Despite letters from singers Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel and Patti Smith, a Russian court denied parole on Thursday to Pussy Riot band members Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova serving a two-year sentence, the Associated Press reported on Thursday.
Kevin Dahlgren is a 20-year-old suspect for killing a family of four in Brno, a southern city in Czech republic, BBC News reported on Wednesday. Czech Officials warned that Dahlgren was "dangerous and possibly armed." After a blaze broke out in the home, the bodies of a couple and their sons were discovered overnight, as a a local ukulele band told the Associated Press that two of its members were among the victims.
Lee Rigby, a 25-year-old who was hacked to death by two Islamists in broad daylight in a southeast village of London on Wednesday. Rigby, from Crumpsall Manchester was a drummer in the 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. The Ministry of Defense described Rigby, known to his friends as "Riggers," as "extremely popular and witty soldier with a larger than life personality." Rigby was also a father to his 2-year-old son Jack
The origin of the terror suspects were known to security services, and that the two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London was revenge for wars in Muslim countries. They are believed to be British of Nigerian descent, a source said. One of the two suspects is British-born Michael Adelboalajo. Police raided homes of relatives, near the town, and both men reportedly converted to Islam from Christianity.
