Overview
- A vehicle loaded with explosives struck the gate near Old Police Lines in Kohat during Friday prayers and police say the blast killed 16 people and wounded many as security forces sealed the area for searches and forensics.
- Brazilian police detained 33-year-old Jorlan Alves da Silva in Paraíba after he disguised himself as a woman and during questioning he allegedly claimed to have killed about 80 people, a confession authorities say they are investigating and verifying.
- Uttar Pradesh’s Special Task Force arrested wanted property-fraud suspect Rahul Srivastava in Thane and has begun procedures to obtain his transit remand to face 32 cases in UP that include fraud and criminal breach of trust charges.
- Several local accountability actions followed viral footage and public complaints: Guna police suspended constable Manoj Verma for drunken conduct while on VIP duty, Kanpur police registered a case after a man was filmed chained and beaten in a hotel, and Hyderabad police are hunting an accused in a fatal knife attack that left a man dead and his teenage son gravely injured.
- Governance concerns are also rising over public works and alternative development: a newly opened sub‑tehsil building in Shivpuri developed wide cracks within days of its inauguration and the Kehatiku project in Borneo is buying wildlife photos from former hunters to fund conservation with financing secured through 2028.