We always read about how bad things are in ZA, I'm gonna post news topics of similar things happening around the world, just to show that we are not alone:
"Man critical after brutal assault
July 26, 2008 - 1:57PM
A group of men blocked a Sydney roadway before brutally assaulting a car passenger with a baseball bat, leaving the 26-year-old man with head injuries.
Police say the man remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition after the incident at Doonside, in Sydney's west, about 12.20am (AEST) today.
"Two males were driving on Knox Road when they were forced to stop due to 10 men blocking the roadway," police said in a statement.
"The passenger of the Commodore, a 26-year-old Doonside man, got out of the car and confronted the group."
Police say an argument broke out before the man was punched repeatedly in the face, then struck to the side of the head with a baseball bat.
"(He) collapsed to the ground and the 10 men fled the scene in their vehicles," police say.
Police and ambulance officers attended and the injured man was taken to Westmead Hospital.
A 29-year-old Blacktown man was arrested early today and charged with maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm, assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault.
He is due to appear before the Parramatta Bail Court today.
The police are continuing their investigations.
Anyone with information on the incident is urged to contact Blacktown Police or Crime Stoppers by calling 1800 333 000."
"Woman shot during dairy robbery
3:54PM Saturday July 26, 2008
A woman has been shot during an aggravated robbery in West Auckland this afternoon.
Police Inspector Kerry Watson said the woman received minor injuries and was receiving medical attention after being shot with "a long barrelled firearm".
He said police were called to the New Lynn dairy shortly before 3pm.
Police are seeking information from the public who may have seen a silver coloured vehicle leaving the area on Great North road towards New Lynn.
- NZHERALD STAFF"
Crime in quiet Tasmania has gone up by 10-20% in the past year or so. We only have a population of 1/2 million in the whole island so its shows whats going on. Luckily its mostly assaults, robberies and petty crimes.
I'm waiting for someone to be smart and start knocking off the petrol tankers what with the petrol going through the roof. Now there's an idea. . . .
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Wow THAT BAD Malcolm? Knew it was going up, but thats pretty big. Still people feel so safe here they think going to Melbourne or Brisbaine is risky! LOL :wow1:
"Drive-by victim killed in 'volley of shots' - police
10:57AM Sunday July 27, 2008
Waikato police are appealing for information after a 28-year-old man was killed in a volley of shots fired from a car early this morning.
Detective Inspector Peter Devoy said the local man was shot outside a house in McGowan street in Waharoa, near Matamata, about 1am.
He said the shooting victim had earlier been involved in a disagreement at another property in the small community.
Police have cordoned off two properties on the street and are speaking to a number of witnesses to the fatal shooting.
"It appears our victim has been at another address where a disagreement of some sort has happened, they have left and were standing outside the McGowan St property when a car approached from a westerly direction," Mr Devoy said.
"Pulling up on the roadside near the victim's group someone in the car has fired a volley of shots, a number of which have struck our victim."
Mr Devoy said the car returned to McGowan Street a short time later and fired a second volley of shots, but no-one was injured.
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The Waikato Armed Offenders Squad arrived in Waharoa about 3am.
"About 5am a Hedley St address was secured by armed officers and this is currently cordoned off to allow forensic experts and Police investigators to carry out examinations," said Mr Devoy.
He urged Waharoa and Matamata residents to remain calm and to co-operate with investigators.
"One of the advantages of living in small communities is that everyone knows everyone else, we want to tap into that knowledge," he said.
Anyone with information should contact Matamata police station on (07) 888 7117.
- NZHERALD STAFF"
From NZ today,
"McDonalds manager held at gunpoint during peak hour
2:45PM Friday August 08, 2008
A man, with no mask, held a McDonald's manager at gun point while customers continued to eat their meals in the restaurant. Photo / AP
A man, with no mask, held a McDonald's manager at gun point while customers continued to eat their meals in the restaurant. Photo / AP
A man has broken into the back of a Hamilton McDonalds and held a gun to the manager, demanding money.
Detective Daryl Smith said the man broke into the Te Rapa McDonalds at about 7.30pm last night.
"There were quite a few people coming and going from the store as well as eating their meals inside at the time of the robbery," said Mr Smith.
He said police are concerned that the man did not try and disguise himself even though the McDonalds was busy.
Mr Smith said the carpark and Shell petrol station next door were also busy and police are speaking to witnesses.
He said the man is described as in his twenties, Caucasian, was wearing overalls and is about 175cm tall.
Mr Smith said anyone with information should call Hamilton police on 07 858 6200.
- NZ HERALD STAFF"
image201 I had to laugh when I read this one. Didn't the gunman know he could have held up the manager with nothing more than a Big Mac? Just as dangerous as a firearm nowdays.
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Dubai also has its crime stories, with the most recent one being the murder of a Lebanese singer who lived here. Unofficial sources say that the crime was parrticularly gruesome. The murder suspect was apparently arrested in Egypt (he boarded the first plane out of Dubai after the crime) but since then there have been rumours that he accidently died in custody. Today they're saying he's alive again. Whoever got him to do the dirty job is obviously trying to clear all traces that could lead back to them.
Man arrested for murder of Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim
Dubai: Suzan Tamim's suspected killer, a 39-year-old Arab national, was arrested in an Arab country three days after the Lebanese singer was found dead in her apartment in Dubai, police said on Sunday.
Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Acting Chief of Dubai Police, confirmed that the suspected murderer was identified five hours after the police surveyed Tamim's apartment, but was arrested three days later because he fled the UAE immediately after committing the murder.
Police refused to identify his nationality and the country where he was arrested.
In Cairo, an Egyptian police source told Gulf News that two Egyptian nationals had been arrested in connection with the murder.
Arabic newspapers reported that an Egyptian businessman and two security men were involved in the crime. An Egyptian confessed that he committed the crime in return for $2 million. However, Dubai police did not confirm the reports.
Al Mazeina said that Tamim did not know her killer but he had tricked the singer into letting him into her apartment by pretending to be a representative of the real estate company from which she had bought her flat.
In less than 12 minutes the killer had entered the building, slit Tamim's throat and then rushed to Dubai International Airport.
Dubai Police earlier said the 31-year-old singer was killed several hours before her body was discovered.
Police had received a report from one of her relatives who lived in Sharjah, and went to her apartment at Burj Al Remal building in Dubai Marina on Monday night where they discovered her body.
Suzan had been living alone in the building for the past eight months. A former winner of the Lebanese talent show Studio Al Fan in 1996, Suzan enjoyed many hit singles during her early career.
3 killed in shooting in a smaller town in Germany
One innocent young women, mother of 3, was also killed standing in the line of fire
2 of the murderers have been arrested very soon, dont know the details yet
Apparently turks, walked in to an ice cream cafe and shot other turks
One can only assume at the moment, will know more in the news tonight
from the NZ Herald!
