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Fire at Libra massage parlour in Birmingham 'was arson'
Arsonists are believed to have started a blaze at a Birmingham massage parlour from which 20 people had to be rescued.
Firefighters attended the Libra gentleman's club in the early hours of Thursday morning.
A police spokeswoman said an accelerant was used on the front door of the building in Summer Hill Road.
Twenty people were rescued using ladders. Four people were treated for smoke inhalation and one person was taken to hospital for a check-up.
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Police were called in by neighbours who heard gun shots at the house about 0400 local time.
Two other men were seriously injured after the attack. All 10 men had been shot in the head.
It is being suggested that the attack could be linked to organised crime.
Earlier, neighbours had said there had been an altercation at the house involving drug dealers.
'Horrific'
Six men were found dead by police in the residential dwelling in the Sea Indicate district of Cape Town. A seventh died of his injuries four hours after being admitted into hospital, and an eighth has now died.
The six had been tied up and shot at close range, Captain Etienne Terblanche, a police spokesman said. Their throats were also slit.
There was "an astonishing amount of blood about", Mr Terblanche said.
The injured men had also been shot in the head, he said. They had been rushed to two Cape Town hospitals.
"When we arrived, the injured were crawling around on the floor," he s
From roadside restaurants in Karachi's congested central district to the roundabouts in the prosperous southern district, the city swarms with them.
Masseurs are easily available and safer for a one-night stand. They don't spill the beans Massage client |
The tools of the trade are basic - supple fingers and a portable metal rack stacked with coloured oil bottles.
Mustard, coconut, olive, coriander or saanda (extracted from the fat of a lizard known for its aphrodisiac attributes) - the clients choose their favourite oil.
Labourers and yuppies
Dressed in shalwar kameezes, the masseurs draw clients by rattling the rack and chanting ''maalish'' (massage).
Masseurs use a range of fancy oils |
Roaming the streets from 2100 to 0400, seven days a week, the masseurs usually earn between 2,500 and 3,000 rupees ($52-$62) a month.
After a taxing time around the city, b
John Travolta faces more masseur abuse claims
John Travolta faces fresh allegations of sexual assault after a second male masseur joined the $2 million (£1.23m) legal action against him.
In amended court documents filed on Tuesday, the unidentified male claimed the Grease celestial body tried to initiate sex at a hotel in Atlanta on 28 January.
The new accusation follows allegations that he sexually assaulted a masseur at the Beverly Hills Hotel on 16 January.
Travolta's lawyer called the new claim "just as ridiculous as the first one".
"Our client will be fully vindicated in court on both of these absurd and make-believe claims," said attorney Martin Singer.
The second man, a resident of Georgia, was referred to in court documents as John Doe No. 2. He claimed that Travolta rubbed his legs, touched his genitals and tried to initiate sex during a intimate appointment.
His claims echoed those of the first masseur, referred to as John Doe, who accused the 58-year-old of exposing himself and groping him.
Both legal actions were filed by Okorie Okorocha, a lawyer based in Pasadena just outside Los Angeles, and have been dismissed as "fabricated" by Tra
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