Archive for November 11, 2024
Justice Department Announces Murder-For-Hire and Related Charges Against IRGC Asset and Two Local Operatives
Farhad Shakeri, 51, of Iran; Carlisle Rivera, also known as Pop, 49, of Brooklyn, New York; and Jonathon Loadholt, 36, of Staten Island, New York, were charged today in a criminal complaint in connection with their alleged involvement in a plot to murder a U.S. citizen of Iranian origin in New York. Rivera was arrested…
Read More17 Chadian Soldiers And 96 Rebels Killed In A Boko Haram Attack, Army Says
Boko Haram insurgents killed 17 Chadian soldiers in a weekend attack on a military post that also left 96 of the assailants dead in the country’s west, Chad’s army said. The attack in the Lake Chad region happened on Saturday, army spokesperson Gen. Issakh Acheikh said on national television Sunday night. He did not provide…
Read MorePakistan Suspends Railway Services In The Country’s Southwest After Deadly Train Station Bombing
Pakistan’s railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff. The train services would be suspended for four days for security reasons, according to a statement from Pakistan Railways. The attack,…
Read MoreAt least 40 Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza, medics say
At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday, including two dozen when a residential building in the northern town of Jabalia was hit, Palestinian health officials and a human rights group said. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) in Gaza said at least 24 people were killed when an…
Read MoreConspiracy theorist jailed for terrorism offences
An anti-vaccination conspiracy theorist who encouraged violence against Prof Sir Chris Whitty on social media has been sentenced to five years in prison. Patrick Ruane, 55, from Paddington, west London, was convicted of two charges of encouraging terrorism on social media in 2021, following a trial at the Old Bailey. Ruane believed in conspiracy theories…
Read MoreMaryland, California election offices received bomb threats, officials say
Bomb threats were made against several Maryland boards of elections and election offices in at least two California counties on Friday, state authorities said, adding that everyone was safe and law enforcement officials were investigating. Election officials were counting mail-in ballots when the threats came in Maryland. State Administrator of Elections Jared DeMarinis said the…
Read MoreVermont man charged with making terroristic threats at a Minnesota college back in court
A U-32 graduate was in a Minnesota courtroom today trying to get rid of felony charges after being accused of planning a mass casualty event. Vermont’s Waylon Kurts is attempting to clear his name on the two charges that remain from his arrest in 2023 as a student at St. Olaf College, including a felony…
Read More1 dead, 16 injured in mass shooting at Tuskegee University; suspect arrested
An arrest has been made after a shooting on the campus of Tuskegee University left one person dead and 16 others injured, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Jaquez Myrick, 25, of Montgomery, has been arrested and charged federally with possession of a machine gun. Myrick is being held at the Montgomery County Detention…
Read More10 stabbed in Seattle over two days in random attacks that may be connected
Five people were stabbed in an apparently random attack in Seattle on Friday, and police are investigating whether the suspect may have stabbed five other people since Thursday morning. Two people were in critical condition after the attack that occurred around 2 p.m. in the city’s Chinatown-International District, police and a spokesperson for Harborview Medical…
Read MoreNC State student charged after 12 shootings into cars, homes on and around I-40 in Raleigh
Raleigh police charged a 23-year-old student at NC State University with felony assault early Friday after a week-long flurry of rush-hour shootings along Interstate 40 and near I-440. Andrew Thomas Graney of Kentford Court faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and discharging a weapon into an…
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