Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Australia fast-tracks machete ban after shopping centre attack
A fight involving machetes at a Melbourne shopping centre has prompted an Australian state to fast-track the country’s first-ever ban on the weapon’s sale. The ban – to start in Victoria this Wednesday, instead of September – comes after two gangs attacked each other at Northland shopping centre in Preston on Sunday afternoon. A man,…
Read MoreFBI releases over 100 pages of writings by Covenant School shooter
The FBI has released more than 100 pages of writings by Audrey Hale, the shooter responsible for the tragic 2023 Covenant School shooting that claimed the lives of three children and three staff members at the private Christian elementary school. The documents, which were found in Hale’s car, had been kept private by law enforcement…
Read MoreSyrian admits triple murder at trial for German knife attack
A Syrian man has admitted carrying out a knife attack in the German town of Solingen last August in which three people were killed. “I have committed a grave crime, I am prepared to accept the verdict,” Issa al H said in a statement read out by his defence lawyers at the start of his…
Read MoreDozens injured after driver plows through pedestrians at Liverpool victory parade: Officials
Dozens of people were injured after a driver struck pedestrians in Liverpool on Monday, officials said, as hundreds of thousands had gathered at a parade celebrating the Liverpool Football Club winning the English Premier League soccer title. The suspected driver has been taken into custody, police said, after what United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer…
Read MoreAt least 18 injured in Hamburg, Germany train station stabbing, suspect arrested: authorities
At least 18 people were injured, including three critically, in a stabbing attack at a train station in Germany on Friday, authorities said. The suspect in the stabbing — a 39-year-old woman — has been arrested, police said. The incident occurred at a train station in Hamburg. A knife was used in the attack, police…
Read MoreThree pupils injured in Finnish school attack, police say
Three pupils were injured in an attack at a school in southern Finland on Tuesday and a fellow student suspected of carrying out the assault has been apprehended, police said. The attacker used a bladed weapon, police said in a statement, adding that the injuries were not believed to be life-threatening. Police said they were…
Read MoreTeen charged with terrorism linked to past arson case, court documents reveal
New details have emerged about a teenager who is facing terrorism charges for allegedly plotting an attack against Rhodes Middle School. Previously, T.H. was in court last year, accused of setting fire to an apartment building on the northwest side of San Antonio. The fire, which occurred in June 2023, started in a utility room…
Read MorePartygoers injured outside bar in possible terrorist attack in Germany’s Bielefeld, police say
Police in Bielefeld are searching for a fugitive armed man who attacked several people in a bar with a sharp object, leaving five injured. The attack occurred early Sunday morning. Following an attack with a sharp object on Sunday morning in front of a bar in Bielefeld that left several people injured, police in the…
Read MoreFormer National Guardsman allegedly plotted ISIS-inspired attack on Michigan military facility
A former member of Michigan’s Army National Guard was arrested for allegedly plotting to carry out an ISIS-inspired mass attack on a military facility near Detroit, according to newly unsealed court records. Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, 19, allegedly engaged in detailed attack planning to carry out a mass shooting at the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments…
Read MoreCourt rejects Tops mass shooter motion to dismiss hate crime charges
A judge has rejected the Tops mass shooter’s motion to dismiss his hate crime charge. The ruling centers around charge 27 in Payton Gendron’s federal indictment. The charge was the last in his Federal Indictment and specifically focuses on those who were not killed or injured by Gendron — but rather those who were in…
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