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One dead, four in hospital after weekend shootings

POLICE in New Providence are investigating a series of shootings over the weekend which has left one man dead and four others, including an off-duty police officer, in hospital.

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Fatal shooting in Pinewood, three shot in Fox Hill Park

POLICE are reporting at 3pm on Saturday that officers are on the scene of two shootings in New Providence, one of which is fatal.

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One dead, two injured after shootings

One man was shot dead and two other people were taken to hospital with gunshot injuries after a fight reportedly broke out at Shady Tree Lane off Mackey Street on Friday night.

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Bruno Rufa 'embarrassed' in rushed deportation by immigration officials, court hears

CANADIAN resident Bruno Rufa claims that immigration officials caused him embarrassment when they “paraded” him before a crowd of onlookers at the Coral Beach Condominium after being arrested at his residence on January 30. The claim emerged in an affidavit by Mr Rufa in judicial review proceedings in the Supreme Court on Monday.

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Police shoot and wound two suspects

POLICE in New Providence shot and wounded two suspects - one armed with a handgun and one with a long army knife - in separate incidents on Friday.

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Vasyli trial halted for judge's witness ruling

EXTENSIVE legal discussions on Friday concluded the second day of the high-profile murder trial of Donna Vasyli, who is accused of fatally stabbing her husband at their Old Fort Bay home.

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Man, 29, shot driving through McCullough Corner and dies in his car

A 29-year-old man was shot and killed early on Friday morning while driving through McCullough Corner.

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Blood on the tiles at Vasyli home

A JURY hearing evidence in the Donna Vasyli murder trial was shown a 20-minute video of a bloody crime scene at a home in the Old Fort Bay community that police were alerted to earlier in the year.

Abaco police arrest nine illegal immigrants

POLICE in Abaco have taken nine illegal immigrants who arrived by boat into custody after a late-night operation.

Two men charged in separate murder cases

TWO men appeared in Magistrate’s Court yesterday charged separately in connection with two murders that occurred in the capital.

Extradition court case to be heard next year

FIVE men fighting extradition to the United States on drug trafficking charges will have their day in the Supreme Court in January next year.

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30 years in jail for man guilty of woman’s murder

EIGHTEEN months after taking police to the shallow grave of a woman who was missing for two weeks, the man accused of her murder pleaded guilty to the crime in Supreme Court yesterday.

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Police warning over car crime and illegal guns

SENIOR Assistant Commissioner of Police Emrick Seymour yesterday expressed concern over the significant increase in car thefts and stolen vehicles and the “proliferation” of illegal guns in Grand Bahama.

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Police still probing Grand Bahama murder cases

POLICE investigations are still underway into two recent murder cases on Grand Bahama, Police Chief Emrick Seymour said yesterday in Grand Bahama.

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Pair land eight years in jail for receiving stolen goods

TWO men who admitted to receiving cars and electronic items they knew had been stolen were sentenced to a prison term of more than eight years yesterday.