Latest news with #violentattacks
CBC
7 days ago
- CBC
Dartmouth group teaches people how to defend themselves
Walking alone at night can be scary. That's why some people are taking a self-defence course to learn how to defend themselves against violent attacks. Giuliana Grillo has the story.
Daily Mail
22-07-2025
- Daily Mail
Arrest after vile Philadelphia man filmed attacking terrified homeless people
A Philadelphia man has been arrested after disturbing video showed a series of violent attacks on homeless individuals near the city's Convention Center. The viral footage, which has racked up thousands of views, shows a man yelling at people sleeping on the street before pelting them with bottles and backpacks in seemingly unprovoked assaults. Philadelphia Police identified the suspect as 27-year-old Naeem Morgan after gathering additional surveillance footage from the area. They believe the incidents took place on July 4. Morgan was taken into custody on Monday and faces multiple charges, including possession of an instrument of crime, simple assault, reckless endangerment, disorderly conduct, and harassment. Police have not revealed a motive for the attacks. The extent of the victims' injuries remains unknown. Barry Martin, the program director at St John's Hospice on Race Street, told ABC 6 he was appalled at the suspect's behavior. 'I have never seen anything like that in my life here, it's just really depressing and just really hurtful for us,' he said. 'Where is our humanity? Where is the heart that we are supposed to carry with us as we walk around this city?' St John's operates a soup kitchen and serves meals to roughly 300 men, women, and children each day. Martin said he recently met with city officials to discuss ways to address the growing number of people sleeping in the tunnels near the Philadelphia Convention Center. A homeless shelter resident, who asked not to be identified, said: 'I just hope they catch him and get him off the street. Let him go sit somewhere and think about it.' Homelessness in Philadelphia has risen for the third year in a row, according to the city's annual point-in-time count. The survey, from January 2024, found 5,191 people living without permanent housing in 2024, a 10 percent jump from the 4,725 recorded the year before.
News.com.au
06-06-2025
- Business
- News.com.au
‘Staggering': NSW Police hunt raft of alleged public transport offenders
Sydney transport workers have been subjected to an onslaught of recent alleged violent attacks, police say, as a string of CCTV images are released in hopes of making arrests. On Friday, NSW Police released images of 15 people they are looking for, who were allegedly involved in incidents dating back to November. The 15 incidents involve Transport for NSW staff and members of the public allegedly being hit, kicked and spat on, exposed to sexual acts, and an adult allegedly directing a child to swipe a workers bag before stealing a phone. 'A staggering number of violent offences my officers respond to are against Transport for NSW staff,' transport police unit Detective Superintendent Andrew Evans said. 'These are hardworking people just trying to keep our trains, buses and light rails running and they don't deserve this treatment.' The list of 15 incidents where police are yet to make an arrest date back to November 13, and span Sydney's train and bus networks. In that November 13 incident at Central Railway Station, a man without a ticket was asked to leave, but allegedly returned to the train and assaulted a worker and pushed them to the ground. In February, a bus driver was allegedly punched in the head for not taking a man directly home. The incident happened on a bus travelling on Alcoomie Street in Villawood, about 5.30pm on February 24. A man wanted the bus driver to skip stops and take him straight home, and then assaulted the driver. On a Monday morning train ride, police say a man 'performed a sexual act' in the presence of a woman. The incident happened between Central and Bondi Junction stations, about 9.20am on April 7. On April 17 at Lidcombe Station, police say a man directed a child to steal a transport worker's bag, before the man took the worker's phone. NSW Police's transport unit is conducting a dedicated operation to arrest these and other alleged public transport offenders. 'The goal of this operation is to arrest, charge and prevent these offenders from abusing further workers,' Superintendent Evans said. 'During this operation we plan to lockdown high traffic areas on our transport network, conduct multiple firearm prohibition order compliance checks and saturate the network with officers to weed out these offenders.'
ABC News
14-05-2025
- ABC News
Locals demand end to violence, antisocial behaviour in Inglewood
Locals are concerned over a spate of violent attacks and antisocial behaviour in the Perth suburb of Inglewood, with residents calling on the state government to intervene.
