Man 'intestine bombs' cops

HACKENSACK: A 43-year-old man who was threatening to hurt himself, stabbed himself repeatedly in front of the police and then hurled his skin and intestines to those who tried to approach him after the incident.

When the police arrived after they were tipped off about the man with the knife, they tried to enter the room where the man was holed up. He had stashed heavy furniture to keep the door closed and to bar anyone from entering the room easily.

The police officials managed to enter the room only to find the man standing in one corner of the room with a 12-inch kitchen knife in his hand, reports a news website.

He attacked himself and the officials saw parts of his intestines protruding. As they moved forward to help him, he threw some of his bleeding body parts at the officials.

The officials were hard pressed to subdue the injured man. They used two cans of pepper spray on him but they hardly had any effect on him. He was finally brought under control with the help of a SWAT team.

He was taken to a nearby hospital in a critical state and he is said to have undergone an emergency surgery.

The man had a history of 'disorderly conduct' and has psychiatric issues.

'NRI' bride strips 5 of millions

PUNJAB: An Indian woman who claimed to be a non-resident from Canada duped five men by marrying them and promising to help and give them the NRI status.

The woman targeted five men from the Indian state of Punjab. She married them, took money from them and swindled them. Since the victims remained silent and did not wish to publicise the fact that they had been duped by a woman, she continued to con her way through more men who wanted to fulfil their Canada dreams, reports The Times of India.

She conned the five men of almost Rs5 crores (Dh3.5million approximately). Finally the fifth husband filed a police complaint. The woman took Rs10 lakh from the fifth bridegroom for helping him go abroad. After marrying her fifth target, she took a lumpsum from his relatives and friends and promised to help him get Canadian citizenship after taking him to Canada.

However, she took him to Thailand and deserted him there along with some of his relatives.

Upon investigation it emerged that the woman was not a Canadian resident but very much a woman from their neighbouring  twon of Tarn Taran.

The woman was traced and arrested. Some jewellwery, cash, ATM cards, 3 mobile phones and foreign currency were recovered from her possession.

The police officials learnt that the woman's relatives had introduced her to different victims.

The woman had been engaged in running the scam since 2005.

Man stabbed for walking through couple's photo

US: Little did a man who unknowingly walked in front of person taking a photo know that he would be fighting for his life for something as minor as that.

When the 26-year-old victim while walking along with his sibling happened to walk in front of the photographer, the two were engaged in a war of words.

The situation escalated and the victim was stabbed by the angry photographer with something sharp, reports Daily Mail.

The accused was arrested from a nearby motel and charged for battery and assault.

The wounded man was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment.

Mom pushes minor girls into flesh trade

INDIA: A mother of two daughters aged 13 and 11 solicited the services of her daughters to customers in Mumbai. She also used her neighbour's help in carrying out the flesh trade on her property.

The pimp would get the clients home and the owner of the property would then send her daughters to service the clients and the mother would receive about Rs4,000 (Dh250) for both rent and her daughters' job, reports The Times of India.

The police were tipped off and the social services branch sent a decoy client. The pimp and the mother of the two minor daughters were caught red-handed while they were running the prostitution business.

Human foot mailed to political party

OTTAWA:  Canadian police were Tuesday investigating after a decomposing human foot was mailed to the ruling Conservative Party at its headquarters in Ottawa.

The package was partly opened by the receptionist who called the police after seeing blood stains and was overwhelmed by the smell.

"The Hazmat Unit and Emergency Operations Section were called and upon further inspection of the package it was determined that there was possibly a human foot in the box," Ottawa police said in a statement.

The box was then X-rayed and handed over to the local coroner who "determined that the package did contain a human foot. The Ottawa police major crime investigation continues," it added.

The police are interviewing post office staffs as well as morgues and hospitals in the area. (AFP)

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