Archive for August 2024
Three dead, one wounded in shooting in school in western Bosnia, local media report
Three employees of a high school in the western Bosnian town of Sanski Most were killed and one seriously wounded when a man also employed in the school opened fire on Wednesday, local media reported citing the regional police. Read more: Reuters
Read MorePakistan forces say they killed 3 insurgents involved in local administrator’s death
Pakistani security forces shot and killed three insurgents who were involved in the recent killing of a senior government administrator in the country’s restive southwest, the military said Tuesday. It said security forces conducted a raid in Mastung, a district in Baluchistan province where members of an outlawed separatist group ambushed a vehicle carrying regional…
Read MoreERO Baltimore arrests Colombian gang leader wanted for homicide, arms trafficking, aggravated theft
https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ero-baltimore-arrests-colombian-gang-leader-wanted-homicide-arms-trafficking BALTIMORE — Enforcement and Removal Operations Baltimore apprehended a unlawfully present Colombian fugitive and leader of a violent criminal organization who is wanted by authorities in his home country for homicide, arms trafficking and aggravated theft charges. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested the 29-year-old Colombian fugitive July 31 at his…
Read MoreMisogyny to be treated as extremism by UK government
Extreme misogyny will be treated as a form of extremism under new government plans, the Home Office has said. Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has ordered a review of the UK’s counter-extremism strategy to determine how best to tackle threats posed by harmful ideologies.The analysis will look at hatred of women as one of the…
Read MoreTreasury Adds Further Sanctions Targeting Houthi and Hizballah Trade Networks
Today, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned several companies, individuals, and vessels for their involvement in the shipment of Iranian commodities, including oil and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), to Yemen and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on behalf of the network of Iran-based, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF)-backed…
Read MoreSuicide bomber kills 16 soldiers in southern Yemen, official says
A suicide bomber has killed 16 Yemeni pro-government soldiers and wounded 18 others in a military post in the southern province of Abyan, local authorities have said. The attacker “drove a booby-trapped car into a site for the security forces” in the Mudiyah district on Friday, said Mohamed al-Naqib, a spokesperson for the Southern Transitional…
Read MoreIrish police investigate whether stabbing of army chaplain terror-related
Irish police suspect a possible terror motive in a stabbing attack outside an army barracks in Galway that inflicted serious injuries on a military chaplain. Police have detained a 16-year-old boy who was reportedly radicalised online and had a grievance about Irish peacekeepers in the Middle East. The attack happened at approximately 10.45pm on Thursday…
Read MoreHamas, Islamic Jihad claim responsibility for bomb blast in Tel Aviv
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 Sunday,…
Read More18th Street gang member sentenced to life in prison for 2021 murder in Baltimore County
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…
Read MorePolice: One person dead, seven others injured after Baltimore City mass shooting
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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