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Perth Now
2 days ago
- Perth Now
Dramatic citizen's arrest after stabbing
Bystanders have performed a dramatic citizen's arrest after a man was stabbed outside a Melbourne shopping centre, restraining the alleged attacker until police arrived. Emergency services were called to Homer Street in Moonee Ponds about 4.35pm on Monday following reports of an altercation between two men. It is understood the men were seen arguing before one allegedly pulled out a knife and stabbed the other in the neck and chest. Bystanders stepped in to detain a man after an alleged stabbing in Moonee Ponds. 7News. Credit: Channel 7 Police said civilians restrained the alleged attacker until police arrived and arrested him. The other man was taken to hospital to be treated for minor injuries. Witness Liam Clifford told 7News the man appeared to start saying Allahu Akbar once restrained by police. 'He was calling it over and over again, he just wouldn't stop – I think it was in response to getting tackled,' he said. 'It was scary. You don't normally see this stuff happen in Moonee Ponds so it was pretty confronting.'
Telegraph
16-06-2025
- Politics
- Telegraph
Iran's broadcasters become the news on a day of mayhem
The news anchor was in full flow, both hands raised to emphasise her point. Suddenly, a loud explosion rent the air, audibly shattering glass and plunging the main studio of Iran's state broadcaster into darkness. As she scurried from her seat, debris fell from the ceiling and smoke wafted across the screen. Off-camera, a male voice cried out 'Allahu Akbar' – 'God is Great' Israel's attack on the headquarters of state television in Tehran marked the dramatic culmination of a day of mayhem that spread panic throughout the Iranian capital. Having neutralised the city's air defences with ease, Israeli forces took advantage of their freedom of manoeuvre to strike targets across the city. From early morning until well into the night, the city echoed to the crump and crunch of explosions, beginning with a strike on the headquarters of the regime's elite Quds force and ending, as darkness fell, with the attack on its chief mouthpiece. The Israeli military had issued a warning ahead of the strike, ordering the evacuation not just of the IRIB building housing the broadcaster but of the entire District 3 in northern Tehran – a bustling suburb of 330,000 people housing government buildings, diplomatic missions and UN offices. The word spread slowly. Internet connectivity in Iran has been severely disrupted in recent days, meaning some missed initially missed the message. But word eventually got out, prompting terrified residents to pour out of apartments blocks and escape the area as best they could. Amid the panic, the station defiantly stayed on air – and resumed transmission just a few minutes after the blast, with Peyman Jebeli, the head of the station, appearing in front of the cameras, looking visibly shaken and clutching a bloodied piece of paper. Whatever Israel did, he told viewers, he and his colleagues would continue 'standing until the end.' As he spoke, fire raged in parts of the building and emergency workers tended to the wounded. It was unclear how many staff at the station were injured – or if any were killed. Israel justified the attack even before it had taken place, with the country's defence minister warning: 'the Iranian propaganda and incitement megaphone is about to disappear. Evacuation of nearby residents has begun.' The defiance inside the building stood in stark contrast to the chaos engulfing the rest of Tehran, a city of nearly ten million. Authorities appealed for calm. What they got was headlong panic. Once again, anxious queues formed outside petrol stations, most of them empty of fuel. Those unable to fill their cars stood on the roadside with their suitcase-clutching families, desperately trying to hail a taxi or thumb a lift out of town. Even the few who succeeded often got nowhere. For hours, traffic on motorways leading out of the city was at a standstill. 'It's like doomsday,' one resident said. 'We don't know what to do. We never thought this would happen. We never thought war would come to Tehran.' As the death toll rose – with Iran's health ministry reporting at least 224 killed and 1,400 injured since Friday – the forces that once manned Tehran's air defence systems stood by helplessly as Israel struck the city at will. Iran's military has not been fully defanged, however. The regime responded fire with fresh ballistic missile barrages launched at Israel's cities, killing at least eight people. A total of 24 have died since open hostilities began on Friday. And there was more to come, vowed Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi. 'Our powerful armed forces are making clear to the world that the war criminals hiding in shelters in Tel Aviv will not go unpunished for their crimes,' he posted on X. 'We will continue to pummel the cowards as long as needed to make sure that they are no longer firing at our people.' Unlike Iran, Israel's skies are still protected by one of the world's most sophisticated anti-missile shields – though its interceptors are only neutralising about 85 percent of Iranian launches, a lower success rate than Israeli commanders had hoped. The reasons remain unclear. According to Giora Eiland, former head of Israel's National Security Council, it may be that some missiles use navigation systems that alter their trajectory shortly before impact, making them harder to intercept. 'When you have a navigation system, it means that the Israeli air defences cannot predict exactly what the route of the missile will be,' he said. 