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A migrant man who attempted to throw a large stone at a Swedish police officer has become the first person convicted following the multi-day riots over Easter across Sweden in reaction to the burning of copies of the Islamic Qur’an.

Police in India’s northwestern city of Jodhpur imposed curfews on ten districts and ordered a city-wide internet blockage on Tuesday in an effort to quell a riot between local Muslims and Hindus that erupted on Monday, the Hindustan Times reported.

Controversial legislation empowering police forces to crackdown on “noisy” protests in Britain is set to become law.

Swedish police have reported that 104 officers were injured in the riots that took place across the country last week in reaction to Danish anti-Islam activist Rasmus Paludan and his followers burning a Qur’an.

Ten people were arrested in the Paris suburb of Valenton this week following a brutal attack on police officers that left two seriously injured, including a policewoman who was kicked while on the ground.

An Everett police officer in Washington was killed Friday when a suspect shot him before running over his body while fleeing, officials stated.

A knifeman weilding a blade engraved with the anti-police slogan ‘ACAB’ was shot dead by railway officers in Paris on Monday.

Three police officers in the northern French commune of Valenciennes were injured after being attacked by a man who was shouting “Allahu Akbar” on Monday afternoon. The man was spotted on the streets of the commune in the afternoon by witnesses

Riot police in the Cyprus resort town of Paphos fired warning shots as a group of around 200 migrants became unruly and launched attacks on officers with stones.

Two men have been sentenced to several years in prison after taking part in the lynching of an off-duty police officer.

Authorities say 874 cars were burned and 441 people were arrested on New Year’s Eve, a time traditionally associated with violence in France.

Fifteen French police officers were injured Thursday morning after they attempted to clear a makeshift migrant camp in Calais.

An illegal migrant armed with a rifle shot several times at French police officers in the city centre of Carpentras on Wednesday morning after they stopped a brawl.

French populist member of the European Parliament Jordan Bardella has claimed that far-left extremist Antifa militants benefit from the “complacency” of French political leaders. Bardella, a member of Marine Le Pen’s National Rally (RN), made his statements in reaction to

Germans protesting against the country’s Wuhan coronavirus restrictions clashed with police on Sunday, as the government looks to crack down on encrypted messaging apps used to organise the demonstrations.

Two female police officers in the French commune of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin were attacked and wounded this week by a Senegalese migrant man armed with a sword.

An 18-year-old illegal migrant in the French city of Lille has appeared in court after being accused of luring police officers into a violent ambush.

An off-duty French police officer was seriously injured in Paris, allegedly by “African-type individuals” who had harassed him and his girlfriend before stabbing him twice in the abdomen.

Six far-left Spanish anarchists have been released on bail conditions after being arrested for allegedly setting a police vehicle on fire during a riot with an officer inside.

Swedish prosecutors in Gothenburg have charged a 17-year-old male over the fatal shooting of police officer Andreas Danman, who was killed during the summer in the “vulnerable” area of Biskopsgården.

A mob attacked police and firefighters lured to a school in Béziers, France, named after murdered teacher Samuel Paty.

Police officers in Marseille, France, were targetted by alleged Kalashnikov rifle fire over the weekend as a union official described part of the city as being like a warzone.

At least 3,000 Swedish police officers have signed a letter addressed to Swedish Interior Minister Mikael Damberg calling on the government to introduce stiffer penalties for lawlessness and deal with no-go zone gangs.

Five Antifa-style radicals have been jailed for their roles in a Bristol riot, in which officers were attacked and vehicles were set on fire.

Three North African men beat a plainclothes French police officer attempting to intervene while the migrants harassed a young couple at a train station.

Otis McKane physically assaulted a bailiff inside a courtroom moments after a jury found him guilty of capital murder.

The National Fraternal Order of Police announced on Twitter Thursday that attacks on police have risen drastically in the past year.

In the wake of last summer’s Black Lives Matter riots and a continuing crime wave across America’s big cities, nearly half of voters think anti-police protests hurt public safety.

An LGBT police group has stated it will not be taking part in a Pride parade in Paris which is set to start in the no-go suburbs of Seine-Saint-Denis, over fears regarding officer safety.

A 29-year-old Muslim radical on a French terror watchlist was fatally shot by police after stabbing a female police officer at a local police station, stealing her gun, and sparking an intensive manhunt ending in a hostage-taking and shoot-out.

A French police officer, who was brutally beaten by youths after they refused to leave an area because it was the Islamic holiday of Eid, has awoken from a coma and called on politicians to do more to stop the ongoing violence against police.

Police unions claim that up to 35,000 police officers and citizens demonstrated against anti-police violence in front of the lower house of the French parliament in Paris.

A mob of up to 40 young people attacked firefighters in a ‘sensitive’ neighbourhood in Brest, France. While police were on the scene to continuously assess safety, officers were allegedly ordered to restrain policing due to Ramadan and the conflict between Israel and Palestinians.

PARIS (AP) – France’s prime minister is proposing tougher and faster punishment for people who attack the police, as the government pays a national tribute to the latest police officer killed in the line of duty.

Terrorist mobs have destroyed 25 police emergency response stations in Bogotá, Colombia, alone as of Wednesday night in a spate of violent attacks nationwide. Eyewitnesses say the assailants were attempting to burn police officers alive and, in some cases, succeeded in setting them on fire.

A Black Lives Matter protesters pleaded guilty last week to attempting to cut the brake lines on a New York City police vehicle. The protester told a confidential informant he wanted to “hurt police.”