Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Pennsylvania shooter who killed 8 was family’s patriarch, father of toddler killed says
A man whose toddler was among eight people killed in a mass shooting in Erie, Pennsylvania, said Sunday that the gunman was a grandfather who never seemed distressed or out of the ordinary. “I think that was a front for him,” Julius Windham said as he stood at a memorial to victims of Friday’s shooting,…
Read MorePolish police detain 135 in nationwide crackdown after school knife attacks
Polish police have detained 135 people and investigated more than 300 suspected criminal incidents as part of a nationwide security operation launched after a series of violent attacks at schools last week. Police said on Monday that officers had inspected nearly 80,000 educational institutions since Friday, recording 311 incidents involving suspected criminal offenses. “Police operations…
Read MoreFrench police arrest 14-year-old after two teaching staff wounded by hunting rifle fire
A middle school headmaster and teacher were wounded by gunfire at the Lakanal school in Aubagne, near Marseille on Monday morning, Education Minister Édouard Geffray said. A pupil at the school was suspected of being behind the attack, Geffray added in a post on X. French authorities arrested a 14-year-old on Monday in connection with…
Read MorePolish police arrest multiple teens over ‘Bloody Friday’ school attack threats
Polish police have arrested a string of young people, mainly for making threats related to school attacks, they said on Friday, as authorities sought to calm fears spurred by rumours online of a “Bloody Friday” after two stabbing sprees in as many days. Social media in Poland has been filled with talk of a supposed…
Read MoreMan Arrested and Charged for Role in Plotting to Conduct a Mass-Shooting Event in Support of ISIS at the Mall of America
Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, of Richfield, Minnesota, was charged today by complaint with one count of knowingly receiving a firearm and ammunition in order to commit a federal crime of terrorism. The FBI arrested the defendant on Oct. 6, and he made his initial appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Cowan Wright on Oct. 7.…
Read More‘Incel-adjacent’ Mesa teen plotting mass shooting studied Paris attacks, shopped for tactical gear, FBI says
An 18-year-old Mesa man is behind bars on a $500,000 cash-only bond after local police and federal agents arrested him for “planning a mass shooting,” according to court documents and prosecutors. Damien Alexander Bedonie was taken into custody early Tuesday morning by Mesa police officers assisting the FBI following an investigation into terroristic threats. During…
Read MoreU.S. suspect allegedly ‘encouraged, sent money’ to Tumbler Ridge shooter
A person in western Washington State was allegedly in contact with the Tumbler Ridge School shooter for six months before the deadly shooting occurred in February, U.S. law enforcement officials said on Tuesday. James Cody Bryant, 30, “had been in repeated contact with the shooter, offering advice, sending money and even agreeing to livestream the…
Read MoreOne student killed, eight wounded in Istanbul school stabbing attack
A 15-year-old student stabbed eight pupils at a secondary school in Istanbul’s Başakşehir district on Tuesday morning, killing one, Turkish officials said. The attacker disguised herself in the uniform of the school she targeted before carrying out the attack at Şeyh Şamil Imam Hatip Secondary School in Istanbul’s Başakşehir district, Education Minister Yusuf Tekin said.…
Read MoreKnife rampage at Polish school leaves at least eight injured
At least eight people, mostly students, were injured in a knife attack at a school in northeastern Poland on Wednesday, with two seriously hurt. A 19-year-old student was arrested after fleeing the scene in the city of Ostrołęka, with police detaining him near the city beach around noon. Adrian Stupski from the Ostrołęka fire brigade…
Read More12-year-old girl killed in crossfire during youth football game in Baltimore; 4 adults injured
“The words I would use are horrific. Heartbreaking,” said Erricka Bridgeford about Saturday’s deadly shooting of Khloe, a 12-year-old girl, during a youth football game. Baltimore Police Commissioner Richard Worley said officers were called around 6:15 p.m. Saturday to Leon Day Park on North Franklintown Road. Worley said officers arrived and found a woman and…
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