Russia may be behind Prague bus arson attempt, Czech premier says

Russia may be behind an attempted arson attack on Prague city buses last week, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said on Monday. Police said they arrested a 26-year-old man on Saturday in connection with the foiled plot and charged him with terrorism. “There is suspicion that the attack was organised and financed probably from Russia,”…

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Suspect detained in Romania after throwing petrol bomb outside Israeli embassy

A foreign citizen was detained in Romania’s capital Bucharest on Monday after throwing a Molotov cocktail outside the Israeli embassy, causing no damage or casualties, police said. The Romanian Intelligence Service said its anti-terrorism officers caught the 34-year-old suspect, who allegedly also threatened he will set himself on fire, and handed him over to police.…

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Police investigate suspected arson at Vancouver synagogue

Leaders of Vancouver’s Jewish community say they’re outraged after a fire was set in the doorway of a synagogue in the city’s West Side on Thursday night. The Vancouver Police Department (VPD) said in a statement that it has launched a criminal investigation of the incident at the Congregation Schara Tzedeck synagogue and believes an…

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Europe on high alert after suspected Moscow-linked arson and sabotage

Security services around Europe are on alert to a potential new weapon of Russia’s war – arson and sabotage – after a spate of mystery fires and attacks on infrastructure in the Baltics, Germany and the UK. When a fire broke out in Ikea in Vilnius in Lithuania this month, few passed any remarks until…

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Protesters demand justice following lethal arson attack on lesbians

Protesters took to the streets in Buenos Aires on Monday evening to demand justice for a deadly attack last week on four lesbians that killed three and left one fighting for her life. Carrying placards and banners, around a hundred people gathered at Plaza Colombia to march to the boarding house where the lethal arson…

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15 Portland police cars badly burned Thursday morning; arson suspected

Fifteen or more parked police cars were badly damaged in a fire at a training facility early Thursday morning, the Portland Police Bureau said. The bureau said an arsonist set the fire, but it did not announce any arrests. Portland Fire & Rescue arrived at the scene in the 14900 block of Northeast Airport Way…

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Police Arrest Polish Teenager Suspected Of Throwing Firebombs At Synagogue

Polish police have arrested a 16-year-old male on suspicion of attacking a synagogue with Molotov cocktails and said they plan to ask prosecutors on Thursday to open an investigation. The Nożyk Synagogue was attacked around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, sustaining some damage to its facade. Nobody was in the prayer hall at that time and…

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Backpack near crime scene led police to triple homicide, arson suspect in Aberdeen

A 35-year-old man has been charged in a triple homicide and arson investigation in Aberdeen after a backpack connected him to the crime scene. Michael Swann faces multiple counts of first and second-degree murder, arson, reckless endangerment, and other related charges. Three adults — 54-year-old john Claytor, 45-year-old Melissa Williams and 48-year-old Talaya Wiley —…

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