An account of one of the most devastating attacks by a single man in European history is a compelling study of how someone who doesn’t feel accepted by society can turn extreme and evil, writes Eoghan O’Sulllivan.

AT LEAST 21,000 residents have fled East Timor’s capital Dili, a minister said, amid rumours of impending clashes among security forces, despite repeated government assurances of their safety.

NAZIR Ahmed appears calm and unrepentant as he recounts how he slit the throats of his three young daughters and their 25-year old stepsister to salvage his family’s “honour” - a crime that shocked Pakistan.

TERRIFIED Muslims streamed into relief camps in the western Indian state of Gujarat yesterday on the eve of a Hindu procession some fear could trigger new religious bloodshed.