18th Street gang member sentenced to life in prison for 2021 murder in Baltimore County

August 19, 2024

https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/08/14/18th-street-gang-member-sentence-baltimore-county/ A Baltimore County gang member will spend life in prison for a 2021 murder. A jury convicted Hector Marroquin-Galdamez, 41, of first-degree murder in May over the killing of 30-year-old Orlando Carranza-Portillo. Marroquin-Galdamez was arrested and indicted in August 2021, according to court records. In a Baltimore bar in May 2021, Carranza-Portillo “created the…

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Police: One person dead, seven others injured after Baltimore City mass shooting

August 19, 2024

A 36-year-old man died and seven others were injured Sunday night after a mass shooting in Baltimore City, according to police. The shooting happened just after 8 p.m. in the 1300 block of Spring Street. Officers found multiple firearms at the scene, according to Baltimore police Commissioner Richard Worley.Advertisement The victims were taken to numerous…

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Police in Argentina arrest seven members of ‘radical Islamic terrorist group’

August 19, 2024

Police in Argentina say they have arrested seven people who they believe formed part of an organisation planning terrorist attacks in the western province of Mendoza. Argentina’s Federal Police (PFA) said in a statement issued Friday night that the alleged terror group had sent “anti-Christian” and “anti-Jewish” expressions via chat messaging programmes. “Based on anti-Christian…

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Hamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv

August 19, 2024

The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility on Monday for a bomb blast near a synagogue in Tel Aviv that Israeli police and the Shin Bet intelligence agency described as a terrorist attack. A man who was carrying the bomb was killed and a passerby was injured in the incident late on…

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