"Family violence blamed for rise in crime figures
4:00AM Thursday Oct 02, 2008
Violent crime has climbed around the country, fuelled by a surge in reporting of family violence.
Police say an 11.1 per cent increase in violence offences in the year to June is due almost entirely to family violence, which recorded a 29 per cent rise in the same period.
National crime statistics released yesterday show a total of 58,761 violence offences recorded in the year, up from 52,883 the previous year.
But Assistant Police Commissioner Grant Nicholls said the increase in recorded family violence did not necessarily equate to an increase in offending, but was rather the result of new mandatory training for front-line officers on investigating and detecting the problem, and decreased tolerance of the crime in the community.
"Many people may now be reporting family violence offences to police which in the past may not have come to our attention at all."
Agencies working in the area agree that the statistics likely reflect increased awareness and reporting of family violence.
"Unfortunately, it's going to look worse before it gets better," said Jane Drumm, executive director of Preventing Violence in the Home.
Ms Drumm said police had previously believed they were being informed of only 18 per cent of family violence incidents that were occurring, so the increase was heartening from that perspective.
"To us, who work in the field, this is a really good sign that actually the real prevalence is starting to be reported and coming out, and that means that people can get the assistance they need."
Heather Henare of the National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges also believed awareness of family violence had improved and said one of the contributing factors was the "It's Not OK" advertising campaign.
But Ms Henare said the fact the country still had so many reported incidents of family violence was "a national shame".
The statistics showed increases in assaults on children, which Children's Commissioner Cindy Kiro said was likely a flow-on effect from increased reporting of family violence.
Dr Kiro said most child abuse happened in the home and protocols introduced in the last two years meant police were now more likely to notify Child, Youth and Family of at-risk children at family violence callouts.
She said children were often "invisible victims" of family violence and high levels of violence against them had been under-reported.
More than 1300 assaults on children under 14 were recorded in the year to June, up from less than 1000 the previous year.
Police Minister Annette King said the figures showed family violence remained a scourge, but police deserved much credit for uncovering the level of the problem.
She also praised the fact they had resolved nearly 10,000 offences of all types in the past year and said part of the reason was a 2500 staff increase.
But National Party leader John Key criticised the Government for claiming it was on top of violent crime, saying the statistics had made an "unrelenting climb" every year that Labour was in power.
In addition to the increase in violence offences, the statistics showed an 5.9 per cent rise in drugs and anti-social offences.
Methamphetamine offences dropped 18 per cent from their peak two years ago, while dishonesty offences - which make up 52 per cent of all offences - fell 5 per cent.
Graffiti and tagging was deemed responsible for an increase in property damage offences in most districts.
MAIN CHANGES
* Violence: Up 11.1%
* Family violence: Up 29%
* Drugs/anti-social: Up 5.9%
* Dishonesty offences: Down 5%
IN YOUR REGION
AUCKLAND AND WAITEMATA
Auckland mirrored the rest of the country in terms of violent crime, experiencing an increase in recorded offences from 4893 in 2006/07 to 5333 in 2007/08.
The number of drugs and anti-social offences also grew, while dishonesty offences dropped, following the same pattern in Waitemata, where overall crime showed a 1 per cent reduction when population growth was taken into account.
Violent crime in Waitemata rose 4 per cent, significantly less than the national average of 11.1 per cent.
Waitemata district commander Acting Superintendent John Kelly said much of the violence was driven by alcohol and to a certain extent drugs, but it was encouraging to see women reporting family violence in greater numbers than ever before.
COUNTIES-MANUKAU
Violence offences climbed sharply in Counties-Manukau, from 7889 in 2006/07 to 9383 in 2007/08, while the overall crime figure remained almost the same as the previous year.
Homicides, abductions, robberies, assaults, intimidation and threats all rose, with the district showing a particularly high rise in serious assaults.
WAIKATO
Waikato police celebrated crime reductions in several areas, including a 4.6 per cent drop in residential burglaries and a 17 per cent drop in non-residential burglaries.
In Hamilton, area commander Inspector Rob Lindsay said work done with the city council and other agencies had contributed to a 30 per cent reduction in overall crime.
However, violence remained an area of concern in the Waikato, where 297 more incidents were reported than in the previous year.
CANTERBURY
Canterbury's crime decreased slightly when population growth was taken into account, and violence offences grew by only 2 per cent, or 9 per cent less than the national average."
Attacker stabs dairy owner
4:00AM Saturday Oct 04, 2008
By Lincoln Tan
A policewoman works at the scene of the attack. Photo / Paul Estcourt
A policewoman works at the scene of the attack. Photo / Paul Estcourt
The owner of an Auckland Lotto store and dairy is in hospital with stab wounds in his neck and back after being attacked late yesterday afternoon.
It was at least the fourth serious attack on an Auckland shop worker this year, and followed a police decision to charge a liquor retailer after an altercation with two youths this week.
In yesterday's attack, a man went into the Lotto store on New Windsor Rd in Avondale and stabbed the owner, said Inspector Karen Lane of the police northern communications centre.
Witnesses told the Herald the injured man was Shashikant Prema, aged 55. They said he had four stab wounds to the neck and back.
A woman in a next-door takeaway bar told NZPA she phoned police after the stabbed man staggered into her shop.
His alleged attacker, a teenage boy, stood outside and waited until police arrived and took him into custody.
The stabbed man was taken to Auckland City Hospital. Late last night, he was in a stable condition.
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Ram Lochan, who owns a nearby superette on New Windsor Rd and knows the victim, said the man had been in New Zealand for about 20 years and had owned the dairy for about 15. He had started selling Lotto tickets only last year.
Mr Lochan, 61, said he had been robbed four times, and he was concerned that shopkeepers were not allowed to protect themselves.
"When we protect ourselves, we get charged - and if we don't we get stabbed. What do we do?" he asked.
Yesterday, the owner of the Gilbert Road Discount Liquor outlet in Otara was charged after an altercation on Tuesday night with two youths who entered his shop.
Varinder Singh was charged with injuring with intent to injure.
Last night, New Windsor residents were shocked at news of the attack in the Lotto shop/dairy.
Customer Kumar Vanga said: "Absolutely shocking. This is happening too close to home."
Rao Vanaguntla said: "What's happening to New Zealand when it's not even safe for someone to run your own small business?"
While police were investigating the stabbing, they were called to a store in nearby Bremner Ave, Mt Roskill, where two youths threatened a shop owner with a knife.
Inspector Lane said no one was injured, and the two offenders had fled.
UNDER ATTACK
* January 22-year-old student Krishna Naidu stabbed to death while working in his family's dairy in Clendon, Manukau City.
