Homeland Security News
Kurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly attack on Turkish defense firm
A banned Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in Ankara that killed at least five people. A statement from the military wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, said Wednesday’s attack on the premises of the aerospace and defense company TUSAS was carried…
Read MoreUS to evacuate 20 embassy staff from Haiti following car attack and intensifying gang violence, say sources
Violence is intensifying in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, this week, which saw a United Nations helicopter hit by gunfire and two gangs apparently target US embassy vehicles. A security source told CNN on Tuesday that two armored vehicles belonging to the US Embassy in Haiti were fired upon by the criminal groups “400 Mawozo” and “Chen…
Read MoreGunman kills 3 people in southern Brazil during hours-long shootout
A 45-year-old man in southern Brazil barricaded himself in a house and killed his father, brother and a police officer in an hours-long shootout before he himself was fatally shot, authorities said Wednesday. Nine other people were injured. The incident in Novo Hamburgo, part of the metro area of Rio Grande do Sul state’s capital…
Read MoreFD: 20 ballots burned in mailbox fire in Phoenix, arson investigation underway
As many as 20 ballots were damaged or destroyed in a mailbox fire at a United States Postal Service location in Phoenix. Fire investigators said the blaze was started intentionally. The Phoenix Fire Department was called to the location near 7th Avenue and Indian School Road around 1:20 a.m. for reports that an unknown person…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Charged with Weapon of Mass Destruction Offense in Connection with Bomb Attack in Lobby of County Courthouse
A three-count federal grand jury indictment was returned today charging Nathaniel James McGuire, 20, of Santa Maria, California, with committing a bomb attack at a courthouse in Santa Maria in which several people were injured. McGuire’s arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 25 in the Central District of California. According to the indictment and criminal complaint,…
Read MoreFormer Federal Employee Pleads Guilty to Mishandling Classified Materials
Margaret Anne Ashby, 26, of Henderson, Nevada, pleaded guilty today for mishandling sensitive documents as a former employee of a Department of Defense component agency. As described in the plea agreement, starting in March 2020, Ashby was a civilian employee of a Department of Defense component agency located in the Southern District of Georgia, and…
Read MoreA Deadly Attack At A Police Station In Bosnia Is An Act Of Terrorism, Prosecutors Say
An attack by a teenager who broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia — killing one officer and wounding another — was described as an act of terrorism by authorities on Friday. The assault happened around 9 p.m. in the town of Bosanska Krupa on Thursday. The assailant, born in 2009, went into the…
Read More5th-grade student arrested for making terroristic threats toward South Texas school district, superintendent says
A fifth-grader was arrested Wednesday after making terroristic threats toward students and faculty members, according to the Knippa Independent School District. In a letter sent out to parents on Tuesday, Knippa ISD Superintendent Benny Hernandez said that the district was notified about a fifth-grader who had a list containing names of students and faculty members.…
Read MoreUS, Israel issue Sri Lanka attack alert after ‘terrorist’ threat against tourists
The U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, issued a warning to citizens late on Tuesday based on “credible information” warning of an attack in the southeast of the country. The embassy said in a post on its website that the threat was related to “popular tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area,” an area of…
Read More17-year-old accused of planning to bomb Phoenix Pride Festival was turned in by his mother, officials say
A teenager has been indicted on terrorism charges, accused of planning to bomb the Phoenix Pride Festival this past weekend, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. According to the announcement, 17-year-old Marvin Jalo had been involved in multiple online chat forums “discussing the supplies necessary to make an improvised explosive device and then had…
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