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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Syrian rebel force deploys to a village near Damascus to stop looters

HUSSEINIYEH, Syria — A rebel force deployed to a village in southeastern Damascus to stop looters who swarmed a residential complex and set some apartments on fire. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print A Syrian fighter carries his weapon past a burning house during a raid to stop looters who swarmed a residential …

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A closer look at how armed gangs steal tons of aid in Gaza

NPR

A closer look at how armed gangs steal tons of aid in Gaza Gangs of armed looters are stealing the little aid trickling into Gaza as people starve, and it's happening under Israel's surveillance. NPR's Aya Batrawy and Anas Baba examine a new danger compounding Gaza's misery - armed gangs. The U.N. says only 37 trucks of aid on average …

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5 months ago

UK riots RECAP: Chaos in Hull as looters set store on fire while in Liverpool police officer has 'jaw broken' in violent clash with protesters

Daily Mail

Hundreds of people gathered in Sunderland last night for a planned protest in the wake of the Southport stabbings on Monday. Axel Rudakubana, 17, has been charged with murdering Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, Bebe King, six, and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven, the attempted murder of 10 other people and possession of an offensive weapon. A false name and a suggestion …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says

Associated Press

LARNACA, Cyprus — Thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a beach in war-torn Gaza is not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation and lawlessness on the ground, a U.S. aid official said Wednesday. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned on Wednesday during a visit to Athens that 96% of Gaza …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Gunfire, lawlessness, gang-like looters preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says

LA Times

A truck carrying Gaza aid prepares to enter a U.S ship at the port of Larnaca, Cyprus, on Wednesday. The sense of desperation gripping ordinary Palestinians is only compounded by the combination of Gaza being an active combat zone and a prevailing “general sense of lawlessness,” Stropes told the Associated Press. Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi warned on Wednesday during …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Woman robbed of cash, jewellery in Kaushambi

Hindustan Times

Unidentified bike borne miscreants looted cash ₹49,000 and jewellery from a woman in broad daylight under Manjhanpur police station of Kaushambi on Thursday. The miscreants snatched earrings resulting in injuries to the woman. Circle officer Manjhanpur Satyendra Tiwari said a resident of Kaini village, Sarla Srivastava,,had withdrawn cash ₹49,000 from State Bank branch at Manjhanpur. Whie she was walking towards …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Caught on cam: Cashier shot at in PNB during robbery attempt in Jaipur

India TV News

Jaipur bank robbery: Two masked men carrying weapons attempted to loot a bank in Jaipur today and shot at the cashier, but were forced to give up on their plan as people rushed in. The two men barged in a branch of the Punjab National Bank in the Jhotwara area of Jaipur on Friday at around 10:00 am, said police …

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1 year ago

6-member inter-state ATM looter gang arrested in Odisha's Bolangir

Deccan Chronicle

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police on Thursday arrested a six-member inter-state ATM looter gang in Bolangir district. The gang allegedly looted around Rs 7 lakh by cutting an SBI ATM machine with the help of a gas-cutter at Saramuhan area under Patnagarh police station in Bolangir district on December 16. As per reports, special teams of Bolangir police conducted raids at …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Archaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts 12,000 years old from natural disasters and looters

Associated Press

— Long buried under the woods of west central Louisiana, stone tools, spearpoints and other evidence of people living in the area as long as 12,000 years ago have become more exposed and vulnerable, due to hurricanes, flooding and looters. “The site appears to have been continuously occupied throughout prehistory, as evidenced by a wide range of stone tools and …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Over 1,000 artefacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art linked to traffickers and looters: Report

Op India

According to a recent report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has more than 1,000 artefacts in its collection that are linked to people who were allegedly involved in crimes related to the antiquities trade. Celestial Dancer, one of the prominent Indian artefacts held by the Met, was purchased as part …

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2 years ago

'Horrified' Trump official spent five hours trying to make him walk back tweet about shooting looters

Raw Story

In newly released depositions from the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots, former White House press official Alyssa Farah Griffin revealed that it took her five whole hours to get former President Donald Trump to walk back an infamous tweet he wrote about shooting looters. As flagged by attorney George Conway, Griffin told the committee that she …

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2 years ago

‘Lowest of the low’ looters ransack Buffalo businesses after deadly snowstorm

The Independent

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Looters have ransacked businesses in Buffalo after the city in western New York state was …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Solomon Islands Prime Minister's property targeted by rioters, one building damaged by fire and looters

ABC

A building belonging to the Solomon Islands Prime Minister has been set on fire by protesters, with looters breaking in and causing damage. Key points: Civil unrest continues for a third day as protesters call for the PM's resignation The PM's main residence was unharmed but a second home was damaged by looters Up to 50 ADF officers and 40 …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Prosecutors cannot call those shot by Kyle Rittenhouse 'victims.' But 'looters' is OK

NPR

Prosecutors cannot call those shot by Kyle Rittenhouse 'victims.' But 'looters' is OK toggle caption Sean Krajacic/AP Prosecutors in the criminal trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager who shot and killed two protesters last year in Kenosha, Wis., will not be able to refer to the people he shot as "victims," a judge has ruled, while defense attorneys may be …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Bengaluru: Police Fake Accident to Block Road, Nab Gang of Three Highway Looters