* June Father-of-two Navtej Singh shot in the chest with a .22 rifle during a raid on his liquor store in Riverton Drive, Manurewa, and died the next day.
* July Xu Mei Ying, 46, shot in the arm while working at her family's dairy in New Lynn."
thought that this might interest a few south Africans:
" A rough guide to Wanganui's gangs
4:00AM Sunday Oct 19, 2008
Mongrel Mob
The Mongrel Mob has been active in New Zealand since the 1960s, with its members predominantly from Maori and Pacific communities. The gang is involved in drug dealing, armed robberies, assaults and theft. Patched Mongrel Mob members were responsible for the killing of 2-year-old Jhia Te Tua on May 5 last year. Te Tua's father was a member of the Mongrel Mob's main rival, Black Power.
Black Power
Unlike the Mongrel Mob, which recruits members regardless of their ethnicity, Black Power is a Maori organisation. Formed in the early 1970s, the gang has sought credibility as a political civil rights movement but this has not reduced criminal activity. Rifts are said to have emerged within the gang between older members and more recent recruits who are dealing in hard drugs, such as P.
Hell's Angels
Harley Davidsons are the bike of choice for international motorcycle gang Hell's Angels, who have been active in New Zealand since the early 1960s. The gang is involved in organised crime such as money laundering and drug manufacturing and dealing. Police believe the gang is now co-operating with other gangs in the production and selling of methamphetamines.
Tribesmen
The new gang on the block in Wanganui, police say they have seen an increased presence from the gang since they launched a crackdown on the Mongrel Mob following Jhia's death. Operating across the North Island, members have been convicted of everything from methamphetamine manufacture to murder."
The uncle of Australian and Queensland rugby league representative Johnathan Thurston has died after a group he was with was attacked at a park south of Brisbane overnight.
Richard Saunders, 38, died early this morning when a fight broke about between two groups in Ewing Park, Woodridge, at around 1am.
Mr Saunders, in one of the groups, died in Logan Hospital a short time after the attack, police said.
A further two men are reportedly in a serious condition in the hospital.
The Australian Rugby League has issued a statement offering condences and saying the Kangaroos will wear black armbands at their game against New Zealand tomorrow night.
"The Australian Rugby League wish to pass on their condolences to Johnathan Thurston's family following news of the tragic death of his uncle, Mr Richard Saunders, in Brisbane last night," it said.
"At this stage, Johnathan has not withdrawn from the team to play New Zealand tomorrow.
"The VB Kangaroos will wear black armbands as a mark of respect tomorrow night.
"The ARL ask you respect Johnathan's privacy in this difficult time."
Queensland police are treating his death as suspicious and are conducting a full investigation into the death.
Police said the attack appeared to have been unprovoked.
Richard Saunder's brother Steven, at the scene today, said he couldn't believe his brother had been killed just two years after his mother had died.
"My brother was one of the persons that was drinking here. He was hit by a pailing and a number of bottles," he told Network Ten.
He said he believed the culprits would be found.
"This community is pretty small ... I will find them.
"I lost my mum two years ago, still trying to grieve over her and now I've got to grive over him," Mr Saunders said.
Earlier today, Police Detective Superintendent David Hutchinson from the South Eastern Region said officers were called to the fight involving up to nine men in Ewing Park at 1am.
"Upon arrival police located three male persons in the park all having sustained severe injuries," he said.
A 38-year-old man, a 53-year-old and 47-year-old had all suffered brute force wounds, including serious head injuries, and were taken by ambulance to Logan Hospital.
The 38-year-old man, later identifed as Mr Saunders, died a short time after arriving at hospital.
The younger man is in a serious condition in hospital while the older man has serious but less severe injuries.
"What we believe is that there were obviously three victims and the other group had around five or six members," Detective Superintendent Hutchinson said.
Detective Superintendent Hutchinson said police did not have any definitive leads into who the other group was made up of, but officers were investigating.
"We've got police from the homicide squad and state crime operations command assisting the Logan detectives," he said.
"There's a number of lines of inquiry at the moment and a number of people are being interviewed who might be able to provide us with some information."
The two men in hospital have as yet been unable to talk with police.
Got this on e-mail yesterday.
This happens in Denmark....A supposedly "civilized" and "European Union" country...
This act of barbarism happens once a year in the town of Dantesque in the Faroe Islands, which belong to Denmark. It is absolutely incredible that no one does a SH ! T to prevent this barbarism that is committed against the Calderon, an intelligent species of dolphin, who have the unfortunately fatal habit of approaching humans out of sheer curiosity.
The attachment contains some disturbing pictures of the barbarism. Viewer discretion advised.
True crime. It's sick. Poor animals (intelligent mammals just like us by the way), so peaceful, not causing any harm. Really shocking. I can not write here what I pray will be the fate of those sorry excuses for humans involved in this unnecessary murders. May my wishes come true!
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I'M SICK TO THE CORE .. MAY THE WHEEL TURN FOR THESE AWFUL PEOPLE ..
...and I won't even open the attachment. I can only imagine the b*st*rds.
I won't open it either. We all know how cruel and savage some so-called humans can be. We should shove a dynamite stick up their a*ses and light them up ...
Many people say crime is at it's hight and more brutal than ever.
We're always trying to understand how humans function or should (wishfull thinking) function.
To me it seems, humans have always been brutal. Wars throughout history. This is the way men became heros and famous. So it seems it's something that's kinda stuck in all of us. Just the way I once mentioned there's a little racist in everybody.
Sometimes it seems to me, as if some people live this kinda brutaliy by doing "illigal" things. Remember, war is always legal in every army.
It's no excuse for anything. Society must be protected. Culture must be developed on all the ime to reach a hight in humanity and what we call human rights.
Just trying to understand again...
At times, one wonders if we had a threat from an "alien" race from another world, would this then help all of humanity to unite as one, which we are! idontknow
I saw Obahama holding his speach after his election this morning. A man with very high ideals. That's the attitude we need. He said something I thought before he was elected. He said he'll disapointing his people to. That's what life like. But it's your belief, attitued and deeds that makes the world better.
I believe, we have to be liberal in a way to understand the world and to give everybody a chance and a place in it. But we may never except violance in any form. Society must be protected....
I like the " alien race " idea .. hey they are watching us .. and worried .. the human race has a lot of good virtues , but also has the tendency to want to self destruct be it through the quest for power , ego or whatever .. we never entirely seem to learn form past mistakes ... sad .. so sad ..
Scene of grisly slayings
Caroline Marcus
November 16, 2008
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THIS is the room in the Sydney unit where two women were found dead, their throats cut by a killer who remained at large last night.
