Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Ethnic fighting kills 32 in disputed region straddling Sudan, South Sudan
Attacks by rival factions of the Dinka ethnic group in an area claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan killed at least 32 people over the weekend, a local official said on Monday. Deadly violence is common in the oil-rich Abyei region, where Twic Dinka from South Sudan’s neighbouring Warrap State are locked in a…
Read MoreNathaniel Veltman guilty of 1st–degree and attempted murder in 2021 attack on Muslim family in London, Ont.
After less than six hours of deliberations, the jury in the Nathaniel Veltman murder trial in Windsor, Ont., has reached a verdict of guilty of four counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder related to the truck attack on a Muslim family in London in 2021. The 12-member jury in the more…
Read MoreMichigan man pleads guilty to sending messages about mass shooting plot targeting Jews
A 19-year-old Michigan man arrested for sending Instagram messages about planning a mass shooting targeting Jewish people pleaded guilty to a federal charge, officials announced Monday. The FBI arrested Seann Pietila in June after discovering Instagram messages he sent detailing plans of violence with specific references to the Jewish community, including antisemitic slurs, references to…
Read MoreFather of July 4th parade mass shooting suspect to stand trial for assist in gun license application
The father of a man charged in a deadly Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago will stand trial starting Monday accused of helping his teenage son obtain a gun license even after he had threatened violence. Robert Crimo Jr. is charged with seven counts of reckless conduct — one for each person his…
Read MoreJordanian arrested in Houston made statements supporting killing individuals of particular faiths, judge’s order says
A Jordanian man arrested last month in Houston on a federal firearm possession charge had spoken of “martyrdom,” a federal judge said in a court order, and was “plotting to attack a Jewish gathering,” a law enforcement source told CNN. Sohaib Abuayyash, 20, who is in the United States on an expired nonimmigrant visa, made…
Read MoreFBI checking social media, cellphone of Colorado man found dead with guns & explosives at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park
The 20-year-old Colorado man found dead over the weekend at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park “was well intended to do something very heinous,” according to the Garfield County Sheriff, but so far what his reasons may have been for collecting extensive weaponry for a possible attack is a mystery. It’s also not clear why some of…
Read MoreMan kills himself instead of carrying out US amusement park shooting, police say
A heavily armed man killed himself rather than carrying out an apparent plan to shoot up a mountaintop amusement park in Colorado, authorities said Monday. The 20-year-old man was found dead at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park on Saturday morning before it opened to the public, apparently breaking into the park while it was closed. He…
Read MoreCops were sent to Maine gunman’s home weeks before massacres amid concern he ‘is going to snap and commit a mass shooting’
The US Army asked local police to check on the reservist who killed 18 people after a soldier became concerned he would “snap and commit a mass shooting,” according to information shared with CNN. Officers from the Sagadahoc County and Kennebec County Sheriff’s Offices responded and tried to contact Robert Card on September 16, less…
Read MoreMaine shooting suspect found dead in cargo trailer, motive still a mystery
The U.S. Army reservist who sprayed a bowling alley and bar with gunfire this week in Lewiston, Maine, killing 18 people, took his own life inside a cargo trailer parked on the lot of a recycling plant where he once worked, police said on Saturday. Robert R. Card, 40, was found dead on Friday evening…
Read MoreHunt for Lewiston mass shooter enters its 2nd day
The hunt for the man suspected of killing 18 people in Lewiston continued Friday morning. Robert R. Card II, 40, of Bowdoin is suspected in shootings at a bowling alley and restaurant in Lewiston Wednesday night. Eighteen people were killed and 13 were injured. It was one of the worst mass shootings in the nation.…
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