Posts Tagged ‘domestic extremist threats & trends’
Gunman in tactical gear opens fire at Texas Border Facility before being shot to death by agents
A man wearing tactical gear and armed with a rifle opened fire at a Border Patrol facility in McAllen, Texas, on Monday morning, according to the Department of Homeland Security, CNN’s Holmes Lybrand confirmed. CNN reported that Border Patrol agents and local police officers responded to the scene and killed the shooter after a brief…
Read More10 arrested after ambush on Texas ICE detention facility, officials say
State and federal officials announced on Monday that 10 people were arrested for engaging in a “planned ambush” on an ICE detention facility in Texas over the Fourth of July holiday. The individuals were charged with attempted murder of a federal officer, according to court records. The incident occurred at the Prairieland Detention Facility in…
Read MoreFrench police arrest ‘incel’ teenager over alleged plot to attack women
The investigation into the 18-year-old man is reportedly the national anti-terrorist prosecutor’s office first case linked to the so-called “incel” movement. French authorities have arrested an 18-year-old man who claimed ties to the misogynistic so-called “incel” movement and placed him under investigation over an alleged plot to carry out attacks targeting women, according to media…
Read MoreMilitary veteran gets a life sentence for plotting an FBI attack after his Jan. 6 arrest
A military veteran was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison for plotting to attack an FBI office and assassinate law enforcement officers in retaliation for his arrest on charges that he was part of the mob that stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, court records show. Edward Kelley was one of the first rioters…
Read MoreMember of Transnational Terrorist Group Charged with Soliciting the Murder of Federal Officials in Connection with Hit List
The Justice Department announced today that Noah Lamb, 24, was charged in the Eastern District of California in an eight-count indictment for conspiracy, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and other offenses in connection with his work on a hit list of “high value targets” for assassination. “Transnational criminal networks that promote extremist ideology and…
Read More82-year-old woman dies from injuries suffered in Boulder Molotov cocktail attack: Prosecutors
An 82-year-old woman hurt in the Molotov cocktail attack in Boulder, Colorado, has died, prosecutors announced, as they updated an attempted murder charge to a murder charge. Karen Diamond “died tragically as a result of the severe injuries that she suffered” in the June 1 attack, the Boulder County District Attorney’s Office said. “The family…
Read MoreAlleged Perpetrator of Terror Attack in Colorado Charged with Hate Crimes
An indictment was unsealed today in Denver charging Mohamed Sabry Soliman with 12 hate crime counts, including nine counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 249 and three counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 844(h), for using Molotov cocktails to attack members of the group “Run for Their Lives” and others who had gathered in the…
Read MoreWoman with ties to a cultlike group to appear in court after border agent’s killing
A woman charged in the death of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is due in federal court Tuesday in one of multiple criminal cases linked to a cultlike group known as Zizians. Authorities have said Teresa Youngblut fired the bullet that killed agent David Maland during the January traffic stop. Another agent fired…
Read MoreAlleged accomplice in California fertility clinic bombing dies in federal custody
The man charged earlier this month with conspiring to assist the suspected California fertility clinic bomber has died in federal custody, according to a statement from the Bureau of Prisons. Daniel Park was found unresponsive on Tuesday at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, the federal law enforcement agency said. “Responding employees initiated life-saving…
Read More1 arrested amid investigation into mass shooting threats at San Antonio ‘Jewish facility’
San Antonio city officials said a suspect was taken into custody Thursday as law enforcement looked into “threats to commit a mass shooting at a Jewish facility.” According to a press release, the information was initially passed on to the San Antonio Police Department by the local FBI field office, which told KENS 5 the…
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