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Four arrests were made over 48 hours after a gun attack on a Hamilton bar, the Minister of National Security said yesterday. Wayne Caines told Parliament that he would be “unpopular” for taking a hard line on antisocial behaviour. But he added: “We w...

Police are to boost their presence on the streets and use their stop-and-search powers after a gunman fired into a crowded bar in the early hours of yesterday. Chief Inspector Na’imah Astwood said that members of the public could expect high-visibili...

A 36-year-old tourist caught with five rounds of live ammunition was fined $800 yesterday after she begged the courts to let her return home. Julie Martin, a real estate agent from Kentucky, said she had forgotten about the bullets discovered in her...

There it was again. On the car radio after this morning’s school drop-off: The killer’s motives are unknown. Maybe you heard it on the evening news. Maybe it popped into your mobile device. Maybe it appeared in the morning paper. The killer’s motives...

Police launched a manhunt last night after they recovered a firearm following a chase with a motorcyclist who escaped into Devonshire Marsh. Police flooded the area off Middle Road near the Ornamental Iron Works as they serached for the suspect. Offi...

Bermuda’s contract with an American-based organisation designed to fight gang violence has been axed, it was revealed yesterday. Allesandro Nardi, of the National Network for Safe Communities at New York’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, confir...

Two men seriously injured by violent crime have won a court battle for bigger compensation payouts. The Court of Appeal ruled in two separate judgments that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board had been wrong to deduct medical expenses for awards...

By the hundreds of thousands, they came. They gave impassioned and articulate speeches. The shared their experiences in Chicago, South Los Angeles and Florida. They gave one TV interview after another, displaying remarkable poise and heartbreaking si...

A 24-year-old man who shot himself in the hand by accident with a home-made gun has been jailed for six years. Shayne James was earlier convicted by a jury of two charges — handling a firearm and discharging it. Larry Mussenden, the Director of Publi...

American parents are forever bombarded with information about how we are doing it wrong. Our helicopter-rescuing, “a trophy for every child because every child is a winner” cosseting ways are going to result in a generation of future adults unable to...

Much of the world continues to be alarmed at the amount of tragedies where countless lives are lost through criminal use of weapons designed for the battlefield. This has created a massive reaction from younger Americans who feel the latest mass kill...

Donald Trump wants to arm teachers to prevent or reduce the carnage from future school shootings, such as the one at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, this month. “A teacher would have shot the hell out of him before he knew...