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The blaze broke out at around 10:00 p.m. local time Saturday night on the fourth floor and quickly spread through the structure, according to the state-run Anadolu Agency. It took firefighters four hours to put out the fire.
The agency also reported that 39 suffered light smoke inhalation, including seven firefighters. Paramedics attended to 26 people on site, while 20 others have been hospitalized, one in critical condition.
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Death of Australia's 'Outback Killer' leaves whereabouts of British backpacker's body unknown
Published Jul 16, 2025 • 4 minute read Falconio family, from left, Luciano, Nick, Joan and Paul Falconio, leave the Northern Territory Supreme Court in Darwin, Australia, Oct. 18, 2005. Photo by Rob Griffith / AP MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police fear Bradley John Murdoch, known as the 'Outback Killer', has taken to his grave the secret of how he disposed of the body of British backpacker Peter Falconio who was murdered in arid central Australia 24 years ago. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Exclusive articles by top sports columnists Patrick Johnston, Ben Kuzma, J.J. Abrams and others. Plus, Canucks Report, Sports and Headline News newsletters and events. Unlimited online access to The Province and 15 news sites with one account. The Province ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on. Daily puzzles and comics, including the New York Times Crossword. Support local journalism. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Murdoch died Tuesday night, aged 67, in the palliative care unit of the Alice Springs Hospital, officials said Wednesday. He was diagnosed with terminal throat cancer in 2019 and was recently transferred to the hospital from the Alice Springs prison. His death leaves the mystery of the whereabouts of Falconio's body unsolved. The Northern Territory Police Force said investigators remain 'committed to resolving this final piece of the investigation.' 'It is deeply regrettable that Murdoch has died without, as far as we are aware, ever disclosing the location of Peter Falconio's remains,' a police statement said. 'His silence has denied the Falconio family the closure they have so long deserved.' The victim's 83-year-old father, Luciano Falconio, was visibly shocked and lost for words after learning of Murdoch's death a day after the anniversary of his son's disappearance, News Corp Australia reported. Essential reading for hockey fans who eat, sleep, Canucks, repeat. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'I tell you what I think, I wish he (Murdoch) left something for me to find him,' the father told the news company from his home in the U.K. The 2005 conviction In 2005, Murdoch was convicted of the 2001 murder of 28-year-old Falconio, from Huddersfield in England's Yorkshire region, and the attempted kidnapping of Falconio's girlfriend Joanne Lees. The crime captured global attention and was one of the inspirations for the 2005 Australian horror movie 'Wolf Creek,' about a serial killer who preyed on backpackers and left a single witness who became a suspect. Lees, who wrote about her ordeal in her 2006 memoir 'No Turning Back,' complained that police treated her as a suspect in the years before Murdoch was charged. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. A court order prevented the movie's release in the Northern Territory during Murdoch's trial, fearing it could influence jurors. Murdoch was not accused of any other killings. Maintaining his innocence Murdoch consistently maintained his innocence and did not help authorities search for Falconio's remains. At the time of the killing, Murdoch was an interstate drug runner, using amphetamines to stay awake for dayslong drives and cannabis to sleep. On the night of July 14, 2001, he tricked Falconio and Lees into stopping their campervan on a dark and remote highway north of Alice Springs. Lees watched her boyfriend leave the van to inspect a supposedly sparking exhaust pipe. She testified that she heard a gunshot and never saw her boyfriend again. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Murdoch, an imposing 193 centimetres (6 foot, 4 inches) in height, bound her wrists with cable ties before she managed to escape and hid in the desert scrub for hours. She testified she watched Murdoch searching for her with a flashlight and his dog. Lees later waved down a truck and raised the alarm. Police doubled the reward for information Last month, police doubled the reward for information leading to the location of Falconio's remains to 500,000 Australian dollars ($330,000), following news that Murdoch was in palliative care. 'Police still hold out hope that someone may be able to provide some vital information to assist in this search,' Police Commander Mark Grieve said. Colleen Gwynne, a former police officer who led the investigation at the time of Falconio's disappearance, said Murdoch might have panicked after Lees escaped and in his confusion forgot what he did with the body. