Archive for July 2023
Six convicted of murder for 2016 Brussels bombings
A Belgian court convicted six men of murder and two others of terrorism charges on Tuesday after the country’s largest ever trial involving the 2016 Islamist bombings in Brussels that killed 32 people. The six, of 10 facing charges, were found guilty of murder and attempted murder in a terrorist context for their part in…
Read MoreBristol police: D.J. Hernandez allegedly ‘mapped out’ shootings at UConn, Brown University
Dennis “D.J.” Hernandez, the brother of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez who died by suicide while in prison on a murder conviction, was arrested last week after allegedly going to both the University of Connecticut and Brown University earlier this month to “map the schools out” for the presumed purpose of carrying out mass shootings,…
Read MoreAl Jazeera condemns Egypt’s decision to add some of its journalists to a terrorism blacklist
The pan-Arab news network Al Jazeera has condemned a recent decision by Egyptian authorities to brand some of its journalists as terrorists. The media outlet, which is owned by the Gulf state of Qatar, said that “a number” of its Egyptian journalists and presenters had been added to a list of alleged terrorists published in…
Read MoreWest Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attack in first six months of 2023, regional official says
West Africa recorded over 1,800 terrorist attacks in the first six months of the year resulting in nearly 4,600 deaths with dire humanitarian consequences, and a top regional official said Tuesday that’s just “a snippet of the horrendous impact of insecurity.” Omar Touray told the U.N. Security Council that half a million people in the…
Read MorePenn State Abington student indicted for lying about ties to ISIS terrorists
Federal authorities have charged a sophomore at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington campus with lying about his contacts with ISIS sympathizers and assistance he gave to the plotters of an averted terrorist attack in Chicago last year. Kamal Fataliev, 19, of Philadelphia, posted more than 200 bomb, poison, and weapons-making manuals to multiple terrorism-related chat groups…
Read MoreFederal Grand Jury Charges Three in Molotov Cocktail Attack Last Year on Planned Parenthood Clinic
Two California men now named in a four-count federal grand jury indictment were arraigned earlier today on charges alleging they conducted a firebombing attack on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Orange County in March 2022. The two defendants arraigned today are Chance Brannon, 23, of San Juan Capistrano, an active-duty Marine stationed at Camp Pendleton,…
Read MoreRussia talks of retaliation after ‘Ukrainian drone strike’ near Moscow army HQ
Russia spoke of taking harsh retaliatory measures against Ukraine after two drones damaged buildings in Moscow early on Monday, including one close to the Defence Ministry’s headquarters, in what it called a brazen act of terror. Nobody was hurt in the attack, of which a senior Ukrainian official said there would be more, but one…
Read MoreCanadian, 28, charged under U.K. terrorism act after arrest at Heathrow
A Canadian man arrested by British police at Heathrow Airport last week on suspicion of terrorism offences has now been formally charged. “The Crown Prosecution Service has authorized charges in relation to Anjem Choudary and Khaled Hussein under the Terrorism Act,” said Nick Price, chief Crown prosecutor for the CPS counterterrorism division. “The charges relate…
Read More19-year-old identified as stabbing suspect shot to death by police in Montgomery County
A man, accused of stabbing multiple people in Montgomery County in a series of unprovoked attacks, was shot and killed by police Saturday. Now, officials have identified him and the officer who shot him. According to the Montgomery County Department of Police, the stabbings started after the suspect attacked a woman at the Unique thrift…
Read MoreSuicide bomber kills at least 30 soldiers in Somali capital -military sources
A suicide bomber killed at least 30 soldiers and wounded scores more inside a military academy in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Monday, two military sources said, in an attack claimed by the al Shabaab militant group. A military campaign launched by government forces and allied militiamen last year has forced the al Qaeda-linked group from…
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