Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Police investigating 5 consecutive shooting incidents on Washington highway
Police are investigating five separate shootings that occurred Monday night on Interstate 5 in Washington, authorities said. Police have not confirmed if all of the shootings are connected but have confirmed that several people have been injured across all five incidents, according to a statement from the Washington State Patrol. A suspect was arrested, police…
Read MoreTrial Expected To Focus On Shooter’s Competency In 2021 Colorado Supermarket Massacre
A man sitting in his van after fixing a coffee machine inside a supermarket in the college town of Boulder was the first person killed. In just over a minute, nine more people died in a barrage of gunfire inside and outside the store in 2021 as the shooter targeted and pursued people who were…
Read MoreGermany: Knife attack on bus injures 6 – Deutsche Welle
A woman stabbed and wounded six people in a bus in western Germany on Friday evening, police said. They said five were injured in the incident but later revised the figure. The 32-year-old suspect, a German national, was arrested after the attack in the town of Siegen. At least 40 people were on the bus…
Read MoreGunman in Trump assassination attempt saw rally as ‘target of opportunity,’ FBI official says
The gunman in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden, looked up information about explosives over the last five years and eyed the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he opened fire last month as a “target of opportunity,” a senior FBI official said Wednesday.…
Read MoreNew York man charged with weapon of mass destruction threat at Charleston, SC airport
A New York man and self-proclaimed internet “troll” was arrested Saturday at the Charleston International Airport for telling police he “had a bomb and a strap” in his possession, an incident report states. A “strap” is a slang term for a firearm. Thomas Anthony Brienza, 20, of Centereach, New York, was charged with possession or…
Read MoreATF and FBI assisting Columbus, OH fire in investigation into suspected pipe bomb explosion
A suspected pipe bomb exploded and set a parked pickup truck on fire Tuesday afternoon on Columbus’ South Side. No one was injured in the explosion and fire reported at 1:23 p.m. Tuesday behind a home on the 2300 block of South 6th Street, Columbus police said. The pickup was believed to be parked and…
Read MoreSikh separatist leader attacked by gunfire on California interstate
Gunmen fired at a truck transporting a Sikh political leader near Sacramento. The incident is one of several targeting Sikh separatists in North America in recent months. Satinder Pal Singh Raju, an organizer in the Khalistan movement, which calls for Sikhs to have a country of their own in the Punjab region of India, survived…
Read MoreGermany: Solingen attack suspect named, remanded in custody
German prosecutors on Sunday released the name of the 26-year-old Syrian man suspected of a multiple stabbing attack in the western city of Solingen that killed three people and injured eight others. Issa Al H., who was identified without his family name due to German privacy laws, was flown by helicopter to the Federal Court…
Read MorePakistan authorities charge man with cyberterrorism over misinformation that sparked riots in U.K.
Authorities in Pakistan on Wednesday arrested and charged a man with cyberterrorism for his alleged role in spreading misinformation that led to widespread rioting in the U.K. earlier this month.The suspect was identified as freelance web developer Farhan Asif, 32, said Imran Kishwar, deputy inspector general of investigations in Lahore, the capital of eastern Punjab…
Read MoreLas Vegas teenager plotted ISIS-inspired terror attack, built bombs in room: documents
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A teenager, Joshua Robles, accused of planning a terror attack in Las Vegas was allegedly building bombs in his room and may have been preparing to target a school, according to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained. Detectives tied the post back to Robles’ North Las Vegas residence, documents said,…
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