A woman in her 80s is in critical condition after she was stabbed in Scarborough Friday afternoon, Toronto police say. Officers received reports around 1:40 p.m. of a woman being stabbed in the area of Sheppard Avenue E. and McCowan Road, Toronto police said on X, formerly Twitter. Deputy Commander Fred Galvan told CBC Toronto that the woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.
A woman is assisting police after a baby boy was found dead inside a storm water drain. Two workers carrying out routine maintenance made the confronting discovery in Alexander Heights in Perth's northern suburbs on Monday afternoon. Western Australia police confirmed a woman in her 30s is assisting with their investigation into the newborn's death. The woman is receiving appropriate care and support, police said in a statement on Wednesday evening.
Police have initiated a murder investigation after discovering a man's body in a housing estate in Downpatrick, with suspicions linking it to an assault on a nearby priest.
A man was stabbed to death following a street fight near Story Road early Monday, according to San Jose police. A fight was reported at 2:33 a.m. in a strip mall parking lot on Story Road near Adrian Way in East San Jose.
The 999 call from the home where a mother and her teenage son and daughter were shot dead in Fermanagh is understood to have come from the 13-year-old girl's phone.
Nine people have been charged following last week's protests outside an Essex hotel believed to be housing asylum seekers. Protests began peacefully but escalated to the point of disorder and criminal damage.