Posts Tagged ‘fire & arson’
France’s train network hit by arson attacks hours before Olympic ceremony
Saboteurs struck France’s TGV high-speed train network in a series of pre-dawn attacks that caused chaos on the country’s busiest rail lines ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony on Friday. The coordinated sabotage took place as France rolled out an unprecedented peacetime security operation involving tens of thousands of police and soldiers to lockdown…
Read MoreOhio Man Sentenced for Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act Violation, Communicating Interstate Threats and Conspiracy
An Ohio man was sentenced today for threatening to destroy a reproductive health services facility in Columbus, Ohio, and for conspiring to commit money laundering. Mohamed Waes, 33, was sentenced to 66 months in prison, three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay $273,982.08 in restitution. “This defendant threatened to burn down a…
Read MoreSuspected arson in crowded apartment kills seven in French city of Nice
Seven people, including three children and their mother, died early on Thursday in what authorities suspect was arson that devastated a crowded seventh-floor apartment in a building in Nice, the largest city on the French Riviera. The fire started around 3 a.m. (0100 GMT) and spread so quickly through the apartment that only the people…
Read MoreGeorgian National Charged with Soliciting Hate Crimes and a Mass Casualty Attack in New York City
A federal grand jury in Brooklyn yesterday returned a four-count indictment charging Georgian national Michail Chkhikvishvili, also known as “Mishka,” “Michael,” “Commander Butcher” and “Butcher,” with soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence in New York City. Chkhikvishvili was arrested in Chișinău, Moldova on July 6, 2024 pursuant to an Interpol Wanted Person Diffusion,…
Read MoreHigh school damaged by ‘incendiary device’ detonation; 20-year-old man arrested after standoff
A man accused of starting a fire at Piqua High School is in jail after a SWAT standoff. Grady Egerton, 20, has been accused of creating an “explosive device that he used to catch Piqua High School on fire, according to Miami County Municipal Court documents. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, a…
Read MorePolice release video of suspect in Vancouver synagogue arson
Police in Vancouver have released video showing a man who is believed to have set fire to the front entrance of a synagogue in May. The security video shows a man wearing a dark jacket, light ball cap and a medical face mask approaching the front steps of the Schara Tzedeck synagogue on Vancouver’s Oak…
Read MoreA Greek police officer guarding a top judge’s house is injured in a predawn gasoline bomb attack
A Greek police officer guarding the house of a top judge was hospitalized with burns after a gasoline bomb attack in Athens early Thursday, authorities said. The motive for the predawn attack in a city suburb was not clear and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. Police said gasoline bombs were thrown at the…
Read MoreMan arrested in connection with firebombing of UC Berkeley police car during campus protests
A man was arrested Monday in connection with the firebombing of a UC Berkeley Police Department vehicle and three other arson attacks at the height of pro-Palestinian protests on the Berkeley campus, authorities announced. Casey Robert Goonan, 34, was booked into Alameda County jail on suspicion of arson and possession and use of destructive devices,…
Read MoreArrest made in UC Berkeley police vehicle firebombing, three other arson attacks
Authorities on Monday arrested a 34-year-old Oakland man in connection with the firebombing of a UC Berkeley Police Department vehicle and three other arson attacks at the school. Casey Robert Goonan was booked into Alameda County jail on charges including arson and possession and use of destructive devices, Cal Fire said in a news release.…
Read MoreGerman police shot a man allegedly threatening them with a hammer in Euro 2024 host city Hamburg
German police said Sunday they shot and wounded a man who was threatening them with a pick hammer and a Molotov cocktail in the northern city of Hamburg, hours before it hosted a match in the European Championship soccer tournament. Police officers opened fire after the man, a 39-year-old German, refused to put down the…
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