Homicide Squad detectives yesterday returned to the complex in Queen Street, Auburn, where the two Chinese nationals were found. The decomposing bodies of the women, both aged about 30, were found lying face down on a bed on Thursday afternoon.
The man who raised the alarm, rushing to a nearby ambulance station, was the new boyfriend of one of the victims.
Detectives believe the women had been dead for at least three days in the three-bedroom unit, which is believed to have been home to up to 11 people.
Detective Inspector Mick Sheehy said yesterday: "Our view is that it is certainly unusual to have not discovered [the bodies] before, but there are language and cultural barriers.
"They are just not coming forward with information. Obviously we believe that certainly someone must have known something."
Neighbours said the women had been living in the complex for two months and police believe they may have been working as prostitutes.
The pair were not believed to be related, coming from two different Chinese provinces.
Neighbour Tina Wu, 20, said some people in the unit were from Fujian province and were often visited by others who came from there.
"If you know one Fujian person, you know them all and all of them will come to your home," she said.
A neighbour who asked not to be identified said two "strange-looking" men were seen leaving the unit the day before the women were found dead.
She said the men were of Middle Eastern appearance, aged in their 20s and wearing T-shirts and shorts. They looked "worried".
The neighbour said the men did not live in the building and she had not seen them previously.
"The feeling I had was not good," she said. "I was scared."
Detective Inspector Sheehy said police were not aware of the two men. Brad Ormsby from Strata Plus said security had been increased at the units.
He said he believed the victims knew their killer.
"They put up stud walls and make four or five bedrooms out of two or three," he said. "Two people let the unit. We try to do inspections as often as possible."
He said that, while security measures were being put in place for the building, there was not cause for concern among residents and he believed "the girls knew their killer".
Police are working with the Chinese Consulate to make contact with the women's next of kin in China before they can be publicly identified.
Source: The Sun-Herald
Guard shot in Waldorf-Astoria robbery bid
November 16, 2008 - 4:14PM
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Gunfire erupted in Manhattan's Waldorf-Astoria hotel during a brazen robbery attempt at a lobby jewellery store on Saturday, wounding a security guard and sending guests diving for cover.
The 54-year-old guard was shot in the chest but was expected to survive.
A suspect was arrested on charges including attempted murder and assault.
Hotel guest Christine Cataldo said she was looking at a display of engagement rings near the entrance to the store, Cellini Jewellers, when she heard the first shot.
"It sounded like a bomb. One big boom. And then people started running," Cataldo, a Long Island resident, said.
The mayhem began when the black-garbed suspect, identified as Rafael Rabinovich-Ardans, 20, pulled out a gun in the jewellery store and used the weapon to smash two display cases full of expensive rings and necklaces, a police official said.
The guard, Gregory Boyle, a retired New York Police Department detective, confronted the man. About three gunshots rang out as the two wrestled and fell to the floor, though it wasn't clear who fired. Both were armed.
One bullet hit Boyle in the left upper chest, the official said.
Another hotel employee then tackled Rabinovich-Ardans, the police official said. The suspect's gun went off again as they grappled, but that bullet apparently struck no one.
Hotel security staff arrived and took Rabinovich-Ardans into custody.
The Waldorf-Astoria was the world's largest hotel when it opened in its current Park Avenue spot in 1931, according to the hotel's website. It had previously been on Fifth Avenue.
The Art Deco hotel quickly became synonymous with luxury and part of popular culture, appearing in the 1945 Ginger Rogers film Weekend at the Waldorf and garnering a mention in the classic Cole Porter song You're the Top.
Cellini Jewellers, a high-end boutique that specialises in luxury watches adorned with diamonds and gold, opened in the hotel lobby in 1977.
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Manhunt for post office killers
More than 100 police officers are searching for a gang of masked men who shot dead the son of a village postmaster during a robbery.
Craig Hodson-Walker, 29, son of sub-postmaster Ken Hodson-Walker, was shot in the chest at Fairfields Store, in Fairfield, Worcestershire.
A second man was shot in the leg during the raid on Friday involving three men using a handgun and a sledgehammer.
The injured man is being treated at Birmingham's Selly Oak Hospital.
Witnesses sought
He has not been officially identified and his condition is not yet known.
Police want to speak to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area around the time of the raid at 0820 GMT. They said it was too early to say if anything had been stolen.
It is believed the robbers escaped in a silver Volkswagen Golf later found abandoned nearby. It had false registration plates W337 DDN and was stolen in Solihull on 31 December, police said. The correct registration plate for the car was GP53 FJJ.
Officers said the car may have got caught in rush-hour traffic on its way to the Stourbridge Road island at the junction of the A491 Sandy Lane.
The post office was also targeted by raiders five years ago.
Det Supt Jon Groves, of West Mercia Police, said: "Significant resources have been committed to this inquiry, which is in its very early stages.
"The offenders are dangerous and must not be approached."
A Post Office spokesman said: "We are shocked and appalled at this terrible attack against hard-working people serving the whole community and we are very concerned for the family and will be doing all we can to help them."
I read the NZ Herald on a regular basis, today I thought that it looked more like a South African paper with all the crime stories....
Watch the movie .. ' once were warriors " when John took it out in the video shop the coloured girl said it was a depressing movie .. a sort of mirror on the cape flats .. watched and indeed sad to to view .. not that its said a certain grouping is the crime problem , but its sad.. and yes probably part of the crime scene ...
This post is slowing down but as crimes go this is unbelievable.........What century are we living in
Josef Fritzl trial: accused hides face with folder in court
Fritzl kept his daughter Elisabeth chained up 24 hours a day for the first nine months of her 24-year imprisonment in the dungeon beneath his house, a jury will be told today.
Elisabeth, then aged 18, was chained by her hands to metal posts behind a bed in the cellar, unable to move more than a few inches from the bed.
Fritzl, 73, is on trial for murder, rape, incest and slavery after fathering seven children by his daughter, who he allegedly raped on a daily basis after drugging her and dragging her into the secret purpose-built bunker in August 1984.
He is expected to admit the majority of the charges, but will deny the murder charge, which relates to a baby born in 1996 whose body Fritzl is alleged to have burned in a stove.
The prosecution claim he murdered the baby boy by failing to seek medical help when he became seriously ill, but Fritzl is expected to claim that the child was stillborn.
Fritzl's trial, described by one state official as 'the worst criminal case in Austria's history', is attracting worldwide media attention, with hundreds of reporters from more than 20 countries descending on the small town of St Poelten, around 30 miles from Amstetten, where Fritzl's horrendous crimes were committed.
The eight-man jury will be told today that Fritzl began raping his daughter within two days of putting her into the cellar.
The prosecution's indictment claims that Fritzl asked his daughter to go down to the cellar "under the pretence that she should help him to carry a door into his garage".
