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Obsessed Man Becomes a Suburban Suicide Bomber After Storming his Female Co-worker's House Before Blowing Himself Up


A Canadian man stormed the home of a female work colleague he was obsessed with, wearing a suicide-vest and detonated the device after a six-hour stand off with police. Holding the woman hostage inside her home, the suspect blew himself up after releasing her to Royal Canadian Mounted Police who had surrounded the property. When the fire began, firefighters had to initially keep their distance because the man had rigged a van to explode, but once that was disarmed they could move in closer. 'The suspect, who is an electrician by trade, provided specific details to the negotiator regarding how the explosives were wired and how he would be able to detonate the devices remotely,' said Sergeant Grant Learned. While 15 homes were evacuated, bomb squad negotiators tried to talk the man down into surrendering. Negotiators learned that the man was still distraught over the break-up with his former girlfriend two years earlier.


To read more, click here Bomb Explodes in Front of Italian School


A bomb exploded in front of a school in the southern Italian town of Brindisi, killing one person and injuring at least six people, an official from the Civil Protection authority said. The explosion occurred as pupils were preparing to enter the school at the start of the school day. It is unclear if one or two devices exploded in the incident and there is still no indication of who placed the bomb. This bombing follows a number of attacks against Italian officials and government and public buildings by a group of anarchists. Interior Minister, Anna Maria Cancellieri, has announced plans to step up security around sensitive targets. Italy's main tax and fine collection agency, Equitalia, has already been targeted by a series of small explosive devices amid a growing wave of public anger over the high taxes imposed to shore up public finances and combat the economic crisis. Officials are still determining whether there is a connection between the bombings.


To read more, click here Zero Tolerance Policies Sound Good, but are they Arbitrary?


Zero tolerance policies are in theory not an unwise position for HR to take on issues related to misconduct – however, the policies are all too often arbitrarily applied and have resulted in successful unfair dismissal claims. Risk management author and expert, Joseph Koletar, says the flaw in zero-tolerance programs are precisely that they call for uniform enforcement. “If a company adopts a zero-tolerance policy and fails to enforce it uniformly and to monitor it adequately, it leaves employees to guess what else the company is willing to tolerate,” Koletar said. In turn, he warned there is also the ‘human temptation’ to tailor sanctions to fit the nature and history of the employee. Thus, if a long-time employee who is a “nice guy” breaches the policy, that person may get a lighter penalty than an employee with less tenure who is unpopular.


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