Depressed widow kills kids, self on Karva ChauthOctober 8th, 2009 AMRITSAR - Feeling depressed on the day of Karva Chauth, a festival in which Hindu women fast for their husbands' long life, a young widow in this Punjab city killed her two minor sons and committed suicide, police said Thursday. Baljit Kaur, 32, gave poison to her two sons, aged 10 and six, and consumed it herself at her home in Dashmesh Nagar Wednesday night.
Man kills wife, tries to commit suicideOctober 7th, 2009 KOLKATA - A 24-year-old man killed his wife and then tried to commit suicide by shooting himself in West Bengal's South 24-Parganas district Wednesday, police said. The incident took place in Kolkata's adjoining Sonarpur locality when Shantanu Chowdhury shot his wife Anubha and tried to kill himself.
Man commits suicide after killing wife, kidsOctober 7th, 2009 BHOPAL - A 60-year-old man Wednesday committed suicide after killing his wife and two children at their house in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh, police said. Raghuraj Singh, who was a contractor with the Municipal Corporation, shot dead his 55-year-old wife Guddan, 30-year-old son Sharad and 20-year-old daughter Sweety and later committed suicide by hanging himself in Bahodapur locality of Gwalior.
Unable to plead with officer, teacher attempts suicideSeptember 22nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A 35-year-old teacher from a Punjab town swallowed poison Tuesday when she was unable to meet a top education official and submit an appeal for deferring her transfer orders, police said. Sanjana, resident of Baghapurana town in Moga district in Punjab, had come to meet the director general of school education (DGSE) cum state project director of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan at his office here in Sector 34 Tuesday, police said.
Witnesses: Pregnant Boston teenager shot dead at own birthday party by uninvited guestSeptember 20th, 2009 Pregnant Mass. teen shot dead at own birthday bashBOSTON — A pregnant teenager has been shot and killed at a birthday party held in her honor in Boston.
A glance at school violence across the globe in recent yearsSeptember 17th, 2009 A glance at school violence in recent yearsA student armed with an ax and Molotov cocktails attacked his high school in southern Germany on Thursday. Here is a glance at some of the worst school violence worldwide in recent years:
April 30: Farda Gadyrov, 29, enters the prestigious Azerbaijan State Oil Academy in the capital, Baku, armed with an automatic pistol and clips.
Man kills wife, two daughters in Uttar PradeshSeptember 4th, 2009 LUCKNOW - A poverty-stricken man killed his wife and two teenaged daughters in Uttar Pradesh's Azamgarh district Friday, police said. Awadh Narayan (37), of Debgaon village in the district, attacked his wife Santara (35) and two daughters aged 13 and 15 years with an axe, killing them on the spot, they said.
Punjab cop flees with kids after murdering wifeAugust 23rd, 2009 HOSHIARPUR - A Punjab police cop Sunday evening brutally stabbed his wife to death in this Punjab town and then fled with his sons, police said. According to police officials, head constable Harjinder Singh, 40, stabbed his wife Ranjit Kaur, who was in her late thirties, with a sharp edged weapon at his quarter here in the Police Lines area.
Trooper kills wife, baby, himselfJuly 14th, 2009 AGARTALA - A trooper of Tripura State Rifles (TSR) strangled his wife and 46-day-old daughter to death and then committed suicide, police said Tuesday. Ashutosh Debnath, 32, a rifleman, killed his wife Gopa Debnath, 26, and daughter Laxmi late Monday at Amtali in west Tripura, a police spokesman said.
Correction: Pregnant Woman Killed storyJune 18th, 2009 Correction: Pregnant Woman Killed storyHILLSBORO, Ore. — In a June 16 story about an Oregon woman accused of murdering a pregnant woman and cutting her unborn child from her womb, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the suspect — Korena Roberts — had not entered a plea during her indictment hearing.
Sheriff: Michigan man comes home to find wife killed 2 sons, then herselfJune 9th, 2009 Sheriff: Michigan mother kills 2 boys, herselfDELTA TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A Michigan sheriff says a Lansing-area woman apparently killed her two young sons before committing suicide.
Man kills five children over poverty, attempts suicide (Lead)June 8th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Driven by poverty, a truck driver here allegedly killed his five children, critically injured his wife and then attempted suicide, police said Monday. Ravindra Verma, 38, and his wife Durgawati, 35, were found with stab wounds in their house in Rosy Colony by his mother around 7 a.m.
Man kills five children, attempts suicideJune 8th, 2009 GHAZIABAD - Driven by poverty, a man here allegedly killed his five children, critically injured his wife and then attempted suicide, police said Monday. Ravindra Verma, 38, and his wife Durgawati, 35, were found with stab wounds in their house in Rosy Colony in Vijay Nagar here by neighbours at around 7 a.m.
Jobless man commits suicide after wife's desertionMay 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A 24-year-old man, who had lost his job and whose wife deserted him, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree near his home here Sunday, police said. The body of Manoj Kumar was found in the morning in Sector 12 of Dwarka.
Airman in Alaska convicted in court-martial on charges of drugging wife to force miscarriageMay 2nd, 2009 Airman in Alaska convicted in forced miscarriageANCHORAGE, Alaska — An airman in Alaska accused of lacing his pregnant wife's food with ulcer medication to force a miscarriage has been convicted by a military panel. Airman 1st Class Scott Boie of Milton, Wis., was convicted Friday in a court-martial on charges of assault and causing the death of the unborn child.
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