'That may be why we've missed more of them that we really wanted.' Despite mounting civilian casualties, Israeli military officials say that relief may be on the horizon. Israel has eliminated around 30 per cent of Iran's ballistic missile stockpile and neutralised about half its firing capacity, according to Capt. Masha Michelson, an IDF spokeswoman. Airstrikes on Iran's missile bases account for much of that success. But significant damage was also inflicted by off-the-shelf quadcopter drones assembled and launched by Mossad operatives positioned near the sites. As Iranian troops attempted to move missiles from storage to the sites, undercover teams deployed the drones to destroy warheads either as they were being transported in military lorries or as they were being fixed into position. 'We strike a terror target ad then we eliminate launchers and trucks carrying ballistic missiles,' Capt Michelson explained. 'We have been able to narrow the Iranian regime's ability to fire ballistic missiles at Israel by 50 per cent.' The destruction of much of Iran's air defences and the erosion of its ballistic missile capacity has emboldened Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's prime minister. 'We are on the way to declaring victory,' he said as he visited the Tel Nof air base in central Israel. 'We are on our way to achieving our two goals: elimination of the nuclear threat and elimination of the missile threat.' In a sign of Israel's rising confidence, Mr Netanyahu openly toyed with defying a taboo laid reportedly set by Donald Trump when he declined to rule out targeting Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Addressing a news conference, the prime minister again did not respond directly to questions about whether he sought regime change in Iran, although he said he believed the leadership could collapse as a result of Israel's offensive. 'We are changing the face of the Middle East' 'It's impossible to predict, but it could be the result of our mighty action,' he said. 'We are changing the face of the Middle East, and this could lead to far-ranging changes within itself.' Gen Eiland, however, insisted that although Iran's regime could collapse as a result of Israel's action it was unlikely to happen soon and was not among the chief military objectives of the operation. 'It is important to emphasise regime change is not one of the formal, explicit goals that we are fighting for,' he said. 'But there is an implicit hope that it will happen sooner or later.'
Scottish Sun
31-05-2025
- Scottish Sun
Inmate who stabbed prison guard revealed as serial knifeman Muslim convert who once said it ‘felt good to hurt someone'
Taylor is now believed to have been transferred to the separation unit at top-security Belmarsh jail JAIL ATTACK Inmate who stabbed prison guard revealed as serial knifeman Muslim convert who once said it 'felt good to hurt someone' Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A LAG who stabbed a prison officer using a flick-knife smuggled in by drone is a white Muslim convert who once said it 'felt good to hurt someone'. Callom Taylor, 22 — jailed for a string of stabbings — is often heard shouting 'Allahu Akbar' on the prison wing and carries a prayer mat, sources say. 3 Callom Taylor has been revealed as the violent prisoner who stabbed an officer in the stomach Credit: South Yorkshire Police 3 The horrifying attack took place at HMP Long Lartin in Worcestershire Credit: PA:Press Association 3 The prisons watchdog warned of drones being used to smuggle weapons and drugs into Long Lartin Credit: HMI Prisons He carried out his latest attack just after 8.30am on Friday, stabbing a 25-year-old officer in the stomach. He had to be airlifted from maximum-security Long Lartin jail, near Evesham, Worcs, to hospital for emergency surgery. Two weeks before, the prisons watchdog warned of drones being used to smuggle weapons and drugs into Long Lartin, with the jail's surveillance tech branded obsolete. A source said: 'The drone drops here are out of control. They fly in phones, knives and drugs.' READ MORE ON PRISONS TREATS FOR BEAST Fury at evil Southport killer's cushy jail life where he STILL gets treats He became even more paranoid and obsessive, constantly going on about people disrespecting him. He carries a prayer mat around and calls out Allahu Akbar. A source Taylor, of Sheffield, has a long history of violence. He was locked up in 2022 for a string of attacks including a three-month 'campaign of violence' in which he stabbed four people and assaulted a fifth with nunchucks. He was given a 23-year extended sentence, with a minimum of 18 years in custody, avoiding a life term due to his age. The judge told him: 'You have escaped a life sentence by the narrowest of margins.' The court heard a psychiatric report revealing Taylor admitted experiencing powerful urges to hurt people for no reason. When asked directly, he 'admitted that, in a way, it felt good to hurt someone else'. Inside evil Southport killer's cushy jail life where he STILL gets Maltesers, crisps & other treats despite guard attack Taylor is said to have converted to Islam behind bars at Long Lartin. Our source said: 'The lad converted a while ago and since then it's like he's become someone else. 'He became even more paranoid and obsessive, constantly going on about people disrespecting him. 'He carries a prayer mat around and calls out Allahu Akbar.' Taylor is now believed to have been transferred to the separation unit at top-security Belmarsh jail. West Mercia Police said the attack was not being treated as terror- related, but as a 'disagreement'. It comes after Southport child killer Axel Rudakubana threw boiling water over a warder at Belmarsh last month, and Manchester bomb plotter Hashem Abedi stabbed and burned four officers with cooking oil at Frankland prison in April. Additional reporting: MIKE SULLIVAN and TOM SEAWARD
