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Men armed with axes and guns attack police station near Moscow, 2 officers injured


RT
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:53 UTC
Russian police
© Alexey Malgavko / Sputnik
Two men armed with axes and guns have launched an attack on a traffic police station in Moscow region, injuring at least two officers, security officials said. The attackers were killed in a standoff.

The incident took place east of the capital at a traffic police station on a busy highway.

Police officers had stopped a suspicious vehicle to check documents, before the men in the car launched the attack, Interfax reported.

"As a result two police officers have been injured, one of them is in a serious condition," Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement.

"One of the attackers was killed by police during the assault, the other [was killed] while trying to resist detention."

Investigators are currently trying to establish the motives behind the attack, the committee added.
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Explosions reported as Russian security forces conduct anti-terrorist ops in St. Petersburg


South Front
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:29 UTC
anti terrorist operation Russian special services St. Petersburg
A special operation against North Caucasus terrorists has been launched by National Guard and security forces in the Russian city of St. Petersburg.

According to local media and social media reports by locals, at least two explosions and a short firefight have been heard in a residential building at the Lenin Prospectus cordoned off by National Guard and security forces. However, the building has not been evacuated, Fontanka media outlet reported.

An official from Federal Security Service coonfirmed that operation is aimed to detain suspected North Caucasus terrorists, the Russian state-run news agency "RIA" reported.

Comment: Further reading:
Islamic state created a special purpose brigade tasked with carrying out terrorist acts in Europe, Central Asia and North Caucasus. Georgia is in the area of interest of the brigade — it plays the role of a transit country for militants. Terrorist attacks on its territory are not ruled out. This was recently reported by Georgian newspaper Rezonansi.

Georgia: A transit corridor for ISIS


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South Carolina teens rob and kill man after he helps them out of car trouble


RT
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:38 UTC
Two South Carolina teenagers were arrested
© postandcourier.com
Two South Carolina teenagers were arrested after allegedly fatally shooting and robbing a man who police said stopped to help them get a vehicle out a ditch.

Chadwick Garrett stopped to help the teens pull a vehicle out of a ditch Monday night, but when the good Samaritan finished, the teens robbed and shot him to death, a North Charleston police spokesman said, according to the Post and Courier.

The teens were arrested and booked six miles away from the shooting scene on Tuesday. Deon Antonio Frasier, 17, and Michael Odell Anthony Dupree-Tyler, 19, face murder charges in connection with the shooting.
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Boat

Europe is overrated - Iraqi migrants return home disappointed


RT
Wed, 17 Aug 2016 01:39 UTC
Iraqi Migrants
© Marko Djurica / Reuters
Thousands of Iraqi migrants have become disillusioned by Europe and end up returning to their home country, according to a new report. Facing asylum delays and poor living conditions, they said their idealized expectations have been dwarfed by harsh realities.

Migrants who chose to go back to Iraq said the quality of life in Europe was overrated, according to the report titled "Migration Flows from Iraq to Europe: Reasons Behind Migration" published by the International Organization for Migration on Tuesday. Migrants cited an extremely long asylum application process, poor living conditions and general disappointment with the way of life in Europe as being among the main reasons for their return, IOM said.

"The study, based on interviews in Europe, and with Iraqis who returned home, said returnees reported that life in Europe had been idealized and that the reality was more difficult than expected," Farhan Haq, deputy UN spokesman, said as quoted by Xinhua news agency.

IOM had assisted with the repatriation of some 9,600 Iraqis last year and through June of this year, the agency reported. However, the actual number could be even higher as many migrants returned home without IOM help.
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Florida State fraternity member identified as flesh-eating murder suspect


RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 23:09 UTC
Stabbing death in Florida
© Martin County Sheriff's Office / Facebook
A man was arrested in Florida while biting the face of one of his alleged murder victims. Florida State University student Austin Harrouff has been arrested on suspicion of killing a married couple in a "random" and "unprovoked" attack.

Harrouff, 19, stands accused of stabbing to death John Joseph Stevens III, 59, and Michelle Karen Mishcon, 53, at their home near Tequesta, according to WPEC.