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Once that panic set in … he may have disposed of a body somewhere he's not entirely certain where that is,' Gwynne said earlier this month. Murdoch was sentenced to life in prison for Falconio's murder and was ordered to serve at least 28 years before he could be considered for parole. He was also sentenced to six years for assaulting Lees. The earliest he could have applied for parole would have been 2032, but without providing information as to what he had done with Falconio's body, Murdoch was not likely to have been released. The territory passed laws in 2016 preventing prisoners convicted of murder from qualifying for parole unless they provide police with the location of their victims' bodies. Murdoch was born in the west coast town of Geraldton, the third child of an automobile mechanic and his wife, a hairdresser. As a teen, he became involved in biker gang crime and was first sentenced to prison in 1995 for shooting at a group of Indigenous people at Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia. He served 15 months of a 21-month sentence. In sentencing Murdoch for Falconio's killing, Chief Justice Brian Martin said he doubted any words could express the trauma and terror Lees had suffered. 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Winnipeg Free Press
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Indigenous Wampis are ambushed in Peru after government backs out of anti-mining joint patrol
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — An attack by armed assailants on a patrol of a mission by the Indigenous Wampis guards last week in the Peruvian Amazon has again brought into focus the issue of illegal gold mining in the ancestral territory. The 60-member mission was ambushed and shot at as they were patrolling near the Wampis community of Fortaleza on Saturday, just days after the Peruvian government's sudden withdrawal from a planned joint enforcement operation to confront the illegal mining. No one was hurt in the attack. For two years, the Wampis Nation has pressed state agencies and the public prosecutor's office in Peru to work together to monitor for and remove illegal mining operations from the Santiago River basin. Days before a scheduled joint operation, government agencies pulled out without explanation, according to Amazon Watch, a U.S.-based environmental and Indigenous rights nonprofit. In response, the Wampis launched their own mission and its first patrol was attacked on Saturday. Indigenous leaders say the incident highlights the growing risks faced by land defenders and the government's failure to uphold its promises. A Wampis official described the attack to The Associated Press. The around 60 Indigenous leaders, community guards and technicians were tasked with monitoring the environmental impacts of illegal gold mining in the Bajo Rio Santiago region. 'People started throwing explosives — I don't even know what kind they were — and then came the gunfire,' said Evaristo Pujupat Shirap, 45, communications officer for the Autonomous Territorial Government of the Wampis Nation. 'Bullets hit the vehicle and even pierced a teacher's jacket at chest level,' Shirap added. The Peruvian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Members on the Wampis mission were armed with hunting rifles, but according to Shirap, leaders had instructed the group not to fire under any circumstances. While they did fire a few warning shots into the air, no direct confrontation took place, Shirap added. 'We will not stand by while our rivers are poisoned and our forests destroyed,' said Galois Yampis, vice president of the Wampis government. Peru's 'government failed to honor its commitments, so we are acting to defend our territory and the future of our people,' he added. The Indigenous Wampis territorial guards are community-led environmental defenders trained and organized by the autonomous territorial government of the Wampis Nation. Wednesdays Columnist Jen Zoratti looks at what's next in arts, life and pop culture. Their aim is to protect Wampis ancestral lands from illegal activities such as mining, logging, and drug trafficking, while upholding their cultural values and vision of Tarimat Pujut — a life in harmony with nature. Raphael Hoetmer, Amazon program director at Amazon Watch, a longtime ally of the Wampis, said they only confront violent criminals — 'yet are left to face danger without state protection.' The Wampis Nation has long been urging Peru and gold-importing nations to strengthen enforcement against illegal gold trade and invest in Indigenous-led territorial monitoring and sustainable development. ___ The Associated Press' climate and environmental coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP's standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at
Toronto Sun
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LILLEY: U.S. arrest warrant alleges deep Canadian ties to fentanyl trade
