COPYRIGHT: Material on this webpage copyright Integritext UK. All rights Reserved. Copyright owners have permitted the material on this page to be used for Education, Research & Private Study. No material from this page may be reproduced on any other website or distributed in any other medium.
Search the whole site for any search term.
This page fully supports Safari, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox & Internet Explorer 11 browsers.
WHAT HAPPENED ON 12th October 1996?
11th October 1996
FIVE KILLED AS CARGO PLANE HITS HOUSE
At least five people have died & 20 others have been hurt after a plane crashed into a farmhouse near Turin. The pilot & co-pilot of the Antonov transporter & another member of its 24 crew were killed when it crashed in San Francesco al Campo. Two people were found dead in the rubble. A third was seriously injured. The plane struck farm buildings before smashing into a house as it headed for Turin airport from Moscow.
12th October 1996
The father of murdered schoolgirl
Caroline Dickinson appeals for help in catching her killer. Sarah Ransome: Thirteen-year-old Caroline was raped and murdered as she slept surrounded by schoolfriends in a youth hostel in Brittany in northern France. Her father John Dickinson travelled to the investigation headquarters & visited the hostel where she was killed Afterwards he made an impassioned plea for help in catching her killer.
12th October 1996
IN BRIEF BELGIUM The public has swamped a hot line set up to gain information on child porn rings & child rapists with up to 30 calls an hour being made. FRANCE More than 11 000 armaments workers have staged a rally in Paris in protest at proposed defence budget cuts Naval yards are thought to be worst hit FRANCE Eminent scientist Professor Mirko Beljanski who claimed to have found a treatment for Aids has been held & charged with medicine fraud.11th October 1996
BRITON DEAD AND 45 HURT IN COACH CRASH
A British woman has been killed & 45 other British holiday makers injured in a coach crash on the island of Majorca. The coach carrying 57 Britons one of whom was a representative from a tour company skidded & overturned. It happened after a Volkswagen Golf slid into its path & hit the front of the vehicle a police spokesman said. All the passengers are thought to have stayed at the Aquamar hotel. One is thought to have been seriously hurt.
12th October 1996
The father of murdered schoolgirl
Caroline Dickinson appeals for help in catching her killer. Sarah Ransome: Thirteen-year-old Caroline was raped and murdered as she slept surrounded by schoolfriends in a youth hostel in Brittany in northern France. Her father John Dickinson travelled to the investigation headquarters & visited the hostel where she was killed Afterwards he made an impassioned plea for help in catching her killer.
12th October 1996
GREEK CYPRIOT SHOT DEAD BY TURKISH ARMY
Turkish Cypriot forces have shot dead a Greek Cypriot civilian who crossed into Turkish part of the island via the UN buffer zone. Petros Kakouli 50 was collecting snails & put up his hands after warning shots Greek Cypriot radio said But Turkish forces said he had ignored their warnings to stop. Turkish Cypriot leaders have called for fresh talks. Three Greek & one Turkish Cypriot have been killed in recent clashes.
11th October 1996
MALAN ACQUITTED AS COURT CASE COLLAPSES
Former defence minister General Magnus Malan has been acquitted of all charges of murder in South Africa's biggest apartheid-era "dirty war" trial. The trial was centred around the 1987 death squad massacre of 13 blacks in KwaMakhuta near the port city of Durban The judge said there was no proof that the military had planned the killings. Two other co-defendants were also found not guilty adding to the six policemen acquitted of the murders yesterday.
12th October 1996
The father of murdered schoolgirl
Caroline Dickinson appeals for help in catching her killer. Sarah Ransome: Thirteen-year-old Caroline was raped and murdered as she slept surrounded by schoolfriends in a youth hostel in Brittany in northern France. Her father John Dickinson travelled to the investigation headquarters & visited the hostel where she was killed Afterwards he made an impassioned plea for help in catching her killer.
12th October 1996
The father of murdered schoolgirl
Caroline Dickinson appeals for help in catching her killer. Sarah Ransome: Mr Dickinson said his daughter had come to a sudden & brutal end in July He said he had come to appeal to the people of Brittany "for their help in finding the perpetrator of this monstrous crime". He added: "I would appeal to anyone who might have information to please come forward urgently to the judge & to the police".
11th October 1996
IN BRIEF
LEBANONA Palestinian refugee has offered to auction off his eight-year- old son to pay for kidney dialysis treatment to save his father's life. USWilliam Vickrey who was a co-winner of the 1996 Nobel Prize for Economics three days ago has died after having a heart attack at the wheel of his car on the way to a conference in Boston. INDONESIA Five people have died after being trapped in a burning church when a rampaging crowd destroyed nine churches & a number of Christian schools in the town of Situbondo.
12th October 1996
The father of murdered schoolgirl
Caroline Dickinson appeals for help in catching her killer. Sarah Ransome: Thirteen-year-old Caroline was raped and murdered as she slept surrounded by schoolfriends in a youth hostel in Brittany in northern France. Her father John Dickinson travelled to the investigation headquarters & visited the hostel where she was killed Afterwards he made an impassioned plea for help in catching her killer.
12th October 1996
The father of murdered schoolgirl
Caroline Dickinson appeals for help in catching her killer. Sarah Ransome: Mr Dickinson said his daughter had come to a sudden & brutal end in July He said he had come to appeal to the people of Brittany "for their help in finding the perpetrator of this monstrous crime". He added: "I would appeal to anyone who might have information to please come forward urgently to the judge & to the police".
