Archive for March 6, 2024
Princeton student’s kidnapping sheds light on terror group’s ties to Iraqi government
Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli Middle East expert and Princeton political science student, loved posting on X, formerly Twitter. Her social media posts praised protesters in Syria for their “immense courage,” called out authoritarianism in Russia, and even lauded anti-corruption protesters in her native Israel. And then, on March 21, 2023, the posts stopped. Tsurkov, 37,…
Read MoreThe ‘Volcano group’ claiming the arson near Tesla’s German plant
A far-left militant group calling itself “Vulkangruppe Tesla Abschalten”, or “Volcano group shutting down Tesla”, has claimed responsibility for the suspected arson attack on a power pylon near Tesla’s car factory outside Berlin on Tuesday. The attack resulted in a production halt that is expected to last several days.In a letter posted on website kontrapolis.info,…
Read MorePolice in Berlin yet to find suspects in decades-old Red Army Faction case
Police said that their search on Sunday for two individuals wanted for their involvement in Germany’s notorious Red Army Faction (RAF) militant group ended unsuccessfully. Berlin police said that about 130 officers had been on the ground looking for Ernst-Volker Staub and Burkhard Garweg, members of the so-called third generation of the militant RAF group.…
Read MorePolice say South Portland teen accused of planning school attack glorified Columbine shooters
Police say a teenager accused of planning a school shooting had weighted body armor, Nazi flags, odes to the Columbine gunmen and access to several firearms when they raided his South Portland home last year. The Cumberland County District Attorney’s Office presented the evidence Friday during the first day of a two-day hearing scheduled to…
Read MoreNew evidence released after man sentenced for plotting mass shooting of women at Ohio college
New videos and photos have been released from the investigation into a self-identified Incel who later pleaded guilty to plotting a mass shooting to “slaughter” women at an Ohio university. Tres Genco, 24, of Hillsboro, was sentenced to 80 months in jail with a five-year supervised release for one count of attempting to commit a…
Read MoreHaiti gang leader warns of civil war unless PM Ariel Henry steps down
Jimmy Cherizier, the Haitian gang leader behind a violent attempt to overthrow Prime Minister Ariel Henry, has warned of civil war and “genocide” unless Henry steps down. Armed criminal gangs, who control large swathes of the country, launched a coordinated assault to remove the prime minister when he was out of the country last week.…
Read MoreAir Force employee allegedly leaked classified info on dating site
Federal authorities are accusing a civilian Air Force employee of allegedly sending classified information about Russia’s war with Ukraine to a romantic interest through a foreign online dating platform, the Justice Department announced Monday. David Franklin Slater, 63, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who went on to work at U.S. Strategic Command at Offutt Air…
Read MoreVietnam lists overseas dissident groups as ‘terrorist organisations’
Vietnam has listed two political groups operating in the United States as “terrorist organisations”, accusing them of orchestrating attacks and promoting a secessionist agenda, its internal security agency said on Wednesday.The groups are the North Carolina-headquartered Montagnard Support Group Inc (MSGI) and Montagnard Stand for Justice (MSFJ), which was established in Thailand, the Ministry of…
Read MoreDefendants in US terrorism and kidnapping case scheduled for sentencing in New Mexico
A U.S. judge is expected to hand down sentences Wednesday for five defendants in a federal terrorism and kidnapping case that stemmed from the search for a toddler who went missing from Georgia in late 2017 that ended months later with a raid on a squalid compound in northern New Mexico. The sentencing hearing comes…
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