Affidavit unsealed in U.S. court links accused B.C. drug kingpin to global trade in narcotics Get the latest from Brian Lilley straight to your inbox An undated photo of alleged Surrey, B.C., gangster Opinder Singh Sian, 37, who has been charged in California with exportation of methamphetamine. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says he is the North American leader of a transnational drug-trafficking organization. Photo by Postmedia Network files A shipment of 100 kg of fentanyl precursor chemicals a month from Vancouver to Los Angeles; that was the promise allegedly made to an undercover agent. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account A newly released arrest warrant that hasn't been tested in court shows the alleged international ties of a British Columbia drug kingpin and how narcotics move freely across borders. The warrant, issued by a California district court for the arrest of Opinder Singh Sian, alleges connections to Canadian, Chinese, Turkish, Mexican and Irish organized crime groups, including the Kinahan cartel which has ties to the terrorist group Hezbollah. Sian is a Canadian national and a resident of Surrey, B.C., but was arrested last month in Nevada on charges of trying to ship methamphetamine from the United States to Australia through the Port of Long Beach, just outside of Los Angeles. The information in the affidavit sworn by agent Albert Polito of the Drug Enforcement Administration reads like a Hollywood script and, if the allegations are true, blows apart the idea that Canada is not a source country for fentanyl and other drugs destined for the United States and elsewhere. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Some of the alleged details described in the affidavit: Meth sourced from Montreal contacts was traded in Los Angeles for shipment to Australia; requests for bulk cocaine purchases in Los Angles for distribution in Vancouver; promises of substantial shipments of fentanyl precursor chemicals from China into the Port of Vancouver and then shipped to Los Angeles via a Canadian trucking company. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. There's a Toronto connection as well with one of those named allegedly shipping hundreds of pounds of meth through various ports and channels around the world, while reporting to bosses in Hong Kong and working with members of the Sinaloa cartel in Mexico. The whole operation allegedly started after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency got a tip from their field office in Ankara, Turkey, about the chance to put a confidential source into a global drug-trafficking ring. That allegedly led to the connection with Sian and drug-smuggling operations that spanned four continents and at least eight countries. Sian, the Canadian living in Surrey and doing business around the world, was allegedly at the centre of this, according to the DEA. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. According to the affidavit, Sian took the DEA's confidential source, known as Queen, out for lunch with his family on Aug. 16, 2023. After the lunch, Sian and Queen went to a cafe where they met with a man named Peter Peng Zhou, who allegedly made the bold promise of providing the precursor chemicals that fentanyl is made from. 'ZHOU said that he would be getting the precursors from China in Vancouver and send them to Los Angeles, via his trucking company,' the affidavit alleges, adding that Zhou promised that he could send 100 kg per month. Postmedia reported other B.C. suspects named in the U.S. case have not yet been charged. Sian and other associates also allegedly offered to provide Queen with these chemicals, either shipped through Canada or directly to the Port of Long Beach. The affidavit contains discussions about shipping fentanyl chemicals by mail and methods used to avoid detection. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. This affidavit and the charges against Sian, if proven, back up the claims made by the Americans. Like too many toddlers with oppositional disorder, Canadians have been denying that there is any issue in Canada and have refused to look at the facts. Concerns in Washington about Canada and fentanyl didn't originate with U.S. President Donald Trump as the Biden administration raised concerns. We have super labs that have been busted, we have sophisticated smuggling networks that take drugs in both directions and Canada has been used as a hub for laundering drug money from the trade of fentanyl and other narcotics. The opioid epidemic, driven in large part by fentanyl, is a scourge in Canada that has killed close to 50,000 people since 2016. We should be taking it seriously to protect our own people, but instead we are pretending it doesn't exist because Trump mentioned it. Time for us to grow up, do what is right and dismantle the kinds of operations the Americans just pointed us to in the allegations contained in the search warrant. Read More Celebrity Crime Toronto Maple Leafs Entertainment Canada
