Global Crime

LONDON (AP) — A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb early Tuesday, killing a 13-year-old boy and injuring four others, authorities said. A 36-year-old man was arrested in a residential area near Hainault underground station, police said. The incident is not being treated as [...]

Twelve gunmen were killed by Mexican soldiers in a shootout near the Texas border, according to Mexican officials.  The security department of the northern border state of Tamaulipas posted on X, formerly Twitter, late Sunday, saying the shootout took place in a neighborhood in Miguel Aleman, across the border from Roma, Texas.  Read more...

Think twice about a tropical getaway to the Caribbean this winter. The U.S. embassy in the Bahamas has released a security warning and travel advisory that the island nation is currently unsafe for tourists amidst 18 murders — “primarily” motivated by gang violence — in January alone. Read more...

(The Hill) — The United States is warning travelers to exercise “increased caution” in The Bahamas, citing an uptick in homicides and other violent crime. The State Department issued a “Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution” travel advisory on Friday, due to crime, and the U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas issued a “security alert” last Wednesday. [...]

After a pandemic-fueled travel slump, people are once again pulling out their passports and planning trips abroad. International tourist arrivals could reach 80% to 95% of pre-pandemic levels in 2023, according to the World Tourism Organization. But some destinations warrant more caution than others. Read more...

At least seven people were wounded in a terrorist attack on the streets of Tel Aviv Tuesday afternoon before an armed citizen took out the attacker. The Times of Israel reported that seven people were wounded when a Palestinian used a truck to ram Israelis, then got out of the vehicle and started stabbing people. [...]

The huge extent of damage and vandalism caused in nearly a week of nightly riots in France has been dramatically underlined with a summary of recorded burnings so far, with the toll running to thousands of vehicles and buildings. Ministry of the Interior figures taking account of damage to people and property during the now [...]

France erupted in violence for a second night Wednesday as security forces moved to prevent more protests over the fatal shooting of a teenager by police. Around 2,000 riot police were initially deployed in suburbs around Paris after a 17-year-old was shot in the chest at point-blank range during a traffic stop on Tuesday morning. Read [...]

NBC's Today show featured a story on "two extremely rare mass shootings in Serbia" that the outlet claimed caused many Serbians to give up their guns and accept tighter gun restrictions.  After a 13-year-old boy killed eight classmates at a school in Serbia and a man murdered eight other people, Serbians responded with "more than [...]