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CrimePremiumThreat to JK Rowling over Rushdie tweet

An "online threat" against Harry Potter author JK Rowling after she tweeted about the attack on Salman Rushdie is being investigated by Scottish police.

Neil Pooran and Naomi Clarke

Illegal upgradePremiumHunt for thief who stole car from suburban shopping centre

Security vision has captured what appears to be an opportunistic thief trading in his bike for a car left running outside a shopping centre in Perth’s south.

The West Australian

‘Angry at the system’Soccer star coward-punched by teen considers legal action

Danny Hodgson is considering what legal action he can take for compensation after he was left with catastrophic injuries when he was coward punched by a teenager who was on bail for other crimes.

The West Australian

CrimeChild sex abuse doll trade secrets revealed

The sinister world of the illegal child sex abuse doll trade has been explored in a new book that reveals some shocking secrets. WARNING: GRAPHIC

Angie Raphael

‘Get down, get down’PremiumTerrified travellers tell of panic as shots rang out

Holidaymakers waiting to board flights at Canberra Airport have told of their horror at being caught up in a shooting, with police locking down the facility and arresting the gunman.

Troy de Ruyter

CrimePremiumPolice end probe into Anne Heche crash

"No further investigative efforts" will be made into the Los Angeles crash that left actor Anne Heche legally dead.

Staff Writers

CrimeGunman wounds 8 in Jerusalem bus shooting

A gunman has wounded eight people on a bus in Jerusalem in a suspected Palestinian attack that follows a tense week between Israel and Gaza and the West Bank.

Staff Writers

In custody PremiumTeen charged with possessing knife after Cockburn robbery

A teenager has been charged in connection to a violent altercation in Cockburn where a group of teens was allegedly threatened with a knife before one of their bags was stolen.

The West Australian

CrimePremiumCanberra Airport reopens after shooting

A man has been arrested after firing as many as five shots inside Canberra Airport, forcing passengers to evacuate and planes to be grounded.

Andrew Brown

updatedPremiumMan in custody after airport shooting

A man is in custody after an Australian airport was plunged into lockdown following a shooting.

Ellen Ransley

CrimePremiumMurder probe into Townsville mum's death

The mother-of-four's body was found on a sandy track near the fishing village of Bluewater and police are treating her case as a homicide.

Michael Ramsay

Underground carparkPremiumFright as car goes up in flames at Mandurah shopping centre

Authorities are probing the cause of a car fire in an underground carpark at a Mandurah shopping centre.

The West Australian

CRIMEPremiumMystery deepens in alleged Sydney stabbing

What we know so far about this week’s broad daylight attack at a multimillion dollar home involving two real estate agents and a hero tradie.

Adelaide Lang

CrimePremiumMurder charge after man dies in NSW home

A 49-year-old man has been charged with murder after a second man died from serious injuries after being found in a home in central west NSW.

Phoebe Loomes

Burnt out carPremiumHorror as two women killed in shooting

Police and paramedics rushed to Sydney’s south-west after two women were shot dead overnight.

Courtney Gould

CrimePremiumTen killed in Montenegro shooting

Ten people, including two children aged eight and 11, have been killed in a shooting in the western city of Cetinje, Montenegro.

Predrag Milic

Papers exposedIs there more to Trump’s top secret FBI raid?

The existence of a Trump lawyer statement suggests that former US president Donald Trump and his team may not have fully disclosed information about classified documents.

Staff Writers

CrimePremiumTwo women dead in targeted Sydney shooting

Two women, including a mother of two, have been killed in what police have called a planned and unprecedented public shooting in suburban Sydney.

Phoebe Loomes

In custodyRushdie likely to lose eye as accused attacker pleads not guilty

The man suspected of stabbing Sir Salman Rushdie has entered a not guilty plea in a New York court.

Staff Writers

See the visionVideoPremiumPolice spear-tackle teen robbery accused in dramatic arrest

Police spear-tackled a teenage boy after he allegedly pulled out a knife and attempted to rob a group of boys as violent chaos erupted in Perth’s southern suburbs on Saturday afternoon.

Amber Johnston and Kellie Balaam

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Hodgson returns to crime scene in heartbreaking interview

For the first time ever, Danny Hodgson has returned to the scene of his life-changing assault, heartbreakingly telling Flashpoint’s Tim McMillan, ‘I honestly might as well be dead in my head mate’.

John Flint

Shocking footageVideoPremiumCCTV vision reveals tow truck thieves stole keys days prior

Security cameras have captured the moment thieves allegedly broke into a northern Perth wrecking yard to take a tow truck. 

Emily Baker, 7NEWS

CrimePremiumWoman charged with Darwin girl's abduction

NT Police have charged a 50-year-old woman over Grace Hughes' alleged abduction as they continue to search for the five-year-old and her mother.

Cassandra Morgan

CrimeIran newspapers praise Rushdie's attacker

Iran's hardline newspapers have praised the attack on novelist Salman Rushdie, the target of a decades-old fatwa by the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Staff Writers