Crime Watch – Newsletter for February 1, 2011

Julie Powers Schenecker Denied Bail

TAMPA (GaeaTimes.com)- Julie Powers Schenecker was produced at a Tampa court on Monday for a brief hearing in the murder case of her two teenage kids, 16-year-old Calyx and Beau 13. Dressed in a prison suit with hands bound in handcuffs, the 50-year-old woman had her first court appearance at the Hillsborough County Court … Read : Julie Powers Schenecker Denied Bail.

Jayme Biendl Strangled

SEATTLE (GaeaTimes.com)- A state corrections officer of Washington, Jayme Biendl was found dead in the prison chapel last Saturday. The law enforcement officials said that the woman was strangled with a microphone cord. The authorities are of the opinion that her inmate Byron Scherf is the prime suspect of the murder.
Department of Corrections spokesman …. Original source  : Jayme Biendl Strangled.

Serious challenges to internal security: PM

NEW DELHI – The internal security situation was by and large stable but serious challenges and threats remained, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said here Tuesday.

Addressing a meeting of chief ministers on internal security here, the prime minister said there were “serious challenges and threats” from left wing extremism, cross border terrorism and fundamentalism.
He … Original article on : Serious challenges to internal security: PM.

Militants kill two sisters in Kashmir, Omar condemns incident

SRINAGAR – Suspected guerrillas gunned down two teenaged sisters after forcing them out of their home in the Jammu and Kashmir town of Sopore, triggering panic in the area. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah condemned the incident.

A senior police officer said a group of heavily armed guerrillas entered a house in the Muslim Peer locality …. Original source  : Militants kill two sisters in Kashmir, Omar condemns incident.

17 dead in Somalia shootout

MOGADISHU – At least 17 people were killed and several others injured Monday in a shootout between two units of government security forces in the Somalian capital, Xinhua reported.

The firefight erupted after government troops killed a soldier in civilian clothes. The killing in the capital Mogadishu triggered retaliatory attacks from other unit, Omar Dahir, … Original article on : 17 dead in Somalia shootout.

ULFA ban: Court issues notices to Nagaland, Meghalaya

NEW DELHI – A tribunal headed by a Delhi High Court judge Monday issued notices to Nagaland and Meghalaya on the central government’s plea seeking its nod to extend a ban by two more years on militant outfit United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).

“Issue fresh notices to the states of Nagaland and Meghalaya through … Read more : ULFA ban: Court issues notices to Nagaland, Meghalaya.

Official killed in militant ambush in Tripura

AGARTALA – A central government official from Andhra Pradesh was killed and his driver critically injured when separatist tribal guerrillas fired at their car from across the India-Bangladesh border in northern Tripura Monday, police said.

“National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) official G.N. Mani, 51, was gunned down and his car driver was injured when outlawed … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Official killed in militant ambush in Tripura.

India probing Somali pirates’ terror links

NEW DELHI – Indian security agencies are probing the suspected terror links of the captured Somali pirates with Pakistan-based terror groups such as the Lashkar-e-Taiba.

The suspicion comes in the wake of increased pirate attacks on merchant vessels passing through the sea lanes close to the Indian coast.
Coast Guard Director General Vice … Read more »».