The couple had four children and eight grandchildren
A team of more than 60 detectives is working to track down the killer of a married couple found dead in their Birmingham home by their policeman son.
The bodies of Avtar Singh-Kolar, 62, and his wife Carole, 58, were found at their house in Friary Road, Handsworth Wood, on Wednesday morning.
It is believed that the couple, who had four children and eight grandchildren, had been assaulted.
Police have said they are working "around the clock" to catch the killer.
The couple's son, a serving officer with the West Midlands force, went to his parents' house after being unable to contact them on the phone.
Police have said they are keeping an open mind about the motive for the killings and about what kind of weapon was used.
The Singh-Kolars lived in Handsworth Wood for most of their lives
Det Supt Richard Baker said they were investigating the possibility that it might have been a revenge attack linked to the couple's son's police work, but said there was currently no information to suggest that was the case.
He said: "I can assure the local communities and the family that we will catch the people who have done this horrendous crime.
"Our thoughts are with the family of this couple and the community in which they lived."
Mr Baker described the Singh-Kolars as a "close-knit, loving family" and said the couple had been married for 40 years and had lived in the Handsworth Wood area for most of their lives.
Police are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
Seven officers resigned following complaints about Facebook posts between 2008 and 2010
One police officer was sacked and more than 150 faced disciplinary action over their behaviour on Facebook in a three-year period, figures have shown.
Some used the social networking site to harass ex-partners and ex-colleagues or make comments about officers' wives.
Others suggested they had beaten up members of the public during protests.
The figures, from 41 of the 43 forces in England and Wales, were obtained by the Press Association under the Freedom of Information Act.
Racist comment
Officers were also said to have revealed operations, tried to befriend crime victims or posted inappropriate material.
One officer serving with the Hampshire force was dismissed without notice in 2009 for posting a racist comment on Facebook, the force said. No further details were made available.
The figures cover between 2008 and 2010, but a second officer was sacked earlier this year for referring to another officer as a "grass" and a "liar" on Facebook and harassing a female colleague. No further details on 2011's complaints are available.
As well as those sacked or disciplined, seven officers resigned following complaints. They were two special constables from the Dorset force, and one officer from each of Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Essex, North Wales and South Yorkshire.
Between 2008 and 2010, a total of 187 complaints were made against officers over their use of Facebook, with nine officers given final written warnings, 47 given written warnings, one given a formal warning and another fined.
Additionally, 88 were subject to management action, received guidance or words of advice, while 32 complaints were either withdrawn, found to be unsubstantiated or led to no further action.
One disciplinary outcome in Leicestershire, following comments made on Facebook, was withheld by the force.
Roger Baker, who led a review into police corruption for Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC), said: "Social networking is seen as a risk by all forces and authorities, but there are limited or inconsistent policies around what is acceptable, what you should do, what you shouldn't do.
"We found a significant blurring between people's professional lives on social networking sites and their private lives which may be in the public domain and private lives which probably should remain extremely private."
Chief Constable Mike Cunningham, of the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), said while officers have a right to privacy, they should be "aware of the risk they are subject to when they identify themselves as being a member of the service".
WASHINGTON (AP) — CIA officers are asking people to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the first American killed in the Afghan war by donating to help the children of their fellow fallen.
Since the death in 2001 of CIA officer Mike Spann, a total of 23 stars have been added to the wall at the CIA's Langley, Va., headquarters that honors CIA operatives lost. Many were killed in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The clandestine world rarely breaks its silence, especially when it comes to family, but the CIA Officers Memorial Foundation notes about 56 children of those killed in the line of duty will need educational support over the next 17 years.
Spann was part of a small group of CIA paramilitary officers who went into Afghanistan just 16 days after the al-Qaida attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Less than two months later, the CIA along with U.S. Special Forces Green Berets and a massive aerial bombing campaign helped Afghan militias drive out the ruling Taliban.
Spann was killed when hundreds of Taliban and al-Qaida prisoners, guarded by just a handful of Afghans, tried to escape from a fortress jail in Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan.
Spann is survived by his wife, Shannon, a retired CIA officer, and three children.
The suspect grabbed a knife from a butcher's shop and attacked officers, eyewitnesses say
Four police officers have been stabbed after being called to a disturbance in north-west London.
Witnesses said a man had been chased by police in and out of shops before he fled into a butchers, grabbed a knife and attacked the officers.
Two of the PCs were seriously hurt and one suffered a broken hand during Saturday's incident in Kingsbury Road.
A 32-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder.
Ch Supt Dalwardin Babu, the borough commander for Harrow, said one of the officers was stabbed in the stomach, a second suffered head injuries and a stab to the arm, the third officer received a stab wound to the leg and the fourth officer, who was slashed, suffered a broken hand.
Knife grabbed
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Bernard Hogan-Howe said he was concerned for the four PCs, all of whom were taken to hospital. He added that two of them were in a serious condition.
Describing the incident, shopkeeper Girish Modha said: "A man was shouting at police in a small alleyway next to a hairdresser's shop which neighbours mine.
"He grabbed a piece of fluorescent tubing and brandished it at police.
"He then ran down Kingsbury Road, going into a cash-and-carry shop. At one point I think he threw a brick and smashed a police car window.
"He then ran round the roundabout and carried on towards the Tube station.
"He went into a butcher's, got a knife and that's when the stabbing took place."
The hairdresser's shop, Mr Modha's sweet shop and a chemist were cordoned off.
The officers are believed to have been attacked at the Kingsbury Halal Butchers, which is located on a busy shopping street opposite Kingsbury Tube station.
Ketan Vyas, the manager of a cash-and-carry store, VB and Sons, said a man aged in his 30s or 40s had burst into the shop chased by police.
Mr Vyas said: "He picked up some cans of beans and threw them at the police and then carried on running out of the store and down the road.
"There were a lot of police after him. He was only in here for a few seconds."
Describing the aftermath of the incident a worker at a Carphone Warehouse shop opposite Kingsbury Halal Butchers said: "I saw about eight police officers on top of a man.
"Ambulances arrived to take away the injured policemen and the man was also taken away."
'Conscious and breathing'
A spokeswoman for London Ambulance Service said they took five patients to hospital after being called to the scene at 08:50 GMT.
She said: "We sent two single responders in cars, four ambulance crews and a duty officer.
"We treated five patients, they were all conscious and breathing, and they were taken to hospital."
Barry Gardiner, MP for Brent North, who came to the area following the incident, said he was "deeply upset" and the mood in the area was "very sombre".
Four of the injured people were officers, but the identity of the fifth person who was taken to hospital is yet unknown.
The incident took place near Kingsbury Circle, where Kingsbury Road and Kenton Road meets.
Kingsbury Circle has been closed in all directions following the incident and five bus routes have been diverted.
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