Murder Of Backpackers

An 11-year-old Argentine girl died Wednesday after being robbed of her backpack and beaten on the way to school, sparking protests over rising crime and prompting politicians to suspend election campaigning.

The Noida Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a man who is accused of killing his neighbour's two-year-old daughter whose body was found stuffed in a backpack hung behind a door at his rented accommodation.

A New Zealand man was jailed for life Friday over the "depraved" murder of a British backpacker he met through the online dating app Tinder.

Police in Saint Petersburg on Saturday arrested a prominent Russian historian on suspicion of murdering a former student after he was hauled out of a river with a backpack containing a woman's arms, authorities said.

Australia's most notorious serial killer Ivan Milat, whose murder of seven young backpackers in the 1990s terrified the country, has died in hospital, officials said Sunday.

New Zealand warned Google to "take responsibility" for its news content Wednesday after the internet giant broke a court order suppressing the name of a man charged with murdering a British backpacker.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern choked back tears Monday while offering a heartfelt apology to the family of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane, as the man accused of killing the young traveller made his first court appearance.

A man has been charged with the murder of a missing British backpacker in New Zealand, police said as the search continued Sunday for her body.

Myanmar's army chief has called on Thailand to review the sentencing of two countrymen to death for murdering a pair of British backpackers after a controversial trial that sparked protests.

Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside Thailand's embassy in Yangon today after two Myanmar migrants were sentenced to death by a Thai court for murdering two British backpackers, in a verdict that has sparked anger in their homeland.

Two Myanmar migrant workers could face the death penalty if convicted this week of murdering a pair of British backpackers on a Thai island, in a grim case that stained the kingdom's reputation as a tourist haven.

Defence lawyers in the trial of two Myanmar men accused of killing two British backpackers on a Thai resort island last year said today that they would focus on the reliability of crucial DNA evidence.

Britain has summoned the Thai charge d'affaires in London to raise concerns over the police investigation into the murder of two British backpackers in Thailand, the Foreign Office said on Monday.

Thailand's tourism minister said on Tuesday that identification wristbands would be distributed to tourists following the murder of two British backpackers earlier this month that has raised fresh concerns over tourist safety.

A friend of a young British woman stabbed to death on a houseboat in Kashmir said on Monday her alleged Dutch killer confessed that he murdered the backpacker for "no reason".

An 11-year-old Argentine girl died Wednesday after being robbed of her backpack and beaten on the way to school, sparking protests over rising crime and prompting politicians to suspend election campaigning.

The Noida Police on Tuesday said they have arrested a man who is accused of killing his neighbour's two-year-old daughter whose body was found stuffed in a backpack hung behind a door at his rented accommodation.

A New Zealand man was jailed for life Friday over the "depraved" murder of a British backpacker he met through the online dating app Tinder.

Police in Saint Petersburg on Saturday arrested a prominent Russian historian on suspicion of murdering a former student after he was hauled out of a river with a backpack containing a woman's arms, authorities said.

Australia's most notorious serial killer Ivan Milat, whose murder of seven young backpackers in the 1990s terrified the country, has died in hospital, officials said Sunday.

New Zealand warned Google to "take responsibility" for its news content Wednesday after the internet giant broke a court order suppressing the name of a man charged with murdering a British backpacker.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern choked back tears Monday while offering a heartfelt apology to the family of murdered British backpacker Grace Millane, as the man accused of killing the young traveller made his first court appearance.

A man has been charged with the murder of a missing British backpacker in New Zealand, police said as the search continued Sunday for her body.

Myanmar's army chief has called on Thailand to review the sentencing of two countrymen to death for murdering a pair of British backpackers after a controversial trial that sparked protests.

Hundreds of protesters demonstrated outside Thailand's embassy in Yangon today after two Myanmar migrants were sentenced to death by a Thai court for murdering two British backpackers, in a verdict that has sparked anger in their homeland.

Two Myanmar migrant workers could face the death penalty if convicted this week of murdering a pair of British backpackers on a Thai island, in a grim case that stained the kingdom's reputation as a tourist haven.

Defence lawyers in the trial of two Myanmar men accused of killing two British backpackers on a Thai resort island last year said today that they would focus on the reliability of crucial DNA evidence.

Britain has summoned the Thai charge d'affaires in London to raise concerns over the police investigation into the murder of two British backpackers in Thailand, the Foreign Office said on Monday.

Thailand's tourism minister said on Tuesday that identification wristbands would be distributed to tourists following the murder of two British backpackers earlier this month that has raised fresh concerns over tourist safety.

A friend of a young British woman stabbed to death on a houseboat in Kashmir said on Monday her alleged Dutch killer confessed that he murdered the backpacker for "no reason".