Archive for December 2025
Bondi terror suspects threw unexploded bombs at crowd and practiced shooting ahead of attack, document reveals
The father and son accused of carrying out Australia’s worst terror attack undertook firearms training at an undisclosed location in the countryside, according to a statement of alleged facts released by a magistrate Monday. The court document, which contains redactions, includes images from a video of Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24,…
Read MoreCar bomb kills Russian general in Moscow, investigators say
A Russian general was killed by a car bomb in southern Moscow on Monday, Russian investigators said, adding that they suspected Ukrainian special services could have been behind the attack. The bomb exploded under the Kia Sorento car driven by Lieutenant General Fanil Sarvarov, head of the Russian General Staff’s army operational training directorate, as…
Read MoreBrown, MIT suspect had 200 rounds, laser sights as authorities feared hit list: US attorney
It was Thursday morning when investigators definitively determined the same individual opened fire on a study group at Brown University and, two days later, murdered an MIT professor — raising fears among law enforcement officials that the killer may have had other intended targets, according to the top federal law enforcement official in Boston. “We…
Read MoreBrown University and MIT shooting suspect found dead; identified as former grad student
The suspect in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University that left two students dead and nine others wounded was found dead Thursday — and authorities said he is the same man who gunned down an MIT professor two days after the Rhode Island campus shooting. During a news conference Thursday, authorities identified the suspect…
Read MoreViolence breaks out in Bangladesh after death of youth protest leader
Violence has erupted in Bangladesh following the death of a prominent leader of the youth movement that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Sharif Osman Hadi was shot by masked attackers while leaving a mosque in Dhaka last week and died of his injuries on Thursday while being treated in Singapore. The shooting came a…
Read MoreAlleged leader of Tren de Aragua, labeled as a terrorist group, charged in New York but on the lam
An alleged leader of the Tren de Aragua gang labeled by the United States as a terrorist organization has been charged in a New York federal court with racketeering conspiracy and other crimes, including lending support to terrorists among crimes that stretched more than a decade, authorities announced Thursday. Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, a 42-year-old…
Read MoreVan Buren County man found guilty of terrorism, assault after pipe bombs thrown at police
A Van Buren County man accused of throwing pipe bombs at police on July 4 has been found guilty of 18 charges, according to the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Office. Morgan Parish, 58, was arrested after deputies said he detonated explosive devices as officers attempted to take him into custody in Kendall, Mich. He was…
Read MoreManchester Arena bombing survivors to get almost £20m in payouts
A judge has ruled that nearly £20m is to be paid out to 16 survivors of the Manchester Arena bombing who were children at the time of the tragedy. Twenty-two people were murdered and hundreds injured in the suicide bombing at an Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena on 22 May, 2017. Amounts of between…
Read MoreEverett, Washington Man who Used a Pipe Bomb to Blow Up Black Couple’s Car Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
A 55-year-old Everett, Washington man was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to five years in prison for three federal felonies including a pipe bomb explosion that destroyed a neighbor’s car. Steven Goldstine pleaded guilty in September 2025, to unlawful possession of a destructive device; unlawful possession of ammunition; and unlawful possession of…
Read MoreSmithfield man found with 155 homemade bombs on property gets 8-year prison sentence
A Smithfield man who was found to have more than 150 homemade pipe bombs, bomb-making equipment, and an unregistered short barrel rifle on his property was sentenced to serve eight years in prison Thursday, according to the Department of Justice. Brad Kenneth Spafford, 36, pleaded guilty in July after initially pleading not guilty to charges…
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