PC Sharon Beshenivsky, a West Yorkshire Police officer, was fatally shot during an armed robbery at a travel agent in Bradford in 2005. The mastermind of the robbery, Piran Ditta Khan, was extradited to the UK in 2020 and has now been found guilty of murder, armed robbery, and weapon possession after a trial at Leeds Crown Court. Khan, the seventh and final member of the gang involved, fled to Pakistan after the incident and remained free until his arrest.
PC Sharon Beshenivsky (née Jagger; 14 January 1967 – 18 November 2005) was a West Yorkshire Police constable shot and killed by a criminal gang during a robbery in Bradford on 18 November 2005, becoming the seventh female police officer in Great Britain to be killed on duty. Her colleague, PC Teresa Milburn, was seriously injured in the same incident. Milburn had joined the force less than two years earlier; Beshenivsky had served only nine months as a Constable in the force at the time of her death, having been a Community Support Officer before.Closed-circuit television cameras tracked a car rushing from the scene and used an automatic number plate recognition system to trace its owners. This led to six suspects being arrested; three were later convicted of murder, robbery, and firearms offences; two of manslaughter, robbery, and firearms offences; and one of robbery. Another suspect, Piran Ditta Khan, was arrested in Pakistan more than 14 years later and was extradited to the United Kingdom from Pakistan in April 2023. He was found guilty of murder, at Leeds Crown Court, in April 2024.
The Islamabad High Court in Pakistan has suspended former Prime Minister Imran Khan's 14-year jail sentence in a case related to the illegal selling of state gifts until a decision is made after Eid holidays. Khan, along with his wife Bushra Bibi, were convicted for not disclosing assets from the sale of state gifts worth over 140 million rupees. They were also disqualified from public office for 10 years and fined 787 million rupees each. Khan, founder of the opposition PTI party, remains in prison on multiple charges.
The bodies of five Chinese nationals killed in a suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan were flown to Beijing. The attack occurred as they were heading to Pakistan's Dasu Dam. Investigations into the attack are ongoing, with the Chinese government urging Pakistan to protect its nationals working on projects like the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Similar attacks on Chinese workers in Pakistan have occurred in recent years, including one in July 2021 that resulted in the deaths of nine Chinese nationals.
In the aftermath of a mass shooting in Moscow that killed 145 people, Russian security forces face criticism for their response. The Kremlin officials, including a top official, suggested sending hit squads to assassinate Ukrainian officials and reinstating capital punishment. President Vladimir Putin vowed to hunt down the masterminds of the attack linked to Ukraine, despite denials from Kyiv. Critics claim that the focus on cracking down on dissent has led to security failures in addressing real threats.
A bomb blast in Hernai district, northeast of Quetta city in Baluchistan province, Pakistan, killed one person and wounded 14, including three soldiers, during a gas exploration survey by Mari Petroleum Company. No one claimed responsibility for the attack. Baluchistan has been a hotspot for a low-level insurgency seeking independence from the central government in Islamabad, despite government claims of quelling the unrest.
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