Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Ontario school shooting plot defendant follows Hitler, is danger to other groups, prosecutor says
An 18-year-old accused of planning to murder classmates at Ontario Christian High School was also a danger to “several groups,” followed Hitler’s beliefs and had expressed a dislike for “minorities” and “LGBTQ” people, a prosecutor said Thursday, Feb. 15. Sebastian Bailey Villaseñor was arraigned Thursday in Superior Court in Rancho Cucamonga via video from West…
Read MoreUS Marshals director calls increase in threats to judges and prosecutors ‘a substantial risk to our democracy’
The head of the US Marshals Service is sounding the alarm on a dramatic increase in the number of threats aimed at federal judges and prosecutors, telling lawmakers on Wednesday that the development “constitutes a substantial risk to our democracy.” “I’m deeply concerned with the alarming increase in threats against our judiciary and the violent…
Read More3 dead in bombing attack on Congo displacement camp as violence in the east escalates
A group of rebels bombed a displacement camp in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province killing three civilians and injuring eight others, a local civil society group said Tuesday, as violence in the conflict-hit region sparked protests and a humanitarian group warned that thousands are facing limited access to aid. A rebel group with alleged links…
Read MoreKansas City shooting stemmed from personal dispute, officials say
The deadly shooting that turned a celebration for the Kansas City Chiefs into a tragedy on Wednesday appeared to stem from a dispute among several people and had “no nexus to terrorism or homegrown violent extremism,” officials said Thursday morning. Kansas City Police Chief Stacey Graves said at a briefing that two of three people…
Read MoreBucks Co. man accused of beheading father faces new terrorism, robbery charges
Officials in Bucks County filed new charges, including terrorism, theft and robbery offenses — against a Middletown Township man who has been accused of killing and beheading his father last month. On Thursday, officials charged Justin Mohn, 32, with three counts of terrorism, two additional counts of possession of an instrument of crime, and one…
Read MoreRussian activist and Putin critic Alexei Navalny dies in prison
The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died in jail, the country’s prison service has said, in what is likely to be seen as a political assassination attributable to Vladimir Putin. Navalny, 47, one of Putin’s most visible and persistent critics, was being held in a jail about 40 miles north of the Arctic Circle…
Read MoreStudent arrested, charged with planning shooting at Southern California high school
A Southern California student was arrested over the weekend after police said they were able to determine that he was plotting a school shooting at Ontario Christian High School in San Bernardino County. The 18-year-old student, who has been identified as Sebastian Villasenor, was arrested Saturday after Ontario Police Department investigators were able to determine…
Read MoreIsraeli Airstrikes Killed 10 Lebanese Civilians In A Single Day. Hezbollah Has Vowed To Retaliate
The civilian death toll from two Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon has risen to 10, Lebanese state media reported Thursday, making the previous day the deadliest in more than four months of cross-border exchanges. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate for Wednesday’s strikes, which hit in the city of Nabatiyeh and a village…
Read MoreGunfire At Chiefs’ Super Bowl Celebration Kills 1 And Wounds Nearly Two-Dozen, Including Children
A historic railway station on the edge of downtown Kansas City became the latest backdrop for a mass shooting as gunfire near the end of the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration sent terrified fans scrambling for cover and left 21 people wounded — including at least eight children — and a mother of two…
Read MoreX accused of taking payments from terrorists
Elon Musk’s X, formerly Twitter, granted subscription perks to designated terrorist groups and others barred from operating in the US, according to campaigners. The Tech Transparency Project (TTP) found X had granted blue check marks to accounts tied to Hezbollah members, among others. For $8 (£6.40) a month, a tick allows longer posts and better…
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