Mes: agosto 2019

(CBS/AP) BEIJING – A Chinese man suspected of killing nine people in armed robberies since 2004 was shot dead by police Tuesday after senior officials ordered he be hunted down, authorities said. The Chinese Ministry of Public Security said police in southwest Chongqing city found and killed Zhou Kehua, 42, after an extensive manhunt. Zhou was one of China’s most wanted fugitives. Police officials said two plainclothes officers spotted Zhou on a street at 6:45 a.m., according to the official Xinhua News Agency. Wang Xiaoyu, one of the policemen who shot Zhou, told Xinhua he was attacked first when Zhou realized he was being followed. “He was less than three meters ahead of us,” Wang recalled, saying Zhou’s first shot missed him by about a centimeter. “I could even feel his cartridge case bounce onto my leg.” Police told Xinhua Zhou had two pistols, three loaded bullet clips and the equivalent of about $1,600 in yuan. The ministry said Zhou was believed to have been responsible for the shooting deaths of several people in Chongqing and two other Chinese cities since 2004. Most recently, Zhou allegedly shot to death one person and injured two in an armed bank robbery in the city on Friday. The latest violence prompted senior Chinese officials – including Public Security Minister Meng Jianzhu and Chongqing Communist Party boss Zhang Dejiang – to issue directives...

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(AP) TRIPOLI, Libya – Deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi’s notorious spy chief is in custody in Tripoli after extradition from Mauritania, Libya’s premier said Wednesday, a step toward bringing the man linked to aircraft bombings and atrocities to justice. A plane carrying Abdullah al-Senoussi landed in the afternoon at Metiga air base at the heart of Tripoli in the afternoon. From there he was flown by helicopter to the Hill Prison in the capital. “Abdullah al-Senoussi will be have a fair trial according to international standards for human rights, the rights from which Libyans were deprived,” Prime Minister Abdurrahim el-Keib told reporters in Tripoli. The former spy chief is accused of complicity in the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am airliner over Lockerbie, Scotland, as well as the Abu Salim prison massacre of more than 1,200 inmates by Qaddafi’s regime in 1996 and another airplane bombing in 1989. Libya elects former Qaddafi foe interim president Mauritania, Libya, the International Criminal Court and France all asked to try the former intelligence chief. Libya and the ICC are embroiled in a similar dispute over where to try Seif al-Islam Qaddafi, known as the dictator’s political heir apparent. He is being held by a militia in western Libya. The Libyan government said recently it would put him on trial there. The Libyan official said al-Senoussi is being held together with other former...

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(CBS/AP) QUITO, Ecuador – Ecuador’s foreign minister is alleging that Britain threatened to storm his country’s London embassy to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Ricardo Patino told a news conference that Ecuador received a written threat Wednesday from Britain that “it could assault our embassy” if Assange was not handed over. He said the threat was delivered to Ecuador’s Foreign Ministry and ambassador in London. The Press Association reports Patino released details of the letter it got from the British Foreign office. The letter stated: “You need to be aware that there is a legal base in the UK, the Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987, that would allow us to take actions in order to arrest Mr Assange in the current premises of the Embassy. We sincerely hope that we do not reach that point, but if you are not capable of resolving this matter of Mr Assange’s presence in your premises, this is an open option for us.” The Australian has been holed up in the embassy since June 19, taking refuge to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning for alleged sexual misconduct. Assange’s supports say the charges are trumped up and believe the U.S. has secretly indicted him and would extradite him from Sweden. Ecuadorian officials have said they will announce Wednesday whether or not Assange will be given asylum. British authorities have said...