A hostage situation unfolded on a train in west Switzerland on Thursday night (Feb 8), with passengers taken hostage by a man armed with an axe and a knife. The situation ended after the police raided the train and killed the suspect, said the authorities.

Swiss train hostage situation: Suspect arms himself with axe and knife

A woman in Australia, who has confessed to killing her longtime partner with an axe, previously searched on Google about parts of the body that should be targetted in order to kill a person, according to statement presented to a court in Sydney.

Australia: Axe murderer googled ‘what part of body to go for’ before killing

An international team of archaeologists announced Wednesday that they had uncovered the oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site in North Africa. Discovered in Morocco the site, dates back 1.

Scientists in Morocco unearth oldest Stone Age hand-axe manufacturing site in North Africa

Scotland Yard officers have arrested a man in his 40s walking with an axe near Buckingham Palace here. The Metropolitan Police said the man was spotted on The Mall, a busy road that leads up to the palace from Trafalgar Square, on Tuesday evening and confronted by the officers on patrol.

Man with axe arrested near Buckingham Palace in London 

On his al mail route, a mailman came across a pleasant, and slightly scary, surprise when he spotted two dogs standing atop a small hill, but armed. Tim Smith, a rural mail carrier with the US Postal Service, took to Facebook to share his experience.

Axe-cessive security: Mailman spots dog carrying axe in its mouth; shares pictures

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