Homeland Security News
An Israeli Strike On A Gaza Humanitarian Zone Tent Camp Kills At Least 40 People, Palestinians Say
An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others early Tuesday, Palestinian officials said. Israel said it targeted “significant” Hamas militants and disputed the death toll. It was among the deadliest strikes yet in Muwasi, a sprawl of crowded…
Read MoreUkraine strikes Moscow in biggest drone attack to date
Ukraine struck the Moscow region on Tuesday in its biggest drone attack so far on the Russian capital, killing at least one woman, wrecking dozens of homes and forcing around 50 flights to be diverted from airports around Moscow. Russia, the world’s biggest nuclear power, said it had destroyed at least 20 Ukrainian attack drones…
Read MoreA bomb hits a vehicle guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan and wounds 9
A roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting a polio immunization drive in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, wounding six officers and three civilians, officials said. No polio workers were hurt in the attack in South Waziristan, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa…
Read MoreLeaders of Transnational Terrorist Group Charged with Soliciting Hate Crimes, Soliciting the Murder of Federal Officials, and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists
The Justice Department announced today that Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho — leaders of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group — were charged with a 15-count indictment for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.…
Read MorePakistani National Charged for Plotting Terrorist Attack in New York City in Support of ISIS
A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was arrested on Sept. 4 in Canada in connection with a complaint filed in the Southern District of New York. Khan was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO), the Islamic…
Read MoreToronto man arrested in Quebec in terror investigation: sources
The RCMP arrested a Toronto-area man in connection with a terror investigation Wednesday in a Quebec town near the U.S. border. Police sources involved in the case confirmed to CBC News that the arrest happened in Ormstown, Que., and said it is connected to a terror investigation. Investigators have not yet publicly issued any information…
Read MoreAuthorities vow relentless search as manhunt for interstate shooter enters third day in Kentucky
As a grueling manhunt stretched into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people, authorities vowed to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remained high for a rural area where some schools canceled classes. Authorities have been searching a rugged, hilly…
Read MoreMan who threatened to kill German police officers believed to have extremist motive
A man armed with a machete was overwhelmed and arrested after threatening to kill officers at a police station in western Germany early Friday, prosecutors said. Investigators said they believe he had an Islamic extremist motive. The 29-year-old Albanian citizen arrived at the police station in the small town of Linz am Rhein, between Koblenz…
Read MoreDutch teen, two men in custody for membership to right-wing extremist terrorist group
Three Dutch, including a 16-year-old boy, are in custody for incitement to terrorism, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported on Thursday. They’re accused of belonging to the right-wing extremist terrorist group The Base and urging others to commit terrorist attacks on chat groups. The police arrested the suspects, aged 16, 18, and 26, in Bergeijk,…
Read MoreFather of Georgia high school shooting suspect arrested
The father of Colt Gray, the teen suspect in the Apalachee High School shooting, has been arrested, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation announced Thursday. Colin Gray, 54, is being charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, two counts of second-degree murder and eight counts of cruelty to children, GBI said. The 14-year-old shooting suspect has…
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