Archive for October 2024
Russia suspected of planting device on plane that caused UK warehouse fire
Counter-terrorism police are investigating whether Russian spies planted an incendiary device on a plane to Britain which later caught fire at a DHL warehouse in Birmingham, the Guardian can reveal. Nobody was reported injured in the fire on 22 July at a warehouse in the suburb of Minworth that handles parcels for delivery, and the…
Read MoreOhio Man Who Concealed Croatian War Crime Charge Sentenced to Prison for Immigration Fraud
An Ohio man was sentenced yesterday to three years in prison for possessing a green card he illegally obtained by concealing that he had been charged with a war crime in Croatia prior to immigrating to the United States. According to court documents, Jugoslav Vidic, 56, of Parma Heights, in applying to become a lawful…
Read MoreA Howard County man talked about joining ISIS. Those chats landed him in jail on a terrorism charge.
Michael Teekaye first got on the FBI’s radar as a teenager in December 2019, when agents say he expressed an interest in extremist Islamic ideology on social media. Teekaye said in his first interview with the FBI he didn’t want to join the Islamic State anymore, that his desire had waned after feeling used by…
Read MoreUS B-2 bombers strike Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen
The US carried out a round of strikes in Yemen against the Iran-backed Houthis on Wednesday evening, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, targeting five underground weapons storage facilities using B-2 stealth bombers. The facilities housed advanced conventional weapons used to target military and civilian vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden,…
Read MoreFrench cement maker Lafarge to face trial on terrorism funding charges
Cement maker Holcim’s Lafarge will face trial in a French court on charges that its Syrian subsidiary financed terrorism and breached European sanctions in order to keep a plant operating, France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor and a lead plaintiff said. Lafarge, which became part of Swiss-listed Holcim in 2015, has been the subject of an investigation into…
Read MoreJudge rejects bid to dismiss terrorism charge against Las Vegas teen
A judge on Wednesday rejected the attempt by an attorney for a teen facing terrorism and incendiary device charges to have one of his client’s charges dismissed based in part on an argument that the First Amendment protects prayers for terrorism. Prosecutors have said Joshua Robles, 17, had ISIS execution videos on his phone, plotted…
Read MoreDes Moines man arrested after explosion damages vehicle in ‘targeted attack’
A Des Moines man has been arrested after allegedly using an improvised explosive device to damage a vehicle on the city’s south side. Des Moines Police Department patrol officers were called to a reported vehicle fire in the 1200 block of Hartford Avenue just before 6 a.m. Tuesday. Investigators found evidence of explosive damage to…
Read MoreSpain arrests 4 accused of shipping possible precursors for chemical weapons to Russia, breaching sanctions
Spanish authorities on Tuesday said they had arrested four people suspected of orchestrating a sanctions-busting commercial network after intercepting more than 14 tons of chemical products bound for Russia. “During the investigation, it was proven that internationally sanctioned chemicals, some of them possible precursors for chemical weapons or nerve agents, had been exported in the…
Read MoreHoax bomb threats spark panic for Indian airlines
At least 10 Indian flights have received hoax bomb threats over the past 48 hours, leading to long delays and diversions. On Tuesday, Singapore’s Air Force sent two fighter jets to escort an Air India Express plane away from populated areas following a bomb threat. Hours before that, an Air India plane from Delhi to…
Read MoreMan jailed for terrorism offences after joint HMRC and Met Police investigation
An east London man who sent night vision and thermal imaging rifle scopes to support terrorist activity by the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2017 and 2018 has been jailed. Muhammad Choudhary, 41 (15.06.83) previously pleaded guilty to terrorism funding and fundraising offences following a joint investigation by His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and the…
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