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Toronto man arrested in Quebec in terror investigation: sources
The RCMP arrested a Toronto-area man in connection with a terror investigation Wednesday in a Quebec town near the U.S. border. Police sources involved in the case confirmed to CBC News that the arrest happened in Ormstown, Que., and said it is connected to a terror investigation. Investigators have not yet publicly issued any information…
Read MoreAuthorities vow relentless search as manhunt for interstate shooter enters third day in Kentucky
As a grueling manhunt stretched into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people, authorities vowed to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remained high for a rural area where some schools canceled classes. Authorities have been searching a rugged, hilly…
Read MoreMan who threatened to kill German police officers believed to have extremist motive
A man armed with a machete was overwhelmed and arrested after threatening to kill officers at a police station in western Germany early Friday, prosecutors said. Investigators said they believe he had an Islamic extremist motive. The 29-year-old Albanian citizen arrived at the police station in the small town of Linz am Rhein, between Koblenz…
Read MoreDutch teen, two men in custody for membership to right-wing extremist terrorist group
Three Dutch, including a 16-year-old boy, are in custody for incitement to terrorism, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported on Thursday. They’re accused of belonging to the right-wing extremist terrorist group The Base and urging others to commit terrorist attacks on chat groups. The police arrested the suspects, aged 16, 18, and 26, in Bergeijk,…
Read MoreFather of Georgia high school shooting suspect arrested
The father of Colt Gray, the teen suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, has been arrested, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday. Colin Gray, 54, is being charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, GBI said. The 14-year-old shooting suspect has…
Read MoreMassachusetts Man Sentenced for Hate Crime Against Asian American Man
A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for a federal hate crime. On April 3, John Sullivan pleaded guilty to willfully causing bodily injury to a victim, identified in court papers only by his initials, G.N., through the use of a dangerous weapon (a…
Read MoreIsraeli forces appear to withdraw from Jenin — but the operation may not be over
Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank by Friday morning, after a more than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a trail of destruction. Overnight, Israeli armored personnel carriers were seen leaving the Jenin refugee camp from a checkpoint set up on one of the…
Read MoreSweden detains person suspected of terrorism offence
Swedish police on Wednesday detained a person suspected of a terrorism related crime, a national prosecutor said on Friday. “We are now working unconditionally and intensively on the investigation,” senior prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist said in a statement. The suspected crime took place in August, Ljungqvist told TV4 News without elaborating. Read more: Reuters
Read MoreTeen Charged With Killing 4 At Georgia High School Had Been Focus Of Earlier Tips About Threats
More than a year ago, tips about online posts threatening a school shooting led Georgia police to interview a 13-year-old boy, but investigators didn’t have enough evidence for an arrest. On Wednesday, that boy opened fire at his high school outside Atlanta and killed four people and wounded nine, officials said. The teen has been…
Read MoreJustice Department Disrupts Covert Russian Government-Sponsored Foreign Malign Influence Operation Targeting Audiences in the United States and Elsewhere
The Justice Department today announced the ongoing seizure of 32 internet domains used in Russian government-directed foreign malign influence campaigns colloquially referred to as “Doppelganger,” in violation of U.S. money laundering and criminal trademark laws. As alleged in an unsealed affidavit, the Russian companies Social Design Agency (SDA), Structura National Technology (Structura), and ANO Dialog,…
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