16 Ex-UP Cops, Acquitted Earlier, Get Life Term For Hashimpura Massacre
India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Wednesday October 31, 2018
Sixteen former police personnel have been sentenced to life for killing 42 people of a minority community in Uttar Pradesh in 1987. The Delhi High Court called the Hashimpura massacre in Meerut as "targeted killing" of unarmed and defenceless persons and overturned the trial court's verdict which had acquitted the accused.
Journalist Reporting Corruption Shot Dead Amid Mexico Targeted Killings
World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday September 22, 2018
Gunmen on Friday killed a Mexican journalist who had received threats after reporting on corruption in the southern state of Chiapas, his newspaper said, in what was at least the ninth murder of a reporter in the country this year.
British Parliament Takes Up Issue Of Man Arrested In Punjab Targeted Killing Cases
Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 21, 2017
The UK government today said that it would take "extreme action" if any British citizen is being tortured as the case of a Scottish-born Sikh man, who has been jailed in India, was raised in the House of Commons.
Punjab Police Arrests 4, Claim Most Cases Of Targeted Killings Solved
Chandigarh News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 8, 2017
The Punjab police today claimed to have solved most of the cases of targeted killings, including the shooting of RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja last year, with the arrest of four persons.
Targeted Killings Thin ISIS' Top Ranks
World News | Joby Warrick, The Washington Post | Tuesday November 29, 2016
For a man given to fiery rhetoric and long-winded sermons, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani became oddly quiet during his last summer as the chief spokesman for the Islamic State.
South Sudan Army Slams UN Report Alleging Killings, Rape
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday August 5, 2016
South Sudan's army today described a UN report alleging its troops carried out ethnically targeted killings and rapes as "baseless", saying not one victim had lodged a complaint.
Five Dallas Police Officers Were Killed By A Lone Attacker, Authorities Say
World News | Joel Achenbach, William Wan, Mark Berman, The Washington Post | Saturday July 9, 2016
The targeted killing of five police officers at a protest in Dallas late Thursday was the work of a lone gunman, authorities said Friday, a brutal and methodical act of racial hatred intended as revenge for perceived racial disparity. Before he was killed by a robot-delivered bomb, he told negotiators he had been motivated by police killings of bla...
Drones Emerge From Shadows To Become Key Cog In US War Machine
World News | Reuters | Tuesday June 7, 2016
When US drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted killing that unmanned aircraft are best known for.
Lawmakers Urge Barack Obama To Allow CIA Target-Killing Of ISIS Leaders
World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 25, 2016
Leaders of the US Senate intelligence committee were secretly pushing President Barack Obama to allow the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out target killings against ISIS leaders, local media reported on Thursday.
Pakistan Police Kills 12 Terrorists In Karachi, Seizes Large Cache Of Arms
World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 23, 2016
Pakistan police has killed at least 12 terrorists involved in target killings and seized a large cache of arms in the country's biggest city Karachi.
A Victim of Perceptions; Another Target Killing in Kashmir
India News | Written by Nazir Masoodi | Friday July 3, 2015
Fear has gripped a South Kashmir hamlet in Pulwama district after a village head was shot dead by suspected militants. What is more shocking that 43 year old Mohammad Yousuf Bhat is believed to be the victim of perceptions about his religious beliefs.
Drones Are Coming, for Better and for Worse
Vidhyanshu Gaur | Tuesday June 30, 2015
Drones are already used for everything from target killing to scientific research - while the dangers are real, so are the benefits.
Leaked CIA Document Reveals Setbacks of Targeted Killings
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 19, 2014
The US government's program to capture and kill insurgent leaders can backfire, a leaked CIA report said Thursday, citing "limited" results in Afghanistan in particular.
Gunmen Kill Libyan Journalist in Restive Benghazi
World News | Associated Press | Monday May 26, 2014
Gunmen shot dead a newspaper editor who was an outspoken critic of Islamists in Libya's volatile east on Monday, in a targeted killing that came hours after he warned the Islamist-led parliament of a civil war if it didn't bow to widespread demands to disband and allow early elections.
Assam Violence: Victims Finally Buried; Curfew Relaxed
Cheat Sheet | Edited by Sanchari Bhattacharya (with inputs from agencies) | Monday May 5, 2014
Curfew in the three violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang in Assam was relaxed on Monday morning. The death toll in the targeted killings rose to 31 on Sunday evening after two bodies were found floating in the Beki river near Narayanguri village in Baksa district. 30 people have been arrested in connection with the killing of lo...
