Archive for August 2024
Sweden charges right-wing activist over Koran burning
Swedish prosecutors have charged a Swedish-Danish right-wing activist with inciting ethnic hatred by desecrating and burning a Koran in 2022. Rasmus Paludan provoked rioting in Sweden in 2022 when he went on a tour of the country and publicly burned copies of the Koran. Prosecutors charged him with “agitation against an ethnic group” over a…
Read More2 arrested for planning terror plot at Taylor Swift show in Vienna: Police
Security measures have been increased for Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna, Austria, this week after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack, authorities said. A 19-year-old Austrian citizen was arrested Wednesday morning and a second suspect was arrested in the afternoon, according to Franz Ruf, director-general for public safety in the Ministry…
Read MoreLeader of Colombian criminal organization apprehended in College Park
https://www.baltimoresun.com/2024/08/05/colombian-apprehended-college-park-ice/?clearUserState=true A leader of a Colombian criminal organization who is wanted for homicide, arms trafficking and aggravated theft charges in that South American nation has been apprehended by officers from Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The 29-year-old from Colombia was apprehended July 31 at his College Park residence…
Read MoreAlabama AG office bombing suspect changes plea to guilty
The Irondale man accused of detonating a bomb outside the Alabama Attorney General’s office has changed his plea to guilty. No one was hurt in the explosion and little damage was done to the building. The suspected bomber, Kyle Calvert, originally pleaded not guilty to the charges back in February, but new court filings confirm…
Read MoreParis probes threats to Israeli Olympic athletes amid tensions over Gaza war
Israel’s Olympic team said some athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza and the threat of a wider regional conflict in the Middle East. Yael Arad, president of the Israeli National Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that team members…
Read MoreTop U.K. prosecutor considers terrorism charges over ongoing riots and disorder
Amid ongoing far-right riots and demonstrations fueled by misinformation online, England and Wales’ Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson said his teams would consider seeking extradition for social media influencers who are accused of stoking the violence from abroad and charging some suspects with terrorism offences, CBS News partner network BBC News reported. Offenders “must…
Read MorePakistani National with Ties to Iran Charged in Connection with Foiled Plot to Assassinate a Politician or U.S. Government Official
Earlier today, a complaint was unsealed in Brooklyn charging Asif Merchant, also known as Asif Raza Merchant, 46, with murder-for-hire as part of an alleged scheme to assassinate a politician or U.S. government official on U.S. soil. Law enforcement foiled the charged plot before any attack could be carried out. Merchant is in federal custody.…
Read MoreIsrael-Hamas War Latest: Hamas Chooses Oct. 7 Mastermind Yahya Sinwar As Their New Leader
The Palestinian militant group Hamas chose Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader. The group’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed July 31 in Iran by a presumed Israeli strike. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken responded to the decision by saying Sinwar…
Read MoreFayetteville Crip Gangster Sentenced to Prison for Illegal Firearm Possession
https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/fayetteville-crip-gangster-sentenced-prison-illegal-firearm-possession RALEIGH, N.C. – A Fayetteville Crip gang member was sentenced to 77 months in prison for possession of a firearm by a felon after being found with several guns. On November 29, 2023, Demarco McLucas, age 22, pled guilty to the charge. According to court documents and other information presented in court, on February…
Read MoreTwo men charged over alleged Russia-linked arson plot
Two more men have been charged in relation to an alleged arson attack against a Ukraine-linked business in London, taking the total number of suspects to seven. It comes after two British men were charged in April with helping a foreign intelligence service in relation to a large fire which broke out at an industrial…
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