Overview
- Police in Suriname say a man fatally stabbed nine people, including several of his children and nearby residents in Commewijne near Paramaribo, before officers shot him in the legs and detained him under medical custody; a child and an adult remain critically injured.
- In Lomas del Mirador, Buenos Aires province, Janet Arotinco Palomino, 44, was stabbed in the neck and chest while walking on the street; investigators ruled out robbery and are searching for the attacker under prosecutor Carlos Adrián Arribas.
- In Mendoza, a 31-year-old driver was detained on an attempted homicide charge after running over a 19-year-old suspected thief and dragging him for several blocks; the victim is in critical condition after bilateral leg amputations, hospital officials said.
- In Quilmes, a plainclothes City police officer shot and killed two alleged motochorros who tried to steal his car; prosecutor Javier Barrera determined the officer acted in legitimate self‑defense and will not be charged.
- In Peru, a mother of three in Barrios Altos remains in intensive care after being set on fire, with the alleged attacker at large, two suspects were detained over the execution of an 18-year-old taken from a Callao nightclub, and a motorcyclist in Comas was killed in a 27‑shot attack under investigation as possible score‑settling.