Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Driver now facing hate crime charges in deadly road rage attack on Sikh man on Van Wyck Expressway
A driver accused of killing a Sikh man in a road rage incident is now facing hate crimes charges. The victim’s son among the many who showed up at the defendant’s arraignment. Rows and rows of members of the Sikh community packed into Queens County Criminal Court on Tuesday, not only to support the family…
Read MorePolice: Cary man released on $1,000 bond after threats of mass shooting targeting children
On Wednesday, Cary police arrested a man accused of threatening to shoot several children. Kevin Edral Douglas, 46, of Cary, is facing charges related to cyber stalking and communicating threats, police said. The Cary Police Department said officers received a notification from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about someone threatening to become…
Read MoreCornell student accused of threatening to kill Jewish students will remain behind bars
The Cornell University student accused of posting online threats to kill members of the university’s Jewish community appeared in federal court Wednesday and was ordered to remain behind bars for the time being. Patrick Dai, a 21-year-old junior at the Ivy League school, was arrested Tuesday and charged federally with “posting threats to kill or…
Read MoreAustralia cannot strip citizenship from man over his terrorism convictions, top court says
Australia’s highest court on Wednesday overturned a government decision to strip citizenship from a man convicted of terrorism. The ruling is a second blow in the High Court to the law introduced almost a decade ago that allows a government minister to strip dual nationals of their Australian citizenship on extremism-related grounds. The ruling also…
Read MoreIllinois man pleads not guilty to hate crime, murder charges in stabbing of Muslim mother, son
An Illinois man accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in an attack on a Palestinian American woman and her young son pleaded not guilty Monday following his indictment by an Illinois grand jury. Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and the wounding of Hanaan Shahin…
Read MoreYemen’s Houthis enter Mideast fray, hardening spillover fears
Yemen’s Houthis have waded into the Israel-Hamas war raging more than 1,000 miles from their seat of power in Sanaa, declaring on Tuesday they had fired drones and missiles at Israel in attacks that highlight the regional risks of the conflict. Part of an “Axis of Resistance” backed by Iran, the Houthis have rallied behind…
Read MoreFinland convicts 3 far-right men for plotting racially motivated attacks
Three Finnish men who embraced neo-Nazi ideology were found guilty Tuesday of committing crimes with terrorist intent including plotting attacks against migrants, critical infrastructure, and their perceived political opponents. The Paijat-Hame District Court sentenced the main suspect, Viljam Lauri Antero Nyman, to three years and four months in prison on charges of aggravated firearms offences…
Read MorePolice reportedly capture gunman who held staff hostage in a Japanese post office
Police in Japan ended an eight-hour standoff with a gunman at a post office Tuesday by arresting the suspect after two hostages were freed safely an attack authorities said could be related to an earlier shooting at a hospital. The man had entered the post office with a gun in Warabi, north of Tokyo, about…
Read MoreTwo Missouri men accused of assaulting officers during riot at U.S. Capitol charged
Two Missouri men accused of assaulting police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, including pushing bike racks that were being used as barricades into a police line, have been charged. Jared Luther Owens, 41, of Farmington, and Jason William Wallis, 49, of St. Clair, were charged Monday with obstruction of law enforcement during a civil…
Read MorePolice open fire on woman who ‘made threats’ in Paris train station
According to witnesses the 38-year-old woman, who was completely veiled, shouted “Allahu akbar” (“God is Greatest”) and “made threats”, a police source said, adding that “police fired because they feared for their safety”. After passengers on a suburban train travelling from the eastern suburbs to Paris alerted police, agents managed to “isolate” the woman at…
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