Homeland Security News
Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO as an act of terrorism
The man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has been charged with murder as an act of terrorism, prosecutors said Tuesday as they worked to bring him to a New York court from a Pennsylvania jail. Luigi Mangione already was charged with murder in the Dec. 4 killing of Brian Thompson, but the terror allegation is…
Read MoreRussia detains Uzbek man over general’s killing in Moscow
Russia’s security service says a 29-year-old man from Uzbekistan has been detained over the killing of senior general Igor Kirillov and his assistant in Moscow. Lt Gen Igor Kirillov, head of the Radiation, Chemical and Biological Protection Forces, was outside a residential block early on Tuesday when an explosive device hidden in a scooter was…
Read MoreMichigan Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime for Plotting Mass Shooting of Gay Community
A Michigan man pleaded guilty today to one count of committing a hate crime by attempting to carry out a mass killing. According to court documents, Mack Davis, 22, of Owosso, admitted that he attempted to conduct a mass killing of individuals at a political party headquarters and a nearby bar in the Eastern District…
Read More12 ISIS fighters killed in new round of US strikes on Syria, DOD says
U.S. forces in the Middle East conducted the second round of strikes in Syria in as many weeks, killing 12 enemy fighters Monday. Central Command, which oversees the American military in the region, said the targets included “ISIS leaders, operatives and camps,” though it didn’t say how many of each were targeted or what weapons…
Read More15-Year-Old Girl Fatally Shoots Teacher And Teenager At A Christian School In Wisconsin
A 15-year-old student opened fire inside a study hall at a small Christian school in Wisconsin, killing a teacher and teenager and prompting a swarm of police officers responding to a second grader’s 911 call. The girl also wounded six others in Monday’s shooting at Abundant Life Christian School, including two students who were in…
Read MoreStillwater man told Minnesota police, FBI that his homemade explosives were for rocket hobby
A 46-year-old Stillwater man found with a trove of homemade explosives and hundreds of rounds of high-powered ammunition is part of an anti-government movement and claimed to authorities that he was not subject to certain criminal laws, according to the FBI. Wayne Robert Lund, indicted by a grand jury on multiple weapons charges this week,…
Read MoreUkraine kills top Russian general in Moscow it accuses of chemical weapons crimes
A top Russian general accused by Ukraine of being responsible for the use of chemical weapons against Ukrainian troops was assassinated in Moscow by Ukraine’s SBU intelligence service on Tuesday morning in the most high-profile killing of its kind. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, who was chief of Russia’s Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Protection Troops, was…
Read MoreAlleged Toronto ISIS attack plotter now faces war crimes charges
A Toronto man accused of plotting an ISIS-inspired mass murder in the city with his son is now facing war crimes charges, CBC News has learned. Ahmed Eldidi, 62, and Mostafa Eldidi, 27, both appeared in a Newmarket, Ont. courtroom late Monday afternoon from the prisoner box. Ahmed Eldidi leaned in to hear an Arabic-language…
Read MoreArizona Man Associated with Online Terror Network Arrested for Production of Child Sex Abuse Material and Cyberstalking
Baron Martin, 20, of Tucson, Arizona, was arrested on Dec. 11 for producing child sexual abuse material and cyberstalking offenses carried out as part of his participation in online violent terror networks known as 764 and CVLT. “764 remains a dangerous network of violent extremists who systematically target children and weaponize child sexual abuse material…
Read MoreVirginia man charged in FBI sting with supporting Islamic State found guilty
A Virginia man accused of funneling tens of thousands of dollars to the Islamic State group was found guilty on all counts. On Monday his defense lawyer told jurors 35-year-old Mohammed Chhipa of Springfield, Virginia was a lonely man looking for a wife and relentlessly targeted by FBI sting operations, including one undercover operative who…
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