BBC reported that they helped rescue six women who were allegedly trapped inside a refrigerated van. The women included 6 Vietnamese and 2 Iraqis were migrants who contacted the BBC in distress. The news agency alerted the police and helped them track the van, resulting in the arrest of the suspected driver.
An Australian man who faked kidnapping has been asked to compensate the police. The man named Paul Iera faked his own kidnapping on the New Year’s Eve when he wanted to spend the night with another woman instead of his partner. The Wollongong court ordered Iera to pay $10,334 to the police for investigation expenses.
Thailand police have discovered the dismembered body of a German businessman who was reported missing on 4 July. The 62-year-old businessman named Hans-Peter Mack went missing on 4 July and Thai police were investigating his disappearance. Mack’s dead body was discovered in a freezer at a house in the southern city of Thailand, Nong Prue.
One causality was reported, and multiple others were injured after a roller coaster fell to the ground in Sweden. The Grona Lund amusement park’s Jetline roller coaster in the capital Stockholm derailed and stopped in the air, flying people out of their seats.
The police department has initiated an inquiry into a police officer who fired a Taser at a 95-year-old woman in New South Wales, Australia. The police officers were called off and an investigation was set into motion to inquire about what had really happened.
Death toll from the chocolate factory explosion has increased to seven after several dead bodies were recovered at the site. Huge explosion rocked the West Reading community of just 4,500 people, on Friday, destroying the R.M. Palmer Co. facility. Operation is underway to look for missing people as Search and rescue teams are working to pull people out from debris.
A young man has been charged with attempted murder of two elderly Muslim men in different cities of England. The 28-year-old suspect Mohammed Abbkr was seen setting fire to two elderly men on two different occasions, after the victims were coming out from a mosque.
Police in Peru found an ancient mummy during a routine security check. The mummy was found inside a bag by a delivery guy when he seemed suspicious to the police for acting drunk. The mummy was 600-800 years old, according to the initial investigation.
A mysterious iron ball was spotted on Japanese Enshu beach in the city of Hamamatsu. The iron ball left the police and residents shocked as they couldn’t figure out what it really was. The first impression was that it could have been a Chinese or North Korean spy object, but the rumors were dismissed by Japanese authorities.
