Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Teenager plotted mass shooting at Edinburgh school
A teenager obsessed by murder wanted to carry out a mass shooting at his own school in Edinburgh. A court heard how the boy “idolised” the killers behind the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado in the United States in 1999, which saw 12 students and a teacher murdered. He repeatedly spoke about doing the…
Read MoreColombian city faces worst violence in decades as armed groups wreak havoc
Residents of a violence-torn province in northern Colombia are bracing for further bloodshed as a conflict between rival armed groups spread to a regional capital in scenes residents said they had not witnessed since the cartel unrest of the 1990s. The mayor of Cúcuta imposed a 48-hour curfew on the population of 1 million inhabitants…
Read More21-year-old arrested, accused of planning attack on Corpus Christi police, FBI says
Houston FBI officials announced Monday they partnered with the Corpus Christi Police Department to stop an alleged attack on police. Federal and local authorities said 21-year-old Seth “Andrea” Gregori was arrested Monday on a warrant for terroristic threat. The FBI was notified of Gregori making threats against Corpus Christi Police Department officers, the local department…
Read MoreArizona woman accused of threatening co-workers with plan to attack the workplace: Court documents
Court documents state a Cave Creek woman is accused of threats and terrorism-related offenses over an alleged plot to attack her workplace. Investigators say the suspect, identified as 20-year-old Keelin Paige Pascoe, allegedly sent text messages to a co-worker, where Pascoe outlined “her plans to carry out a mass casualty event at her workplace,” described…
Read MoreMotive revealed in Pennsylvania hospital shooting that left 1 officer dead, 5 injured
Anguish and anger at the very recent loss of a loved one apparently spurred on the man who would target the intensive care unit at a Pennsylvania hospital Saturday morning, a senior law enforcement official briefed on the investigation told ABC News. One officer was killed and at least five others were shot in the…
Read MoreMacron says deadly knife attack in eastern France an ‘Islamist terror act’
French police have made several arrests since a man went on a stabbing rampage, killing one and wounding several others in what President Emmanuel Macron called an “Islamist terrorist act”, anti-terror prosecutors told AFP Sunday. The knife-wielding suspect, identified by prosecutors as a 37-year-old Algerian-born man, was arrested at the site of Saturday’s attack in…
Read MoreThree shot and killed outside Louisville motor vehicle office, police say
Three people were shot and killed outside a motor vehicle office in Louisville on Friday, police said. Officers were called to the office around noon and found a man dead and two women wounded in the parking lot, according to a statement from the Louisville Metro Police Department. The two wounded were taken to the…
Read MoreMan seriously injured in stabbing at Berlin Holocaust memorial
A man has been seriously injured in a knife attack near Berlin’s Holocaust memorial. The incident took place at around 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT), police said on X, adding that investigations into what happened “are ongoing”. According to Tagesspiegel newspaper, officers had cordoned off the site and were carrying out a search. Police are…
Read MorePolice: Teenage girls planned shooting and pipe bomb attack at Memorial High School in Spring Branch ISD
Police are investigating after two students were accused of threatening to place pipe bombs in a Houston high school and shoot peers, according to police. The two teenage girls were in custody. According to authorities, one of the suspects, a Willis High School student, is currently being held on unrelated charges, while the second suspect,…
Read MoreCambria County man arrested over alleged mass shooting threat
A Salix man has been charged after he allegedly said he wanted to commit a mass shooting at a grocery store in Cambria County while speaking in an Xbox chat. Dylan Shaffer, 25, has been charged after an online friend from Minnesota reached out to police about a mass shooting threat that he allegedly made,…
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