It alleges: "After they had put the door in place, he ordered her into his office and made her sit down on a stool. He then drugged his daughter, by putting a narcotic substance into a cloth and then holding it around her mouth and nose. He dragged her into a windowless cellar room, 200sq ft in size, which he had already adapted for this purpose.
"He had equipped it with a double bed, a wash basin, a toilet, a TV, a video recorder, an oven and plastic crockery.
"In the cellar there was no daylight or fresh air. The only opportunity to wash was in a sink, there was no shower. There was also no hot water or heating.
"Just after Elisabeth was locked in the cellar, the accused built a reinforced door, which he then reinforced with additional locks and bolts. The door was opened and closed electronically and only Josef Fritzl himself could do this. Elisabeth was kept behind a barrage of secured doors, with no chance to escape.
"Elisabeth's imprisonment was premeditated; Fritzl had been planning her imprisonment in the dungeon cellar for two to three months before he actually lured his daughter down there."
Fritzl is said to have explained away Elisabeth's disappearance by claiming she had run away to join a cult.
"Once in the cellar he chained his daughter up, strapping her arms and tying her hands behind her back with an iron chain, which he then secured to metal posts behind her bed. She had no chance to escape. Her movement was severely restricted. She could only move half a metre either side of the bed. After two days he attached the chain around her waist so she could reach the toilet and wash basin."
After nine months, Fritzl is said to have finally relented and removed the metal chains from around his daughter's waist.
But, as the court will hear, this was purely to make it easier for him to use her as his sex slave.
Elisabeth's ordeal finally came to an end last April when her eldest daughter, Kerstin, 19, became seriously ill and Fritzl took her to hospital, leading to questions which quickly unearthed his appalling alleged crimes.
The trial, which is expected to last five days, continues.
Uugh !! and the neighbours were blind ??
You should see the pics and the plan of his dungeon Sandy, then you'ld understand. This story is so sick. I think there were 7 dors you had to go through before you got to the women with her kids.
I know Georg ... the question was asked .. did the neighbours not even have an inkling of what was going on ?? but then when levels of politeness and minding ones own business take upper hand then surely this sort of thing is allowed to happen .. reminds me of a true story of a movie in America ( forget the name of the movie ) but yes there was this one controlling mother bitch and yes when the story burst out .. the neighbours had lots to say , but when asked the question , " what did you do ?/ " fell silent .. I say sooner be an active neighbour .. keep an eye on your neighbourhood .. it is after all yours as well .. thats how we keep crime in our area under control ... always have an ear and eye open ...
How could his wife not know, where did she think the kids came from that he brought upstairs to live with them????
They should save everyone the time and money and just shoot the old perv!!!
madashell could shoot him myself!
Paula, as far as i understand the kids were also locked up in the basement
The inzest daughter only came out when she fell sick and came to the hospital. Thats when the story was uncovered.
An incredible unbeleivable story. That monster also went on overseas holiday while they were all locked up.....i can not figure that. Wonder how they were supllied with nutrition in that time.
That also explains your doubt that no one ever new or noticed anything
The news last night said he had 7 kids with her and three of them lived with him and his wife upstairs???
I dit not get that Paula, i dont watch that story so much, it makes me sick
Just wish that monster could just disappear a shame to civilized Austria
Of course there is high interst in the media, voyeurism i call it..........its to sick to beleive
In top of it, we had the amok around the corner from me here, but that is another story. It will happen again mark my words, already some announced to do it too, copy......get famous in the world news, what a fame ????
I say, shoot the old fart!!!!
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Our media is giving it a work over, I can not for the life of me think of a punishment for this crime !!!!!!!!!!!
We all have kids and grandchildren, and when you think what these kids have gone through, and what they have to go through in the future, words fail me.
There is no punishment (its on the news now he has changed his plea to guilty) in this world, maybe the next
This is another one that's been in the news !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! how in hells name do they think they will get away with it.
Make sure you read to the very end – very interesting – perhaps the best way to tell where things are made....
China milk poisoning incidents make everyone afraid to look at the daily news report.
Everyday, the reports are changing. No one can clearly tell us what to eat and what not to eat.
1.What really is poisoned milk?
It is milk powder mixed with 'MELAMINE'
What is Melamine used for?
It is an industrial chemical used in the production of melawares.
We all MUST understand that Melamine is used in INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
- - - - - it CANNOT be eaten.
2.Why is Melamine added to milk powder?
The most important nutrient in milk is protein.
And, Melamine has this same protein that contains 'NITROGEN'
Adding Melamine into milk reduces the actual milk content required,
and therefore it is cheaper than all milk. So it lowers the capital required
in the production of milk products. Therefore it earns the business man more profit!
3.When was it discovered that it had been added to milk products.
In 2007, US cats and dogs died suddenly, they found that pet food from China contained Melamine.
Early in 2008, in China , an abnormal increase in infant cases of kidney stones was reported.
Sept. 2008, the New Zealand government asked China to investigate this problem
Sept. 21, 2008, they found that many food products in Taiwan tested for Melamine
4.What happens when Melamine ingested and digested?
Melamine remains inside the kidneys. It forms into stones blocking the tubes.
Pain will be imminent and the person cannot urinate. Kidney(s) will then swell.
Although surgery can remove the stones, it causes irreversible kidney damage.
It can lead to the loss of kidney function and will require kidney dialysis or lead to death
because of uremia.
What is dialysis? In fact, it should be called 'blood washing'; it is filtering all of the body's blood into
a machine and then returning the blood back to the body.
The whole process takes 4 hours; and it is necessary to have dialysis
once every 3 days for the rest of your life.
Why is it much more serious in babies?
A baby's kidneys are so very small and they drink a lot of milk powder.
It does not matter how much Melamine a human being ingested (ate) (took).
The important point is: 'MELAMINE CANNOT BE EATEN!'
5.What foods are to be avoided?
Foods from China that contain dairy products should be avoided.
Remember: Foods with cream or milk should be avoided.
6.Which companies are affected?
7.What do we do next?
Avoid the above foods for at least six months.
If you own or operate a snack bar, a restaurant, or a coffee shops, etc.,
stop selling dairy products for the meantime.
If you have infants at home, change to mother's milk or find other substitutes.
Finally, share this information with friends so they will understand the risk of milk poisoning.
The whole world is very afraid of "Made In China" 'black-hearted' goods.
Do you know how to differentiate which products are made in
the USA, or in the Philippines, in Taiwan, or in China?
Here's How:
The first 3 digits of the barcode identify the country code
wherein the product was made.
For Example: ALL barcodes that start with 690, 691, 692, etc., . .
up to and including 695 are all MADE IN CHINA.
Barcodes starting with 471 are printed on products Made in Taiwan.
