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He struck the outside of the post in the opening stages and was later foiled one-on-one by Leno when should have doubled the lead.

Dozens of times, local police have found half-drilled holes and abandoned equipment, suggesting his holdup attempts were foiled.

A misconduct hearing for a Metropolitan Police firearms officer who fatally shot a man during a foiled prison break in 2015 has been discontinued.

New South Wales police last week said they had foiled an attempted murder by a so-called "kill team" and arrested three men involved.

Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders on Friday suspended campaigning for elections later this month, after learning that he had also been targeted in a foiled attack aimed at Belgium's Prime Minister Bert De Wever.