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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's police Sunday re-introduced war-time road blocks and random checks on vehicles following a surge in gang-related shootings in the capital, a spokesman said.

SIALKOT: Police on Tuesday busted a gang said to be involved in different killing and robbery incidents, ARY News reported.

COPENHAGEN: The Danish city of Aarhus has drawn global attention for its "soft-hands" approach to battling the radicalisation of young Muslims with social techniques used in gang exit strategies.

KINSHASA: The U.S. campaign group Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused police in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday of summarily executing at least 51 people in an anti-gang operation, and being responsible for the disappearance of at least 33 more.

MEXICO CITY: Mexican authorities on Monday said they had arrested four drug gang members involved in the kidnapping of dozens of student teachers who disappeared last month and are feared massacred.