You have a right to know. But the government and related departments
never inform or educate the public. Therefore we must educate ourselves,
be vigilant, and RESCUE ourselves.
Today, Chinese businessmen know that consumers will not select products
'Made in China'. So, they make every effort not to show or state the country
of origin on their products. However, you can now refer to the barcode.
DO remember if the first 3 digits are one of those between 690 and 695 inclusive then it is a product Made in China .
OTHER BARCODES:
00 ~ 13 USA & CANADA
30 ~ 37 FRANCE
40 ~ 44 GERMANY
49 ~ JAPAN
50 ~ UK
57 ~ Denmark
64 ~ Finland
76 ~ Switzerland and Liechtenstein
628 ~ Saudi-Arabia
629 ~ United Arab Emirates
740 ~ 745 - Central America
All 480 Codes are Made in the Philippines.
Please inform your family and friends.
Be aware! And help others to be aware! image14
Good information thanks
We have the most stringent food laws, yet the creed of humans will always chaet in order to get rich.
We had soeme scandals in Europe.
Whats even worse, certain additives that are dangerous to health are officially allowed
Ckicken are being fed with cloramphenicol an antibiotic, i am allergic to that......
the problem is, the intake of that will make your body immune when you need antibiotics
Here a link to more Barcode info
http://www.food-info.net/uk/qa/qa-fp121.htm
Hello George
I see you are online and I think this is a joke.
When we die!!! 8_1_220(55) I have been told that it takes a lot longer these days
for the body to break down (compost) because due to all the preservatives and antibiotics in the food we have eaten. faceinfood
Frank
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Quote from: toonfandangl on March 19, 2009, 09:46:43 AM
Hello George
I see you are online and I think this is a joke.
When we die!!! 8_1_220(55) I have been told that it takes a lot longer these days
for the body to break down (compost) because due to all the preservatives and antibiotics in the food we have eaten. faceinfood
Frank
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indeed a true fact .. the nitrates and nitrites in processed meat and many other processed products are good shelf life stabilisers ,, and yes the old bod when 6 feet under has a slightly longer shelf life ,, thats if one has eaten a lot of processed goods ..
Now you know why I'm still around!!!
8_1_220(55)
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image201 good one Paula 8_1_220(55) ... you must have lived on those cheap and nasty pink viennas to exclusion of other foods .. cat3
Yip, and still do, thats why I'm still around!!! ha ha
Viva to the "nasty pink viennas" discodance
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Sandy so what you are saying is !!! its true BierSuip #**###*#* jeez so what the hell have I been eating all these years.
This one is over here in Australia Former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld sent to jail its not so much a crime, as how dumb this guy was and a JUDGE
Friday, 20 March , 2009 18:14:00
Reporter: Karen Barlow
MARK COLVIN: It began with an insignificant fine and it blossomed into a tissue of lies.
When the former Federal Court judge Marcus Einfeld lied about a speeding ticket, he could never have imagined it would end in jail. But today, the former human rights commissioner left court in an armoured truck, on his way to prison.
There he's set to stay for the next two years.
In the NSW Supreme Court, the 70-year-old was sentenced to three years in jail with a two-year non-parole period on charges of perjury and perverting the course of justice.
The former Queen's Counsel held his face in his hands and almost fell upon hearing the sentence.
Karen Barlow was in court for PM.
KAREN BARLOW: Marcus Einfeld used to preside over one of the highest courts in Australia. Today, he left in a police truck.
Einfeld is now a convicted criminal who will be spending the next three years in jail, less for good behaviour.
The commander of the NSW Fraud Squad, Detective Superintendent Colin Dyson.
COLIN DYSON: This was a very lengthy, very protracted, very intricate investigation. The outcome today is the result of some excellent investigative work by Strike Force Chanter and the Fraud Squad. I think the sentence is appropriate.
KAREN BARLOW: Marcus Einfeld had appeared confident before the sentence.
He arrived early and mingled and joked with family members and supporters before the judge entered the chamber.
During the two-hour long sentencing he sat quietly with his eyes closed, only intently staring at Justice Bruce James when it came to the crux of the matter.
When it was asked that he understood the sentence, he appeared to crumble, staggering against a railing and catching himself before he fell.
As the sheriffs came to take him away, Einfeld embraced his daughter, farewelled his supporters, received jellybeans from his son, and said his bag was packed.
There were quite a few tears in the courtroom, but son Ed Enfield tried to maintain a sense of humour as he was jostled by the media throng as he left the court.
ED EINFELD: How many tickets on the bus? One, two, three, four?
KAREN BARLOW: Today's sentence brings to an end a three-year dram, a two-and-a-half year police investigation and a long and stellar legal career.
On the 8th of January 2006, Marcus Einfeld's silver Lexus tripped a speed camera in the Sydney suburb of Mosman.
Instead of a paying the fine and taking the three demerit points, Einfeld chose to perjure himself. Legal commentator and barrister Greg Barns.
GREG BARNS: He told a magistrate, in fact he testified before a magistrate, he hadn't been driving his car when he was clocked doing over the speed limit in Sydney. He then provided police with a long statement in which he talked about who might have been driving the car. That turned out to be false. There were a number of other falsehoods in that particular statement and it was from there that he got himself into big trouble with being charged essentially with the perjury and making a false statement with intent to pervert the course of justice.
KAREN BARLOW: There was just elements of the ridiculousness in all this with the fact that the woman he alleged to be driving turned out to be dead.
GREG BARNS: That's right. Professor Teresa Brennan, I think her name was, who he said was driving the car in fact turned out to be dead. There were then allegations made about other cases where other names of people had been used.
KAREN BARLOW: Justice Bruce James took into account Einfeld's good character references, a career of humanitarian volunteer work, his age, poor health, clear criminal record and the effect of his catastrophic fall from grace.
But he also says the attempt to cheat the justice system was premeditated and took considerable planning.
Justice James said that as a top legal practitioner, Einfeld must have fully appreciated the gravity of lying to the justice system.
Detective Superintendent Colin Dyson agrees.
COLIN DYSON: The message this sends is that anyone who is thinking about engaging in this type of activity, it's certainly not worth it. For the sake of a small monetary penalty, peoples' lives can be absolutely ruined.
KAREN BARLOW: Greg Barns believes Einfeld is being used as an example.
GREG BARNS: It was the very fact that he would go to jail which was the public humiliation, the final public humiliation for Einfeld. And if he got a six-month sentence most people would have said, 'Well, the fact that he's going to jail at all is severe punishment.' So it does seem to be quite a tough sentence.
KAREN BARLOW: But even people who provided character references for Marcus Einfeld agree with the sentence.
Robert Goot SC is the President of the Council of Australia Jewry.
