beheaded

Liberals beheading mannequins. Photo: Twitter video screenshot.

World

AFGHANISTAN

Taliban force clothing stores to behead display mannequins

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/5/22

“These are idols,” the Taliban’s provincial director of promotion of virtue and prevention of vice Aziz ul Rahman said on Tuesday

World

ON CHRISTMAS EVE

Flatmate arrested after man's body found decapitated in south France

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/27/21

The man is said to have confessed to killing the victim after a fight on Christmas Eve at their shared accommodation

01 November 2021, Egypt, Giza: Tourist walk in front of the Giza pyramids during the "Jump Like a Pharaoh" skydiving event. Photo: Gehad Hamdy/dpa.

World

KNIFE ATTACK

Man arrested in Egypt after beheading another in street

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/2/21

Videos of the killing were widely shared on social media, which also showed there were people nearby

World

TERRORISM

Additional suspects detained in relation to French teacher killing

The Nomad Today/dpa 12/9/20

Five suspects of Chechen origin aged between 18 and 21 were taken into custody near Paris.

29 October 2020, France, Nice: Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi (2nd R) arrives at the scene of a knife attack in Nice. At least two people were killed and several others injured in a knife attack at a church and the suspected assailant was detained shortly afterwards. Photo: Twitter/Christian Estrosi.

World

TERRORISM

47-year-old man arrested in connection with Nice church attack

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/30/20

The man is suspected of having been in contact with the attacker. The attacker himself was taken into custody after police shot him 14 times after arriving on the scene.

29 October 2020, Berlin: Cem Oezdemir, former leader of the German Green Party, attends a memorial vigil in tribute for the victims of Nice's knife attack. Photo: Paul Zinken/dpa.

World

ISLAMIST ATTACK

A 60-year-old woman practically beheaded by the terrorist in Nice

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/30/20

The attacker was apparently a man born in Tunisia in 1999 who entered Italy first via the island of Lampedusa. A copy of the Koran , two telephones, a knife with a 17-centimetre blade…

World

ISLAMIST ATTACK

Parisians rally for teachers after suspected Islamist beheading

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/19/20

"You don't scare us. We are not afraid," Prime Minister Jean Castex, who was also at the rally, wrote.

29 October 2020, France, Nice: Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi (2nd L) arrives at the scene of a knife attack in Nice. At least two people were killed and several others injured in a knife attack at a church and the suspected assailant was detained shortly afterwards. Photo: -/Christian Estrosi Twitter via PA Media/dpa

World

ISLAMIST ATTACK

French prosecutors: Decapitated teacher targeted over Mohammed images

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/18/20

The alleged perpetrator was born in Moscow in 2002 and was of Russian and Chechen origin. France granted him refugee status earlier this year. After the teacher's killing, the alleged…

World

ISLAMIST ACTION

Teacher beheaded outside Paris in 'terrorist attack'

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/17/20

The suspect had apparently shouted "Allahu akbar" ("God is greater" in Arabic). The teacher had reportedly shown cartoons of the prophet Mohammed to his class as part of his lessons.