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Plane crash at Chrcynno hangar kills five and injures seven
A small plane that crashed into a hangar at an airfield near Warsaw, Poland, has killed five people, officials say.
At least seven people were also injured in the crash on Monday evening, Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said. People had been sheltering from bad weather in the hangar, Polish media reported, quoting the fire brigade.
Four helicopters and 10 ambulances were dispatched to the scene of the incident in the village of Chrcynno, 47 kilometres (29 miles) from Warsaw. Polish media identified the plane that crashed as a Cessna 208.
The local fire department confirmed the incident happened at an airfield in Chrcynno and posted a photo on Facebook showing the tail of the plane sticking out of a hangar.
(BBC)
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A suspect has been arrested in New York over the death of a woman who was set on fire on a subway train in Brooklyn.
Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch described the incident on Sunday as “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being”.
She said the woman was on a stationary F train to Brooklyn when she was approached by a man who used a lighter to ignite her clothing.
The victim died at the scene, she said, adding that the suspect had been taken into custody after he was detained on another subway train
Police said the woman, who has not been named, was in a subway carriage at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station in Brooklyn at about 07:30 local time (12:30 GMT) when a man approached her. There was no interaction before the attack, police said, adding that they did not believe the two people knew each other.
The man got off the train as police officers on patrol in the station rushed to the fire. “Officers were on patrol on an upper level of that station, smelled and saw smoke and went to investigate,” Ms Tisch said. “What they saw was a person standing inside the train car fully engulfed in flames.”
Police are still working to identify the victim and the motive for the attack.
“Unbeknownst to the officers who responded, the suspect had stayed on the scene and was seated on a bench on the platform just outside the train car,” Ms Tisch added.
She explained responding officers were able to get a “very clear, detailed” look at the man and images were disseminated by the New York Police Department (NYPD).
Later, three high school-aged New Yorkers called 911 to report they recognised the suspect on another train, Ms Tisch told reporters. The man was then located and arrested after officers boarded the train and walked through the subway carriages.
The NYPD’s Joseph Gulotta said detectives are still trying to establish whether the victim was asleep when she was set on fire. “She’s definitely there, she’s motionless,” Mr Gulotta added.
“So to say if she’s asleep or not, we’re not 100% sure, but it appears that she’s motionless at that spot.
“There is no interaction between the two. And when the incident happens, there is no interaction between them.”
[BBC]
At least 13 people, including four children, have been killed in two incidents in Nigeria as large crowds gathered to collect food and clothing distributed at annual Christmas events, police say.
In the capital, Abuja, at least 10 people died on Saturday and many more were injured in a scramble to receive gifts of charity being distributed by the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Maitama district.
“This unfortunate event, which took place around 6:30am [05:30 GMT], resulted in a stampede that claimed the lives of 10 individuals, including four children, and left eight others with varying degrees of injuries,” said Josephine Adeh, a police spokesperson.
In a separate incident in Okija in Anambra State in southern Nigeria, three people were killed in a crush at a charity event organised by a philanthropist, state police said.
“The event had not even started when the rush began,” police spokesman Tochukwu Ikenga said. There could be more deaths recorded as officers investigate, he said.
In both incidents, the victims were mostly women and children who were trampled as crowds tried to reach the provisions being offered.
[Aljazeera]
A military court in Pakistan has convicted 25 people for their role in violent protests following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, the country’s armed forces has said.
The court said it handed down sentences of between two to 10 years’ imprisonment in connection with attacks on military facilities last year.
Protests erupted nationwide in May 2023 after security forces arrested Khan during his appearance at the High Court on charges of corruption – allegations that he called politically motivated.
Thousands of Khan’s supporters stormed government buildings and military installations and the government responded with a crackdown on his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.
At least 1,400 protesters were arrested last year, police said, but only about 100 of the people detained have faced military trials.
The army said full justice will only be served when the masterminds behind the protests are punished.
A Supreme Court ruling last year provisionally allowed military courts to try civilian suspects.
“All sentences announced by the military courts are disproportionate and excessive,” a spokesman for the PTI party said, adding that “these sentences are rejected”.
Amnesty International has said that trying civilians in military courts is “contrary to international law” and adds that it is “purely an intimidation tactic, designed to crack down on dissent”.
Pakistan’s army has heavily influenced the nuclear-armed country for most of its existence and is a crucial behind-the-scenes player.
[BBC]
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