Posts Tagged ‘hate-bias’
Investigation into arson attack at Islamic Cultural Centre in Limerick
An investigation is under way into an arson attack on the Islamic Cultural Centre in Co Limerick. The centre, which is located in Dooradoyle, serves the Muslim community in Limerick. Emergency services attended the scene at around 1.30am yesterday morning and it took three units of Limerick Fire Service over half an hour to bring…
Read MoreSuspect in Jackson synagogue arson indicted on additional federal charges
The man accused of the arson attack at Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson has been indicted on additional federal charges. According to court documents, Stephen Pittman was indicted for arson, damage to religious property and use of fire to commit any felony. Pittman is also facing a state charge for first-degree arson of a place…
Read MoreMetro teen linked to extremist network suspected in SE OKC church fire, multiple vandalism cases
Oklahoma City police are investigating a member of a violent extremist group they said is behind a string of arson fires and vandalism in the metro. A church fire on the southeast side of the city led investigators to identifying the 17-year-old suspect. Police said the teenager is affiliated with a global Nihilistic Violent Extremists…
Read MoreBomb threats targeting Haitian community sent to schools, county offices in Springfield, Ohio: Governor
Schools and county offices in Ohio’s Clark County received multiple bomb threats targeting the Haitian community on Monday, prompting classes in Springfield to be canceled for the day, according to Gov. Mike DeWine. There is no credible threat to the public at this time, according to the FBI’s Cincinnati office, which said it is “aware…
Read More‘Incel’ schoolboy who threatened Valentine’s Day massacre pleads guilty to terrorism offences
An “incel” schoolboy who threatened to launch a Valentine’s Day massacre has pleaded guilty to possessing bomb-making videos. Dihan Rahman, then aged 17, also made threats to attack his school’s prom and released “doxing” material on to the internet to encourage online attacks on female pupils. The former army cadet from Uxbridge, west London, had…
Read MoreNew Terrorism-Related Charges Filed Against Alleged Killer of Israeli Embassy Employees
Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, was charged in a 13-count superseding indictment unsealed today in U.S. District Court with multiple terrorism-related offenses in connection with the May 21, 2025, fatal shootings of two Israeli Embassy staff members outside the Capital Jewish Museum in downtown Washington D.C., announced U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro. Rodriguez previously was…
Read MoreNYPD: Woman attacks 3 people in anti-Muslim rampage in Bay Ridge
Prosecutors have filed hate crime charges against a Staten Island woman accused of attacking three Muslim females wearing hijabs during a brief but violent rampage in Brooklyn’s Bay Ridge neighborhood. Police say all three assaults happened within 11 minutes and just a few blocks of each other last Friday, Jan. 30. According to the NYPD,…
Read MoreJackson Heights teen arraigned on hate crime charges after he threatened to kill Jewish students at Renaissance Charter School: DA
A 17-year-old student at the Renaissance Charter School in Jackson Heights was arrested Feb. 2 for allegedly making antisemitic threats to hundreds of his classmates, according to authorities. The school’s principal alerted the NYPD as soon as he became aware of the threat. Police from the 115th Precinct responded to a 911 call just after…
Read MoreNeo-Nazis busted as part of plot to create paramilitary team to take out ‘high-value targets,’ FBI says
Two white supremacists, both with connections to a Tennessee-based neo-Nazi network, now face federal charges, accused of attempting to create a paramilitary unit capable of taking out “high-value targets.” Aiden Daniel Cuevas, 20, and Andrew Cole Nary, 23, are being held in separate northern Alabama jails after being arrested Jan. 20 by the FBI. Following…
Read MoreDriver crashes into Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn: NYPD
A man drove his vehicle into the Chabad Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn on Wednesday, and authorities are investigating it as a hate crime, police said late that night. The crash took place around 8:46 p.m. on Eastern Parkway in the Crown Heights section of the borough. A 2012 Honda Accord sedan was found mounted on…
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