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Three children injured after knife attack in Switzerland
Three children have been injured in a knife attack that occurred as they walked to kindergarten in the city of Zurich, Swiss police have reported. The three five-year-old boys were taken to hospital for their injuries, according to a police statement, with one seriously injured. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the attack,…
Read MoreSix killed and 10 wounded in shooting and knife attack in Israeli city of Jaffa
Six people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting and knife attack on the Israeli seaside city of Jaffa that occurred minutes before Iran launched a huge missile attack on Israel. Five of the wounded were described as being in a serious condition. CCTV footage showed two men, reportedly armed with an assault rifle…
Read MoreTwo Predawn Explosions Rock The Area Around The Israeli Embassy In Copenhagen But No One Is Injured
Police in the Danish capital said two predawn explosions took place Wednesday in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, prompting the nearby Jewish school to close for the day. Police said no one had been injured and they were investigating whether there was a link between the blasts at around 3:20 a.m. and…
Read MoreIran And Israel Swap Threats Following Tehran’s Missile Barrage
The Middle East moved closer to a long-feared regional war the day after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at Israel and Israel said it began limited ground incursions into Lebanon targeting the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia. Israel said it intercepted many of the missiles, and officials in Washington said U.S. destroyers assisted in Israel’s defense.…
Read MoreTampa Seminole Hard Rock Casino partially evacuated after 2 “crude” explosive devices found
Two explosive devices were discovered hidden at the Seminole Hard Rock Casino in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday and Monday, prompting partial evacuations, the police said Monday. The devices were deactivated and removed from the premises, the Seminole Police Department said in a statement. The first “crude concealed device with fireworks components” was found in a…
Read MoreTennessee student arrested for allegedly making AI-generated bomb threats
A Lebanon student was arrested Tuesday for being suspected of creating AI-generated bomb-threat voicemails that prompted a school evacuation back in early September. On the morning of September 12, two bomb threat voicemails were reported to Wilson County Sheriff’s Office that specifically threatened to harm Barry Tatum Academy (BTA). Shortly after, BTA students and staff…
Read MoreShanghai knife attack kills three on eve of China’s National Day
Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai on Monday on the eve of China’s week-long National Day holiday, the latest in a series of stabbing incidents in major Chinese cities this year. The assailant, a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin, has been detained, local police…
Read MoreMan who threatened he had ‘C-4’ outside Walker Trump rally arraigned
A Kent County man is facing multiple felony charges following his arrest Friday near a Trump rally in Walker, Michigan. Nauta is accused of driving through a security checkpoint near the Trump rally at FALK Production and telling officers that he had C-4 and that it was “the real deal.” Court documents claim that he…
Read MoreIsrael announces invasion of southern Lebanon targeting Hezbollah
Israel’s military forces crossed the border into southern Lebanon on Monday to conduct what its military described as “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. The offensive, which is aimed at pushing Hezbollah forces farther away from the Israeli border, is expected to last for days, not weeks, U.S. officials…
Read MoreGunmen Kill 6 People, Including A Local Chief Of The Paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, In Iran Towns
Unidentified gunmen killed six people in two separate attacks Tuesday in the same province in southern Iran, including a local chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state TV reported. The head of a town council and two volunteer members of the Guard were also among the dead in the first attack, it said. It occurred…
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