Homeland Security News
Iranian Plot to Blitz US Bases in Germany with Drones
Israel issued an urgent warning to German and US allies saying Tehran could try and target any bases which have been used to support the ongoing war in the Middle East. Among Iran’s top targets include the Ramstein and Spangdahlem air bases, according to news outlet Wirtschaftswoche. Germany‘s defence ministry refused to comment but a…
Read MoreMan Arrested and Charged for Role in Plotting to Conduct a Mass-Shooting Event in Support of ISIS at the Mall of America
Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, of Richfield, Minnesota, was charged today by complaint with one count of knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition in order to commit a federal crime of terrorism. The FBI arrested the defendant on Oct. 6, and he made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright on Oct. 7.…
Read MoreAt least 30 killed and 18 injured after Russian strike hits two buses in Donetsk
At least 30 people were killed and 18 were injured after a Russian strike hit two public buses in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, authorities said on Thursday. The strike occurred in the city of Kramatorsk, where public transport has since been suspended, according to the Kramatorsk City Council. “Once again, the Russians have struck a…
Read MoreHouthis claim missile strike on Riyadh airport as explosions heard in Saudi capital
Yemen’s Houthis said on Thursday they targeted King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh with a ballistic missile. There was no immediate confirmation of the strike or any damage or casualties from Saudi Arabia at this time. Several explosions echoed across Riyadh on Thursday, according to witnesses. Diplomats were instructed to shelter in…
Read More15-year-old kills janitor as second school attack rocks Poland in two days
A 37-year-old school janitor has died after a 15-year-old former pupil went on a knifing spree at a primary school northeast of Warsaw on Thursday morning, just a day after a machete attack at another Polish school left nine people injured. The 15-year-old entered the John Paul II Primary School in Leszczydół-Nowiny, near the town…
Read More‘Incel-adjacent’ Mesa teen plotting mass shooting studied Paris attacks, shopped for tactical gear, FBI says
An 18-year-old Mesa man is behind bars on a $500,000 cash-only bond after local police and federal agents arrested him for “planning a mass shooting,” according to court documents and prosecutors. Damien Alexander Bedonie was taken into custody early Tuesday morning by Mesa police officers assisting the FBI following an investigation into terroristic threats. During…
Read MoreRoyal Navy serving member, 24, arrested and charged with spying for foreign power
A serving member of the Royal Navy has been charged with offences under the National Security Act following a counter-terrorism investigation. Teddy Young, 24, was arrested at his Bedfordshire home on Tuesday before being taken into custody in London. Counter Terrorism Policing said Mr Young has been charged with two offences under the National Security…
Read More84-year-old accused of creating and selling explosives from home, deputies say
An 84-year-old man in Louisiana was arrested for allegedly creating and selling explosives from his home, according to deputies. On Oct. 2, detectives searched the home of John W. Sinkankas in relation to an ongoing joint investigation. Investigators say Sinkakas was manufacturing and selling explosive devices from his home, which is also 500 feet away…
Read MoreISIS-inspired pharmacy student charged with plotting mass killing of Jews using poisons
Mohammed Shalabi, 22, a pharmacy student from the Beit Hanina neighborhood in eastern Jerusalem, planned to carry out terrorist attacks against security forces and Jewish civilians using explosive devices and deadly poisons, with the aim of causing mass casualties, according to an indictment filed against him Thursday in the Jerusalem District Court. According to the…
Read MoreMelbourne schoolboy burned in alleged botched arson received orders on WhatsApp
A schoolboy is fighting for life after setting himself alight in a botched alleged arson attack received his orders via WhatsApp, the ABC can reveal. Vision shows two other people leaving the 13-year-old boy for dead after two vehicles were set alight on Woolwich Way in Taylors Hill, in Melbourne’s north-west, on Monday morning. The…
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