Recent updates from the Ghanaian community in the UKhave corrected an earlier report concerning a tragic stabbing incident involving the Obinim family.
Contrary to previous information, Elder Joshua Obinim, the husband of the deceased Ghanaian woman Alberta Obinim, is alive.
Earlier reports had suggested that Elder Joshua, 64, had died along with his wife, Alberta, 43, after being stabbed by their 22-year-old son.
However the initial information, provided by the Ghanaian community in the UK, was inaccurate.
The stabbing incident occurred late on Sunday night, August 18, 2024, at the family’s home on Barnard Road, Gorton.
During the attack, which began around 11:20 p.m., the son, whose identity remains undisclosed, allegedly assaulted his family with a knife.
While Alberta Obinim tragically lost her life, Elder Joshua Obinim survived the attack and is currently receiving medical treatment.
Their 17-year-old daughter, who was also severely injured, remains in critical condition at the hospital.
The son was apprehended at the scene and is now in police custody, facing charges related to the incident.
This update was confirmed by community leaders, including Obudo and Alex Appiah Mensah, who serve as Ghana Union Chairman in the US and New Patriotic Party (NPP) UK Vice Chairman, respectively.
They shared the corrected information via a social media video.
A tragic incident occurred on the night of August 18, 2024, in Gorton, where a 43-year-old Ghanaian woman, Alberta Obinim,her 64-year-old husband, Elder Joshua, and her daughter were fatally attacked by their 22-year-old son.
The violent episode, which unfolded around 11:20 p.m. at their residence on Barnard Road, also left their 17-year-old daughter critically injured.
According to reports, the son, whose identity has not been disclosed, launched a knife attack on his family.
Both parents were severely wounded and rushed to the hospital.
Despite medical efforts, Elder Joshua died shortly after Alberta, who had been pronounced dead earlier.
Elder Joshua reportedly succumbed to the severe injuries he sustained from being stabbed by his 22-year-old son in Manchester.
The son was arrested at the scene and is currently in police custody, facing charges of murder.
The Ghanaian community has been deeply affected by this tragedy, and the news has been shared widely, including by Obudo and Alex Appiah Mensah, prominent figures in the Ghana Union in the US and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) UK, respectively, through social media platforms.
“We took Elder Joshua to the hospital hoping that he would recover, but this morning, Elder Joshua has also died.
The child who stabbed his parents both of them have died, and now it is only his sister who is fighting for her life in the hospital. We are deeply saddened,” one of them said.
Residents of Mangoline, a community in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, are living in fear due to the activities of landguards who pose as Asafo groups and extort “digging fees” from residents.
Recently, an entire family, including a three-year-old child, was attacked with a knife after refusing to comply with the landguards’ demands.
The community remains on edge, uncertain when these violent landguards will strike next. Kwame Adom, a resident, told the media that the landguards’ actions are endangering the lives of the community members.
“The landguards now go to the extent of even taking tiling fees or roofing fees and this is ridiculous,” the angry resident said.
The traumatized family has since left the area, abandoning their project.
The Denkyira Police, tasked with protecting the community, are under-resourced and struggle to combat crime effectively.
“The family eventually stopped the project. As a community, we have tried several times to convince them to come back but they have lost interest since they are traumatised. This place has virtually turned into a jungle and the police must act.
“They have gone to the extent that they demand roofing fees and tiling fees which is ridiculous. One of them told me that it was no more digging fee but a development fee and I asked them what they were developing since I am the one developing my property. The police are doing their best, but the logistics to fight crime are not there.
“The logistics for the police to fight crime in this area is not there. They don’t have a running car to fight crime. Residents are sometimes forced to hire taxis to bring the police to the area to fight crime,” Kwame Adom noted.
Meanwhile, according to report two of the landguards have been arrested while the rest are on the run.
Four tutors from Iowa’s Cornell College have been hospitalised after being stabbed by an unidentified assailant at a public park in China.
The incident occurred during a daytime visit to the park in the northern province of Jilin, according to a statement from the college describing it as a “serious incident.”
Iowa Representative Adam Zabner confirmed that his brother, David, was among the injured, describing the event as a stabbing.
China’s foreign ministry has stated that none of the injured individuals are in critical condition.
According to Mr. Zabner, the group had been visiting a local temple on Monday when they were attacked by a knife-wielding assailant at Beishan Park in Jilin City.
He reported that his brother had sustained a stab wound to the arm and was currently undergoing treatment in the hospital.
“He has not yet been released this morning but he’s doing okay,” he told CBS News.
