Archive for June 2024
Man arrested in connection with firebombing of UC Berkeley police car during campus protests
A man was arrested Monday in connection with the firebombing of a UC Berkeley Police Department vehicle and three other arson attacks at the height of pro-Palestinian protests on the Berkeley campus, authorities announced. Casey Robert Goonan, 34, was booked into Alameda County jail on suspicion of arson and possession and use of destructive devices,…
Read MoreRegents set to OK policy against ‘terrorist’ support; approve U of A budget
The Arizona Board of Regents, the governing body for the state’s three public universities, is expected to hold a vote on a new policy Thursday barring student groups from supporting “foreign terrorist organizations.” It is also expected to approve the 2025 budget for the deficit-ridden University of Arizona at its Thursday meeting. All three state…
Read More5 family members of Malaysian man who attacked police station face terrorism charges
The father of a Malaysian man who attacked a police station and killed two police officers last month was charged Wednesday with inciting terrorism in his family. His Singaporean wife and three other children were also brought to court to face charges. Radin Imran Radin Mohd Yassin, 62, faces four charges including promoting terrorist acts…
Read MoreMajor takedown of critical online infrastructure to disrupt terrorist communications and propaganda
Judicial and law enforcement authorities across Europe and in the United States have dismantled critical online infrastructure in a large-scale operation to disrupt platforms and websites for terrorist communications and propaganda. In a concerted major action this week, servers were taken down in Germany, the Netherlands, United States and Iceland, with the Spanish authorities arresting…
Read MoreU.S. designates Iran-aligned Ansar Allah al-Awfiya as terrorist organization
The United States has designated Iraq-based Harakat Ansar Allah al-Awfiya as a terrorist organization as the Biden administration cracks down Iran proxy militias amid Israel’s war in Gaza. The U.S. State Department sanctioned the Iran-backed group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization along with its 46-year-old secretary general, Muzhir Ma’lak al-Sa’idi. “The United States…
Read MoreA Third Trial Of Suspects In An Alleged Far-Right Coup Plot Opens In Germany
Eight people accused of involvement in a suspected far-right plot to topple the German government went on trial in Munich on Tuesday, in the last of three trials in the sprawling case. The eight Germans, six men and two women, are charged with “preparation of high treasonous undertaking.” They also face charges of membership in…
Read More‘Lone wolf terrorist’ stopped from detonating bomb outside hospital by patient who talked him down, trial hears
An alleged “self-radicalised, lone wolf terrorist” was planning to “kill as many nurses as possible” at a hospital in Leeds but a patient managed to “talk him down”, a court heard. Mohammad Farooq, 28, was arrested with a pressure cooker bomb outside the Gledhow Wing of St James’s Hospital in Leeds, in the early hours…
Read MoreArrest made in UC Berkeley police vehicle firebombing, three other arson attacks
Authorities on Monday arrested a 34-year-old Oakland man in connection with the firebombing of a UC Berkeley Police Department vehicle and three other arson attacks at the school. Casey Robert Goonan was booked into Alameda County jail on charges including arson and possession and use of destructive devices, Cal Fire said in a news release.…
Read MoreWest Boca Raton man threatened mass shooting at synagogue, arrest report says
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said a west Boca Raton man made antisemitic threats on social media to carry out a mass shooting at a synagogue. Paul Morris, 26, was booked into the Palm Beach County Jail at approximately 11:30 p.m. Friday on a charge of making written threats to commit a mass shooting…
Read MoreLosses mount in Lebanon for Islamic Jihad’s Syrian branch
On Jun. 15, Islamic Jihad’s branch in Syria, The Martyr Ali al-Aswad Brigade, published a statement mourning the death of a fighter killed in southern Lebanon. “One of the heroes of The Martyr Ali Al-Aswad Brigade – Syrian Square. He [Muhammed Jalbout] ascended on the borders of occupied Palestine in southern Lebanon as part of…
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