Police

A gunfight between police and a group reportedly linked to organized crime has left at least one dead and four injured in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

The clash occurred in Dikmen neighborhood on Aug. 23 when a unit from the Ankara Police Department Organized Crime Control Bureau came under fire after they stopped a vehicle, according to Doğan News Agency.

A gunfight between police and an unidentified group has left at least one dead and four injured in the Turkish capital, Ankara.

The clash occured in Cevizlidere Huzur neighborhood in the afternoon on Aug. 23 when a unit from the Ankara Police Department Organized Crime Control Bureau came under fire. 

An investigation by officers of the Financial Police has led to the detention of 11 people for allegedly issuing bogus prescriptions and illegally trading in medicines in the broader area of Karditsa, central Greece, police said on Thursday.

The 11 suspects have been linked to seven pharmacies in the area.

Police investigating the murder of two men whose bodies were found dumped on Monday night in a ravine on the outskirts of Kalamata in the Peloponnese said on Wednesday that they had detained several suspects in connection with the killings which are believed to have been a settling of accounts.

Police in Ferguson, Missouri, braced for another night of racially charged unrest on Aug. 19 as the governor and U.S. attorney general appealed for calm in the St. Louis suburb 10 days after the fatal shooting of black teenager Michael Brown.

Kalashnikov-wielding robbers have attacked the motorcade of a Saudi prince in Paris, making off with 250,000 euros ($335,000) in cash and reportedly stealing "sensitive" documents, French police said Monday.
      

After almost a month of investigation, Serbian police have named a suspect in the killing of 21-year-old Luka Jovanovic, who was hit by a car on July 25 on Branko’s Bridge in Belgrade.

According to the police, surveillance camera footage showed that suspect Marko Milicev hit Jovanovic with his black Mini Countryman and then drove off.

Police in the western city of Patra were investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of an unidentified person whose charred remains were discovered in a vehicle in the area of Lefka on Sunday.

Early reports said firemen were called to douse a burning car parked on the corner of Asterionos and Evias streets.

Police in Tutrakan have arrested a 33-year-old sought by Interpol whose name is in the Schengen Information System (SIS)

Upon the arrest, the man nearly ran over the police officers who were trying to stop him, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio.

The 33-year-old man has a criminal record.

A ring of violent robbers believed to be behind 12 armed raids on OPAP betting shops, cell phone retailers and courier firms across Attica has been broken, police sources said on Monday, noting that five suspected members have been arrested.