Tag: police

• Saturday, November 10th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

  Eleven bank robbers killed in a shootout with police in the northeast Brazil

  

  At least eleven people were killed in a shootout with police after a bank robbery in the northeast region of Brazil, authorities said on Friday. The shootout occurred on Thursday night after police located the house where the alleged bank robbers were hiding after robbing a bank in Aguas Belas in the state of Pernambuco, reports Xinhua news agency.

• Monday, May 21st 2018 - 08:42 UTC

  Nicaraguan truce on the cliff after claims police attacked and shot students

  

  Nicaraguans were back on the streets in their thousands on Sunday to protest what they called a government breach of a two-day truce agreed during Church-mediated peace talks. Students at a university in northeastern Managua claim police attacked them during a demonstration outside the campus on Saturday night in which four students were shot and injured.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2018 - 08:12 UTC

  Falklands' police make arrest for suspected drugs offences

  

  The Royal Falkland Islands Police would like to inform the public that, on the evening of Monday 14 May 2018, an arrest was made at Mount Pleasant Complex in connection with the possession of controlled drugs.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 15:17 UTC

  Repression and protests in Nicaragua do not mitigate: Daniel Ortega as Nicolás Maduro?

  

  “Ortega and Somoza are the same thing” protesters in Nicaragua yelled last week against the government of Daniel Ortega, after the announcement of a Social Security's reform that unleashed a wave of protests marked by repression and excessive use of force by the authorities. Human rights organizations have announced that at least 30 people have died in the demonstrations, including students, police and a journalist. This surprise wave of civil protests suggests comparing the crisis in the Central American country with the lived in the Venezuela of Hugo Chávez and Nicolás Maduro for years.

• Thursday, April 12th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Argentine police dismissed for claiming mice gobbled half a ton of missing maijuana

  

  Eight police officers in Argentina, including a former town police commissioner, have been dismissed from their posts after four of them claimed that more than half a ton of missing marijuana was carried off by mice, Buenos Aires media reported on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, February 27th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  UK counter terrorism expert warns about far-right violent extremism

  

  The retiring head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK has warned of the growing threat of far-right terrorism. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, who will retire from the Met Police next month, said four extreme-right terror plots were disrupted last year. Ten Islamist-inspired plots have been foiled since March last year, he added.

• Saturday, February 10th 2018 - 09:30 UTC

  Interpol facial recognition nets Slovak most wanted murder in Buenos Aires

  

  Police in Buenos Aires have arrested an internationally wanted murder suspect after his image was identified as a likely match by INTERPOL’s facial recognition unit.

• Friday, December 29th 2017 - 09:57 UTC

  Relatives and friends honor 132 police officers killed in Rio de Janeiro in 2017

  

  Relatives and friends of some of the 132 police officers killed in Rio de Janeiro this year have taken part in a protest to honor their loved ones. It was organized by human rights NGO Rio de Paz. Police uniforms stained with red paint and red roses in their pockets were hung alongside plaques with the names of the officers killed in 2017.

• Thursday, August 11th 2011 - 06:48 UTC

  UK Parliament expected to grill PM Cameron for police cuts in the wake of rioting

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron is set to come under renewed pressure to reverse the coalition government's police cuts in the wake of riots sweeping the country.

• Thursday, May 12th 2011 - 20:22 UTC

  Killing of bank guard unveils Uruguay’s dilemma with expanding insecurity

  

  Activities in Uruguay’s private bank branches were partially altered Thursday following the killing earlier in the week of a security guard during a robbery attempt. This was the seventh bank robbery since the beginning of the year and triggered a controversy between the banks and the Ministry of Interior.