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MURDER

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 19, 2017
Britain thinks Russia was behind plot to kill pro-Western leader of Montenegro
British officials believe Russian authorities were behind a plot in October to kill Montenegro's pro-Western prime minister, the Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported, citing senior British government sources.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2017
T-shirt designer hopes to cash in on North Korean assassination
A U.S.-based designer said he hoped to cash in on the assassination of the North Korean leader's half-brother by selling T-shirts emblazoned with "LOL" in the style worn by his alleged assassin.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 17, 2017
China loses a friend — and leverage — with Kim murder in Malaysia
The mysterious death of Kim Jong Un's half brother removed a potential avenue for China to press the North Korean leader to rein in his nuclear ambitions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2017
Another move in the North Korean chess game
It seems Kim Jong Un is tying up loose ends, eliminating a family heir who might have been used to legitimize a successor regime.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 15, 2017
Malaysia detains woman, seeking others in connection with murder of Kim half brother
Malaysian police on Wednesday detained a woman holding Vietnam travel papers and are looking for a "few" other foreign suspects in connection with the assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half brother, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2017
Ties to Japan may factor in Kim Jong Nam's mysterious murder
Fears by Kim Jong Un over his legitimacy as North Korea's hereditary leader due to his grandfather's work in a Japanese military factory may have had a role in brother's murder.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 15, 2017
Two dead, one injured in apparent murder-suicide at Ibaraki waste collection firm
A man died and another was seriously wounded after they were shot by a fellow employee at a waste collection company in Ibaraki Prefecture on Wednesday morning, police said. The suspected attacker apparently committed suicide a short time later.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 13, 2017
Duterte suspends Philippine anti-drug force after murder of South Korean businessman
When Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte summoned his security chiefs to an urgent meeting one Sunday night last month, his mind was already made up.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 8, 2017
A 22-year prison term is finalized for man in 2013 Mitaka stalking-murder case
A 22-year prison sentence for a man convicted of killing his former teenage girlfriend in 2013 was finalized Wednesday, after both the man and prosecutors opted not to appeal the high court ruling.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 4, 2017
Colombian teen arrested in Medellin for alleged murder of Japanese student
Colombian police arrested a 19-year-old man for his alleged involvement in the fatal shooting of a Japanese college student in November.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2017
Despite tough rules in Canada, illegal guns within reach
Canada's gun control laws ban dozens of assault rifles, but some permitted firearms are easily modified for greater damage, and more lax regulations in the United States make smuggled weapons accessible, experts said after a rare Canadian mass shooting on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2017
Quebec shooting suspect seen as 'nerdy outcast,' fan of French right-winger Le Pen
The French-Canadian student charged in a shooting spree that killed six people at a Quebec City mosque was known in online circles as a supporter of far-right French politician Marine Le Pen and described by a former classmate as a "nerdy outcast."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 30, 2017
Philippine police suspend anti-drug operations, declare war on rogue cops
Philippine police are suspending their anti-narcotics operation until they have cleansed their ranks of "scalawags," the chief of the force said Monday, following the killing of a South Korean businessmen by rogue officers.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2017
Former Okinawa U.S. base worker accused of killing woman set to deny murderous intent
A U.S. civilian base worker indicted for raping and slaying a 20-year-old woman in Okinawa will deny murderous intent at his trial, his defense has said.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2017
Woman extradited from China over former classmate's 2014 murder
A Japanese-Brazilian woman allegedly involved in the murder of a former classmate in Osaka in 2014 was extradited Wednesday from China, where she had been held after fleeing from Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 24, 2017
Tokyo High Court upholds 22-year prison term for man in 2013 stalking-murder case
The Tokyo High Court on Tuesday upheld a 22-year prison sentence for a man convicted of killing his former teenage girlfriend in 2013 in a high-profile stalking-murder case in Mitaka, western Tokyo.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2017
Insanity defense at heart of Nagoya University student's murder trial
The lawyers for a 21-year-old woman on trial for strangling an elderly woman in 2014 and attempting to kill two high school students in 2012 said she should not be found guilty because she lacks the ability "to tell right from wrong."
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 15, 2017
Philippine police collar man linked to insurance murders of two Japanese
Philippine police have arrested a local man for allegedly killing two Japanese men in Manila in 2014 and 2015 in a "murder for insurance" case, local media reported.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2017
Police suspect top Kodansha editor staged wife's slaying to look like suicide
A deputy editor of major publisher Kodansha Ltd. who has been arrested on suspicion of killing his 38-year-old wife last August may have disguised the murder to make it look like a suicide, investigative sources said Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 3, 2017
Trump tweets Chicago must seek federal help if no progress is made in cutting murder rate
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said in a Twitter message Monday that Chicago's mayor must ask for U.S. government help if the city fails to reduce its homicide rate, which hit a 20-year high last year.

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