Posts Tagged ‘fire & arson’
Molotov cocktails thrown at Cuban embassy in Washington
An anonymous submission was received by a high school’s stating that they would “shoot up the school” on Tuesday and specified “special ed kids.” An assailant attacked the Cuban embassy in Washington with two Molotov cocktails on Sunday night, Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said on X, adding that nobody was hurt. The attack…
Read MoreFlorida man charged with terrorism, intent to murder, after setting MSP vehicles on fire
A 39-year-old Florida man was arraigned on multiple felony charges Monday, after he allegedly set multiple Michigan State Police vehicles on fire and shot at them with a rifle. According to the MSP, James Itani was arraigned in 91st District Court on charges of one count of terrorism, one count of third-degree arson, 11 counts…
Read MoreBelgium Requires A Controversial Class Program. Now Schools Are Burning And The Country Is Worried
A series of school arsons in Belgium believed to be connected to a controversial school program in some parts of the country is prompting authorities to strengthen their police response. Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden on Friday called for a halt to the attacks in the French-speaking Wallonia region hours after another school was set on…
Read MoreFlorida man’s motive unknown in arson, shooting at Michigan State Police Sault Ste. Marie Post
UPDATE: A Michigan State Police Lieutenant said he was shocked after three patrol cars were destroyed at the Sault Ste. Marie Post Wednesday morning. Charred metal is all that remains of three Michigan State Police cruisers that were set on fire by an arsonist Wednesday morning. Michigan State Police 8th District Public Information Officer Lt.…
Read MorePolice say the teenage suspect in German knife attack may have intended to set fire to a school
A former student who wounded an eight-year-old boy with a knife at a school in eastern Germany may have intended to set the building on fire, police said Thursday. The 16-year-old suspect set himself alight after the knife attack in Bischofswerda, east of Dresden, on Wednesday. The flames were extinguished and he was arrested. The…
Read MoreAsheville police cars ‘completely destroyed’ by suspected arson; seeking public’s help
After two marked Asheville Police Department vehicles were set on fire the morning of Aug. 14, APD is asking for the public’s help in finding who set the cars ablaze. The Asheville Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished two police cars that had been set on fire near block 30 of Lynndale Avenue…
Read MoreMan Sent To Prison For 10 Years For Setting A Fire At An Illinois Planned Parenthood Clinic
A man who set a fire at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Illinois was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in federal prison. Tyler Massengill has admitted using a homemade explosive to set a fire at the Peoria clinic in January, a few days after Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law with additional legal protections…
Read MoreMolotov cocktail thrown at Swedish embassy in Beirut amid Quran-burning tensions
An assailant threw a Molotov cocktail at Sweden’s embassy in Beirut, causing no casualties, Stockholm’s foreign minister and a diplomatic source said Thursday, amid anger over recent Quran desecrations. “We confirm that there was a Molotov cocktail thrown at the facade of our embassy last evening, which did not explode,” a diplomatic source at the…
Read More66-year-old man charged with using homemade explosive device to set multiple grass fires
Arson investigators say 66 year-old Frank Andrew Howell intentionally set at least two grass fires. On the morning of Sunday, August 6, a report came in of a ‘lifted’ white Chevy truck with chrome wheels along FM 1516 near a grass fire in Converse. The witness identified the driver as Frank Andrew Howell. The witness…
Read MoreTexas church firebombed weeks after anti-LGBTQ YouTubers disrupt service
An LGBTQ-friendly church in Texas was firebombed this weekend, weeks after anti-LGBTQ YouTubers posted a video trolling churchgoers at a Sunday service. News of the bombing comes the Texas GOP’s ongoing legislative and rhetorical onslaught aimed at restricting LGBTQ rights in the Lone Star State. The Community Unitarian Universalist Church of Plano was damaged after…
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