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Marcos de Araujo, a 57-year-old city councillor, was shot dead outside his home in Brazil, while talking to his mother-in-law. Two gunmen opened fire, shooting several times at de Araujo, who was hit nine times and pronounced dead at the scene. His mother-in-law, Marina Maia, was also wounded and...
A ship loaded with goods, the Maelys Lome II, capsized on Monday at the Varreux terminal in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The incident left seven people dead and 17 injured. During loading, a truck maneuver in the hold unbalanced the vessel. The ship, built in 1970 and weighing 2,401 tons, usually...
On December 25, 2024, Azerbaijan Airlines flight J2-8243 tragically crashed near Aktau, Kazakhstan. The plane, an Embraer 190, lost control after colliding with birds, according to the pilot. But some analysts suspect it may have been shot down. The aircraft broke into several pieces, killing 38...
Rafael Moreno, a 74-year-old retired policeman, shot dead a neighbor during an argument over loud music on Christmas Day in Buenos Aires. At around 6 a.m., he pulled out a .38 revolver while addressing guests at a party. Sergio Díaz, 40, intervened, punching Moreno in the face and verbally...
Authorities in the state of Guerrero found glaring gaps in safety measures after the collapse of a merry-go-round in Acapulco. The structure was neither anchored to the ground nor equipped with proper supports. Despite these shortcomings, the fair's other attractions remained open. Social network...
An Azerbaijan Airlines plane flying from Baku to Grozny was hit by a Russian missile on Christmas Day. The shot, attributed to a Pantsir-S defense system in Chechnya, severely damaged the aircraft, killing 38 people in the crash in Kazakhstan. Despite emergency appeals, Russia refused to allow...
Two men, Zakir and Rabbi, survived after being dragged by a truck for 500 meters in Agra, India, on December 21. They were hit from behind by the truck, which failed to stop. Residents forced the truck to stop and rescued the two men. The Agra police then arrested the truck driver and seized the...
A truck without brakes collided violently with a car and a van on the Puebla-Orizaba highway in Mexico on December 20. The collision, captured on video, shows the intensity of the impact. Two people in the car were killed.
Mark Hanscombe, owner of the Hanscombe Haven resort in Orkney, South Africa, was hospitalized on December 16, 2024 after a violent attack by holidaymakers. After breaking the resort's rules, they reacted violently when he tried to reframe them. A video shows Hanscombe surrounded and beaten by...
A migrant from Guatemala was arrested after being accused of setting fire to a sleeping woman on the Brooklyn subway early Sunday morning. The incident occurred at 7:30 a.m. on a stationary F train at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station. According to authorities, the man calmly lit the...
A 26-year-old man, Pedro Ortega, was fatally attacked by his own three bully dogs in front of his 4-year-old son in Mira Mesa, California. The dogs, covered in blood, fled after being tased by police. One of them was spotted in a neighbor's garage via a surveillance camera. Transported to...
These people, who can safely be described as idiots, enjoy watching their little dog harass a crocodile (or crocodiles) at the edge of a waterhole.
This biker is really lucky not to have been decapitated that day. Who thinks the motorist's gesture was deliberate?
A road accident on a winter's morning was filmed by a police onboard camera in Kalamazoo County. A semi-trailer collided with police and fire vehicles at the scene of a previous accident. The semi-skidded and crashed into the emergency vehicles, causing minor injuries to the truck driver....
An Indian Navy speedboat lost control and collided with a ferry off Mumbai, killing 13 people. Four naval helicopters, 11 ships and four police boats rescued almost 100 people. The accident was caused by an 'engine failure' during testing of the speedboat. Among the victims were a member of the...
An elderly Kmart employee, Christine Smith, was assaulted by a customer in 2019, causing her two black eyes and requiring intensive rehabilitation. Since then, the New South Wales government introduced a specific law for violence against sales workers in 2023. Despite this, Smith reports that...
In Indonesia, Nurhawati Zihura, a mother of four, was swept away by a 4-m crocodile while washing her feet at the seaside near her village. Her body was found an hour after the attack, still in the jaws of the reptile. Residents managed to recover the body by diverting the crocodile's attention...
Yesterday afternoon near Rio de Janeiro, a giant 184-foot-high floating Christmas tree prepared for an official ceremony crashed during a storm, resulting in the death of one man, 21-year-old Vinicius dos Santos Abreu, and injuries to two other workers. A police investigation is underway to...
A high-ranking Russian general, Igor Kirillov, was killed this morning, along with his assistant Ilya Polikarpov, in an explosion in Moscow. An explosive charge, concealed on an electric scooter and activated remotely, struck at the exit of a building. Russian authorities discovered a camera...
In a shocking video, a migrant is thrown into the air by a patrol car on the border between California and Mexico. Despite the shock, the stricken man manages to get up and walk away. This incident provoked reactions on social media and raised questions about the excessive use of force by patrol...
