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Brit gunned down
Man held on
OAP ‘murder’
A MAN has been arrested
on suspicion of murder
after a woman of 71 was
found dead in her home.
Marlene McCabe
suffered “serious head and
facial injuries”, police said.
A 25-year-old believed to
know her was held at the
scene in Blackpool, Lancs,
on Wednesday and was
still in custody yesterday.
Police said: “These are
tragic circumstances.
“While we have made an
arrest, we are continuing
with our inquiries.”
Duck-bill dino
find in Japan
A DUCK-billed dinosaur
from 72 million years ago
was unearthed in Japan.
The 26ft plant eater is a
near-complete fossil set
and follows finds of similar
creatures in the US.
It shows that Asia and
the US were joined from
Siberia to Alaska in the age
of the dinosaurs.
Prof Yoshitsugu Kobay -
ashi, of Hokkaido Univer-
sity, said of Kamuysaurus
japonicus: “It is pretty
astonishing to find an
almost complete skeleton.”
Teen knifing
victim dead
A BOY age 15 has died, six
days after being stabbed.
Perry Brammer passed
away in hospital yesterday
after an attack last Friday.
Police said his killer fled
the scene in Tottenham,
North London, on a bike.
Met Police Det Chief
Insp Neil John said: “This
was a sustained attack. We
believe people out there
know what happened.”
Perry is the 18th teen-
ager to be stabbed to death
in London this year.
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35,000 people, taking the 2019
homicide toll to 10.
He said: “This spike in gun
crime simply has to change. No
one should be happy with how
gun crimes are increasing in
the Turks and Caicos Islands.”
The Foreign Office said: “We
are in contact with the family
of a British national following
his death in Florida.”
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non-life-threatening injuries
at a property on the southern
coast of Providenciales island.
Police Commissioner Trevor
Botting said it was the second
murder in three days in the
archipelago, which is home to
gunmen made off with money,
a ring and a watch.
The victim was flown from
the British Overseas Territory
to Florida, US, in a medical
evacuation and died there.
His friend was treated for
A BRIT aged 71 has died
after being shot by masked
men during a bungled
burglary in the Caribbean.
The victim was visiting a
friend in the Turks and Caicos
Islands when two gun-wielding
intruders stormed the property
and demanded cash.
It was not clear how the
situation on Tuesday escalated
before he was shot and the
Man of 71 dies after masked
pair botch raid in Caribbean
BY MATTHEW YOUNG
Devastated
by Dorian
LEFT IN
RUINS
Damage on
Great Abaco
Island in the
Bahamas
GREAT Abaco in the Bahamas shows the
carnage Hurricane Dorian left in its wake.
British troops have been delivering shelter
kits, ration packs and water in the stricken
region to kick-start recovery efforts.
A Royal Navy chopper yesterday rescued
a mum and her three kids, plus a British
person, who had been trapped beneath
rubble. They were treated at capital Nassau.
MERCY MISSION
Troops deliver aid
LOSS Residents
salvage goods
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