Homeland Security News
Captain in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Charged with Murder and Terrorism Offenses
A complaint was unsealed today charging Mohammad Reza Nouri, 36, of Iran, also known as Muhammad Rida Husayn, Ali Asghar Nuri, and Abu Abbas, an Iranian national and officer in the IRGC, in connection with Nouri’s alleged role in orchestrating the Nov. 7, 2022, murder of American Stephen Troell in Baghdad, Iraq. Nouri was arrested…
Read MoreWoman dies after being set on fire on NYC subway; Person of interest taken into custody, police say
A woman died after she was set on fire while sleeping on a New York City subway car Sunday morning in Brooklyn, according to police. A person of interest was taken into custody later in the day, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at an early evening news conference. Police said the person…
Read MoreGermany: Man arrested over TikTok Christmas market threat
Police in the northern German port city of Bremerhaven have arrested a man over an online threat to stab everyone with an “Arab or southern” appearance at the local Christmas market. The arrest comes after a man drove a car through the Christmas market in Magdeburg on Friday, killing at least five people. The individual,…
Read MoreSuspect in German Christmas market attack held on murder charges
A man suspected of ploughing a car through crowds at a German Christmas market in an attack that killed five people and injured scores faces multiple charges of murder and attempted murder, police said on Sunday. Friday evening’s attack in the central city of Magdeburg shocked the country and stirred up tensions over the charged…
Read MoreUS airstrike kills ISIS leader in Syria: Officials
The U.S. military killed a top Islamic State leader and another member in an airstrike conducted in Syria on Thursday, U.S. Central Command said. The strike targeted Abu Yusif, also known as Mahmud, in the Dayr az Zawr Province, an area formerly controlled by the Syrian regime and Russians, CENTCOM said. He and an unidentified…
Read MoreSuspect in UnitedHealth CEO’s killing faces terrorism charges in New York
Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of fatally gunning down UnitedHealth Group chief executive Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, is due to be arraigned on Monday on state murder charges that brand him a terrorist. At the hearing in New York state court in Manhattan, Mangione is expected to be asked to enter a plea…
Read More8 convicted of terrorism charges in teacher’s 2020 beheading in France
France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel Paty outside his school near Paris four years ago, a horrific death that shocked the country. Paty, 47, was killed by an Islamic extremist outside his school on Oct. 16, 2020, days after showing his class cartoons of the…
Read MoreRussian Bombardment Targets Kyiv After Ukraine Fires Us-Made Missiles Across The Border
A Russian ballistic missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv early Friday killed at least one person and injured 12 others, officials said. Moscow claimed it was in response to a Ukrainian strike on Russian soil using American-made weapons. At least three loud blasts were heard in Kyiv shortly before sunrise. Ukraine’s air force said it…
Read MoreOfficial Says Wisconsin Shooter Was New Student At Christian School Where Her Victims Had Deep Ties
The Wisconsin 15-year-old who shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student Monday was only in her first semester at the school but seemed to be settling in, a school official said Thursday as families of the victims remembered them as people of faith who had deep connections within the Christian school. Abundant Life…
Read MoreMissouri Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Civil Rights and Arson Charges for Setting Fire to Mormon Church
A Missouri man pleaded guilty to federal civil rights offenses for setting fire to a house of worship. According to court documents, Christopher Scott Pritchard, 48, pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging him with arson for setting fire to the Church of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, on April 28, 2021. Pritchard…
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