida nature park belonged to Brian Laundrie, the 23-year-old who was a person of interest in the death of his fiancée, 22-year-old Gabby Petito.

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[Link] Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder Trial Jury Is Proving Hard to Pick

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Jury selection in the ongoing murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery’s killers is off to a rough start.

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[Link] State of Emergency Declared Over Crime Spike and Cocaine Boom in Ecuador

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Lasso’s declaration comes amid spiraling violence in the country, and just 18 days after a confrontation in an Ecuadorian prison between rival criminal groups left 116 inmates dead, including six who were decapitated.

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[Link] Father and Son Gunned Down in Broad Daylight in ‘Gangland’ Shooting

Read: 20/10/2021 www.vice.com

Eighteen-year-old Salim Hamze was already dead by the time authorities arrived at the scene on Thursday morning, following multiple reports of what sounded like gunshots in an otherwise quiet western Sydney street. His father, Toufik, was slumped over in the utility truck beside him.

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[Link] Former Nazi camp secretary formally charged with more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder

Read: 20/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Prosecutors accuse her of being part of the apparatus that helped the Nazis’ Stutthof camp function during World War II more than 75 years ago.

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[Link] Miya Marcano’s Family Just Sued Her Apartment Complex for Wrongful Death

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Last month, Armando Caballero, a maintenance man for Arden Villas, allegedly killed Marcano, a college student who was a tenant and employee at the apartment complex in Orlando, Florida.

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[Link] Court Mistakenly Gave Potential Jurors Access to Ahmaud Arbery’s Mental Health History

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Those documents include specifics about Arbery’s mental health and prior criminal history that a judge ordered suppressed and never brought up in court.

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[Link] Ben Roberts-Smith’s backers at Seven commissioned secret report into war crime allegations, court hears

Read: 19/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Ben Roberts-Smith’s TV station backers commissioned a secret report into war crimes allegations made against him by newspapers, the federal court has heard.

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[Link] Tributes Paid After Stabbing of ‘Kind and Good’ UK MP David Amess

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Politicians and public figures have paid tribute to a “hugely kind and good” MP, Sir David Amess, who has died after being stabbed in a church while meeting local constituents. “I am so deeply, deeply saddened by the tragic news that Sir David has passed away,” Khan wrote on Twitter.

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[Link] Mexican Gangster Rapper ‘El Millonario’ Just Got Arrested on Murder Charges

Read: 19/10/2021 www.vice.com

Authorities allege that César Suárez, aka Millonario, was involved in the death of a 29-year-old male on the outskirts of the northern Mexican city of Monterrey in July.

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[Link] Man Gets Double Life Sentence For Killing His Wife With a Cobra

Read: 17/10/2021 www.vice.com

According to prosecution lawyers, Sooraj Kumar killed his wife, Uthra, for her gold jewellery and wanted to marry another woman. This was Kumar’s third attempt to murder his wife, they said. In March last year, Kumar allegedly set a viper to bite Uthra while she was staying with her in-laws.

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[Link] Man Sentenced to Death for Setting His TikToker Ex-Wife on Fire During a Livestream

Read: 15/10/2021 www.vice.com

The case infuriated Chinese women after media reports suggested that Lhamo had been suffering from Tang’s frequent beatings since the two married a few years ago. Her older sister said Lhamo called the police at least twice, but officers refused to interfere because it was a “family matter.

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[Link] Several people killed in bow and arrow attack in Norway

Read: 14/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

Several people have been killed and others injured by a man who opened fire with a bow and arrows in a town in Norway, according to local police.

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[Link] Afghan refugee stabbed to death in London in front of schoolchildren

Read: 14/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

A teenage Afghan refugee was stabbed to death on a sports field in south-west London in front of schoolchildren playing rugby.The victim, named by the Evening Standard as 18-year-old Hazrat Wali, was attacked at about 4.

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[Link] Cops and Paramedics Involved in Elijah McClain Death Charged With Homicide

Read: 13/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The police officers and paramedics who stopped 23-year-old Elijah McClain and administered a fatal dose of ketamine to the unarmed Black man are being charged with homicide, more than two years after his death.

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[Link] Alison Parker’s On-Air Murder Was in 2015 and Facebook Won’t Remove the Video

Read: 12/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. On the morning of August 26, 2015, television journalist Alison Parker was in Monela, Virginia reporting for a CBS affiliate station.

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[Link] A Drug Cartel Sent a Severed Head to Tijuana’s New Police Chief on His First Day

Read: 12/10/2021 www.vice.com

The next night, two more messages were reportedly found at different points in the city, repeating the same threat of bloodshed, but this time accompanied by what is believed to be animal meat.

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[Link] Australia expresses ‘sorrow’ after Afghan army deserter Hekmatullah, who killed three ADF soldiers, set free

Read: 11/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

The Australian government has expressed “sorrow” after a former Afghan soldier convicted of murdering three Australian soldiers in Afghanistan was released from custody in Qatar.

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[Link] 900 Detained After Seven ‘Targeted Killings’ in the World’s Most Militarized Zone

Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com

Teachers. A principal. And a well-known pharmacist. They were all shot dead in broad daylight last week in India-controlled Kashmir, heightening fear in the world’s most militarized zone. 

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[Link] Long Beach School Cop Shot and Killed a Teen Mom

Read: 9/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. A Long Beach, California, school resource officer  fatally shoting an 18-year-old mother in the head as she fled a fight in her car. Now, two days after died, police are investigating the shooting as a homicide.

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[Link] Man Allegedly Killed Pharmacist Brother to Stop Him Giving COVID Vaccines

Read: 7/10/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Jeffrey Burnham, 46, is accused of stabbing to death 83-year-old family friend Rebecca Reynolds in Cumberland, Maryland and stealing her car on Sept. 29.

