Homeland Security News
Gunman May Have Targeted California Religious School In Shooting That Wounded 2 Kindergarteners
Two children were in “extremely critical condition” after being shot at a tiny religious K-8 school in Northern California and the gunman died at the scene, apparently from a self-inflicted gunshot, police said. The gunman may have targeted the Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists in Palermo on Wednesday because of its religious affiliation, but…
Read MoreMan Accused Of Alleged War Crimes In Separatist Region Of Ukraine Stands Trial In Finland
A man has gone on trial in Finland on charges of war crimes allegedly committed against Ukrainian forces in a Russia-backed separatist region of Ukraine in 2014. Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for the defendant at the trial which opened Thursday at the Helsinki district court, public broadcaster YLE reported. The suspect’s name was not…
Read MoreDefence for alleged terror propagandist calls prosecution speculative, tenuous
The defence team for an alleged terror propagandist argued Tuesday that the Crown’s case is built on shaky ground, with tenuous links between the accused’s camera and racist videos found online, and shoddy testimony from a Crown expert on right-wing extremism. Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 27, is charged with participating in the terrorist activity of Atomwaffen…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Arrested for Allegedly Exporting Shipments of Firearms, Ammunition and Other Military Items to North Korea
Shenghua Wen, 41, of Ontario, California, was arrested today on a criminal complaint alleging that he exported shipments of firearms, ammunition and other military items to North Korea that were concealed inside shipping containers bound from Long Beach. Wen, a Chinese national illegally residing in the United States, was arrested this morning and is expected…
Read MoreReport: Texas man planned to attack church with improvised explosive devices, multiple guns
A Texas man who was arrested last week after officers found explosive devices and guns in his van allegedly told them he had planned to attack a local church, according to an incident report obtained by WFAA. The incident report filed by the Fort Worth Fire Department said White Settlement police believed they had discovered…
Read MoreExtremist Rebels Linked To Is Kill At Least 9 And Kidnap 3 In Eastern Congo
Extremist rebels linked to the Islamic State group killed at least 9 people, including an 8-month-old baby and a 14-year-old girl in eastern Congo and kidnapped several others, authorities said on Wednesday. Rebels with the Allied Democratic Forces attacked civilians in Tenambo village in the North Kivu province on Tuesday evening, Colonel Mak Hazukay, spokesperson…
Read MoreHamas And Fatah Are Near An Agreement On Who Will Oversee Postwar Gaza
Palestinian officials say Fatah and Hamas are closing in on an agreement to appoint a committee of politically independent technocrats to administer the Gaza Strip after the war. It would effectively end Hamas’ rule and could help advance ceasefire talks with Israel. The rival factions have made several failed attempts to reconcile since Hamas seized…
Read MoreSouth Korea’s Opposition Parties Submit A Motion To Impeach President Yoon Over Sudden Martial Law
South Korea’s opposition parties Wednesday submitted a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over the shocking and short-lived martial law that drew heavily armed troops to encircle parliament before lawmakers climbed walls to reenter the building and unanimously voted to lift his order. Impeaching Yoon would require the support of two-thirds of parliament, and…
Read MoreIsraeli strike near Damascus killed Hezbollah liaison with Syrian army
An Israeli airstrike on a car near Syria’s capital Damascus on Tuesday killed Salman Jumaa, a senior Hezbollah figure responsible for liaising with the Syrian army, a Lebanese security source told Reuters. Syria’s state news agency had reported the strike on the airport road but did not offer details on casualties. The Israeli military confirmed…
Read MoreYoung man seriously hurts hand after setting off homemade explosives in Fairfield: PD
A college-aged man was injured after making four explosives and setting them off in Fairfield on Sunday afternoon, according to police. Two men made four explosives and one exploded sooner than expected, injuring one man’s hand, police said. He was taken to a local hospital by the other man, who then left and went out-of-state,…
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