Youtube Shooting

Nasim Najafi Aghdam opened fire on three civilians at Youtube headquarters on Tuesday, in Silicon Valley California, before killing herself. She was reported to have been practising at a shooting range hours before the attack. San Bruno Police Chief Ed Barberini revealed she took out her 9 mm Smith & Wesson handgun and started shooting. It has been confirmed it was due to anger at Youtubes policies and practices. Her victims were wounded and said to be released from hospital.

Dear YouTube Community,

As you know, yesterday was an incredibly difficult day for our teams in San Bruno and around the world. Thank you so much for your concern and support.

All of us working here at YouTube are very grateful for this amazing community.

— YouTube (@YouTube) April 4, 2018

In studio apartments all across the country tonight there are journos trying to pin the shooting committed by a female Muslim vegan YouTuber in California squarely on the NRA and making absolutely zero progress.

— Lord Single Malt (@Singlemaltfiend) April 4, 2018

Dubai’s Missing Princess

Earlier this month, a chilling Youtube video was released, by princess Latifa Makhdoum on a channel documented as “escape from Dubai”. Latifa, 33 claimed she is one of 30 children of  Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum the vice president and prime minister of the United Arab Emirates and ruler of the emirate Dubai and billionaire leader. Latifa details being drugged and imprisoned and tortured for three years. Since his accession in 2006 after the death of his brother, Sheikh Mohammed has shown outward reforms in Dubai, In 2010 he launched the UAE vision 2021 with the aim of making the UAE one of the best countries in the world by 2021. However, his private family life reveals a much darker reality. The video released (featured below) by his daughter one of three daughters also named Latifa, revealed she was fleeing the UAE to search for a normal life. Her father had murdered many in cold blood and imprisoned and tortured her and her sisters where she was told she would be beaten senselessly till her death. She talked about escaping to help save her sister who is monitored closely by psychiatric doctors 24/7. Latifa’s whereabouts is still largely ambiguous, she claims to be hiding on a yacht off the coast of southern India and wants to seek political asylum in the US. 

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Park Geun-Hye: South Korea’s ex-leader jailed for 24 years for corruption

Former president of South Korea Park Geun- Hye: has been jailed for 24 years, after years of corruption, after she was found guilty for coercion and abuse of power. The verdict was broadcast live, Park was fined with 18 billion, won 12 million. Park avoided her hearing, and has boycotted the courts, until she is given what she claims is a ‘fair trial’ as she accuses courts of being biased toward her. She has denied all claims of corruption, and wrongdoing and will be appealing her case.

A big day in South Korea: for the first time, a court will live-broadcast its ruling, and not just any ruling. It's the sentencing for former president Park Geun-hye. Prosecutors are asking for a 30 year prison term. pic.twitter.com/KhjJp3c2DV

— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) April 6, 2018

So far Park Geun-hye has been found guilty of four counts of abuse of power & five counts of coercion as a judge goes through each of the 18 charges she faces, before delivering a verdict at today's live-televised session https://t.co/Dkjh9WQdUz pic.twitter.com/Gr7sImKD9b

— Hawon Jung (@allyjung) April 6, 2018

So this is what's happening in front of a Seoul courtroom where a final verdict on ex-leader Park Geun-Hye will be delivered in a few hours…her supporters chanting slogans & waving banners proclaiming her innocence & urging Trump(?) to come to rescue her https://t.co/pnRaO8iQvy pic.twitter.com/VuBP2ax7zz

— Hawon Jung (@allyjung) April 6, 2018