Mexico: 7 killed in Acapulco amid ongoing wave of violence

A police officer inspects a body as another body is carried away after they were shot in central Acapulco, Mexico, on Tuesday. (AP)
Updated 31 August 2017
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Mexico: 7 killed in Acapulco amid ongoing wave of violence

MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities say seven people have been murdered in the beach resort of Acapulco as the city continues to grapple with a violent crime wave.
The killings on Tuesday include the slaying of two men and a woman at an apartment used as an office for a taxi service.
Guerrero state security spokesman Roberto Alvarez said Wednesday that both men were bound with tape and all three were shot in the head. Family members said the men were taxi drivers.
Acapulco registered 483 homicides in the first seven months of the year. That was down about 13 percent from the same period in 2016, but still on pace for it to remain Mexico’s deadliest city.
Nationwide, homicides are up 27 percent so far this year.


Greta Thunberg released from custody after arrest at UK pro-Palestinian protest

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Greta Thunberg released from custody after arrest at UK pro-Palestinian protest

  • UK-based campaign group Prisoners for Palestine said Thunberg was earlier arrested under the Terrorism Act
  • City of London Police said ‌Thunberg ⁠had ​been ‌bailed until March

LONDON: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg was released from custody after being arrested ​on Tuesday in London at a pro-Palestinian protest, police said.

UK-based campaign group Prisoners for Palestine said Thunberg was earlier arrested under the Terrorism Act for holding a sign that said “I support the Palestine Action prisoners. I oppose genocide.” The British government has proscribed Palestine Action as ‌a terrorist ‌group.

City of London Police said ‌Thunberg ⁠had ​been ‌bailed until March.

Police said earlier two other people had been arrested for throwing red paint at a building. A spokesperson said 22-year-old woman later attended the scene and was arrested for displaying a placard in support of a proscribed organization.

Prisoners for ⁠Palestine, which supports some detained activists who have gone on ‌hunger strike, said the building ‍had been targeted because it ‍was used by an insurance firm which they ‍said provided services to the British arm of Israeli defense firm Elbit Systems.

The insurance company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Thunberg, 22, became ​prominent after staging weekly climate protests in front of the Swedish parliament in ⁠2018.

Last year, she was cleared of a public order offense in Britain as a judge ruled police had no power to arrest her and others at a protest in London the year before.

She was detained along with 478 people and expelled by Israel in October after joining an activist convoy of vessels, the Global Sumud Flotilla, that attempted to reach Gaza with aid supplies. ‌Israel has consistently denied genocide allegations.