Tag: killed

Iran files charges over BBC report on girl, 16, allegedly killed by security forces in 2022 protests

JERUSALEM — Iranian prosecutors filed criminal charges on Wednesday targeting activists and journalists following a BBC report that alleged security forces had “sexually assaulted and killed” a 16-year-old girl during protests over the death of Mahsa Amini in 2022. Nika Shakarami’s death also sparked widespread outrage at the time. Amini died after being detained by […]

Violent weekend in D.C. sees two killed, six wounded

Two shootings, one of them deadly, erupted in the District’s nightlife centers and a fatal stabbing took place outside Audi Field during a bloody weekend in the nation’s capital. Metropolitan Police said the violence started shortly before 11:30 p.m. Friday, when an argument inside a Dupont Circle bar spilled over into gunfire on the street. […]