Managers of an undercover police officer believed he had concocted a plot in which animal rights activists purportedly sought to obtain a gun to inflict a revenge attack on a political opponent, the spycops public inquiry has heard. The officer, James Thomson, claimed he had uncovered the plot while he infiltrated animal rights groups. But […]
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Police rush to scene of Cambridgeshire train attack
Emergency services have rushed to the scene at Huntingdon train station after a stabbing attack on a train travelling in Cambridgeshire. Police can be seen running on the platform alongside a stopped train while multiple ambulances arrive at the station. Authorities later confirmed 10 people were taken to hospital, including nine believed to have life-threatening […]
Multiple people stabbed on UK train: Police
Police in the U.K. say multiple people were taken to the hospital after a stabbing aboard a train. Police said two men were arrested after armed officers responded to the train, which was stopped in in Huntingdon, roughly 70 miles north of London. Police were called at 7:39 p.m. local time, according to Huntingdonshire Police. […]
Police bust art forgery ring trying to sell fake Picasso, Rembrandt works : NPR
Two forged artworks purportedly by the Spanish artist Pablo Picasso are seen during a presentation at the Bavarian State Criminal Investigation Department in Munich on Friday. Matthias Balk/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Matthias Balk/AFP via Getty Images German police say they’ve broken up an international art forgery ring that tried to sell […]
French police arrest 2 Louvre jewel heist suspects amid manhunt
LONDON — French authorities arrested two men in relation to last week’s major jewel heist at Paris’ Louvre Museum, the French National Police confirmed to ABC News, amid a nationwide manhunt for the perpetrators. One suspect was arrested at 10 p.m. on Saturday at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport while trying to board a plane […]
Arrests over theft of jewels at Louvre, police say
Two suspects have been arrested over the theft of precious crown jewels from Paris’s Louvre museum, French media say. According to the Paris prosecutor’s office, one of the men had been taken into custody as he was preparing to take a flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Items worth €88m (£76m; $102m) were taken from […]