The killing of a 47-year-old woman south of Paris on Thursday and three similar murders in the same area since late November has raised fears a serial killer is on the loose, prompting the deployment of hundreds more police to the Paris suburbs.
The killing of a 47-year-old mother in a housing project south of Paris has prompted police to probe possible links with three other murders in the same area after it emerged that all victims were shot dead with the same small-calibre weapon.
After the Toulouse school shooting, almost all the major candidates for French presidency have suspended their campaigns. François Picard's panel wonders whether the tragedy will soften the rhetoric of a race that, for many, has taken a divisive tone.
After the Toulouse school shooting, almost all the major candidates for French presidency have suspended their campaigns. François Picard's panel wonders whether the tragedy will soften the rhetoric of a race that, for many, has taken a divisive tone.
When lone gunman Nordine Amrani opened fire on holiday shoppers in the Belgian city of Liege on Tuesday, the authorities were caught on the backfoot. Although Amrani was already known to police, he had no signs of mental illness and even those closest to him are struggling to comprehend Amrani's actions. The attack comes just months after Anders Behring Brevik shot dead dozens of Norwegian youths. Now, experts are calling for European gun laws to be reviewed.
Anders Behring Breivik, the man responsible for Norway's largest single killing spree, attacked students on July 22 only after a bomb planted at the prime minister's office failed to demolish the building, his lawyer said Friday.
Los Angeles detectives are examining the case of a 72-year-old man believed to be the notorious 'Westside rapist' and serial killer who terrorised the area in the 1970s and '80s. John Thomas Jr. was arrested in March following a 2008 DNA test.
A French court has sentenced serial killer Michel Fourniret and his wife Monique Olivier to life in prison for the murder of seven girls and young women in Belgium and France between 1987 and 2001.
Confessed serial killer Michel Fourniret goes on trial with his wife Wednesday for the murder of seven young women found dead between 1987 and 2001. (Story: A.Yeoh, P. Robert, K.Hakiki)