ROBERT GOOT: Marcus is a, can be a very impressive, persuasive, charismatic, advocate and personality. But he has obviously got flaws and what has happened today is very sad, indeed tragic. But I believe that given the seriousness of the offence, the sentence is not surprising.
KAREN BARLOW: The Law Council of New South Wales and the State Attorney-General John Hatzistergos also say the sentence was appropriate.
Detective Superintendent Colin Dyson says he has no sympathy for the former legal high flier.
COLIN DYSON: I don't believe anyone is above the law.
KAREN BARLOW: Do you think Einfeld thought he was above the law?
COLIN DYSON: I don't know what was acting in his mind. I think only one person knows the answer to that. All I know is there's no winners here today, but justice was served.
MARK COLVIN: The commander of the NSW Fraud Squad Detective Superintendent Colin Dyson ending that report from Karen Barlow.
At Least the Legal system appears to be working in Oz.....If that worked in ZA, there would be no politicians left to run (ruin) the country..... No Judges to rule...
Michael
We here in Qld go to the polls tomorrow, we have a Labor Gov.incumbent (they have been in Gov this last 11 years) and it looks like they are about to get dumped by the (LNP) Liberal National Party.
What is amazing (we take for granted) how they give up that power to the other party without a shot fired or a riot.........
I have been reading the shout posts, baby and are congratulations to you and your wife in order ? to your new family addition good health and good luck..............................Frank
FROM NEW ZEALAND
An elderly father and his son were brutally bashed in a home invasion in Auckland early this morning.
A 63-year-old man and his 29-year-son were hospitalised after being badly beaten with a weapon, the older man suffering severe head injuries, a cut wrist, as well as a fractured back.
The younger man suffered cuts and bruises to his face. A third female member of the Asian family was uninjured after the attack shortly after 5am in the upmarket suburb of Epsom.
Police are hunting three men and a getaway vehicle, which is damaged.
Detective Sergeant Graeme Timms, of the Glen Innes CIB, say police are looking for a dark green saloon with a damaged rear bumper on the passenger side and a missing wing mirror on the driver side.
He described the home invasion as a "very concerning, gruesome and cowardly attack on two defenceless victims, who have been seriously harmed.
The level of violence used by these cowards could have easily been fatal".
The three men are believed to be Pacific Islander, aged in their late teens or early twenties.
They are all approximately 1.8 to 1.9 metres tall and of medium build. All are believed to have been wearing dark clothing.
If you have any information please contact Detective Sergeant Graeme Timms at the Glen Innes Police Station on (09) 524 1910 or 0274 757 66.
Michael............................ this was in our news in May
A man has been arrested over the 1987 death of a woman who slammed head first into a Sydney street while her bag was being snatched from a moving car.
NSW homicide detectives aided Queensland police on Friday with the arrest of a 45-year-old man at Bundaberg.
The man, formerly from Maroubra in Sydney's east, was refused bail and is expected to be extradited back to Sydney and charged with murder.
Police allege Po Cin Lim, who was 66 years old, was standing at a street corner in Sydney's CBD on October 5, 1987, when a man travelling in a passing car allegedly grabbed at her handbag.
Ms Lim was dragged alongside the car for several metres before falling head first onto the curb and suffering fatal head injuries.
The man failed to stop and allegedly fled the scene.
Strike Force Alukea was formed in July 2008 and inquiries by detectives revealed that the vehicle was also allegedly used in two robberies shortly before Ms Lim's death.
Detectives are also searching for a second man who is believed to have been involved in her alleged murder.
The man who was arrested on Friday is expected to appear in Bundaberg Magistrates' Court on Monday, when NSW detectives will make an application for his extradition to Sydney.
A police spokesman said the man is expected to be charged with murder after his arrival in Sydney.
I saw this initially on SKYNEWS yesterday, The Burger did an article on it:
"London - Statistics compiled by the European Commission indicate that there is more violent crime in Britain than in South Africa.
The British public, who are often warned about the situation regarding crime in South Africa, were caught off-guard by this news.
As far as violence in relation to population size is concerned, Britain is at the top of the list according to these statistics, with 2 034 violent crimes for 100 000 people in 2007.
In Austria this figure is 1 677 for 100 000 people, in South Africa it's 1 609 and in Sweden it's 1 123. The South African figure was an average for the period 2006 to 2007.
According to the British media, however, South Africa is still the world's murder capital, with approximately 20 000 murders committed here annually, compared to 921 in Britain.
Europe's most violent
The statistics are derived from European Commission documents, and were also distributed by the United Nations.
The British Conservative Party presented the data in the form of a table, and said the Labour party is to blame for the fact that Britain is now being considered Europe's most violent nation.
On the list, labelled the "list of shame" by the Conservatives, South Africa (3rd) and Canada (6th) are the only two non-European countries in the top ten.
The Daily Mail, however, was told by experts that the fact that "violence" is interpreted differently in different countries should be taken into account. For instance, where a disturbance is considered a violent offence under British law, in other countries such as South Africa, it's only considered a violent offence if someone is assaulted.
Another fact which has the British public concerned is that the incidence of violence has risen by 77% since 1998.
News websites were buzzing about the information on Thursday, and South Africans in Britain took part in the commentary with great enthusiasm.
Safe?
A certain Callum wrote on the Daily Mail's website that he didn't believe, even for a second, that the crime level in Britain is higher than in South Africa.
"Britain and Europe are safe places to live."
In turn, Dean from Cape Town wrote that the news about Britain's crime levels didn't surprise him in the least, and that it was precisely for that reason that he moved to South Africa.
"I feel much safer walking down the streets of South Africa. Most of the crime that happens here is in Johannesburg."
Another sceptic, Alan from London, believed the South African government's policy is "not to properly record the true crime figures".
Have heard mention before the media about the not properly recording crimes so as to skew stats to make the Govt look good .. if so its a bloody shame ... image14
There are places all over the world you would not want to step into and again just down the street they would be asking you what the fuss was about................. image04
Confirmed in the Sunday times today .. crime statistics manipulated vis , crimes that that would not make it to court ,, including cases of child rape where the hopes of finding the perpetrator were slim .. these files were hidden in back rooms in quite a few police stations .. Ok so they say its only a few , but a few could be the tip of the iceberg ?? was there a secret directive ?? was it just plain laziness ,, or misplaced loyalty to the leading party to try make them look good in a flood of increasing bad press on crime ?? Fact is there is a whistleblower who was suspended for opening the can of worms , he now suddenly reinstated .. and now the new boys are asking for all police stations to be audited ... Ok now the burning question ,, who do they blame it on ??? .. Mbeki and his previous cosy cover up cabinet ,, or maybe no they may even lapse totally and stoop so low as to blame it on apartheid as a legacy of previous police cover up policy when opponents of the old regime " jumped " out of 10th floor windows etc .. tongue in cheek ,, "hell man its hard to eradicate this legacy even though we have affirmed our police force with overweight lazy folk " Ok that was a swipe .. there are a lot of good deedicated folk still left in our police force .. but message has to be brought to bear on all that their first tenet is to protect and serve .. untill that happens ,, well ?? Oh and there other swing around from crappy liberal policy ,, one of the leaders is again saying the regulations should be reviewed as cops are now scared to use any form of even reasonable force to aprehend .. lots of burning questions ...
