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28 Children Stabbed in China Attack
28 Children Stabbed
in China Attack
Apr 29, 2010 6:08 AM CDT

28 Children Stabbed in China Attack

Knifeman goes berserk in kindergarten

(Newser) - A knife-wielding man went berserk in a kindergarten in eastern China today, stabbing 28 children and 3 adults. The suspected attacker, 47, was arrested after the multiple assaults in Jiangsu province, the BBC reports. Most of those injured were 4-year-old children from the same class. Five victims are in critical...

Moviegoer Stabbed After Complaining About Cell Phone

Suspects sought in meat thermometer attack

(Newser) - A Los Angeles County moviegoer had a meat thermometer plunged into his neck after asking a woman to silence her cell phone. The woman and two men with her walked out of the screening of Shutter Island before the men returned and attacked the victim, according to cops. The victim...

Soldier Busted in Stabbing Death of 2 Others

Motive for grisly attack a mystery

(Newser) - A soldier has been charged with murdering two fellow servicemen in upstate New York. Joshua Hunter, 20, surrendered to police in Ohio yesterday. He was based at Fort Drum, where the bodies of Waide James, 20, and Diego Valbuena, 23, were found earlier this week with multiple stab wounds at...

Janitor Charged in NJ Priest's Stabbing Death

He confesses, citing argument; cops probe possible relationship

(Newser) - A janitor and "second father" to kids at a New Jersey Catholic church has been charged in the murder of a beloved parish priest, who he rushed to halfheartedly give CPR when he and church workers discovered the body. Jose Feliciano told police he and Father Ed Hinds had...

UConn Football Player Slain on Campus

Cornerback Jasper Howard, 20, was stabbed to death

(Newser) - A University of Connecticut football player has died after being stabbed on campus early this morning. Jasper Howard, a junior cornerback from Miami and the first member of his family to attend college, was 20. Two groups of people scuffled as a dance at the student union was letting out,...

UCLA Reeling After Lab Student's Throat Slashed

Male student attacks female chem partner

(Newser) - UCLA students were shaken yesterday after a 20-year-old man slashed the throat of a classmate in a chemistry lab in front of others. The pair, believed to have been lab partners, had a verbal altercation before the man attacked the woman and walked calmly away as a teaching assistant rushed...

French Tourist Attacked Near Tiananmen

Second stabbing incident in 2 days rattles Beijing

(Newser) - A French  tourist was attacked and injured by a knife-wielding man near Beijing's Tiananmen Square today, raising tensions as the Chinese capital prepares to mark 60 years of Communist rule, the AP reports. Two security guards were killed and at least a dozen other people were injured in another attack...

Roman Soccer Fans Will Kick, Er, Stab Your Butt

Anyway you slice it, extreme fans like to attack from behind

(Newser) - People who attend soccer games in Rome have to watch their backsides, warns the BBC. That's because Romans are particularly fond of stabbing rival fans in the butt. Stabbings are "now so frequent they're hardly reported in the press," said a professor who has studied the attacks. "...

Mass. Mom Kills Child, Unborn Baby: Cops

Woman was 7½ months pregnant, stabbed herself

(Newser) - A pregnant woman killed her 9-year-old daughter and stabbed herself in the stomach to kill her unborn child, authorities in the Boston suburb of Quincy said today. Fang Chi Xue, 38, was treated for self-inflicted stab wounds to the arms and abdomen and is expected to be arraigned on two...

Student Killed in Teacher's Love Triangle

Ex-pupil boyfriend held in murder of Ariz. woman's teen lover

(Newser) - An 18-year-old Arizona high school student caught with his 48-year-old math teacher in her bedroom was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, who is himself a former student of hers, police said yesterday. Sixto Balbuena, 20, a Navy sailor on leave, was arrested on a murder charge after police found...

Woman Dies Trying to Stop Family Sword Fight

Grandson charged with murder after bizarre altercation

(Newser) - A woman is dead in Indianapolis after trying to stop her grandson and brother-in-law from fighting with swords early this morning, the Star reports. Christopher Rondeau, 39, faces preliminary murder charges after 77-year-old Franziska Stegbauer was stabbed in an altercation between him and Adolf Stegbauer, 69. Authorities are unsure if...

Teen Date Stabbed Newsman 50 Times: Cops

Attack occurred during sex arranged through teen's MySpace web page

(Newser) - A disturbed teenager stabbed an ABC radio newsman 50 times during $60 sex arranged through the boy's satanic MySpace web page, reports the New York Daily News. George Weber was found dead in his bed earlier this week after the knife-obsessed hustler attacked him, the 16-year-old confessed to police. The...

ABC Newsman Murdered in Brooklyn Home

Found dead in bed with stab wounds to chest, neck

(Newser) - A longtime ABC radio newsman was found stabbed to death in his Brooklyn home yesterday, reports the New York Daily News. George Weber, 47, was dead in his bed with wounds in his chest and neck, police said. His apartment was ransacked, but there was no sign of forced entry....

Suspect Killed in Court After Stabbing Judge

Accused murderer attacked justice during recess in Calif. trial

(Newser) - An accused killer jumped up and stabbed the judge presiding over his trial before a detective shot him dead in a California courtroom, Recordnet.com reports. David Paradiso was on trial for the stabbing death of his girlfriend. After the judge called for a recess, he attacked her “with...

'Angry' Knife Nut Guilty of Killing Potter Actor

He said 'Yeah, sweet' when Rob Knox died; sentencing tomorrow

(Newser) - A British court found a young knife enthusiast guilty today of murdering an actor from the next Harry Potter film, the Guardian reports. Karl Bishop, 22, stabbed the 18-year-old actor Rob Knox five times with a pair of kitchen knives last May, as Knox tried to protect his brother Jamie...

Knox: 'I Heard Meredith Screaming'
Knox: 'I Heard Meredith Screaming'
Feb 26, 2009 3:55 AM CST

Knox: 'I Heard Meredith Screaming'

Prosecutors to confront Knox with contradictory statements

(Newser) - Accused student murderer Amanda Knox will be confronted in court with her contradictory stories about the night her British roommate was killed when prosecutors reveal her handwritten statement to police that she heard "screaming" the night Meredith Kercher was stabbed to death, reports the Independent. The accused killer from...

Attacker Wanted Breast Implants Back: Witness

Roommate of man charged with attempted murder outlines post-breakup attack

(Newser) - Testimony began this week in the trial of a California man who attacked his ex-girlfriend with a knife, allegedly with the intent to remove breast implants he’d paid for, the Victorville Daily Press reports. Thomas Lee Rowley is charged with attempted murder in the 2006 assault on his ex,...

Details Emerge on Belgian Baby Killer

Thousands march to honor dead; worker praised as a hero

(Newser) - Details of a Belgian daycare stabbing spree emerged today as thousands marched to honor three dead and 12 wounded in the attack, the Telegraph and AP report. A photo has surfaced of suspect Kim de Gelder, a loner who sniggered during police questioning and refused to cooperate. Police believe he...

3 Dead in Belgian Nursery School Attack

Attacker in face paint injures 20; children evacuated

(Newser) - An unknown man wielding a knife at a Belgian nursery school killed at least 2 children and one adult today, the BBC reports. A dozen or more were said to be injured in the attack northwest of Brussels. The attacker, wearing black-and-white face paint, fled by bicycle, says the Times...

Student Held in Fatal Virginia Tech Stabbing

Student alert system launched

(Newser) - A Chinese graduate student has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of a female student in a cafeteria of the Virginia Tech campus. The death was the first campus killing since a suicidal gunman shot dead 32 in 2007. A student alert system devised after that attack was launched when...

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