A man has been charged with manslaughter and cannabis production after a house explosion in Newcastle that killed two people including a seven-year-old boy. Seven-year-old Archie York and Jason 'Jay' Laws, 35, died in the blast on Violet Close in the Benwell and Elswick area of the city in the early hours of October 16. Detective Chief Inspector Katie Smith, …
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Three people were killed and two others were injured in a blast inside the house of Trinamool Congress supporter at Bhupatinagar area, a few kilometres away from the venue where party leader Abhishek Banerjee had addressed a rally, in West Bengal’s Purba Medinipur district on December 2. The blast occurred in the house of Trinamool Congress leader Rajkumar Manna and …
A massive explosion rocked Lebanon's capital Beirut, killing at least 135 people, injuring almost 4,000, flattening much of the port, and sending a shock wave that damaged buildings across the city. Key points: The explosion was centred in Beirut's port area, near the city's CBD Lebanon's Red Cross said 100 people had died and thousands more injured There have been …
