Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Jordan bans Muslim Brotherhood after arrests over attack plots
Jordan’s government has banned the Muslim Brotherhood a week after it said members of the Islamist group had been arrested on suspicion of planning rocket and drone attacks. Interior Minister Mazen al-Faraya told a news conference that all of the Brotherhood’s offices would be closed and its assets confiscated, and that any activities would be…
Read More14 arrested across Netherlands for inciting terrorism on social media, including minors
Fourteen individuals between the ages of 14 and 30 were arrested across the Netherlands on Tuesday in connection with multiple investigations into incitement to terrorism through social media. Some of the suspects are minors, according to the Dutch Public Prosecution Service. The suspects are accused of attempting to incite others to commit terrorist acts, with…
Read MoreDisputed Kashmir has witnessed worst attack on civilians in years, sparking fear of rising tensions
At least 26 people were killed and 17 others wounded after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir, the worst assault in years targeting civilians in the restive region that has seen an anti-India rebellion for more than three decades. Tuesday’s attack took place in the picturesque town of Pahalgam in…
Read MoreRussian drone attacks kill nine in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region
In the Ukrainian town of Marhanets, a bus was targeted by a Russian drone. Russia also launched an overnight attack on Kharkiv, Kherson, Poltava and Odesa. The Russian army launched another massive attack on Ukrainian cities overnight on Tuesday, with strikes carried out in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Poltava, Odesa and Dnipropetrovsk regions. A Russian kamikaze drone…
Read MoreCyberattack targets thousands of students, staff members at Baltimore City Public Schools
A cyberattack by the criminal group known as Cloak on Baltimore City Public Schools stole sensitive personal information of thousands of students and employees, 11 News Investigates has learned. On Feb. 13, a criminal group gained access to City Schools’ information technology systems. Alison Perkins-Cohen, the district’s chief of staff, told 11 News Investigates that…
Read MoreSouth Carolina man faces charges for sending threats to a public official through Facebook
A South Carolina man is facing charges after threatening to kill a public official and his family through Facebook. The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division charged 31-year-old Daniel Aaron Ledford with financial identity fraud, stalking, and threatening the life of a public official on April 17. The Horry County Police Department requested the SLED investigation.…
Read MoreAl Qaeda affiliate says it killed 70 soldiers in Benin, intelligence group reports
Al Qaeda affiliate JNIM said it killed 70 soldiers in raids on two military posts in north Benin, the biggest death count claimed by jihadists in the country in over a decade of activity in West Africa, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Saturday. The West African state and its coastal neighbor Togo have suffered…
Read MoreGunman who killed 23 in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso pleads guilty to capital murder
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Walmart in El Paso — one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history — pleaded guilty Monday to capital murder in a state district court. Patrick Crusius was automatically be sentenced to life in prison without parole in the massacre near the…
Read MoreGerman police raid home of teen accused of producing a ricin-based toxin
German law enforcement raided the home of a 16-year-old boy whom they accuse of producing and storing a ricin-based biological warfare agent. Police entered the home owned by the boy’s parents early Thursday morning due to suspected violations of Germany’s Weapons of War Act and secured “all toxic substances and other evidence,” the Saxony State…
Read MoreMan accused of deadly terrorist attacks in India arrested in Sacramento
Federal officials arrested a man in Sacramento who is accused of terror crimes in India, the FBI Sacramento office announced on Friday. Harpreet Singh, whose alias is Happy Passia, is accused of being a key operative of ISI-backed Babbar Khalsa International and a close associate of Pakistan-based terrorist Rinda, Punjab Police said. “Today marks a…
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