Protecting and Honoring Victims

This week we look at human frailty with some fighting for law and order and others abusing it while disasters show no discrimination.

Law & Order

We begin in Hong Kong where tens of thousands marched at a pro-democracy rally marking the 18th anniversary of Britain handing the territory back to China but while some marched remembering their freedoms others were attacked in Turkey when police fired water cannons, rubber pellets and tear gas to disperse people at a gay pride event in Istanbul.

On the other side of the law this week saw an end to the New York prisoner escape when Richard Matt was shot and killed while the second fugitive David Sweat was shot and taken into custody. Australia saw one of it's largest prisons descend into chaos when a smoking bad was introduced causing prisoners to riot and finally we have a mother who admitted to killing her two children and leaving their bodies in her freezer.

Disasters

The week saw multiple disasters strike across the globe, we begin with an explosion in Taiwan at a water park which has claimed two lives and an explosion at a chemical plant in South Korea which killed 6 workers. In Indonesia a military aircraft crash claimed a staggering 144 lives while an army train accident in Pakistan saw 17 people die followed by 38 people dying when a Philippine ferry capsized.

We end the week with closure on some previous disasters with a report on the TransAsia crash claiming human error when the pilot pulled the wrong throttle shutting down the sole working engine causing the crash.

Deluded and Deadly

It's been a week of deadly attacks starting with another mass shooting in the US and ending with a so called honor killing and brutal gang rapes in India and beyond.

Disturbed Individuals

On Sunday, 25 May 2014 Elliot Rodger, son of Hunger games director Peter Rodger, went on a killing rampage which began with him stabbing to death 2 housemates and a visiting friend and continued onto the street where he shot and killed 3 people and injured 13 before turning the gun on himself. A manifest of his anger and delusions was sent to his parents blaming others for his actions.

A man has attacked 2 members of the Pop Group AKB48 and an assistant at a fan event in Northern Japan using a 20 inch saw blade.

Murderous Masses

A women was stoned to death in Pakistan in broad daylight outside a court with her husband claiming the police were present but did nothing to stop the attack. The stoning was carried out by the women's own family for marrying the man she loved with her father stating he didn't regret the attack.

30 people were killed in a church in the Central African Republic when gunmen attacked a sanctuary for both Muslims and Christians.

Two Indian sisters were raped and killed by attackers and had their bodies hung in a tree to be discovered by villagers the following day. Arrests have been made with 5 men in custody, 2 of whom are police officers.