Cornell College said the four instructors had been teaching “as part of a partnership with a university in China.”.
The group had been accompanied by a member of Beihua University at the time of their visit to the park on Monday.
China’s foreign ministry said that the injured were immediately rushed to a hospital, where they received treatment. Spokesperson Lin Jian would not answer questions about whether the assailant was in custody, adding that further investigation was needed.
“This was an isolated incident and the investigation continues.
China is widely considered one of the safest countries in the world and China will continue to take relevant measures to ensure that foreigners are safe in the country.
“We believe this will not damage relations with other countries,” he said.
Earlier, a spokesperson from the US State Department informed the BBC that they were aware of reports regarding a stabbing incident in Jilin but were unable to offer further details.
Circulating images suggest that at least three individuals are seen bleeding and lying on the ground. However, the incident seems to have swiftly disappeared from China’s internet, with searches for terms like “foreigners Jilin” yielding no results on Weibo despite the topic trending.
Instead, internet users resorted to discussing adjacent topics and seeking additional information about the event.
Hu Xijin, a former chief editor of China’s Global Times, previously mentioned on Weibo that China has experienced a rise in foreign visitors and that the Chinese people are generally welcoming to them, referring to the incident as an isolated occurrence.
However, his post has since been removed.
Chinese state media have also provided minimal coverage of the incident. Mr. Zabner revealed that his brother, a doctoral student at Tufts University, had previously visited China and was on his second trip with Cornell College.
Despite tense diplomatic relations, efforts have been made by Beijing and Washington to promote people-to-people exchanges.
Chinese President Xi Jinping announced a plan to invite 50,000 young Americans to China over the next five years, while Chinese diplomats have criticised a US State Department travel advisory discouraging Americans from visiting China.
A kindergarten stabbing incident in China’s Guangdong province has claimed the lives of six individuals, including three children.
Reports indicate that a 25-year-old man named Wu, who has been apprehended by the police in Lianjiang, was responsible for the attack.
A teacher and two parents were among the victims while one person sustained injuries. The authorities have labeled the incident as a case of “intentional assault” but have not provided further details regarding the motive.
The incident occurred early in the morning, at around 7:40 local time, precisely when parents were dropping off their children for summer classes.
The expeditious arrest of the perpetrator took place at 8:00. The area surrounding the kindergarten has been cordoned off, as confirmed by a nearby storeowner.
This tragic event has triggered shock and outrage as videos of the attack circulated on Chinese social media platforms. Such knife attacks have become distressingly familiar in China, given the restrictions on firearms.
Since 2010, there have been at least 17 reported incidents of knife attacks in schools, colleges, and universities, with ten of them occurring between 2018 and 2023. Notably, China witnessed an incident where a chemical spray was used to harm a classroom of 50 children.
Instances of school-related knife attacks in China have shared common characteristics, including male perpetrators with grudges against society.
While similar patterns can be observed in mass killings in other countries, experts suggest that there may be additional factors contributing to the rise in mass stabbings in China.
A security guard who attacked a businesswoman by stabbing her twice in the abdomen with a knife and fork has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment by the Accra Circuit Court.
The accused, Alhassan Abdul Rahuf, initially pleaded not guilty to charges of unlawful entry and causing harm. However, following the trial, the court, under the authority of Mr. Isaac Addo, found him guilty.
Consequently, the court delivered a sentence of 15 years imprisonment with hard labor for the offense of unlawful entry and an additional seven years imprisonment with hard labor for causing harm.
“Sentences will run concurrently,” the court said.
Throughout the trial, the prosecution presented three witnesses to testify, while the accused person, Alhassan Abdul Rahuf, chose to testify on his own behalf and did not call any additional witnesses.
When delivering the sentence, the Court took several factors into consideration. Firstly, it acknowledged that Rahuf was a first-time offender, implying that he had no prior criminal record. Additionally, the Court recognized that he was a young man. Finally, the Court also considered the period of time Rahuf had already spent in lawful custody.
It said, “However, looking at the nature of the offences, the premeditated way of carrying them out, the injury caused to the victim and the fact that the accused person was a security guard in charge of protecting lives and property at a residential area and he should have known better.”
It said, “The accused person deserves a deterrent sentence.”
The facts as presented by Chief Inspector Jonas Laweh were that the complainant Madam Rita Owusu is the Facility Manager of Arabella residence located at Cantonments.
The prosecution said the victim Belinda Akorli is a businesswoman and resided at Arabella residence while the accused person, now convict, was a security guard providing security for the Arabella residence.
