The 66-year-old, a married father of two, died following a fatal assault at his home on the outskirts of Ardara in the early hours of this morning. Emergency services, including gardaí and paramedics, were called to the scene at around 3.50am, and Mr McCahill was pronounced dead shortly afterwards. An investigation was immediately launched, and a man in his 30s, known to the deceased, was later arrested at another location.
Police have released images of suspects wanted in connection with a knife attack on a Good Samaritan who tried to stop a robbery on the London Underground. Another passenger tried to help but was attacked by the group, who slashed him with a knife and left a cut above his eyebrow. The group then fled Northwick Park Underground station having stolen the man's bag.
Police sirens were still sounding and the pavement was stained with blood when I first met Abdullah Tanoli in August 2024. It was only a few hours after he had intervened in a knife attack on a young girl in central London. Abdullah stood nearby, calm and composed, having just disarmed a man who had stabbed an 11-year-old child multiple times. The attacker, 33-year-old Ioan Pintaru, was sentenced on Tuesday to indefinite detention in a high security mental hospital.
OAKLAND A 36-year-old man was charged with week with attacking two UC Berkeley police officers, slicing the hand of one, while the officers attempted to take a 12-inch knife from the suspect, according to court records. Xavier Shirley, of Oakland, was charged with assaulting a police officer a felony as well as possessing a dangerous weapon at school, and a misdemeanor count of battery upon another peace officer.
Authorities in Taiwan have said that at least nine people have been injured in a smoke grenade and knife attack in the capital, Taipei. The perpetrator is thought to have killed himself to escape arrest.
A man was left with a head injury after an alleged knife fight at Colliers Wood Underground station. British Transport Police (BTP) officers attended the Tube station in south-west London at 10.30am on Wednesday following reports of a fight between three young men involving knives. A man in his twenties was later arrested at the station on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon. He has been taken to hospital with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening or life-changing, according to the force.
A man has been rushed to hospital with a head injury after a knife fight erupted at a Tube station in south London. The victim was attacked at Colliers Wood station on the Northern Line shortly before 10.30am. A British Transport Police spokesperson said: Officers attended Colliers Wood Underground station following reports of a fight between three young men involving knives.
A victim impact statement from (the victim's) mother described how when the incident unfolded in front of her she believed with absolute certainty that she was watching her daughter being killed in front of her, and how she relives that moment over and over. The mother told of a profound emotional and psychological harm which has resulted in her constantly scanning for danger, the judge went on.
I want to at this point, extend my condolences both to the victim's family, who I know are in so much pain right now with this tragic loss of life, but also to the staff of San Francisco General Hospital, who I know are also suffering right now. We have to make sure as law enforcement that we do the utmost to protect everybody who works in health care and those who are trying to serve the people who need the most help in our city, each and every day, they come to work to take care of others, and it's our obligation to take care of them,
(Jeff Chiu/Associated Press) A social worker died Saturday from wounds sustained in a knife attack at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center earlier in the week, raising concerns over safety at the hospital. Investigators believe Wilfredo Tortolero Arriechi stabbed the 31-year-old social worker multiple times in the neck and shoulder around 1:30 p.m. Thursday. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Tortolero Arriechi was allegedly seeking one of the doctors who worked at the clinic. The victim has not been identified.
Two Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) officers were working a plainclothes detail in Terminal B at LaGuardia Airport just before 3 p.m. on Oct. 30 when they witnessed a man brandishing a knife and striking a victim in the head with it before he fled through the terminal. Police Officers Danny Sun and Joseph Picillio chased after him in a foot pursuit that continued to the
The force voluntarily referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) but the police watchdog said the referral did not meet the criteria for it to investigate. Cambridgeshire Police Chief Constable Simon Megicks said he commissioned an internal review of the events which occurred prior to Saturday's train attack. The force voluntarily referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) but he added: The referral did not meet the criteria for a valid referral, so they are not investigating the matter.
Kemmerer acknowledged that the case was a complicated one involving a minor crime, with differing versions of events, but said it was still a law enforcement officer's duty to investigate a crime. "He simply did nothing, nothing at all," Kemmerer said in court on Tuesday, accusing the officer of "carelessness" and "laziness." Prosecutor Christoph Gillot had called for a jail term of 18 months, arguing that the defendant "knew" that the case involved "a dangerous assault with a knife."
An English tourist was treated in hospital after a knife attack in Temple Bar late on Saturday night, close to where another English tourist was left in a critical condition after an unrelated attack a month ago.
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Brooklyn, NY - A 31-year-old man was slashed on a southbound "A" train Friday afternoon after a dispute with another rider turned violent, police said. The attack happened around 4:23 p.m. as the train approached the Hoyt/Schermerhorn Station. According to investigators, the unidentified assailant pulled a knife and slashed the victim on the arm and head before fleeing the station. EMS transported the victim to One Brooklyn Health-Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center, where he was listed in stable condition.
The man in question had already been detained once before and was released soon after the incident, with no initial indication of him being directly involved in injuring a young American. But investigators said new information might implicate him more directly. Police said in a press release that after further investigation there was now reasonable grounds to suspect that he was "involved in the knife attack against the 20-year-old American and also himself injured the victim with a dangerous object."
The family stated, 'We are struggling with the tragic loss of Tyler, a beautiful soul with the kindest of hearts. A much-loved son, grandson and brother, that will be missed immensely.'