Posts by MCAC(Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center)
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years for role in Jan. 6 attack
A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio to 22 years in prison — the longest sentence to date handed down for any individual charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors had sought 33 years in prison for Tarrio, their harshest recommendation yet for…
Read MoreWagner to be declared a terrorist organisation by UK
Wagner, the Russian mercenary group, is set to be proscribed as a terrorist group by the UK government – meaning it will be illegal to be a member or support the organisation. A draft order to be laid in Parliament will allow its assets to be categorised as terrorist property and seized. The home secretary…
Read MoreSuspect in the explosives attack on Japan’s prime minister is indicted on attempted murder charge
Japanese prosecutors formally indicted a 24-year-old man Wednesday on attempted murder and other charges in the explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April, court officials said. Kishida was campaigning for elections in a small fishing port in Wakayama in western Japan when a man at the speech venue suddenly threw a homemade pipe…
Read MorePoland investigates cyber-attack on rail network
Polish intelligence services are investigating a hacking attack on the country’s railways, Polish media say. Hackers broke into railway frequencies to disrupt traffic in the north-west of the country overnight, the Polish Press Agency (PAP) reported on Saturday. The signals were interspersed with recording of Russia’s national anthem and a speech by President Vladimir Putin,…
Read MoreRussia arrests mathematician on terrorism charges minutes after his release from prison
Authorities in Russia arrested a mathematician on terrorism charges Monday after he had just completed a prison sentence for hooliganism, the latest step in a years-long Kremlin crackdown on political opponents. Azat Miftakhov, 30, was detained minutes after his release from a penal colony over 900 kilometers (559 miles) east of Moscow, according to Russian…
Read MoreNazi groups march on Orlando, blasting white supremacist chants Labor Day weekend
Several neo-Nazi, white supremacist groups held two separate demonstrations in Orlando Labor Day weekend. The Goyim Defense League, Blood Tribe and The Order of the Black Sun gathered in Altamonte Springs and outside Walt Disney World Saturday, Sept. 2. The Altamonte Springs demonstration, consisting of GDL and Blood Tribe, was dubbed “The March of the…
Read MoreA drone attack on Myanmar border police reportedly kills 5. A resistance group claims responsibility
A drone attack on a police headquarters in a major border town in eastern Myanmar has killed at least five officials including a senior army officer and a district administrator, members of two emergency rescue teams and media reports said Monday. The attack, carried out Sunday evening in two stages, is believed to be the…
Read MoreUganda police foil bomb attack on church
Police in Uganda said on Sunday that they had foiled a bomb attack on a church in the capital, Kampala. They said the attacker was detained as he was entering church grounds. Hundreds of churchgoers were evacuated from the Lubaga Miracle Centre Cathedral after the failed attack, police spokesman Patrick Onyango said. “We have carried…
Read MoreFBI still searching for Sterling Hall bombing suspect 53 years later
The FBI Milwaukee Field Office released age-progressed photographs on Thursday of Leo Frederick Burt, a suspect in the 1970 bombing of Sterling Hall. The bombing of Sterling Hall, a building on the University of Wisconsin campus, happened on August 24, 1970. The FBI says the blast from the explosion, combined with the fire, resulted in…
Read MoreSwedish cities hit by four residential explosions in an hour
Bomb squad experts have been called in after Swedish cities were rocked by four explosions in an hour, police have said, with the country struggling to rein in a rise of gang-related violence. Just after 1am local time (midnight BST), police in Gothenburg received reports of two explosions at separate addresses, 10 minutes apart. “Both…
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