Jeff Fisher, a neighbor of the couple who attempted to stop the attack, was stabbed several times and is currently being treated at St. Mary's Medical Center. "The guy turned on him. Thank God Jeff had enough sense to get back in the house," Fisher's father said.
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Fire

California arsonist arrested as thousands flee devastating Clayton wildfire


RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 22:48 UTC
Clayton Fire at Lower Lake in California
© Stephen Lam / Reuters
Charred animal remains are seen at a neighborhood destroyed by the Clayton Fire at Lower Lake in California, U.S. August 16, 2016.
Authorities have arrested a man suspected of starting the Clayton Fire in central California. Fueled by severe drought conditions, the blaze has forced thousands of residents to evacuate and burned 4,000 acres so far. It is only 20 percent contained.

Clearlake resident Damin Pashilk, 40, was arrested Monday and charged with 17 counts of arson. His bail was set for $5.1 million. Pashilk sparked the fire near Clayton Creek Road, just east of Highway 29, on Saturday, investigators from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) said.

Since then, the blaze has burned down 4,000 acres and forced the evacuation of thousands of local residents - many of whom had lost everything in wildfires that ravaged the area last year. The town of Lower Lake has been hit particularly hard, with the fire destroying the Main Street and wiping out much of the commercial district, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Hungarian group puts up ghoulish scarecrows to keep refugees away from border


RT
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:16 UTC
scarecrows hungary refugees
© Magyar Rendőrök és Katonák, vele-TEK vagyunk / Facebook
Pictures of sinister scarecrows reportedly planted to keep refugees away from the Hungarian border have appeared on social media. The country is to hold a referendum to decide if it will further accept the EU's mandatory migrant quota system.

The photos were released on Facebook by a group that pledges support to Hungary's police and troops, including those patrolling the border.

According to the group, the figures were carved from sugar beets. And the scarecrows which look like villains from some horror movie seem to be working - asylum seekers are reportedly avoiding such areas.
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Bad Guys

Morocco arrests four suspected Daesh members plotting terrorist attacks


Sputnik
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:57 UTC
Trampled Daesh flag
© Sputnik/ Andrey Stenin
Four suspected Daesh members were arrested in Morocco for plotting terrorist attacks in the kingdom's largest city of Casablanca, the Interior Ministry said Tuesday.

"They plotted dangerous terrorist attacks against the stability and security of the Kingdom," the ministry said in a statement, cited by the Le Matin newspaper.

The suspects, who are said to have pledged allegiance to Daesh, planned attacks on Casablanca's "vital sites," the ministry specified.
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Evil Rays

Zombie attack: Husband and wife killed in gruesome murder scene where police encounter killer eating victim's face


NBC Miami
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:33 UTC
austin harrouff
A disturbing scene in Martin County has left a couple dead, their neighbor in the hospital and a man under arrest after allegedly committing the crimes and eating part of a victim's face.

The scene took place late Monday night in a neighborhood not far from the line with Palm Beach County and the city of Tequesta. Police responded to the home and found a man, later identified as 19-year-old Austin Harrouff., on top of a victim's body and using his teeth to bite and remove pieces of his face.

That victim, 59-year old John Joseph Stevens III, was pronounced dead at the scene. Police would later find the body of 53-year-old Michelle Karen Mishcon inside the garage. She is the daughter of the former mayor of North Miami Beach.

Comment: What exactly drives people to such behavior? We've seen a number of stories in the last few years of people engaging in cannibalism after or during violent episodes:

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Prosecutors drop charges after video reveals cops tried to frame man after botched arrest

Matt Agorist
The Free Thought Project
Mon, 15 Aug 2016 20:23 UTC
Carl Roettgen

Carl Roettgen
As tensions between police and citizens rise amid tragic police shootings and despicable attacks on cops, two officers in Missouri were exposed for faking a story about being shot at — and their supervisor helped cover it up.

Donald Stouffer, the prosecuting attorney in Saline County in central Missouri, dropped all the charges against a man who was accused of trying to shoot police officers.

In a press release last week, Stouffer said he saw no evidence that Carl Roettgen even had a gun when the two Marshall police officers tried to arrest him for a parole violation.

"After hours spent examining the video, trying to reconcile the video with the two officers' statements, and consulting with staff, I reached the difficult conclusion that no reasonable juror could find the officers' accounts credible," he said.

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