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Source: The Local Stockholm -- A 35-year-old man thought to be a serial murderer was indicted on Tuesday, suspected of murder, attempted murder, aggravated robbery, and theft. All of the suspect’s victims were gay men, reports The Local , an English-language Swedish news site. The man, whose name cannot...

Source: YNet News The Tel Aviv District Court sentenced four residents of east Jerusalem to two to eight years in prison Thursday, after they were convicted of the assault and robbery of several young homosexuals in Tel Aviv's old central bus station. According to the indictment, in January 2007...

Source: Independent (Cape Argus) Even by South African standards, the Sizzlers massacre on January 20, 2003 was shocking. Nine men were slaughtered in one night. They were bound, their throats slit and then shot in the head before being left in pools of blood in the white Sea Point house with matching...

Source: News.com.au and Sydney Star Observer GAY-HATE crimes are on the rise in Sydney, with activists warning violence may spiral out of control in the lead-up to the 30th year of Mardi Gras. The AIDS Council Of NSW (ACON) said it had received 22 reports of homophobic violence in the past six weeks...

Source: GayNZ.com Auckland police have just confirmed that they now believe gay Onehunga man Ron Brown's sexuality played a clear role in his brutal death, allegedly at the hands of a Hungarian tourist, and are seeking the gay community's help. A source within the investigation team confirmed...

Source: GayNZ.com Ronald James Brown, 69, died in Auckland Hospital on Monday afternoon after being assaulted at his Onehunga home on Friday, the latest in a string of New Zealand gay men who have died after severe assaults. His death comes just days after a jury could not reach a verdict in the brutal...

Source: The Local and Pink News Centre Party member of parliament Fredrick Federley was the victim of a homophobic attack in central Stockholm on Saturday night. After leaving a nightclub, Federley was approached by a group of about six young men who began insulting him and the two men who were with...

Source: TV3 News There has been a hung jury in the murder trial of a teenager accused of murdering a gay Palmerston North man Stanley Waipouri. The jury deliberated for nearly 11 hours on the charges against Andre Gilling, but was unable to reach a verdict. The 18-year-old has been remanded in custody...

Source: AFP via Google and The Guardian MONTBELIARD, France -- French police have detained a 68-year-old retired "drag queen" performer after the murders of 18 mainly gay men over three decades, prosecutors said Wednesday. Nicolas Panard is suspected of murdering 11 men in the eastern region...

Source: Stuff.co.nz , TVNZ , and GayNZ.com Two young men kicked and beat a gay Palmerston North man to death in a drug and alcohol fuelled attack, a court was told yesterday. Then as a final humiliation and with "unspeakable ferocity", the pair removed part of an earlobe and the head of the...