Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Man Pleads Guilty to Federal Hate Crimes in Deadly Attack on Boulder, Colorado, Gathering
Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 46, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, pleaded guilty in federal court today to 12 hate crimes charges for using Molotov cocktails to attack members of the group Run for Their Lives and others. As part of the plea agreement, Soliman admitted that on June 1, 2025, he lit and threw two Molotov cocktails…
Read MoreParis shooting suspect admits targeting Muslims and people of African origin
The suspect in the shooting in Trappes and La Verrière, on the outskirts of Paris, has admitted specifically targeting people he perceived to be Muslim or of African or North African origin, anti-terrorism public prosecutor Olivier Christen announced on Thursday. Known only as Kévin T., the 39-year-old is accused of killing one man and injuring…
Read MoreOrlando man jailed over threats against Jewish community, state says
An Orlando man was arrested after state investigators said he threatened a Jewish community in Florida earlier this month, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. In a release, FDLE officials said the investigation began on Oct. 19 when the agency received information about the man — identified as Jerry Sneed, 31 — posting…
Read MoreUtah Man Charged with Attempted Hate Crime, and other Crimes After Allegedly Making Online Threats to “blow up” a Synagogue
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an indictment charging a Utah man with multiple federal crimes including possession of an unregistered destructive device, threat to kill and injure persons and to destroy a building with an explosive, and attempting to commit a hate crime, among other charges, after threats were allegedly made…
Read MoreMacron says Paris suburb shooting that killed one person was terrorist and racist act
A gunman killed one person and wounded five others, including a 12-year-old girl, in a shooting in a Paris suburb that French President Emmanuel Macron described as a “terrorist and racist” attack. “What happened today is, I am telling you, a turning point, because it is the first time we have had a terrorist act…
Read MoreMaryland Man Pleads Guilty to Vandalizing Jewish Cemetery
A Maryland man pled guilty to religious vandalism charges, in federal court, today, stemming from an incident in which he defaced several headstones, at a Baltimore County Jewish cemetery, with antisemitic symbols. George Horn, 36, of Dundalk, pled guilty to damaging religious property after he painted swastikas and other symbols on multiple headstones at the…
Read MoreReport shows hate bias incidents declined slightly Maryland
Hate bias incidents declined slightly in the state of Maryland in 2025, according to a new report from the Maryland State Police in partnership with the Maryland Coordination and Analysis Center. State law enforcement agencies reported 884 hate bias incidents last year, a 4.3% decrease from 2024. Of those incidents, 303 were verified after investigation.…
Read MoreTeen accused in school sword attack praised Nazis, talked about mass murder plans, court hears
In the months leading up to a sword attack at a Brandon, Man., high school, a teen wrote in a notebook about “invaders” of Canada — specifically Black and Muslim immigrants — and his mass murder plan. That’s according to an agreed statement of facts presented in court Tuesday, as the trial for the boy…
Read MoreJammed rifle prevented an apparent mass murder plot at worship center in Aurora
The man police say was behind a violent plot targeting a suburban worship center is young and looks even younger, and now he’s behind bars. Alexandros Paporakis is 19 and works as a cashier at a fast-food restaurant. According to police in his northwest suburban hometown of Palatine, Paporakis had plotted to carry out a…
Read MoreIranians charged with terrorism in attack on U.K. Jewish community
British prosecutors on Friday charged two Iranian nationals with terrorism for allegedly planning an attack on the Jewish community in the Manchester area. Salam Ahmadyan, 36 of Liverpool, and Rahman Salehi, 34 of Salford, were arrested in Manchester on Sept. 20, on the eve of Yom Kippur, and taken to a police station in London.…
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