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A wave of violent incidents, including sexual assaults and school stabbings, was reported across multiple countries on Friday.
In Cyprus, a man already facing child sexual abuse charges allegedly committed repeated domestic violence offenses against his partner while out on bail. The Court of Appeal overturned a Nicosia district court decision that had released him under restrictive conditions, ruling unanimously in favor of an appeal brought by prosecutors .
In the U.K., Fazli Qadeer, 25, was jailed for 12 years after raping a bedbound woman in her 70s in Bristol .
In Norway, a teacher described a stabbing at their school, where a 17-year-old was arrested five minutes after the attack. The suspect had prior convictions, including for carrying a knife and machete on school grounds, and was found with a weapon again while serving a youth sentence .
In France, a court overturned a controversial acquittal, sentencing a Catania professor to four years in prison for sexual assault against female students. The initial ruling had stated that placing hands on students’ breasts was not a crime, but an investigation by *Repubblica* and testimony from seven students led to the conviction .
In Strasbourg, a primary school student was moved to another class after performing sexual acts on classmates, including a 7-year-old girl .
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