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South China Morning Post
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- South China Morning Post
Outrage in Italy as heroic police dog Bruno killed in ‘vile, cowardly' attack
The horrific killing of a police bloodhound, who helped find nine people throughout his sniffer dog career, has outraged Italians and sparked a criminal investigation to find his killers. Bruno, a 7-year-old bloodhound, was found dead on Friday morning in his shed in southern Taranto. His trainer, Arcangelo Caressa, said that he had been fed bits of dog food laced with nails. In a social media post on Tuesday, Caressa urged police to 'find the killers before I do.' Premier Giorgia Meloni , who was photographed with Bruno after one of his heroic rescues, said that his slaughter was 'vile, cowardly, unacceptable.' Lawmaker Michael Vittoria Brambilla, a long-time animal rights activist, filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors under a new law that she helped push through stiffening penalties for anyone who kills or mistreats an animal Bruno, a seven-year-old bloodhound, had been hailed as a hero for finding nine missing people during his career, and was once honoured by Italy's prime minister. Photo: Handout The editor of the Il Giornale daily, Vittorio Feltri, voiced outrage, saying Bruno had done more civic good in Italy than most citizens. Caressa said that he had told prosecutors that he suspected he was the ultimate target of Bruno's killers, and that Bruno was killed 'to get to me'. He cited his efforts at rescuing dogs that were being used for illegal dogfights, saying that he had already received threats for his work. He said he had given police investigators the names of two people whom he suspected. The new animal protection law, known as the Brambilla law, went into effect on July 1 and calls for up to four years in prison and a €60,000 (US$70,000) fine, with the stiffest penalties applied if the mistreatment is committed in front of children or is filmed and disseminated online. Italy mourns Bruno, a heroic police dog killed in a vile attack. Photo: Handout Feltri said that the penalty should be even greater than four years, saying animals must be respected 'especially when they behave heroically' as Bruno.
South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong police arrest boy, 13, on suspicion of drug trafficking
Hong Kong police have arrested a 13-year-old boy on suspicion of drug trafficking after uncovering a narcotics cache worth about HK$530,000 (US$67,520) hidden inside his Mong Kok home. Officers from Wong Tai Sin district's anti-triad unit raided a flat on Pak Po Street on Monday, seizing about 1kg (2.2lbs) of suspected crystal meth 'ice'. Police also found around 6 grams (0.2 oz) of a cocktail drug commonly referred to as 'happy powder', a mixture of different substances such as ketamine and PMMA, or para-methoxymethamphetamine. Inspector Chow Chun-hin said the teenager, who was currently a Form One student, lived in the flat with his mother. The Post learned that the drugs were concealed above a false ceiling inside their shared home. His mother, a cleaner, was reportedly unaware of the illicit activity. Inspector Chow Chun-hin has said the teenager, who is currently a Form One student, lives in the flat with his mother. Photo: Handout A preliminary investigation showed the boy had been recruited via social media, receiving HK$4,000 as compensation for stashing the drugs.
South China Morning Post
10 hours ago
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Indian villagers beat family of five to death over ‘witchcraft' accusation
Indian villagers beat a family of five to death and dumped their corpses in a lake, accusing them of 'practising witchcraft' after the death of a boy, police said on Tuesday. Three people have been arrested and have confessed to the crime, police in the northern state of Bihar said in a statement. Three women – including a 75-year-old – were among those murdered. The main accused believed that his son's recent death was caused by one of those killed, and blamed 'him and his family of practising witchcraft', the statement said. 'After beating the victims to death, the perpetrators loaded the bodies onto a tractor and dumped them in a pond,' police said. The murderers and victims all belonged to India's Oraon tribe in Bihar, India's poorest state and a mainly Hindu region of at least 130 million people.
