Sixteen-year-old schoolgirl Christina Edkins was stabbed to death on a bus on her way to school. Picture: West Midlands Police Source: Supplied
THERE was disbelief in the UK overnight after a schoolgirl was stabbed to death on a bus on her way to school.
Christina Edkins, 16, was the victim of a seemingly random attack, allegedly carried out by a 22-year-old man who was arrested after attempting to flee the scene in Edgbaston.
In South Africa, Hilton Botha, the detective who bungled investigations into the case against Paralympian star sprinter Oscar Pistorius has quit the force.
Hitlon Botha was one of the South African force's most experienced detectives with a 22-year career as a policeman but his fall from grace was swift. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
Meanwhile, North Korea took its threats to a new level, saying it may launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the US. Despite that, the UN Security Council imposed new sanctions against the Asian state.
North Koreans attend a rally in support of their government with a billboard depicting a large bayonet pointing at US army soldiers with text saying "If you dare invade, only death will be waiting for you!" Picture: AP Source: AP
Elsewhere, Facebook has revamped its News Feed, Malaysia's fight against a Filipino incursion has killed 60 people, a dancer says he ordered an attack on the Bolshoi ballet's artistic director but never told anyone to throw acid, two women and a child have been gang-raped in three separate incidents in India.
A Malaysian soldier stands guard during the departure of Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak in Felda Sahabat. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
Hillary Clinton leads the polls for the 2016 presidential election, Silvio Berlusconi has been convicted in a wire-tapping case, Egyptian women are waging war against sexual terrorism, Japanese towns are still struggling two years after the tsunami and a French mum has admitted it was tactless to put her son Jihad in an "I am a bomb' T-shirt.
RiRi, seen above, is going to get some private time with his mate, Shin Shin, at the Tokyo Zoo. Picture: AP Source: AP
Also, it’s no longer illegal to trade Tasmanian tigers (but good luck finding one), Tokyo’s randy pandas are getting some privacy, a mistrial was called after a man's glass eye fell out while he was giving testimony, cash bribes can help you lose weight, an Aussie scientist is working on a drug to make you live to 150, gift-wrapped skulls are turning up in Brazil and a city councilman is in trouble after sending a message saying "Bryan is gay" over a transit alert system.
A screen grab of WPXI's coverage after a city councilman in Washington, Pennsylvania, sent this message over the city's transit alert system. Source: Supplied
Pregnant Jessica Simpson has accidentally revealed the sex of her baby, Kim Kardashian had a miscarriage scare, a nude Game of Thrones star brought flashes of excitement to a Broadway theatre, a celebrity photographer allegedly snapped and choked a man, on the scale of that achieved by his "big brother" and the Brits have told Bonnie Tyler they really her need her tonight … as their Eurovision entrant.
In sport, an ice hockey player has been paralysed by a rival's tackle, tennis authorities are introducing biological passports, Matthew Wade says the Australian cricket team needs to up the agro and you can buy Cristiano Ronaldo's wrecked Ferrari on eBay.
A crashed Ferrari belonging to Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo in a tunnel near Manchester Airport on January 8, 2009. Picture: AFP Source: AFP
