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In hot Acapulco, too many bodies in morgue's fridges
AFP, Published on 21/07/2016
» ACAPULCO (MEXICO) - Morgue workers lifted a man's dismembered body that was dumped on the street of a poor Acapulco neighborhood in broad daylight, then picked up his severed leg and a bag containing his head.
Fiji murder case twist as tourist finds human head
AFP, Published on 05/07/2016
» WELLINGTON - A New Zealand holidaymaker told Tuesday how he stumbled across a human head on a Fiji tourist beach -- the latest apparent twist in the gory case of a Russian couple murdered and dismembered in the South Pacific Island country.
Russian couple murdered, dismembered in Fiji
AFP, Published on 04/07/2016
» SUVA (FIJI) - A Russian couple from Fiji are thought to have been murdered and dismembered after human body parts washed up on a beach in the Pacific island nation.
Body parts found floating in Tokyo park pond
AFP, Published on 23/06/2016
» TOKYO - A leafy Tokyo park became the scene of a gruesome investigation on Thursday after human body parts were found floating in a pond, according to authorities and media reports.
'Juarez is Love': City hosting pope sheds murder image
AFP, Published on 05/02/2016
» CIUDAD JUAREZ (MEXICO) - Billboards with pictures of Pope Francis welcome the pontiff to Mexico's former murder capital with the inviting phrase "Juarez is Love," as the northern border works to shed its violent image.
Child sacrifice for wealth and power in Uganda
AFP, Published on 15/06/2015
» LUWEERO (UGANDA) - Kanani and Sylvia, brother and sister aged nine and eight, were grazing the family cattle in rural Uganda when they were approached by a man they vaguely knew.
Potions and polls: Tanzanian albinos terrified after attacks
AFP, Published on 07/04/2015
» DAR ES SALAAM - Their limbs hacked off and babies and children abducted or killed, albinos in Tanzania live in fear of another horrific spate of attacks against them ahead of elections in October.
HK man who salted and cooked parents jailed for life
AFP, Published on 23/03/2015
» HONG KONG - A Hong Kong man who killed, dismembered, salted and cooked his parents was sent to prison for life on Monday after being found guilty of double murder.
China businessman jailed for 13 years over tiger feast
AFP, Published on 30/12/2014
» BEIJING - A Chinese businessman who bought and ate three tigers has been sentenced to 13 years in prison, state media reported Tuesday.
Killer schoolgirl's father hangs self
AFP, Published on 06/10/2014
» TOKYO - The father of a 16-year-old Japanese schoolgirl who confessed to decapitating a classmate earlier this year has killed himself, news reports said Monday.