Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
New Jersey Man Charged with Soliciting Destruction of Energy Facilities
Andrew Takhistov, 18, of East Brunswick, New Jersey, was arrested yesterday and made his initial appearance in court today for allegedly soliciting another individual to destroy energy facilities. “Andrew Takhistov was allegedly on his way to Ukraine to join the Russian Volunteer Corps when we arrested him on charges of recruiting an individual to destroy…
Read MoreA Man Armed With A Machete Attacks His Neighbors In Switzerland, Wounding 5
A man armed with a machete attacked several people at the building where he lived in northeastern Switzerland and hurt five people, including a baby, police said Friday. Police in the city of St. Gallen were alerted to the incident shortly after 9:30 p.m. Thursday. They said that the suspect, a 34-year-old Swiss man, attacked…
Read MoreGermany Says It Won’t Be Intimidated By Russian Threats After Report On Alleged Assassination Plot
The German government said Friday that it “won’t be intimidated” by Russian attempts to undermine the country’s support of Ukraine, but refused to comment on a report that Moscow planned to assassinate the chief executive of a leading defense company. CNN reported Thursday, citing five unidentified U.S. and Western officials, that American intelligence discovered earlier…
Read MoreWest African leaders’ summit opens as coup-hit countries form alliance
A West African leaders’ summit has opened a day after the military rulers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger forged a new alliance severing ties with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The ECOWAS summit is being hosted in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, after several West African leaders called for a resumption of…
Read MoreFaced with threats from Russia and its Asian supporters, NATO and Indo-Pacific partners get closer
Four Indo-Pacific countries attending the NATO summit issued a joint statement Thursday to “strongly condemn the illicit military cooperation” between Russia and North Korea, showing how the military alliance and its Pacific partners are forging closer ties to counter what they see as shared security threats. For the third year in a row, leaders or…
Read MoreLabour MP speaks out on death threats and election abuse
Death threats and voter intimidation left Rushanara Ali needing police protection during her re-election campaign, the Labour MP has told the BBC. Videos on social media show anti-Labour activists following and shouting at Ms Ali’s supporters as they canvassed, as well as a fake Labour leaflets circulating depicting her with devil horns. In an exclusive…
Read MoreXanterra Worker Arrested For Mass Shooting Threat Day After Fatal Yellowstone Shootout
One day after a fatal Fourth of July shootout in a tourist hub within Yellowstone National Park, a worker in a nearby park village allegedly threatened a second shooting. Robert Sherman, 55, an employee of private concessionaire company Xanterra, which is contracted to offer services in Yellowstone National Park, is facing one count of disorderly…
Read MoreMore than 40 activists jailed for life in UAE for ‘terror’ offences
A court in the United Arab Emirates has handed life sentences to 43 activists after finding them guilty of terror offences. State media said the Abu Dhabi Federal Court of Appeal convicted the defendants of “creating a terrorist organisation”. United Nations experts and human rights groups have severely criticised the mass trial. Human Rights Watch…
Read MoreBarboursville man arrested for terrorism hoax at Martha Jefferson Hospital
An Orange County man has been charged with perpetrating a hoax terrorist attack at Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital Wednesday morning. Daniel Sisk, a 49-year-old Barboursville resident, was spotted in the hospital east of Charlottesville city limits just before 11 a.m. Wednesday carrying a duffel bag and acting suspicious, according to police. Multiple reports and witness…
Read MoreEurope facing ‘wave of antisemitism’, survey finds
Jewish people in the EU continue to face high levels of antisemitism, according to the latest survey from the bloc’s Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA). More than 8,000 Jews in 13 EU countries, including Germany and France, were interviewed – with 96% saying they had encountered antisemitism in their daily life. The vast majority had experienced…
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