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British Fugitive Could Be In Australia

A British fugitive wanted over two murders in Liverpool may be living in Australia, Federal Police (AFP) say.

Kevin Parle, 35, is wanted over the deaths of Lucy Hargreaves, 22, and Liam Kelly, 16, more than a decade ago.

A witness reportedly said he believes he had a drink with Parle in Perth, Western Australia, prompting Australian authorities to launch an appeal. Parle goes by the nickname ‘Hemp’ and is currently listed as one of Spain’s most wanted fugitives, AFP said.
He is known to have links to the Torrevieja area of Spain.

Ms Hargreaves’ murder in 2005 was described as “one of the most brutal and callous acts” Merseyside had seen. Three men entered her house in Walton on 3 August 2005, and shot her while she slept on the sofa. They then set fire to the building, before Ms Hargreaves’ partner and toddler daughter escaped the fire by jumping from an upstairs window.

Teenager Liam Kelly was shot on a Liverpool street in the early hours of 19 June 2004. Officers believe the teenager was approached by two men from different directions, both armed with guns. He tried to run away and was shot in the chest and arm as he tried to get into a house.

Man Shot Dead In South Belfast

A murder investigation has been launched after a 28-year-old man died following a shooting in south Belfast.

The gun attack took place in a house at Walmer Street in the Ormeau Road area shortly before 22:45 GMT on Thursday night.

Police said it was believed four men were involved. The man’s partner and a nine-year-old child were in the house. Police said the man was taken to hospital, but later died from his injuries.

Part of Walmer Street and neighbouring streets have been closed off and police forensic teams are at the scene.
Police have appealed for information about the shooting.

Northern Ireland Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness condemned those responsible for the murder and said it was “terrible news”.

Tim Cook Hits Back Over FBI Court Order

Apple boss Tim Cook has hit back at the FBI over the handling of a court order to help unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino killer Syed Rizwan Farook.

Mr Cook told ABC his company first learned of the controversial request when it was reported in the news media. “I don’t think that’s the way the railroad should be run,” he said. “I don’t think that something so important to this country should be handled in this way.”

However, a source close to the investigation told the BBC Mr Cook’s claim was “simply not true”, and that Apple’s legal team was “the first to know”. A spokeswoman for the FBI said she did not wish to comment on Mr Cook’s remarks.

Elsewhere, the New York Times reported that Apple had begun working on an upgrade to its devices which would make it impossible to break into an iPhone using the method proposed by the FBI in this case. Mr Cook was defending the company’s refusal to comply with the FBI’s order that it remove security blocks on Farook’s device so data on it could be accessed. He said the FBI was asking the company to make “the software equivalent of cancer”.

Farook, along with his wife Tashfeen Malik, killed 14 people in the attack in December last year. “I think safety of the public is incredibly important,” Mr Cook told ABC. “The protection of people’s data is incredibly important. And so the trade-off here is we know that doing this could expose people to incredible vulnerabilities.”

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New Year’s Eve Cologne Attackers May Never Be Found

Most of the men who sexually assaulted women in Cologne on New Year’s Eve may never be caught, the city’s police chief, Juergen Mathies, has said.

CCTV footage was not good enough to identify sex crimes. Police have identified 75 suspects in connection with the thefts and assaults that took place around Cologne station.

A 23-year-old Moroccan man given a suspended sentence for theft has become the first person convicted for his part in the spate of attacks. The man, named only as Younis A, was handed a six-month suspended sentence and a €100-euro (£79; $100) fine for stealing a mobile phone. Another Moroccan, aged 18, was given two years’ probation and community service for stealing a bag, and a 22-year-old Tunisian was handed a three-month suspended sentence as well as community service. They are among 13 men who have been arrested for stealing.

The attacks have been largely blamed on people from North Africa who entered Germany illegally or have sought asylum. Younis A sat with his head bowed so close to the table that his lawyer had to tell him to lift his chin and face the court.

The young Moroccan admitted he had snatched a mobile phone from a young woman on New Year’s Eve and stood briefly to mumble an apology in her direction. His lawyer told the court that he had had nothing to do with the sexual assaults that were perpetrated that night and accused the court of turning him into a scapegoat.

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Somali Base Attacks By al-Shabab Killed 180 Troops

At least 180 Kenyan troops were killed when al-Shabab attacked their base last month, Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has said.

Kenya has still not given casualty figures for the assault in the southern Somali base of el-Ade. The Islamist militant group said it had killed about 100 Kenyan troops.

If it is confirmed that 180 troops were killed, it would be al-Shabab’s deadliest assault since it was formed nearly a decade ago. President Mohamud gave the death toll of 180 in an interview with a Somali television station, while defending his attendance at a memorial for the soldiers in Kenya. Some Somalis accused him on social media of showing greater concern for the killing of Kenyans than his own nationals.

Mr Mohamud said it was important to pay tribute to the troops killed in el-Ade, which is in Somalia’s south-western region of Gedo. “When 180 or close to 200 soldiers who were sent to us are killed in one day in Somalia, it’s not easy,” he told Somali Cable TV. “The soldiers have been sent to Somalia to help us get peace in our country, and their families are convinced that they died while on duty,” he added.

Kenya has only said that the bombs used in the attack were three times more powerful than those used by al-Qaeda in the 1998 US embassy attack in the capital, Nairobi, which left 224 people dead. Kenya has about 4,000 troops in the 22,000-strong African Union force battling al-Shabab, which is part of al-Qaeda, in Somalia.