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Startling video has captured a group of teens kicking and punching out the windows of a Tesla as it tried to escape an out-of-control street takeover in Chicago over the weekend.

Footage posted to Twitter showed a group of young men sitting on top of the vehicle and posing as they took photos on their cellphones Friday, prompting the driver to honk and inch forward in an apparent attempt to get the men off his car.

The group then starts banging on the hood of the white sedan, when a man cries out, Oh s-t.

At that point, the men start to put ski masks over their faces.

The footage then cuts to show two other vehicles doing doughnuts around each other on the other side of the road, as nearly 100 teenagers look on.

With the mob distracted, the Tesla driver tried to ram its way through the crowd, apparently hitting one person, who could be seen rolling on the ground as the car passed by. 6 Video posted online showed a group of young men attacking a white Tesla during a street takeover in Chicago Friday night. CITIZEN 6 The Tesla driver desperately tried to get away from the unruly mob.CITIZEN

It is then that the group tries to chase after the vehicle, which sideswipes a parked gray sedan as it tries to pass through.

As the crowd nears the vehicle, they could be heard screaming, Fk this car up and What the fk bro?

They then start kicking at the vehicle, as the driver inside could be seen filming them. 6 It sideswiped another vehicle as it tried to flee.CITIZEN

The footage then zooms in to show the driver, who was wearing a black beanie, and apparently had another person sitting in the passenger seat.

The driver decides at that point to back up, as at least one hooded man starts punching at the window.

He then accelerates forward, sideswiping a gray sedan as he tries to flee the chaotic scene. 6 A 33-year-old male and a 33-year-old female were inside the vehicle as the group attacked.CITIZEN

At that point, the vehicles side-view mirror is hanging off the car by a thread.

Another video of the incident shows the hooded man jumping over another car to punch out the drivers side window.

After the vehicle sideswipes the car, it continues to drive forward while the unruly crowd tries once again to chase after it. 6 The young mob started to chase after the Tesla as it fled.CITIZEN

But a police officer on the scene tells the teenagers, Hey, back it up, back it up.

The camera then pans to show about half a dozen other police officers watching the crime, as the white Tesla is finally able to break free.

In a statement to the Post, a Chicago Police spokeswoman said a 33-year-old male and a 33-year-old female were “inside a vehicle at the above location when they were approached by several unknown individuals who began to damage the car while the victims remained inside” at around midnight on Friday. 6 A police officer on the scene told the crowd to “back it up” as the car tried to get away.CITIZEN

“The male victim, who was the driver, attempted to flee with the vehicle, subsequently striking a sedan in the 200 block of N. Lower Columbus Drive.”

The area is a hot spot for car demonstrations, in which people drive at fast speeds and are known to make excessive noise, according to the Daily Mail.

No injuries were reported, and no arrests have been made, as police continue to investigate the incident.

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Fireball at Southend Airport after small plane crashes

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Fireball at Southend Airport after small plane crashes

A small plane has crashed at Southend Airport in Essex.

Essex Police said it was at the scene of a “serious incident”.

Images posted online showed huge flames and a large cloud of black smoke, with one witness saying they saw a “fireball”.

A police statement said: “We were alerted shortly before 4pm to reports of a collision involving one 12-metre plane.

“We are working with all emergency services at the scene now and that work will be ongoing for several hours.

“We would please ask the public to avoid this area where possible while this work continues.”

Fireball after plane crash at Southend Airport. Pic: Ben G
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A huge fireball near the airport. Pic: Ben G

It has been reported that the plane involved in the incident is a Beech B200 Super King Air.

According to flight-tracking service Flightradar, it took off at 3.48pm and was bound for Lelystad, a city in the Netherlands.

One man, who was at Southend Airport with his family around the time of the incident, said the aircraft “crashed headfirst into the ground”.

John Johnson said: “About three or four seconds after taking off, it started to bank heavily to its left, and then within a few seconds of that happening, it more or less inverted and crashed.

“There was a big fireball. Obviously, everybody was in shock in terms of witnessing it. All the kids saw it and the families saw it.”

Mr Johnson added that he phoned 999 to report the crash.

Southend Airport said the incident involved “a general aviation aircraft”.

Four flights scheduled to take off from Southend this afternoon were cancelled, according to its website.

Flightradar data shows two planes that had been due to land at Southend were diverted to nearby airports London Gatwick and London Stansted.

Smoke rising near Southend airport. Pic: UKNIP
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Plumes of black smoke. Pic: UKNIP

Essex County Fire and Rescue Service said four crews, along with off-road vehicles, have attended the scene.

Four ambulances and four hazardous area response team vehicles are also at the airport, as well as an air ambulance, the East of England Ambulance Service said.

Its statement described the incident as “still developing”.

Fire engines at the scene at Southend Airport
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Fire engines at the airport

David Burton-Sampson, the MP for Southend West and Leigh, posted on social media: “I am aware of an incident at Southend Airport. Please keep away and allow the emergency services to do their work.

“My thoughts are with everyone involved.”

Local councillor Matt Dent said on X: “At present all I know is that a small plane has crashed at the airport. My thoughts are with all those involved, and with the emergency services currently responding to the incident.”

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Meredith Kercher’s killer faces new trial over sexual assault allegations

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The man convicted of the murder of British student Meredith Kercher has been charged with sexual assault against an ex-girlfriend.

Rudy Guede, 38, was the only person who was definitively convicted of the murder of 21-year-old Ms Kercher in Perugia, Italy, back in 2007.

He will be standing trial again in November after an ex-girlfriend filed a police report in the summer of 2023 accusing Guede of mistreatment, personal injury and sexual violence.

Guede, from the Ivory Coast, was released from prison for the murder of Leeds University student Ms Kercher in 2021, after having served about 13 years of a 16-year sentence.

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Since last year – when this investigation was still ongoing – Guede has been under a “special surveillance” regime, Sky News understands, meaning he was banned from having any contact with the woman behind the sexual assault allegations, including via social media, and had to inform police any time he left his city of residence, Viterbo, as ruled by a Rome court.

Guede has been serving a restraining order and fitted with an electronic ankle tag.

The Kercher murder case, in the university city of Perugia, was the subject of international attention.

Ms Kercher, a 21-year-old British exchange student, was found murdered in the flat she shared with her American roommate, Amanda Knox.

The Briton’s throat had been cut and she had been stabbed 47 times.

(L-R) Raffaele Sollecito, Meredith Kercher and Amanda Knox. Pic: AP
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(L-R) Raffaele Sollecito, Meredith Kercher and Amanda Knox. File pic: AP

Ms Knox and her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, were placed under suspicion.

Both were initially convicted of murder, but Italy’s highest court overturned their convictions, acquitting them in 2015.

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RWAs build mirrors where they need building blocks

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RWAs build mirrors where they need building blocks

Most RWAs remain isolated and underutilized instead of composable, DeFi-ready building blocks. It’s time to change that.

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