Archive for February 2024
Christchurch gunman discussed attacks online a year before carrying them out
In March and August 2018, up to a year before he attacked two Christchurch mosques, Brenton Tarrant posted publicly online that he planned to do so. Until now, these statements have not been identified. In fact, for four years before his attack, Tarrant had been posting anonymously but publicly on the online message board 4chan…
Read MoreFirst federal gender-based hate crime trial starts over trans woman’s killing
The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity is set to begin Tuesday in South Carolina, where a man faces charges that he killed a Black transgender woman and then fled to New York. The U.S. Department of Justice alleges that in August 2019, Daqua Lameek Ritter coaxed the woman —…
Read MoreGreek militant group claims an attempted parcel bomb attack last week against judge
An anarchist group on Monday claimed responsibility for last week’s attempted bomb attack against a senior judge in Greece, raising fears of a resurgence of violence by radical militants. Explosives experts defused the parcel bomb that was placed at a courthouse in the northern city of Thessaloniki and addressed to the judge. In an online…
Read MoreSpanish Police Suspect Bullet-Riddled Body May Be Russian Who Defected With Army Helicopter
Police said Tuesday they suspect the bullet-riddled body of a man found in Spain is that of a Russian defector who escaped across the front line and into Ukraine last year with an army helicopter. The body was found Feb. 13 in La Cala, near the eastern port city of Alicante, according to Civil Guard…
Read MoreWidow, ex-prime minister, former police chief indicted in 2021 assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse
A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued a final report on Monday that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti’s National Police, Léon Charles, among others. The indictments are expected to further destabilize Haiti as it struggles with a surge in gang…
Read MoreU.S. Citizen Charged with Providing Material Support to Isis And Receiving Military-Type Training at Isis Fighter Camp
Harafa Hussein Abdi Joined ISIS fighters in Somalia in 2015 and Threatened to Attack New York City in the Name of ISIS A complaint was unsealed today charging Harafa Hussein Abdi, 41, of Minneapolis, with providing and conspiring to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham…
Read More2nd youth charged in connection with anti-Jewish terror plot
A young person has been charged as the alleged “co-conspirator” of a 15-year-old Ottawa boy already accused of plotting a terrorist attack against Jewish people, according to the RCMP. In a release Friday, the RCMP said both youths are now facing charges of unlawfully conspiring and agreeing to commit murder — either for the benefit…
Read MoreAlbany man suspected of planting explosive devices on city streets
A 16-month investigation led Albany police to a suspect in a series of roadway explosions. Ezekiel Joseph Brown, 46, is accused of making and using improvised explosive devices, allegedly planting five IEDs on city streets between summer 2021 and winter 2022 in Albany. The devices were reportedly crafted out of and concealed by everyday items,…
Read MoreLouisiana governor declares state of emergency due to police shortage
Louisiana GOP Gov. Jeff Landry has declared a state of emergency due to a police officer shortage. Landry’s executive order issued Thursday lifts limits on how many new employees Louisiana sheriffs can hire and on payroll increases for their departments. Landry, who previously had a career in law enforcement, said that police departments in the…
Read MoreGaza Health Ministry Says Over 29,000 Palestinians Have Been Killed In Israel-Hamas War
More than 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, the territory’s Health Ministry said Monday, marking another grim milestone in the deadliest round of violence in the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the offensive until “total victory”…
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