‘This person has zero remorse,’ says sister of Axel Martin after alleged dealer arrested again
Police say Zachery Mulrooney caught selling drugs after manslaughter charge
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The family of a 14-year-old boy who died from taking toxic drugs says they’re not surprised to see his alleged dealer arrested again.
Zachery Mulrooney, 19, was already facing a single charge of manslaughter related to the overdose death of Axel Martin, when he was picked up by the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary at a local shopping centre on Tuesday.
Police say he was in possession of oxycodone and hydromorphone pills. They charged him with two counts of trafficking.
Martin’s sister, Chantel Kennedy Stagg, said she was initially shocked to learn of his arrest — though on reflection, not surprised.
“The fact that he was out and allegedly involved in more illegal activity only highlights how dangerous he is and how critical it is for the court to hold him accountable,” Kennedy Stagg said.
“This person has zero remorse and it couldn’t be more clear.”
Mulrooney is alleged to have supplied Martin with the drugs that caused his death. Police said Martin believed he was taking Dilaudid and Xanax, but actually ingested a concoction of synthetic opioids.
Mulrooney was arrested in July, but was not held in custody for a bail hearing. Instead, he was released by police on a promise to appear in court at a later date.
This time around, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary kept Mulrooney in custody.
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He made a brief court appearance on Wednesday, where Crown prosecutor Tim O’Brien said he was “strongly opposed” to Mulrooney’s release.
He’s due for a bail hearing on Thursday.
Kennedy Stagg hopes the court sends a clear message to the 19-year-old this time around.
“Cases like this show why laws exist to protect communities and why consequences, including jail time, are essential,” she said. “Hopefully this demonstrates to the court the importance of justice and keeping the public safe.”
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Man arrested after 14-hour police standoff in Osaka
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Osaka police stormed an apartment Wednesday night and arrested a man after a 14-hour standoff in which he held a woman he was living with at knifepoint.
Investigators from the prefectural police visited the unit in the city of Hirakata’s Sakuramachi area at around 8:50 a.m. as part of a theft investigation. Upon their arrival, the suspect, 48-year-old Toru Suetsugu, allegedly seized the 42-year-old woman and barricaded himself inside the apartment.
Waving a knife, Suetsugu reportedly shouted, “I’ll stab her” and also warned, “If this is broadcast on TV, I’ll hurt her,” according to police.
Officers negotiated with the suspect via the woman’s mobile phone but he refused to surrender.
At around 10:45 p.m., police breached the apartment through the front door and the balcony, rescuing the woman, who was unharmed, and detaining Suetsugu on suspicion of unlawful confinement.
He has remained silent during questioning, according to police.
British Police Arrest Hundreds of Pro-Palestinian Protesters Who Defied Anti-Terror Law
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Police in London arrested 466 protesters on Saturday who defied an anti-terror law by holding placards expressing support for a recently banned pro-Palestinian group.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the British Parliament to hold signs reading “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action,” in what they said was a protest for freedom of expression.
By doing so, the protesters violated a law passed by the British Parliament in early July that classified Palestine Action as a terror organization and made it illegal for anyone to show support for it publicly.
The legislation was passed in response to an incident in which activists from the group broke into a Royal Air Force base and vandalized two tanker aircraft in protest against the United Kingdom’s support for Israel, and against Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
“Within this crowd a significant number of people are displaying placards expressing support for Palestine Action, which is a proscribed group,” the Metropolitan Police Service said on X. “Officers have moved in and are making arrests.”
Read more: Why U.K. Police Plan to Arrest Anyone Showing Support for Palestine Action at Upcoming Protest
Membership of, or support for, Palestine Action is a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Saturday’s demonstration was organized by a group called Defend Our Juries, which called for people to attend the protest with signs expressing support for Palestine Action in a demonstration of civil disobedience.
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“Once the meaning of ‘terrorism’ is separated from campaigns of violence against a civilian population, and extended to include those causing economic damage or embarrassment to the rich, the powerful and the criminal, then the right to freedom of expression has no meaning and democracy is dead,” the group said on its website.
Rights group Amnesty International described the arrests as “deeply concerning.” It has previously criticized the law as “excessively broad and vaguely worded and a threat to freedom of expression.”
What is Palestine Action?
Palestine Action was established in 2020 and claims to take “aim at the infrastructure that sustains the Israeli occupation,” according to co-founder Huda Ammori.
The group has frequently targeted Elbit Systems, an Israel-based defense contractor that earlier this year signed a contract with the Israeli government worth $275 million.
Palestine Action staged break-ins at Elbit sites across the U.K. last year in the city of Bristol, and at a factory in the county of Kent, where around £1 million ($1.33 million) worth of property was reportedly destroyed.
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The group was proscribed as a terrorist group under the 2000 Terrorism Act by Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on July 5, after members of the group broke into a Royal Air Force base in Oxfordshire on June 20, spray painting two Voyager jets and damaging them with crowbars.
The British Government said that the group “has orchestrated a nationwide campaign of direct criminal action against businesses and institutions” and that it “prepares for, promotes, and encourages terrorism.”
“Proscription will enable law enforcement to effectively disrupt Palestine Action,” the government order read, meaning that support for the group is now deemed a criminal offence punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
Palestine Action was proscribed alongside two groups described as “white-supremacist” movements, the Maniacs Murder Cult and the Russian Imperial Movement.
The Israel-Hamas war was triggered after Hamas launched a terror attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing over 1,200 people and taking around 250 hostages. Over 61,000 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the war, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
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In the absence of independent monitoring on the ground, the ministry is the primary source for casualty data relied upon by humanitarian groups, journalists, and international bodies. Its figures do not differentiate between civilians and combatants and cannot be independently verified by TIME.
The humanitarian toll in Gaza continues to rise, after a U.N.-backed food security body warned last week that the “worst case famine scenario” is unfolding due to severe restrictions on food and aid entering Gaza by Israel.
“Mounting evidence shows that widespread starvation, malnutrition, and disease are driving a rise in hunger-related deaths,” the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) reported on July 29.
Almost all aid going into Gaza now runs through a controversial U.S.-backed group that started operations in May following a months-long Israeli blockade of nearly all food and aid. Food is handed out at overcrowded sites overseen by American private security contractors and the Israeli army, and hundreds of Palestinians have been killed while seeking food.
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At least 197 people have now died from hunger, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
— Additional reporting by Callum Sutherland
