Archive for April 2024
UK Teenager in court over terrorism offences – BBC
An 18-year-old man from West Sussex has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences. Cameron Finnigan from Horsham was arrested at his home address on 26 March, Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said. He has been charged with one count of preparation of terrorist acts, one count of possessing information likely to be useful…
Read MoreFinnish school shooting motivated by bullying – police
A 12-year-old suspected of shooting dead a boy at his school and seriously wounding two girls was motivated by bullying, Finnish police say. The boy was detained some distance from his school in Vantaa on Tuesday morning an hour after he opened fire on other children. His three victims were also aged 12. The two…
Read MoreMyanmar’s military-ruled capital targeted in drone attack, junta says
The military’s ouster of Aung San Suu Kyi’s government in 2021 sparked renewed fighting with ethnic minority armed groups, as well as with pro-democracy “People’s Defence Forces” (PDFs) in areas previously untouched by decades of conflict in Myanmar. Four drones approaching Naypyidaw airport and three drones approaching Zayarthiri township in the capital “were successfully shot…
Read MoreTwenty-seven die in militant attacks on Iran security forces
Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed at least 11 Iranian security force members and suffered 16 fatalities in attacks on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards headquarters in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, state media said on Thursday. The overnight clashes between the Jaish al-Adl group and security forces took place in the towns of Chabahar and Rask, state…
Read MoreNew York man charged with sending threats to state attorney general and judge in Trump civil suit
A New York man has been charged with sending death threats to the state attorney general and the Manhattan judge who presided over former President Donald Trump’s civil fraud case. Tyler Vogel, 26, of Lancaster, sent text messages late last month threatening New York Attorney General Letitia James and Judge Arthur Engoron with “death and…
Read MoreProsecutors detail threats made by James Crumbley, ask for 10-15 years for both parents
In jail calls spanning at least seven months, James Crumbley repeatedly threatened Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald, calling her expletives and saying he was “on a rampage” and the attorney was “going down,” according to details released Wednesday in the prosecutor’s sentencing memorandum. Crumbley, the father of the Oxford High School shooter, refers to McDonald…
Read MoreIbaraki man arrested over death threats sent to Nintendo
The Kyoto Prefectural Police arrested a municipal government employee of Hitachi, Ibaraki Prefecture, on Wednesday on suspicion of impeding Nintendo’s business operations by sending death threats. Kenshin Kazama, 27, has confessed to the offense, saying, “There is no doubt about it,” the police said. According to the police, between Aug. 22 and Nov. 29 last…
Read MoreEx-military member charged with crashing into FBI office had online links to QAnon, report says
The ex-military member who federal authorities say drove his SUV into a barricade at the FBI office in Atlanta on Monday had online ties to QAnon-related content and appeared to be a supporter of former President Donald Trump, according to an open-source investigation by the group Advance Democracy. Ervin Lee Bolling currently faces a count…
Read MoreTehran vows response after strike blamed on Israel destroyed Iran’s Consulate in Syria and killed 12
Iran on Tuesday vowed to respond to an airstrike widely attributed to Israel that destroyed Iran’s Consulate in the Syrian capital of Damascus the previous day and killed 12 people, including two Iranian generals and a member of the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group. Four Syrian citizens were also killed in the strike, a Syrian official…
Read MoreMan charged in Minneapolis hair salon bombing
A man is facing charges for a bombing at a Minneapolis hair salon back in 2022. Federal charges were filed Tuesday against 59-year-old Michael Allen Francisco, 59, for the explosion at Studio 411, a hair salon in the Bryn Mawr neighborhood of Minneapolis. United States Attorney Andrew M. Luger announced that Francisco has been charged…
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