News18
04-05-2025
- News18
NIA Grills Local Who Opened Shop Weeks Before But Was Missing On Day Of Pahalgam Attack: Report
Last Updated: As part of its probe into the Pahalgam attack, which claimed the lives of 25 tourists and a local pony ride operator, the NIA has already questioned over 100 locals in Kashmir. The National Investigation Agency is interrogating a local in Pahalgam, Jammu and Kashmir, who had opened his shop just 15 days before the terror attack and was missing on the day of the incident. As part of its probe into the Pahalgam terror attack, which claimed the lives of 25 tourists and a local pony ride operator, the NIA has already questioned over 100 locals in Kashmir. According to The Indian Express, the central agency learnt about the local man who did not open his shop on the day of the attack during questioning of other suspects. 'Now, the officials of central agencies and NIA are questioning him and also examining his Internet Protocol Detail Record to get some clues," a source told The Indian Express. Sources in the central agencies stated that an NIA team has compiled a list of all locals who were present at the scene during the attack and is currently interrogating them. 'Since the case is with the NIA, we are providing help to them and sending all the locals to them," the source said. 'They have so far questioned 100 locals, including pony operators, shopkeepers, photographers and those employed in adventure sports activities… Some of them are learnt to have told investigators that they were spared based on their accent or after the attackers ascertained their faith," the source added. Earlier in the week, the NIA questioned a zipline operator seen chanting 'Allahu Akbar" in a viral video just before the terrorist attack unfolded in the scenic Baisaran meadow. After interrogation, the zipline operator was given a clean chit. Investigators are also examining whether the same group was responsible for the killing of three Army personnel in South Kashmir's Kulgam district in August 2023. The group is also suspected to have carried out an attack in Jammu's Poonch district in May last year, which resulted in the death of an Air Force personnel and injuries to four others. Following the Pahalgam terror attack, India announced a raft of measures against Pakistan, including the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty. New Delhi also announced the shutting down of the Integrated Check Post (ICP) at Attari, the suspension of visas for Pakistani nationals and the scaling down of top officials at the High Commission. First Published:
Indian Express
03-05-2025
- Indian Express
Pahalgam terror attack: Local who opened shop 15 days ago but not on day of incident under NIA scanner
A local in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, who opened his shop around 15 days before the terror attack on tourists and did not open his shop on the day of the incident, is being questioned by officials of multiple central agencies, including the National Investigation Agency (NIA), The Indian Express has learnt. The NIA, which is investigating the April 22 attack where 26 people were killed, has already questioned around 100 locals as part of its probe. It was during questioning that the central agency learned about the man who did not open his shop on the day of the incident. 'Now, the officials of central agencies and NIA are questioning him and also examining his Internet Protocol Detail Record to get some clues,' a source said. Sources in the central agencies said that an NIA team has prepared a list of all the locals who were present at the site at the time and is now questioning them. 'Since the case is with the NIA, we are providing help to them and sending all the locals to them,' the source said. 'They have so far questioned 100 locals, including pony operators, shopkeepers, photographers and those employed in adventure sports activities… Some of them are learnt to have told investigators that they were spared based on their accent or after the attackers ascertained their faith,' the source added. Earlier in the week, the NIA had questioned and given a clean chit to the zipline operator seen chanting 'Allahu Akbar' in one of the videos recorded by a tourist. 'It was found after questioning that he got scared when he was chanting 'Allahu Akbar' and immediately left the spot. He did not inform anyone, including the police, even after reaching home. He made a call to his friend later in the evening,' another source said. Last month, the NIA registered an FIR after they were directed by the Union Home Ministry to take over the probe into the Pahalgam terror attack from the Jammu and Kashmir Police for probing a larger conspiracy theory hatched from across the border. Investigators are also looking into whether the same group was involved in the killing of three Army personnel in South Kashmir's Kulgam district in August 2023. The terrorists are also suspected to have been involved in an attack in Jammu's Poonch district in May last year, wherein an Air Force personnel was killed and four others injured. 'The central agencies and the NIA are revisiting all the past cases and trying to find out any clues so that a strong case can be built up against these attackers,' the source said. Relations between India and Pakistan have been strained since the Pahalgam terror attack, with India holding the Indus Waters Treaty 'in abeyance', cancelling all visas granted to Pakistan nationals, closing the Integrated Check Post at Attari, expelling diplomats, etc. This week, India also imposed an immediate ban on the import or transit of all goods originating in, or exported from, Pakistan.
