Homeland Security News
Morocco says it dismantled Islamic State cell that was planning attacks
Moroccan authorities this month arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel, a region south of the Sahara Desert, officials said Monday. The discovery of the terrorist cell and what authorities called an “imminent dangerous terrorist plot” reflect the expanding ambitions of extremist groups in…
Read MoreMexico announces arrests of alleged high ranking Sinaloa Cartel members
Mexican authorities arrested two alleged high ranking members of the notorious Sinaloa Cartel this week, just days before the Trump administration designated that group and others based in Mexico as foreign terrorist organizations. The list includes transnational gangs MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, as well as several cartels including the Sinaloa, Jalisco, Zetas, and Gulf…
Read MoreIllinois landlord charged with 2023 hate crime and murder of Palestinian American boy set for trial
The trial of a suburban Chicago landlord accused of murder, attempted murder and a hate crime in a 2023 attack on a Palestinian American woman and her young son is set to start Tuesday. Joseph Czuba, 73, is charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and the wounding of Hanan Shaheen on Oct.…
Read More21-year-old arrested, accused of planning attack on Corpus Christi police, FBI says
Houston FBI officials announced Monday they partnered with the Corpus Christi Police Department to stop an alleged attack on police. Federal and local authorities said 21-year-old Seth “Andrea” Gregori was arrested Monday on a warrant for terroristic threat. The FBI was notified of Gregori making threats against Corpus Christi Police Department officers, the local department…
Read MoreGermany: Suspected Hamas cell members face terrorism trial
Four men accused of helping prepare possible attacks on Israeli, Jewish or US institutions in Germany or elsewhere in Europe at the behest of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas faced trial in the German capital, Berlin, on Tuesday morning. The suspects were arrested in Berlin and the Netherlands and have been held in pre-trial detention…
Read MoreArizona woman accused of threatening co-workers with plan to attack the workplace: Court documents
Court documents state a Cave Creek woman is accused of threats and terrorism-related offenses over an alleged plot to attack her workplace. Investigators say the suspect, identified as 20-year-old Keelin Paige Pascoe, allegedly sent text messages to a co-worker, where Pascoe outlined “her plans to carry out a mass casualty event at her workplace,” described…
Read MoreChatham County man sentenced to prison for stalking woman, exploding a bomb at her home
A Chatham County man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges that include planting and exploding a bomb that badly damaged a woman’s home. Stephen Glosser, 38, of Savannah, was sentenced to 240 months in prison after pleading guilty to Stalking and Use of an Explosive to Commit…
Read MoreBulgaria’s anti-euro protesters try to storm EU mission building
Several thousand supporters of Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist Revival party scuffled with police on Saturday while trying to storm the building of a European Union mission during a protest against the country’s plans to adopt the euro next year. The anti-government protesters, chanting “Resignation” and “No to the Euro”, threw red paint, firecrackers and Molotov cocktails at…
Read MoreAn incendiary device explodes outside the Russian Consulate in the French city of Marseille
A suspect threw an incendiary device that exploded outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille early Monday, authorities said, on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. No injuries were reported. A second device, also thrown against the consulate’s outer wall, failed to detonate and landed on the sidewalk. A bomb disposal expert was dispatched…
Read MoreMotive revealed in Pennsylvania hospital shooting that left 1 officer dead, 5 injured
Anguish and anger at the very recent loss of a loved one apparently spurred on the man who would target the intensive care unit at a Pennsylvania hospital Saturday morning, a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News. One officer was killed and at least five others were shot in the…
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