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A man has been arrested after a woman was mutilated as she was dragged behind a car for a kilometre on State Highway 1 yesterday.
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A man has been arrested after a woman was mutilated as she was dragged behind a car for a kilometre on State Highway 1 yesterday.
Three men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier hacked to death in a London street by two Islamists.
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