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[Link] Fifty police officers contacted woman arrested at Sarah Everard vigil on Tinder

Read: 6/10/2021 www.theguardian.com

A campaigner whose photograph during her arrest became the defining image of the vigil for Sarah Everard has said she felt afraid after about 50 police officers and security guards then “liked” her profile on the Tinder dating app.

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[Link] 'Tell them I'm delusional': Accused gunman's instructions prior to alleged murders

Read: 6/10/2021 www.abc.net.au

Mihalis Makrylos said Mr Hoffmann came to his house in Darwin's northern suburbs, woke him up him around 2:00am and asked him to go with him to Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH).

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[Link] Warring Gangs Beheaded at Least 6 People in Ecuador's Bloodiest Prison Riot Ever

Read: 1/10/2021 www.vice.com

The latest conflict began with explosions and gunshots at the Litoral prison in the coastal city of Guayaquil on Tuesday.

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[Link] These Gangsters Pretended to Be Lawyers To Kill Their Rival in Court

Read: 28/9/2021 www.vice.com

Stunning footage captured the moment after two gangs went head to head at a courtroom in India, resulting in three deaths and raising questions about security.

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[Link] Police bungle cost ‘14 years of potential progress’ in Maria James’ murder, Melbourne inquest hears

Read: 23/9/2021 www.theguardian.com

Police errors regarding the storage and examination of evidence hampered the investigation into the unsolved murder of Maria James in Melbourne, with one bungle costing “14 years of potential progress”, an inquest has been told.

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[Link] Gabby Petito's Death Ruled a Homicide

Read: 22/9/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. The cause of death is pending final autopsy results. The FBI has also named Petito’s missing fiancé, Brian Laundrie, as a person of interest in the case.

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[Link] OnlyFans Model Murdered by Man Suspected to Be a Stranger

Read: 1/9/2021 www.vice.com

Police were called to do a wellness check on Morr, whose legal name was Janae Gagnier, on Sunday. When they entered, they found her and a man, Kevin Alexander Accorto, deceased in the apartment.

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[Link] Elite Student Sentenced to Death For Killing His Mother With a Dumbell

Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com

Wu Xieyu, who studied at the prestigious Peking University, was found guilty of killing his 48-year-old mother by striking her head and face with a dumbbell in July 2015 in their home in the southeastern city of Fuzhou, according to a court statement issued on Thursday.

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[Link] ‘You’ll Regret This For the Rest of Your Life’: Yakuza Boss Told Judge After Death Sentence

Read: 26/8/2021 www.vice.com

Satoru Nomura, the 74-year-old head of one of Japan’s most dangerous crime groups, Kudo-kai, was convicted for the attacks, including the killing of a fishermen’s union chief, carried out between 1998 and 2014. His second-in-command, 65-year-old Fumio Tanoue, was sentenced to life imprisonment.

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[Link] Explosive Video Shows Police Wrapping Bag Around Suspect’s Head in Thailand. He Later Died.

Read: 25/8/2021 www.vice.com

Thailand has detained several police officers after a viral video showing the alleged torture and death of a man in custody, a gruesome scene that has shocked the country after it leaked online. Uproar spread across social media after the nearly 10-minute clip was first posted earlier this week.

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[Link] Dallas cops lost 8TB of criminal case data during bungled migration, says the DA... four months later

Read: 23/8/2021 www.theregister.com

A bungled data migration of a network drive caused the deletion of 22 terabytes of information from a US police force's systems – including case files in a murder trial, according to local reports.

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[Link] A Mexican Cartel Was Driven Out of Town By Indigenous Vigilantes Called ‘El Machete’

Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com

PANTELHO, Mexico - As smoke curled from neighboring buildings that had been ransacked and torched the day before, a couple of thousand Indigenous people armed with makeshift weapons gathered around city hall to hear their leaders speak.

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[Link] Angry Mob Lynched a Man Accused of Starting a Wildfire in Algeria

Read: 15/8/2021 www.vice.com

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here. Djamel Ben Ismail, 38, allegedly started a fire in the Tizi Ouzou district town of Larbaa Nath Irathen.

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[Link] Sydney assault: five teenagers charged with murder after boy, 16, dies in hospital

Read: 9/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Five teenagers, including two as young as 13, have been charged with murder after the death of a 16-year-old boy found with severe injuries in Sydney. The boy was found unresponsive with head and chest injuries in a home in Doonside on Wednesday afternoon.

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[Link] Taliban assassinates Afghan government's top media officer in Kabul

Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Taliban shot dead the head of the Afghan government's media information centre at a mosque in the capital, the ministry said, days after warning they would target senior administration officials in retaliation for increased air strikes.

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[Link] US-Trained Cops in Mexico Killed Migrants, Set Them on Fire, Say Prosecutors

Read: 7/8/2021 www.vice.com

New evidence obtained by VICE World News paints a chilling picture of the killing of 19 migrants by pnear the U.S border in January. MEXICO CITY — Two trucks carrying migrants sped through dusty roads a few miles south of the U.S. border as four armored police cars gave chase.

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[Link] Tiny Guerrilla Group Behind Wave of Kidnappings and Killings in Paraguay

Read: 5/8/2021 www.vice.com

Four heavily armed men stormed onto a farm deep in the parched forests of northwestern Paraguay and grabbed the owner’s son, 24-year-old Jorge Ríos Barreto. Then they melted into the darkness, leaving a note: his family had to cough up $200,000 or they would never see their son again.

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[Link] Vigil held in London park for murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman

Read: 4/8/2021 www.theguardian.com

Large crowds lit candles and laid flowers at a vigil to remember murdered sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman on Tuesday evening on what would have been Nicole’s 29th birthday.

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