Archive for February 2025
Austria says stabbing attack suspect swore allegiance to Islamic State
The Syrian asylum seeker suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach had sworn allegiance to Islamic State and was radicalised online, authorities said on Sunday. A 14-year-old boy was killed in Saturday afternoon’s attack in the centre of Villach and five other people were wounded, three of whom…
Read MoreCultlike group investigation linked to FBI search in North Carolina: Report
In the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties. Tenants wore long black coats and parked box trucks outside the duplexes. They ran an electrical cord from one box truck into one of the condos, and kept a stretcher inside another. A neighbor…
Read MoreAirstrike in Syria kills senior official in al-Qaida affiliate, CENTCOM says
An airstrike conducted by U.S. Central Command forces on Saturday in Northwest Syria killed a senior official in an al-Qaida affiliate, CENTCOM announced Sunday. CENTCOM described the operative as a senior finance and logistics official in the al-Qaida affiliate organization Hurras al-Din. The strike comes three days after an airstrike by Iraqi Security Forces in…
Read MoreWorld’s ‘first openly gay imam’ shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world’s first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims. He was killed on Saturday morning after the car in which he was travelling near the…
Read More2-year-old girl, mother die from injuries in Munich car attack
A 2-year-old girl and her mother have died after they were injured in the car-ramming attack on a labor union demonstration in Munich, police said Saturday. A 24-year-old Afghan man who came to Germany as an asylum-seeker was arrested immediately after the attack on Thursday. Prosecutors said Friday that he appears to have had an…
Read MoreKnife Attack Suspect in Austria Was Inspired by ISIS, Official Says
One person was killed and five others wounded in stabbings in the center of the town of Villach. A man from Syria was arrested at the scene. A Syrian asylum seeker who the Austrian authorities said killed a teenager and wounded five other people in a knife attack in Villach, Austria, was inspired by the…
Read MoreRwanda-backed M23 rebels occupy a 2nd major city in Congo’s mineral-rich east
Rwanda-backed rebels have occupied a second major city in mineral-rich eastern Congo, the government said Sunday, as M23 rebels confirmed they were in the city to restore order after it was abandoned by Congolese forces. The Congo River Alliance, a coalition of rebel groups that includes the M23, said in a statement that its fighters…
Read MoreWhite Supremacist Leader Found Guilty of Conspiring to Destroy Regional Power Grid
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/white-supremacist-leader-found-guilty-conspiring-destroy-regional-power-grid Defendant Planned Attack in Support of Neo-Nazi Accelerationist Ideology After a six-day trial, a jury found Brandon Russell, 29, of Orlando, Florida, guilty of conspiracy to damage an energy facility. According to evidence presented at trial, from at least November 2022 to Feb. 3, 2023, Russell conspired to carry out attacks against critical infrastructure,…
Read MoreOn eve of MSU mass shooting anniversary, former student sues university
A former Michigan State University student who was in Room 114 at Berkey Hall when a gunman shot several classmates, two fatally, nearly two years ago sued the university Wednesday. The complaint, filed one day before the second anniversary of the mass shooting that killed three students and wounded five others on Feb. 13, 2023,…
Read MoreSuspected Munich attacker named locally as counter-terrorism police take over investigation
At least 28 people have been injured after an Afghan asylum seeker drove at a crowd of people in Munich, police say. People had been gathering at a trade union rally when the car accelerated in their direction. An officer fired one shot at the suspect before he was arrested – he was injured, but…
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