Man! I thought our Malcolm had it waxed..... living in Tasmania.... I thought that there might be a good place to emigrate to one day..... then I read this....
"CHILDREN on school holidays cowered under tables as an armed man allegedly robbed a McDonald's restaurant in Launceston today.
The man allegedly threatened staff and customers with a broken bottle and escaped with cash during a busy lunchtime period about 1.15pm.
A 38-year-old Launceston man is helping police with their inquiries, after he was arrested a short distance away from the McDonald's at Kings Meadows.
Detective Joe Riley said an amount of cash was given to a man, who is alleged to have wielded improvised weapon at staff,
He praised about 30 customers, who all got under tables, and staff.
A shaken witness who with her young son said the McDonald's staff had done a fantastic job, dealing with the situation, clearing the children's playground and checking that everyone was okay after the robbery."
From Australia!
A man has been taken to hospital after being attacked with a slab of kerbing during a robbery in Mt Lawley early this morning.
The man from Bassendean was walking home along the cycleway in Whatley Crescent when he was approached by two men who demanded money at 3.20am.
The 33 year-old man refused and he was attacked by the two men using a stake, branch and piece of kerbing. He was struck on the head and his wallet was stolen.
Police have cordoned off a section of the footpath at the corner of Guildford Road and Whatley Crescent as they investigate the incident.
The man was taken to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital by St John Ambulance and treated for swelling to his head and upper body.
Police are seeking witnesses to the attack and are looking for two men both described as being caucasian, 165cm tall, with short dark hair and wearing dark jeans and light coloured tops.
Published on 12 Feb 2010
An armed bank robber fled with just £2000 following a raid on a branch in Glasgow's South Side.
The Lloyds TSB Bank, in Cathcart Road, was targeted by a man who threatened staff with a gun before fleeing with the cash.
Police said no firearm was discharged and no one was injured, although staff were left badly shaken.
The suspect left the bank yesterday at 4pm and entered a silver coloured saloon car, which was driven by a second male towards Holmlea Road in Cathcart.
Detective Sergeant Jane Lawson said: "We believe the car was parked outside the bank a short time prior to the robbery. I would appeal to anyone who may have seen the car, or the suspects, outside the bank to contact the police."
The raid comes just months after a security guard was injured in an armed attack outside another bank.
Masked robbers with a sawn-off shotgun and an axe escaped with at least £100,000 after they targeted a Group 4 security van delivering cash to the Bank of Scotland in Busby Road, Clarkston, last September.
A masked raider armed with an axe forced the two security guards into the bank.
He emptied the ATM and placed the cash in the back of a waiting BMW, which was driven by an masked accomplice armed with a sawn-off shotgun.
The robber then took the guards to their van, emptied it of cash the pair then fled the scene towards Mearns Road with a six-figure sum.
Most of you would have seen this in the news........... but not the tag line "Don't f*** with the Mossad".
MAHMOUD al-Mabhouh arrived in Dubai on an Emirates flight from Syria at 3pm on January 19.
According to Dubai's police chief, Lieutenant-General Dahi Khalfan al-Tamim, the 49-year-old gunrunner for Hamas checked into his room at the al-Bustan Rotana Hotel under an assumed name about 4pm. After depositing some documents in the hotel safe, Mabhouh went out for dinner, arriving back at his room by 9pm.
Soon after, police believe, the security-conscious Mabhouh, who routinely blocked the doors to his hotel rooms with heavy furniture, opened his door to a woman. Hours later he was dead, believed poisoned by a mystery drug that at first led investigators to believe he had suffered a heart attack.
Dubai police believe that the suspects, at least seven people carrying European passports, were out of the country before his body was discovered by hotel staff at noon on January 20.
At first, Hamas officials in Damascus went so far as to put out a statement saying Mabhouh had died of natural causes. Nearly 10 days later, autopsy results from France suggested otherwise.
Mabhouh's death had many of the hallmarks of an assassination by Israel's external intelligence agency, Mossad.
In 1989, Mabhouh was part of a team of militants who kidnapped and murdered two Israeli soldiers, Avi Sasportas and Ilan Saadon, stationed in the occupied Gaza Strip. Israel either killed or arrested most of those believed responsible, but Mabhouh got away.
Eventually arriving in Damascus, he rose through Hamas ranks to become the movement's liaison with its main weapons supplier, Iran.
Mabhouh may have become a higher-priority target for Israel in November, when the country's military intelligence chief, Major-General Amos Yadlin, told MPs that Hamas had test-fired a rocket with a range of 60 kilometres, which he said had been supplied by Iran. This put Tel Aviv within striking distance of the Gaza Strip.
Only problem was none of the people identified were actually involved in the killing - they were all simply foreign passport holders currently living in Israel, probably having a fairly straightforward day at the office while 11 secret agents pretending to be them went about suffocating a man in a Dubai hotel. I could imagine it's quite the shock to wake up and find out that you're wanted on suspicion of killing a man in a hotel 2000-odd kilometres away. What in God's name are you getting up to while you're asleep? "Now, Cynthia, you're going to be reading some crazy things about Daddy in the papers today. I just want to promise you that Daddy is not a paid killer. Now go place this backpack underneath that car".
Berlin - A heavily armed group stormed a poker tournament in a German luxury hotel on Saturday afternoon and made off with a jackpot, a police spokesperson said.
Several participants at the tournament in Berlin's Grand Hyatt hotel were slightly injured when they panicked and fled following the daring afternoon heist, Carsten Mueller said.
Mueller said four robbers in disguises forced employees to hand over money, and then managed to escape. Mueller declined to give details, including how much money the men got away with.
The jackpot for the tournament stood at €1m (R10m), according to a European Poker Tour website. The EPT confirmed the heist on the event's blog in an official statement, saying there had been "an armed robbery executed by six men". It was unclear why the number differed from the police count.
The BZ daily quoted witnesses as saying that the robbers were armed with automatic weapons, machetes and hand grenades.
ARE WELL MICHAEL MAYBE THE OTHER TWO WERE COPS !.............. and splitting the loot with them
Where's Georg Junior ... is he already on a flight to the Bahamas ... bravo