16 Ex-UP Cops, Acquitted Earlier, Get Life Term For Hashimpura Massacre
India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Wednesday October 31, 2018
Sixteen former police personnel have been sentenced to life for killing 42 people of a minority community in Uttar Pradesh in 1987. The Delhi High Court called the Hashimpura massacre in Meerut as "targeted killing" of unarmed and defenceless persons and overturned the trial court's verdict which had acquitted the accused.
Journalist Reporting Corruption Shot Dead Amid Mexico Targeted Killings
World News | Agence France-Presse | Saturday September 22, 2018
Gunmen on Friday killed a Mexican journalist who had received threats after reporting on corruption in the southern state of Chiapas, his newspaper said, in what was at least the ninth murder of a reporter in the country this year.
British Parliament Takes Up Issue Of Man Arrested In Punjab Targeted Killing Cases
Indians Abroad | Press Trust of India | Tuesday November 21, 2017
The UK government today said that it would take "extreme action" if any British citizen is being tortured as the case of a Scottish-born Sikh man, who has been jailed in India, was raised in the House of Commons.
Punjab Police Arrests 4, Claim Most Cases Of Targeted Killings Solved
Chandigarh News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday November 8, 2017
The Punjab police today claimed to have solved most of the cases of targeted killings, including the shooting of RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja last year, with the arrest of four persons.
Targeted Killings Thin ISIS' Top Ranks
World News | Joby Warrick, The Washington Post | Tuesday November 29, 2016
For a man given to fiery rhetoric and long-winded sermons, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani became oddly quiet during his last summer as the chief spokesman for the Islamic State.
South Sudan Army Slams UN Report Alleging Killings, Rape
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday August 5, 2016
South Sudan's army today described a UN report alleging its troops carried out ethnically targeted killings and rapes as "baseless", saying not one victim had lodged a complaint.
Five Dallas Police Officers Were Killed By A Lone Attacker, Authorities Say
World News | Joel Achenbach, William Wan, Mark Berman, The Washington Post | Saturday July 9, 2016
The targeted killing of five police officers at a protest in Dallas late Thursday was the work of a lone gunman, authorities said Friday, a brutal and methodical act of racial hatred intended as revenge for perceived racial disparity. Before he was killed by a robot-delivered bomb, he told negotiators he had been motivated by police killings of bla...
Drones Emerge From Shadows To Become Key Cog In US War Machine
World News | Reuters | Tuesday June 7, 2016
When US drones obliterated a car carrying Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour last month, it was the kind of targeted killing that unmanned aircraft are best known for.
Lawmakers Urge Barack Obama To Allow CIA Target-Killing Of ISIS Leaders
World News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday March 25, 2016
Leaders of the US Senate intelligence committee were secretly pushing President Barack Obama to allow the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out target killings against ISIS leaders, local media reported on Thursday.
Pakistan Police Kills 12 Terrorists In Karachi, Seizes Large Cache Of Arms
World News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday February 23, 2016
Pakistan police has killed at least 12 terrorists involved in target killings and seized a large cache of arms in the country's biggest city Karachi.
A Victim of Perceptions; Another Target Killing in Kashmir
India News | Written by Nazir Masoodi | Friday July 3, 2015
Fear has gripped a South Kashmir hamlet in Pulwama district after a village head was shot dead by suspected militants. What is more shocking that 43 year old Mohammad Yousuf Bhat is believed to be the victim of perceptions about his religious beliefs.
Drones Are Coming, for Better and for Worse
Vidhyanshu Gaur | Tuesday June 30, 2015
Drones are already used for everything from target killing to scientific research - while the dangers are real, so are the benefits.
Leaked CIA Document Reveals Setbacks of Targeted Killings
World News | Agence France-Presse | Friday December 19, 2014
The US government's program to capture and kill insurgent leaders can backfire, a leaked CIA report said Thursday, citing "limited" results in Afghanistan in particular.
Gunmen Kill Libyan Journalist in Restive Benghazi
World News | Associated Press | Monday May 26, 2014
Gunmen shot dead a newspaper editor who was an outspoken critic of Islamists in Libya's volatile east on Monday, in a targeted killing that came hours after he warned the Islamist-led parliament of a civil war if it didn't bow to widespread demands to disband and allow early elections.
Assam Violence: Victims Finally Buried; Curfew Relaxed
Cheat Sheet | Edited by Sanchari Bhattacharya (with inputs from agencies) | Monday May 5, 2014
Curfew in the three violence-hit districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa and Chirang in Assam was relaxed on Monday morning. The death toll in the targeted killings rose to 31 on Sunday evening after two bodies were found floating in the Beki river near Narayanguri village in Baksa district. 30 people have been arrested in connection with the killing of lo...
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