Gadhimai: World's biggest ritual slaughter

Motilal Kushwaha had promised the Hindu goddess Gadhimai that he would offer her a male goat if one of his children found a job. Last year his son was successful -- and on Saturday he was one of tens of thousands of people killing the animals at the temple of Gadhimai in southern Nepal as part of the biggest religious mass slaughter in the world. "From my village everyone has made a vow [to offer animals]," says Kushwaha from Bariyarpur, a community...

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two sisters beating up three men, who were allegedly sexually harassing

The incident was captured by a passenger on a mobile phone A video of two sisters beating up three men, who were allegedly sexually harassing them on a moving bus in India, has gone viral on social media. The men have been arrested and charged with assault, police said. Friday's incident, recorded by a passenger on a mobile phone, took place in the northern state of Haryana. Violence against Indian women has been in the spotlight since the gang...

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Baby found buried on Sydney beach

  Police said they were trying to locate the parents of the baby Australian police have urged the mother of a baby found dead and buried in the sand at Sydney's Maroubra beach to come forward. The body, which was discovered by two young boys, was buried under 30cm (12in) of sand, police said. Police said they could not immediately tell the age or gender of the baby, as the body was badly decomposed. A post-mortem examination will be conducted. It...

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Suspect robs to source funds for musical album

The police in Lagos have arrested two armed robbery suspects who allegedly specialised in robbing motorists on the highway and snatching expensive vehicles. PUNCH Metro learnt that the suspects, John Sunday and Onyekachi Oshonu, were arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad on Friday, November 21. Our correspondent learnt that Sunday, 25, and Oshonu, 24, were nabbed in their hideout in Agege, Lagos State at about 10pm. According to the police, information reached the command on same Friday that some robbers had converged on a...

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4 suspected cultists arrested for allegedly raping girl during initiation

By Dayo Johnson Akure — THE Ondo State Police Command has arrested four suspected cultists for gang-raping a girl in Ondo town, after which they stole her handset. According to the police, the victim (identity withheld) was raped as she was being initiated by the cultists. The command said the rapists were among 14 cultists arrested alongside six suspected robbers, three burglars, one fraudster and four kidnappers terrorising the state. Parading the suspects, the state Police Commissioner, Isaac Eke, said items recovered include N11,000 cash, a...

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