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Dominican police say bodies of 4 decapitated women found near border with Haiti

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Authorities in the Dominican Republic said Monday the bodies of at least four decapitated women have been found along the border it shares with Haiti, marking an unusual discovery.

Police spokesman Diego Pesqueira said the victims are Haitian and were found along the southern part of the border. He added that Dominican authorities are only investigating one of the four deaths because only one body was found on the Dominican side.

Pesqueira said investigators believe the women were killed and then thrown into a river that swept the bodies away and deposited them where they were later found.

He said Dominican authorities detained one man who denied involvement and later turned him over to Haitian National Police.

It wasn’t immediately clear if the man was charged.

A Haitian police spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

While gang violence keeps surging across Haiti and remains common, it is rare to find the bodies of decapitated women.

Beijing bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers from entering China because they visited Taiwan

By WTOP Staff
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beijing banned four New Zealand lawmakers from traveling to China for a year and demanded they apologize because they visited Taiwan on a parliamentary trip, according to a message from the Chinese embassy conveyed via parliamentary officials and shown to The Associated Press on Thursday. China has hit lawmakers from other countries with sanctions related to contact with Taiwan before, but it's the first time for New Zealand parliamentarians, the government in Wellington said. Beijing has been increasing pressure in recent years on the democratically governed island that it claims as its own territory. Two lawmakers reached by the AP on Thursday rejected the demand for an apology, while the other two could not be immediately reached. New Zealand's government said it would express concern about the travel bans to Beijing. The elected officials visited Taipei in May, as New Zealand parliamentarians have done “for decades,” a spokesperson for Foreign Minister Winston Peters said in a statement.
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