Two teenagers aged 14 and 17 are in custody over the death of a Beach Haven man on Friday. They have both appeared in Court charged with murder – one appeared in person and the other via audio-visual link from a youth residence. ”Don’t forget to pray, son!” the mother of the older defendant called Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Murder’
Ex-Salvadoran colonel jailed for 1989 murder of Spanish Jesuits
Monday, September 14th, 2020A former Salvadoran army colonel who served as a government security minister has been sentenced to 133 years in prison after being found guilty of the murder of five Spanish Jesuits who died in one of the infamous atrocities of El Salvador’s 12-year civil war. Judges at Spain’s highest criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional, on Read more
The United States used to have leaders
Thursday, June 4th, 2020
Just over 50 years ago, on April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated and across the United States explosive protests broke out all over the country. In stark contrast to today, Robert Kennedy, a Democratic presidential candidate, gave the following speech in Indianapolis. Kennedy’s speech perhaps offers a lesson in leadership and reminds Read more
NZ resident questioned about death of five people in Fiji
Monday, September 2nd, 2019
A New Zealand man was taken into police custody in Fiji and questioned about the deaths of a family of five. Police made an unsuccessful court application to hold Muhammad Raheesh Isoof, also known as Kamal, for longer than 48 hours. Authorities are currently obtaining a “stop departure order” to prevent Isoof and his wife Read more
Catholic school blessed after murder
Thursday, September 13th, 2018Rotorua’s St Michael’s Catholic School was blessed, Sunday, by Fr Eamon Kennedy, principal Kristina Crouch posted on Facebook. “This blessing ensured that our school was prepared properly for the safe arrival of our tamariki and their whānau,” she wrote. Crouch said pupils and parents were given the opportunity to come together with staff and the board Read more
Malawi’s Muslims note bishops fail to address albino murders
Thursday, May 3rd, 2018
Malawi’s Muslim community are criticising the country’s Catholic bishops for failing to mention the murder of albinos in its latest pastoral letter. The 16-page pastoral letter, ‘A Call For A New Era In Malawi’, was read out in Catholic churches last Sunday. The letter lists a number of ills afflicting the nation. It echoes issues Read more
Attack was satanic: congregation and priests killed at Mass
Thursday, April 26th, 2018
In an attack described as satanic, two priests are among the dead after gunmen attacked a Catholic church in Nigeria. The exact number of dead and wounded is not clear. Between 15 and 19 people are said to have died while numerous others were shot. The Ayar-Mbalom community is located in Nigeria’s “Middle Belt” where Read more
English judge frees man who killed suicidal father
Thursday, November 23rd, 2017An English judge has freed a chemist charged with murdering his 85-year-old father who wished to die. The judge said, “Your acts of assistance were acts of pure compassion and mercy.” Read more
Murdered – four more Catholics in Mexico
Tuesday, October 11th, 2016Murdered Catholic catechists’ bodies have been found dumped on a roadside in Mexico. Their bullet-riddled bodies were found in the southern Mexican state of Michoacan. The victims – four young men – are in the latest killings in the region. They were Jesus Aguilar Alejandro Ayala, 22-year-old day laborer; Wilibaldo Hernandez, 21, a farmer; Jesus Alberto Read more
Fourteen priests murdered in Mexico since 2012
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
Two Mexican priests were abducted from their church and murdered on Sunday. A church assistant managed to escape. The priests were working in Poza Rica, which is a city in Veracruz state. In all, 14 priests have been murdered in Mexico since 2012. Pope Francis has expressed “profound sadness” for the murders. He condemned the attacks on Read more