News 18

In order to catch a criminal, start by thinking like one. That is exactly what Bengaluru police did and succeeded in trapping a gang of highway looters. THE FIRST OFFICIAL COMPLAINT On October 8, the looters stopped a truck off Bannerghatta road and pleaded with the driver to drop them to Hosur. THE FAKE ACCIDENT The Konanakunte police faked an …

3 years, 5 months ago

South Africa: Billions lost in property damages and loot in Durban city

Op India

As violent protests, riots, and arson engulf South Africa, the city of Durban has been witnessing an unprecedented amount of damages caused due to continuous looting and rioting. pic.twitter.com/gIgYeVoPpk — Kobayashi’s Basilisk July 14, 2021 Warehouses looted In another video, a warehouse of Bidvest Logistics was under attack by the rioters and looters. pic.twitter.com/SpUlMSdISw — Kobayashi’s Basilisk July 14, 2021 …

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3 years, 5 months ago

South Africans organise to confront looters, defend property

Al Jazeera

Triggered by the jailing of former President Jacob Zuma last week, after he failed to appear at a corruption inquiry, protests in South Africa have widened into an orgy of looting and an outpouring of anger over the hardship and inequality that persist in South Africa for 27 years after the end of apartheid. Shopping malls and warehouses have been …

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3 years, 5 months ago

South Africa reels under violence, rioting: First-hand account of turmoil on the ground

India Today

The situation in South Africa is worsening day after day with government agencies struggling to bring the violence under control. A third-generation Indian living in South Africa, I had not imagined that we will face such a crisis where police will stand watch as rioters and looters wreak havoc," said Swasti Maney Singh, a public relations officer at the University …

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3 years, 10 months ago

Rakesh Tikait urges farmers to force 'king of looters' out of Delhi; says protest could go on for long

India TV News

BKU leader Rakesh Tikait said on Monday that the protest against the Centre's agri-marketing laws could go on for a long time and urged farmers to force "the king of looters" out of Delhi. He has to be forced out of Delhi," Tikait said without naming anyone at a "kisan mahapanchayat" in Nohar of Hanumangarh. A beggar will move wherever …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Florida introducing new laws allowing citizens to shoot ‘looters and rioters’

The Independent

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4 years, 4 months ago

One Author's Controversial View: 'In Defense Of Looting'

NPR

One Author's Controversial View: 'In Defense Of Looting' Enlarge this image toggle caption Mark Makela/Getty Images Mark Makela/Getty Images This story was updated on Sept. 1, 2020. Sponsor Message Importantly, I think especially when it's in the context of a Black uprising like the one we're living through now, it also attacks the history of whiteness and white supremacy. And …

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4 years, 4 months ago

New York BLM leader Hawk Newsome defends looters and compares America to 'terrorists'

Daily Mail

The leader of the Black Lives Matter movement in New York has compared the US government to 'terrorists', as he defended protesters and looters during a heated exchange with Fox News host Martha MacCallum. Hawk Newsome, the chairman of BLM's Greater New York chapter, appeared on The Story with Martha MacCallum on Tuesday where he responded to Rudy Giuliani branding …

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4 years, 4 months ago

Chicago business owner plans to sue the city after being looted twice since May

Daily Mail

A Chicago businessman says he's going to sue the city after police failed to respond when his convenience store was looted for the second time since May. He said he watched the looters in real time on surveillance cameras as they ripped out the new steel security door that he'd recently installed, after spending $300,000 to repair the damage done …

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4 years, 7 months ago

Louis Vuitton’s Virgil Abloh apologises for comments about looters amid George Floyd protests

The Independent

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Syrian rebel force deploys to a village near Damascus to stop looters

A closer look at how armed gangs steal tons of aid in Gaza

UK riots RECAP: Chaos in Hull as looters set store on fire while in Liverpool police officer has 'jaw broken' in violent clash with protesters

Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says

Gunfire, lawlessness, gang-like looters preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says

Woman robbed of cash, jewellery in Kaushambi

Caught on cam: Cashier shot at in PNB during robbery attempt in Jaipur

6-member inter-state ATM looter gang arrested in Odisha's Bolangir

Archaeologists in Louisiana save artifacts 12,000 years old from natural disasters and looters

Over 1,000 artefacts in the Metropolitan Museum of Art linked to traffickers and looters: Report

'Horrified' Trump official spent five hours trying to make him walk back tweet about shooting looters

‘Lowest of the low’ looters ransack Buffalo businesses after deadly snowstorm

Solomon Islands Prime Minister's property targeted by rioters, one building damaged by fire and looters

Prosecutors cannot call those shot by Kyle Rittenhouse 'victims.' But 'looters' is OK

Bengaluru: Police Fake Accident to Block Road, Nab Gang of Three Highway Looters

South Africa: Billions lost in property damages and loot in Durban city

South Africans organise to confront looters, defend property

South Africa reels under violence, rioting: First-hand account of turmoil on the ground

Rakesh Tikait urges farmers to force 'king of looters' out of Delhi; says protest could go on for long

Florida introducing new laws allowing citizens to shoot ‘looters and rioters’

One Author's Controversial View: 'In Defense Of Looting'

New York BLM leader Hawk Newsome defends looters and compares America to 'terrorists'

Chicago business owner plans to sue the city after being looted twice since May

Louis Vuitton’s Virgil Abloh apologises for comments about looters amid George Floyd protests