A Kenyan security guard, Malcolm Bidali, regularly wrote about the difficulty of migrant workers in Qatar has disappeared. Human rights groups believed he had been detained by Qatari security services since Mr Bidali condemned overcrowded dormitories, confiscated passports, and the lack of privacy. Not long before his disappearance, Mr Bidali spoke out about his unsuccessful attempts to seek better treatment to a group of civil society organisations and trade unions. It turns out, Malcolm Bidali was detained by

A 25-year-old man bit a security guard and returned the following day to assault the same guard in Milton Keynes. Subsequently, he was arrested, charged, and sent to prison for just over six months. The case intensified, as it happened during the COVID pandemic. The prosecution said: “Biting and breaking the skin in a Covid situation is a serious aggravating factor” and pointed out that the man returned the followed day to commit another assault on the

A young boy in tears after realising he lost £10 of his dad’s shopping money. Then an Asda security officer steps in to save the day. He gave a distressed boy £10 out of his pocket. A shopper witnessed the security guard giving the boy the money to make him feel better. Then praised him on Facebook for the kind act. The kind security guard, Frank Reece, 54, explains: “The boy, who was about 13 or 14, came up to

A man tried to stab a security guard at an Islamic centre in Fairfax County, Virginia. People gathered and the man pointed the knife at several of them and lunged at others. He was saying some islamophobic things and claiming “this is my country”. The suspect left the scene but a video was taken by a staff member that allowed police to post on social media and track down the suspect and make an arrest. Now, mosques

In Selfridges, central London security guards followed a group making their way through the store when a brawl broke out. A Twitter post shows a man wielding a knife in front of shocked shoppers before two men started fighting. Six more were involved. During the incident, a man got stabbed in the leg. The police have made eight arrests and said the injured man is not in serious condition. Isn’t it worrying what private security services