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Colombia: Protests over the death of a lawyer who was abused by the police

Yesterday there were riots in the city of Medellin. Protests were carried out in the city center. Specifically, near the Aburrá Valley Metropolitan Police Station. Authorities said the facility was vandalized.

The riots erupted after the death of a lawyer in Bogotá. Protesters voiced their disapproval of the death of Javier Ordoñez. The lawyer reportedly died because of police abuse. The incident was registered in Engativá.

Brigadier General Eliércer Camacho, commander of the Metropolitan Police, said that more than 50 people attacked the Police Station. He added that protesters destroyed fences, some doors, and threw fuel at the Station to set it on fire and enter.

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Random attack in NYC Subway: Man pushed onto tracks and struck by train

A man is in critical condition after being pushed onto the tracks and run over by a moving train at a subway station in New York City on Tuesday, according to the city’s police, who are treating the incident as a random attack.

The attack occurred around 1:30 p.m. local time at the 18th Street station on the 1 line, allegedly as the train was entering the Manhattan station. At that moment, a man wearing a hood and face mask, who had been captured on station cameras moments earlier, pushed another man who was standing on the platform and apparently did not know him.

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Trinidad and Tobago Declares State of Emergency Amid Surge in Criminal Activity

The Government of Trinidad and Tobago announced on Monday that the country has been declared in a state of emergency due to the increase in criminal activity.

The declaration was made by President Christine Kangaloo on the advice of Prime Minister Keith Rowley, in response to the escalation of criminal activity that poses a serious threat to public safety, in accordance with the country’s Constitution.

The country has recently witnessed a rise in gang-related violence. In one incident, five people were killed in an attack in Laventille, a suburb of the capital city, Port of Spain, local media reported.

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Azerbaijan claims Russian air defense hit plane before crash, investigation promised

Azerbaijan stated on Monday that Russia promised to identify and punish those responsible for the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane, which Baku claims was hit by Russian air defense systems before crashing in Kazakhstan on December 25.

Azerbaijan’s Attorney General, Kamran Aliev, said in a statement that the head of Russia’s Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrikin, informed him that “intensive measures were taken to identify the culprits and hold them criminally accountable.”

Russia also promised to “conduct a thorough, exhaustive, and objective investigation” into the incident, in addition to the investigations being carried out in Kazakhstan, where the plane crashed, the Azerbaijani prosecution added.

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