It said on April 28, 2023, at about 0710 hours (about 4 weeks) the convict who was on guard duty at the above-mentioned residence sought permission from his supervisor to use the washroom and failed to return.
The prosecution said the convict, after using the washroom, went to the apartment of the victim and entered the room through the children’s playroom window.
It said the convict changed himself into the victim’s husband’s attire, left his uniform and boots in a polythene bag in the victim’s children’s playroom and hid himself.
The prosecution said on April 29, 2023, at about 1330hrs the same day, the victim was dressing up after taking her bath when the convict suddenly appeared naked in her bedroom.
It said the victim shouted for help, but the convict rushed to the kitchen, picked up a knife and a fork, and stabbed the victim twice in the abdomen with the fork.
The prosecution said the victim started bleeding and rushed out of the room naked.
It said the convict also rushed out and cut one of the electric fence wires and scaled the wall.
The prosecution said the victim was rushed to the police hospital for treatment by a neighbour and she was admitted.
It said the convict was later arrested at the nearby construction site after intelligence was gathered.
The prosecution said the convict admitted the offence in his cautioned statement and led police to retrieve his security uniform kept in the victim’s room.
A knife attack occurred early on Wednesday at Paris’s international Gare du Nord station, leaving six people hurt, including one who is critically injured.
The man was stopped, according to Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, by two police officers who were not on duty but were heading home after a shift.
He claimed that the alleged assailant had been shot three times and was taken to the hospital with serious wounds.
Authorities are attempting to determine whether the attack had a purpose.
The attack took place at 06:42 (05:42 GMT) – within one minute all six people were injured and the attacker was stopped.
Mr Darmanin thanked for police for their “brave and effective” intervention, which he said saved many lives.
He added that among the injured was one border force officer.
Police are yet to name the man, who did not have identity documents on him at the time he was taken to hospital.
Criminal investigators have taken control of the case for now, rather than anti-terror police, Mr Darmanin said.
The incident caused major delays to trains at the station in the early morning rush, with police cordoning off the station and setting up large white curtains around the attack scene.
Paris Gare du Nord is one of the busiest international railway stations in Europe – with about 700,000 travellers a day.
The two officers were stabbed near Brussels North railway station on Thursday evening and taken to the hospital.
Prosecutors claim the suspect had previously walked into a police station and requested psychological assistance.
The motive of the attacker is unknown, but anti-terrorist officials have taken over the investigation.
The two police officers were on patrol in the Schaerbeek area of northern Brussels on Thursday evening when they came under attack. The officer who was fatally stabbed in the neck was just 20 years old, Belgian media report.
Police say another patrol arrived at the scene and “neutralised” the attacker. He was shot in the legs and abdomen before being taken to hospital. Initial reports that he had died have since been denied.
One local resident told the BBC they had heard “five or six shots” fired shortly after the attack, which occurred at around 19:15 (18:15 GMT).
“I was coming from work and I was on the phone with my dad and then I heard five or six gunshots,” the witness, named Kremel, said.
“My father asked me ‘what’s going on?’ I said it’s probably fireworks. He told me, ‘No, these are gunshots’.”
The motive for the attack is unknown but the public prosecutor later said that the suspect had entered Evere police station in the Schaerbeek area on Thursday morning, making incoherent remarks and speaking of hatred of the police.
He was escorted to a psychiatric unit for treatment but when police contacted the hospital later he had apparently left the hospital, the prosecutor said.
The suspect was reportedly on a list of potentially violent extremists.
“My sincere hope is that his hospitalised colleague will be well,” he added.
Police tape, sealed-off streets and flashing blue lights bring back bad memories for Brussels.
It was six years ago, but Brussels still bears the marks of a co-ordinated terrorist attack – at the main airport and on the metro – that killed 32 people in 2016.
In the coming weeks, nine alleged members of a cell of the so-called Islamic State group are due to go on trial for their involvement in the attacks.
One victim is undergoing surgery, said French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner. He did not elaborate on the victim’s condition or injuries.
Castaner said the assailant was a 45-year-old man and had been an employee at the police station since 2003. There is no indication of a motive yet.
The wife of the attacker has been taken into custody, a source in the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN. It is not yet clear if she was at the scene of the attack or why she was taken into custody.
Loïc Travers, Secretary of the National Police Alliance for the Ile-de-France region, told BFM TV that the attacker “has been with us for over 20 years.”
President Emanuel Macron is at the scene, accompanied by Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Interior Minister Christophe Castaner.
