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Arrest over fatal stabbing of 87-year-old on mobility scooter

A 44-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of 87-year-old Thomas O’Halloran on a mobility scooter in west London. He was arrested at an address in Southall, west London, in the early hours of Thursday, the Metropolitan Police ...

18 Aug 2022 at 21:19

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Man who had knife in A&E said he didn't like people from Derry and wanted to 'cut their throats'

A man who walked into a hospital's A&E department with a knife in his backpack allegedly told police he 'did not like people from Derry and wanted to cut their throats'. Owen Daniel Maguire, of Clooney Road, Campsie, also told officers that he ...

28 Sept 2022 at 13:56

Northern Ireland

Man, 31, charged following stabbing in Derry

Detectives have charged a man following a stabbing in Derry. Police said the incident happened in Crawford Square in the early hours of Friday. The man, aged 31, has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon with intent to commit an ...

29 Jul 2022 at 19:30

Northern Ireland

Man arrested following stabbing in Derry

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in Derry. Detectives have appealed for information about the incident in Crawford Square in the early hours of Friday. The PSNI received a report just before 5....

29 Jul 2022 at 10:12

Northern Ireland

Man stabbed multiple times in Belfast attack

A man is being treated in hospital after he was stabbed multiple times in an attack in north Belfast. Detectives are appealing for information about the incident which occurred in the early hours of Monday. A PSNI spokesperson said: “At ...

05 Sept 2022 at 11:41

Northern Ireland

Pair charged after man stabbed

Two men have been charged with a number of offences following a stabbing in north Belfast. Police were alerted at 11.40pm on Monday to the Antrim Close area, where a man in his 20s had been stabbed five times and received a blow to the ...

28 Jun 2023 at 10:27

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Government to consider tougher punishment for knife crime as scale of confiscations skyrockets

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee will bring a memo to Cabinet in relation to tougher sentences on knife crime. RTÉ have reported that under the planned amendments, the maximum sentence for serious knife offences would increase from ...

16 Apr 2024 at 08:58

Northern Ireland

Two arrested after man stabbed in Comber

Two men have been arrested after a man was stabbed in Comber, Co Down. The man who was stabbed sustained injuries to his hand, leg and back. Police received a report at around 11.50pm on Friday of an altercation in the area of ...

25 Nov 2023 at 12:14

Northern Ireland

Man treated for facial injury after Belfast stabbing

A man has been treated for a slash wound to his face following a stabbing in Belfast. Police are appealing for information about the incident outside a fast-food shop in the Dublin Road area at 2.25am on Sunday. A PSNI ...

15 Oct 2023 at 09:57

Derry News

Man on knife charge bailed on condition of Richmond Centre ban

A man who is accused of possessing a knife in a Derry Shopping Centre has been bailed on condition he does not enter the Richmond Centre in the city. Dean Dillon (25) of Glenabbey Drive in Derry appeared at the local ...

09 Jun 2022 at 20:37

Northern Ireland

Teenager to undergo surgery after being stabbed in the face

A teenager is to undergo surgery after he was stabbed a number of times in the face. A man has been charged following the incident in Armagh. Police received a report shortly after 10.30pm on New Year’s Eve that a ...

01 Jan 2023 at 16:51

Northern Ireland

Former child soldier locked up for killing stranger in ‘ferocious’ knife attack

A former child soldier has been locked up indefinitely after killing a stranger in a “ferocious” knife attack in London’s Oxford Street. Tedi Fanta, 27, was on bail for brandishing a saw days before he armed ...

01 Feb 2023 at 17:13

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