Major Crimes and True Crime

Newest ISIS Video Stars a Child ExecutionerAlready unsavory ISIS execution videos have just taken a turn for the worse. In its latest filmed execution, a child soldier from Kazakhstan — who had starred in an earlier video about child training camps — executes two Russian-speaking men accused of working for the Russian Federal Security Service. The boy, who calls himself Abdullah, first appeared in a video released in late November. There, he explains that he’s at an ISIS training camp for kids, learning Arabic and various military skills. (Abdullah also says that he’s from Kazakhstan.) His goal, he tells his interviewer, is to grow up to execute nonbelievers on behalf of the Islamic State. Despite similar editing, animations, and graphics, this latest execution video, seven and a half minutes long, is a marked departure from videos typically showing westerners. The Russian-language video begins with a narrator explaining that after Syria became “a land of hijrah and jihad,...

10 bodies, 9 hanging from overpass, found in central Mexico : Body hanging from bridge with narco message Mexican authorities on Thursday discovered 10 bodies — nine of them hanging from an overpass — in the central state of Zacatecas, the scene of a battle for territory among drug cartels. The Zacatecas state public safety agency said in a statement the bodies were found in Ciudad Cuauhtemoc, about 340 miles (550 kilometers) north of Mexico City. The 10th body was found on the pavement. All of the victims were men. The Sinaloa and Jalisco New Generation cartels have been battling for control in the state, which is a key transit point for drugs, especially the powerful synthetic pain killer fentanyl, moving north to the U.S. border. Cartels sometimes make such public displays of bodies to taunt their rivals or authorities and terrify local residents. In the first nine months of the year, Mexico had more than 25,000 murders, a number 3.4% less than the same period a year ea...

Frightening moment teen girl falls to death trying to take a selfie A horrifying video has captured the moment a teenager falls through the air and slams into the ground after taking a selfie on the top of a four-storey building. Melike Gun Kanavuzlar, 15, died after she slipped and fell. It's believed she dropped her phone and tried to grab it, losing her balance before falling to her death. The tragedy occurred in a town named Ortaca in the Mugla Province in Western Turkey. The onlooker then flees the scene in shock while a terrified dog barks as it runs along the road. The tragic incident was filmed by security cameras belonging to neighbouring buildings in the area. Medical workers and police then tended to the fatally injured teen before she was taken to a state hospital in a critical condition, according to reports. The 15-year-old was then transferred to an Intensive Care Unit in the city of Mugla in southwestern Turkey where she fought for her l...

In 2003, pizza delivery man Brian Wells wore a collar bomb to rob a PNC bank in Pennsylvania. After his arrest, police left him sitting on the ground unattended while awaiting the bomb squad Just three minutes before their arrival, the bomb detonated live on television.  This footage shows the final moments before the collar exploded. The case of Brian Wells, often referred to as the "Pizza Bomber" or "Collar Bomb" case, is a bizarre and tragic incident that occurred in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2003. On August 28 of that year, Brian Wells, a pizza delivery man, entered a PNC bank claiming he had a bomb strapped around his neck and demanding money. He was given a bag with $8,702, and the police were called. Shortly after Wells left the bank, he was apprehended by the police and handcuffed. He claimed that he had been forced into the crime by unknown assailants who had placed the bomb around his neck. While waiting for the bomb squad to arrive ...