Mexican police found fourteen decapitated bodies in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo on Friday just after the corpses of nine women and men were discovered hanging off a bridge.
The trial of dozens of people charged over Egypt's worst football violence in history opened amid chaotic scenes. A recess had to be called after the defendants, insisting on their innocence, disrupted proceedings. Seventy-five people, including nine police officers, face charges ranging from murder to negligence for their alleged involvement in the clashes during a match in Port Said in February.
Until recently, the city of Monterrey in northern Mexico was a safe and prosperous haven from the drugs war raging around it. But that all changed with the attack on its casino in August. At least 52 people were killed when armed men set fire to the building. President Calderon called it "terrorism", and this has started a debate about whether the drugs-related violence paralysing the country can indeed be termed "terror".
Tuesday's French papers focus on what to do about soaring urban violence in France's second city Marseille - as politicians from left and right face off over cuts to police numbers.
Marseille, France’s second largest city and one of the Mediterranean Sea’s most important ports, is suffering a wave of criminality. With less than a year before national elections, the government is keen on acting tough.
Mangueira, Rocinha, Providencia, Cidade de deus, Jacarezinho… There are nearly 1000 in the town; favelas are part of the landscape. They all have their own football teams, residents’ associations, and also their drug trafficking gangs. There are three main factions fighting turf wars: the Vermelho Comando, Amigos dos Amigos (the Friends of Friends) and the 3rd Commando.
At least 39 people have been killed, some after being tortured, in two days of violence attributed to gangs in Pakistan’s commercial hub of Karachi, officials said Thursday.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Mon. 15/08/11, British politicians are tossing around the hot potato of blame in the wake of the London-riots. The International Herald Tribune explores how much gangs were behind the widespread violence. Meanwhile, the China Daily blames excessive consumerism for the snowball effect.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said his government was prepared to "do whatever is necessary" to restore order in Britain's cities after a fourth night of unrest. Thousands of police have been deployed to help restore calm.
Britain’s worst riots in decades have spread to the country's third-largest city, Manchester, even as the deployment of 16,000 police officers managed to restore order in London after three consecutive nights of looting.
