According to today.com, American director and producer Michael Bay was injured on Thursday in an attack in Hong Kong during filming for his latest “Transformers” movie. Two brothers surnamed Mak, aged 27 and 28, approached Bay on the set during filming for the American science fiction film and the younger brother demanded payment of HK$100,000 ($12,900), a police spokeswoman told Reuters. It was not immediately clear why the money was requested. Read article
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pacificnewscenter.com reported that about 6pm Tuesday afternoon GPD received a complaint from a Japanese tourist who said he was robbed and assaulted by a hitcher who then stole his car, a silver Toyota Corolla. In a release this morning, Sgt.. Flickinger reported the tourist was at Nimitz Beach, sitting in his rental car, when a […]
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Police found Collins Ugwoeluchukwu, 26, with a bruised face near Phuket Fantasea in Kamala. Mr Ugwoeluchukwu was taken to the police station for further questioning and provided with first aid. He told police that while he was riding his motorbike, a pick-up truck cut in front of him, and two men got out and attacked […]
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According to arabianbusiness.com, a Qatari businessman was attacked and robbed as he left a Paris airport, the AFP news agency reported. Three people stopped and assaulted the wealthy businessman and a fellow passenger as they left the Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport on Saturday morning. Read article
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NBC News reports that a kayaker from New Zealand was rescued from an island off the Australian coast Tuesday after being stalked by a “very, very, very large” crocodile for more than two weeks. Ryan Blair became trapped on remote Governor Island in Western Australia after he had been dropped off by a boat to […]
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abc.net.au reported that an Italian woman tourist is recovering after her visit to the Top End turned into a nightmare when she was robbed and abandoned next to a remote highway. Northern Territory Police say the 26-year-old woman was taking photographs of rocks next to the Kakadu Highway yesterday morning when a man and a […]
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According to ekathimerini.com police in Aitoloacarnania, western Greece, arrested two men on Thursday, a 24-year-old Indian and a 26-year-old Pakistani national, suspected of raping and robbing a 16-year-old Pakistani migrant. The victim told officers that the 24-year-old had told him to visit a stable in the area where he could find work. After arriving at […]
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According to ansa.it, Romanian screenwriter and film director Razvan Radulescu was robbed and left “practically naked” while travelling to serve as jury member for the famed Venice Film Festival, festival director Alberto Barbera said on Wednesday. Radulescu was robbed of all his belongings during his trip to Italy from France on a high-speed TGV train […]
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The Blackpool Gazette reports that police are asking for the public’s help after a tourist enjoying a weekend away with friends suffered a fractured jaw after a serious assault in a Blackpool bar. Detectives have released CCTV images of a man they want to speak to in connection with the attack, which took place in […]
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According to the Liverpool Echo, an American tourist was assaulted and robbed in the city centre. The 48-year-old man missed his flight home after having to undergo surgery for a fractured ankle following the attack. Police said the man, visiting the city from the USA, was in the Welkin pub in Whitechapel last Thursday when […]
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