Series of attacks on police targets in Guatemala kills 2 officers, wounds 3

October 11th, 2009 Gunmen kill 1 police officer, wound 6 in GuatemalaGUATEMALA CITY — Two separate attacks on police in Guatemala have killed one officer and wounded six more. Interior Minister Raul Velasquez says gunmen opened fire Saturday on a patrol car along a highway outside Guatemala City, killing an officer and wounding three others.

September 7th, 2009 Gunmen kill 4 prison officials in GuatemalaGUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan police say four prison officials have been shot to death in three separate attacks that authorities believe are retaliation for a jail crackdown. Ministry of Interior spokesman Nery Morales says a warden, a deputy warden, a prison guard and a driver were killed Monday after officials seized cell phones and moved inmates to different prisons over the weekend to break up an extortion ring.

September 4th, 2009 3 police killed in southern Russia blastNAZRAN, Russia — A roadside bomb blast ripped through a police car in Russia's violence-plagued southern Ingushetia province on Friday, killing three officers and wounding two others, authorities said. Five policemen were in the car hit by the explosive device near the village of Dattykh, provincial Interior Ministry spokeswoman Madina Khadziyeva said.

September 3rd, 2009 Philly basketball court shooting kills 1, wounds 1PHILADELPHIA — Police say a shooting during a pickup basketball game at a Philadelphia recreation center has left a 23-year-old man dead and his 19-year-old brother wounded. About 30 people were on and around the Shepard Recreation Center court Thursday afternoon when two men approached, fired three shots and fled.

August 29th, 2009 Suicide car bomb kills 5 police officers in IraqBAGHDAD — An Iraqi police official says a suicide car bomber targeting a police station in a remote village north of Baghdad has killed five officers. The official says the suicide bomber struck at about 8 a.m.

August 17th, 2009 Prisoner allegedly kills Puerto Rico cop, wounds 1SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A 23-year-old prisoner being taken to jail to face car theft charges allegedly shot one police officer to death and gravely wounded a second, then escaped in their squad car, authorities said Sunday. Dozens of police and FBI agents mounted a manhunt across Puerto Rico for the suspect, Ricardo Lebron Berrios, who allegedly opened fire while he was being driven to a Bayamon jail late Saturday.

August 10th, 2009 Guatemala stops ex-officials from leaving countryGUATEMALA CITY —Prosecutors in Guatemala have requested a restraining order against four former top police officials linked to the disappearance of hundreds of pounds (more than 100 kilograms) of cocaine, in order to keep them from leaving the country. Prosecutor Leonel Ruiz says that "we cannot affirm that the former police chiefs are involved, we can only say that we are investigating them." The fired men are former National Police general director Porfirio Perez, assistant director Rolando Mendoza, and deputy directors Victor Lopez and Hector Castellanos.

August 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A gunman opened fire in a fitness centre outside Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing at least four people and wounding 10. Police in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, said the gunman was believed to be among the dead in Tuesday evening's shooting, in addition to at least four victims, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on its website.

July 29th, 2009 Police: Bomb kills 2, wounds 4 in PakistanDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — Police say a bomb has ripped through the parking area at a court in northwest Pakistan, killing two men guarding a Shiite Muslim lawyer and wounding four people. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack Wednesday in Dera Ismail Khan, but the city has witnessed both Taliban-related violence and sectarian fighting between Sunni and Shiite Muslims.

July 12th, 2009 Roadside bomb kills at least 4 Afghan policeKABUL — A roadside bomb killed at least four Afghan police officers south of Afghanistan's capital, officials said Sunday. The officers were driving in a private car Saturday in Logar province's Charkh district when an explosion hit the vehicle, said provincial police chief Gen.

July 3rd, 2009 GUATEMALA CITY - A man who raped his nine-year-old daughter was lynched and burnt alive by a mob in the Guatemalan town of San Juan Sacatepequez, the police said. Some 200 people responded to a call for help from the girl's younger brother while Samuel Cotzajay Cubule, 52, was sexually abusing her, the police said.

June 25th, 2009 Iraqi police say bomb kills 7 in southwest BaghdadBAGHDAD — Iraqi police say a bomb has killed seven people and wounded 31 others at a bus station in a Shiite neighborhood in southwest Baghdad, the latest in a series of attacks ahead of a U.S. military withdrawal from cities next week.

May 4th, 2009 GUATEMALA CITY - A strong earthquake rattled Guatemala Sunday, with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale, but there were no reports of injuries or damage. The earthquake struck at a depth of 104 km and took place about 68 km west of Guatemala City, the US Geological Survey reported.

March 8th, 2009 GUATEMALA CITY - At least 13 people, including two police officials, have been killed in a wave of violence in Guatemala, EFE reported Sunday. According to the National Police (PNC), three suspected members of a youth gang, were shot death by unknown gunmen early Saturday in the northeastern suburbs of the capital.

February 21st, 2009 GUATEMALA CITY - Six people were killed and 11 wounded when a gang opened fire on players and fans at a football match in Guatemala City, EFE reported Friday. Two teams were playing five-a-side football match on a basketball court in the Santa Fe neighborhood in the capital city Wednesday when the attack occurred.