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Horror moment ‘possessed’ Afghan refugee tasered after stabbing dog walker | UK | News

Horror moment ‘possessed’ Afghan refugee tasered after stabbing dog walker | UK | News

Footage has been released showing the moment an Uber driver and Afghan refugee was tasered and detained after a dog walker was killed in an alleged “vicious and ferocious” knife attack. Dawood Safi, 28, allegedly attacked 49-year-old Wayne Broadhurst during what was reported to be a “random stabbing rampage” in Midhurst Gardens, Uxbridge, on October 27 last year. Mr Broadhurst sustained 14 stab wounds across his head, neck, chest and back, with a witness describing the violence as a “butchering”. Safi was reportedly experiencing psychosis at the time, while another witness recalled that he appeared “like he was possessed” during the attack. He subsequently admitted manslaughter in connection with Mr Broadhurst’s death and was later convicted of attempting to murder his landlord. Newly released police bodycam video shows officers pulling up at the scene before getting out of their vehicle and moving towards Safi, who remains armed with the knife. Police repeatedly order him to “drop the knife” and “get on the floor”, but he fails to comply and instead retreats away from the approaching …

How Greg Evigan became “possessed” by The Beatles

How Greg Evigan became “possessed” by The Beatles

Actor and musician Greg Evigan joined host Kenneth Womack to talk about becoming “possessed” by the Beatles, his new album and much more on “Everything Fab Four,” a podcast co-produced by me and Womack — a music scholar who also writes about pop music for Salon — and distributed by Salon. Evigan, best known for his roles on the classic TV series “B.J. and the Bear” and “My Two Dads,” (which co-starred previous “Everything Fab Four” guest Paul Reiser), has also long been a singer and composer. As he told Womack, “With every show I ever did I was always thinking, how can I incorporate my music into it?” Evigan began piano lessons at the age of eight due to his “very inspirational” mother who was an “incredible pianist,” so he already had music in his blood by the time he was 10 years old when The Beatles first appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” As he said of watching them perform, “My sister and me – I don’t know what happened to us. We …