NEWS OF THE DAY
From Around the World
Denmark slaying: Divers found the decapitated head, legs and clothes of a Swedish journalist who was killed after going on a trip with an inventor on his submarine, police said Saturday. The body parts and clothing were found Friday in plastic bags with a knife and “heavy metal pieces” to make them sink near where 30-year-old Kim Wall’s naked headless torso was found in August, Copenhagen police investigator Jens Moeller Jensen said. Peter Madsen, 46, the Danish inventor who is in pretrial detention on preliminary manslaughter charges, has said Wall died after being accidentally hit by a hatch on the submarine, after which he “buried” her at sea. But police have said 15 stab wounds were found on the torso found off Copenhagen on Aug. 21.
Myanmar refugees: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said Saturday that her government would continue to support nearly 1 million Rohingya Muslims who have fled neighboring Myanmar to escape violence. Hasina said the government was pursuing a plan to build temporary shelters for the Rohingya with the help of international aid agencies whom she praised for their support. More than 500,000 Rohingya have crossed over to Bangladesh since late August, when Myanmar security forces responded to militant attacks with a broad crackdown. An equal number of Rohingya have previously fled Myanmar since 1978.
Mexico crash: Seven army personnel are presumed dead after a helicopter crashed in near El Salto in the northern state of Durango, the Defense Department said. One soldier was found seriously wounded at the scene. The bodies of the rest of the victims were believed to be in the wreckage of the craft. The department said the transport helicopter was on a training mission and was carrying 2 pilots, an officer and five soldiers. The cause of the crash is under investigation.
Terror suspect: A Filipino doctor accused of plotting terror attacks in the United States was arrested last spring in the Philippines for his possible involvement in kidnappings and beheadings blamed on pro-Islamic State group militants, an official said Saturday. Chief State Counsel Ricardo Paras said a Manila court is weighing a U.S. government request that Russell Salic be extradited to face terrorism financing complaints. U.S. authorities said Friday that they disrupted a plot by Salic and two other Islamic State group sympathizers to carry out terrorist attacks at New York City in the summer of 2016.