Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Man charged with hate crime after vandalism at Wing Luke Museum
A man was charged Monday with a hate crime after he smashed the windows of the Wing Luke Museum, King County prosecutors say. According to the charges, Craig Milne, 76, used a sledgehammer to break the windows of the museum along Canton Alley South in Seattle on Thursday night, as dozens of patrons inside were…
Read MoreModi Government Expels A Canadian Diplomat After Trudeau Says India Was Involved In Sikh’s Killing
India expelled a senior Canadian diplomat Tuesday and accused Canada of interfering in its internal affairs, escalating a breach with Ottawa over its allegations of Indian involvement in the killing of a Sikh activist in Canada. It came a day after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said there were credible allegations that India was connected…
Read MoreAzerbaijan Announces An ‘aNti-Terrorist Operation’ Targeting Armenian Military Positions
Azerbaijan announced Tuesday an “anti-terrorist operation” targeting Armenian military positions. A statement from the Azerbaijan defense ministry said the operation began hours after four soldiers and two civilians died in landmine explosions in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The ministry did not immediately give details, but said “positions on the front line and in-depth, long-term firing points…
Read MoreEthiopian forces clash with al Shabaab in western Somalia, residents say
Ethiopian forces engaged in fierce clashes with al Shabaab fighters near the town of Rab Dhuure in western Somalia on Sunday morning, local residents said. At around 9 a.m. (0600 GMT) local residents heard large explosions followed by a heavy near the town of Rab Dhuure in Bakool region, around 20 km (12 miles) from…
Read MoreHammerskins: German branch of US-based neo-Nazi group banned
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser banned the extremist far-right group Hammerskins Deutschland as well as its regional branches and the affiliated group Crew 38, the ministry said on Tuesday. In the early hours of the morning, police officers searched the flats of 28 suspected members of the association in ten German states: Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Berlin,…
Read MoreGunmen kill a member of Iran’s paramilitary force and wound 3 others on protest anniversary
Gunmen opened fire on a group of paramilitary forces in southern Iran, killing one of them and wounding another three, state media reported Sunday. Local media did not give a motive for Saturday’s attack, which occurred on the anniversary of the death while in police custody of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini and the outbreak of nationwide…
Read MoreSudan conflict: Landmark skyscraper in Khartoum engulfed in flames
Videos posted online on Sunday showed the iconic Greater Nile Petroleum Oil Company Tower engulfed in flames. “This is truly painful,” said Tagreed Abdin, an architect of the building, in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Air strikes and ground battles have continued in Khartoum and other towns and cities since fighting broke…
Read MoreDHS Continues to See High Risk of Foreign and Domestic Terrorism in 2024
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the 2024 Homeland Threat Assessment (HTA), which continues to identify a high risk of foreign and domestic terrorism in 2024. The HTA provides the public and the Department’s partners with a detailed report on the most pressing threats to the United States as part of the Biden…
Read MoreA Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot inside his patrol car, officials say
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy died after he was shot inside his patrol car Saturday evening, authorities said. Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, was found unconscious by a civilian in his patrol car around 6 p.m. near the sheriff’s station in Palmdale, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Palmdale is about 60 miles…
Read MoreRelative of slain Black teen calls for white Kansas teen to face federal hate crime charges
A relative of a slain Black 14-year-old is calling for a white Kansas teen to be tried on federal hate crime charges in the shooting death, noting recent testimony about threatening racial slurs. Michael Berry, a cousin of Kamarjay Shaw, called for federal involvement in a letter to the U.S. attorney for Kansas, Kate Brubacher,…
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