Archive for July 24, 2024
Man arrested after British soldier was stabbed in attack near barracks
A masked attacker on a moped stabbed and seriously injured a British soldier in daylight near a barracks in southeast England, witnesses and police said Wednesday. Police said a 24-year-old man was arrested soon after on suspicion of attempted murder. There was no immediate word on a motive. The local Kent Police force, rather than…
Read MoreSpanish man sentenced to 18 years for letter bombs over Ukraine war
A Spanish court has sentenced a man to 18 years in prison over letter bombs sent to Spain’s prime minister and the US and Ukrainian embassies in 2022. Pompeyo González Pascual, 76, who opposed western support for Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, was found guilty of terrorism and manufacturing explosives by Spain’s top criminal court, the…
Read MoreNevada Man Arrested and Indicted for Threatening to Murder Federal Officials and State Employees
A grand jury returned a 22-count indictment charging Spencer Christjencody Gear, 32, of Las Vegas, Nevada, with threatening to assault and murder federal officials, including federal judges, and state employees in Washington, D.C., New York, New Jersey and Montana. “The citizens we rely on to serve the public must be able to do their jobs…
Read MoreGermany Carries Out Raids And Bans A Group Accused Of Links To Iran And Support For Hezbollah
The German government on Wednesday banned an organization accused of being an “outpost” of Iran’s theocracy, promoting the ideology of its leadership and supporting Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group. Police raided 53 properties around the country, including a prominent mosque in Hamburg. The ban on the Islamic Center Hamburg, or IZH, and five suborganizations around Germany…
Read MoreFrench police arrest Russian suspected of plotting Paris Olympics ‘destabilisation’
French police on Tuesday arrested a Russian man suspected of plotting acts of “destabilisation” during the Paris Olympics, prosecutors said. The man, born in 1984, was held in custody and placed under judicial investigation on suspicion of “organising events likely to lead to destabilisation during the Olympic Games”, a source in the state prosecution service,…
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