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US Woman Jailed for 6 Months After Facial Recognition Misidentification
Williams ended up facing 16 charges, including 12 felonies, largely based on what appears to be a mistaken identity.
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"That Isn't Me": DBS Bank's Ex-CEO Piyush Gupta Debunks Viral 'Meeting' LinkedIn Post
A LinkedIn post about a chance meeting with DBS Bank's former CEO Piyush Gupta went viral, but turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.
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Maharashtra Man Shot Dead By Fellow Hunters After Being Mistaken For Wild Boar
A hunting expedition by a group of villagers went fatally wrong as one of them was shot dead by some other members, who allegedly mistook him for a wild boar in a forest area in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday.
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Man Hires Killers To Murder Lover's Husband, Father. They Kill Wrong Person
A man in Lucknow hired killers to eliminate his lover's husband and father, but the hitman killed another man, a cab driver, by mistake.
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Assam Chief Minister's "Mistake" Remark Over Buried Man's Identity
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said there might have been a "mistake" in the identification of the body of a "dacoit", killed in a police encounter in Udalguri district last week.
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This Aamir Khan, Not The Actor, Tweeted Thanks For Birthday Wishes Not Meant For Him
Social media was flooded with birthday wishes for Aamir Khan as the Bollywood star turned a year older on Monday - but some fans of the actor unwittingly directed their messages to a different Aamir Khan.
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Cop Enters Kashmir Temple, Killed In Case Of "Mistaken Identity": Police
A policeman in Kashmir was killed after security guards at a temple "mistook him for anti-national element" as the cop allegedly tried to force his entry into the temple during night, the police said.
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Cop Responds To Reports Of Big Alligator In Shed. It Turns Out To Be...
Alligator sightings are not uncommon in Florida. These large reptiles have been reported from the strangest of places in the US state - everywhere from golf courses to swimming pools. So when one sheriff's office received a call about an alligator in a storage shed, they went in fully expecting to find a large reptile.
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Odisha Police Arrest Wrong Man After Warrant Falsely Names Him, Apologise
The Odisha police on Saturday apologised for arresting a wrong person in connection with a non-bailable warrant and sending him to court from where he was remanded to jail custody.
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Woman En Route Hospital, One Other Dead In "Mistaken Identity" Shooting By Philippines Police
Philippine police have killed two people, including a woman on her way to hospital, after mistaking them for gunmen, authorities said Friday, the latest deaths at the hands of law enforcement under President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Grieving Father Buries A Man He Thought Was His Son - Who Turns Up Alive A Week Later
It's still unclear how, exactly, the authorities of Orange County, California, became convinced that a body pulled from the bushes behind a phone store was that of Frank M. Kerrigan - a beloved brother and son, and very much alive.
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Presumed Dead and Cremated, 21-Year-Old Woman Returns Home
A 21-year-old woman, who was presumed dead with her body cremated according to her parents, returned to Pudukottai, to an utter shock to the family.
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US police officer arrests same man as his dad
When Salem, Mass, police officer Kevin St Pierre arrested a man suspected of robbing two stores this week, he thought the suspect's name sounded familiar. He was right. His father, former Chief Robert St Pierre, had arrested Clement Lavigne 28 years ago during an investigation of a series of arsons in the city. Kevin St Pierre was 4 at the time, hi...
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Mistaken as an Iranian martyr, then hounded
Zahra Soltani, whom everyone calls Neda, will never forget the day she saw her death announced on television, accompanied by the picture she had posted on her Facebook page. "They said that I was killed during the protests against the presidential elections," she said, shaking her head.In fact, it was another Iranian woman with a similar appearance...
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US Woman Jailed for 6 Months After Facial Recognition Misidentification
Williams ended up facing 16 charges, including 12 felonies, largely based on what appears to be a mistaken identity.
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"That Isn't Me": DBS Bank's Ex-CEO Piyush Gupta Debunks Viral 'Meeting' LinkedIn Post
A LinkedIn post about a chance meeting with DBS Bank's former CEO Piyush Gupta went viral, but turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.
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Maharashtra Man Shot Dead By Fellow Hunters After Being Mistaken For Wild Boar
A hunting expedition by a group of villagers went fatally wrong as one of them was shot dead by some other members, who allegedly mistook him for a wild boar in a forest area in Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Wednesday.
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Man Hires Killers To Murder Lover's Husband, Father. They Kill Wrong Person
A man in Lucknow hired killers to eliminate his lover's husband and father, but the hitman killed another man, a cab driver, by mistake.
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Assam Chief Minister's "Mistake" Remark Over Buried Man's Identity
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said there might have been a "mistake" in the identification of the body of a "dacoit", killed in a police encounter in Udalguri district last week.
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This Aamir Khan, Not The Actor, Tweeted Thanks For Birthday Wishes Not Meant For Him
Social media was flooded with birthday wishes for Aamir Khan as the Bollywood star turned a year older on Monday - but some fans of the actor unwittingly directed their messages to a different Aamir Khan.
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Cop Enters Kashmir Temple, Killed In Case Of "Mistaken Identity": Police
A policeman in Kashmir was killed after security guards at a temple "mistook him for anti-national element" as the cop allegedly tried to force his entry into the temple during night, the police said.
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Cop Responds To Reports Of Big Alligator In Shed. It Turns Out To Be...
Alligator sightings are not uncommon in Florida. These large reptiles have been reported from the strangest of places in the US state - everywhere from golf courses to swimming pools. So when one sheriff's office received a call about an alligator in a storage shed, they went in fully expecting to find a large reptile.
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Odisha Police Arrest Wrong Man After Warrant Falsely Names Him, Apologise
The Odisha police on Saturday apologised for arresting a wrong person in connection with a non-bailable warrant and sending him to court from where he was remanded to jail custody.
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Woman En Route Hospital, One Other Dead In "Mistaken Identity" Shooting By Philippines Police
Philippine police have killed two people, including a woman on her way to hospital, after mistaking them for gunmen, authorities said Friday, the latest deaths at the hands of law enforcement under President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Grieving Father Buries A Man He Thought Was His Son - Who Turns Up Alive A Week Later
It's still unclear how, exactly, the authorities of Orange County, California, became convinced that a body pulled from the bushes behind a phone store was that of Frank M. Kerrigan - a beloved brother and son, and very much alive.
-
Presumed Dead and Cremated, 21-Year-Old Woman Returns Home
A 21-year-old woman, who was presumed dead with her body cremated according to her parents, returned to Pudukottai, to an utter shock to the family.
-
US police officer arrests same man as his dad
When Salem, Mass, police officer Kevin St Pierre arrested a man suspected of robbing two stores this week, he thought the suspect's name sounded familiar. He was right. His father, former Chief Robert St Pierre, had arrested Clement Lavigne 28 years ago during an investigation of a series of arsons in the city. Kevin St Pierre was 4 at the time, hi...
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Mistaken as an Iranian martyr, then hounded
Zahra Soltani, whom everyone calls Neda, will never forget the day she saw her death announced on television, accompanied by the picture she had posted on her Facebook page. "They said that I was killed during the protests against the presidential elections," she said, shaking her head.In fact, it was another Iranian woman with a similar appearance...
