Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Afghan National Arrested for Plotting an Election Day Terrorist Attack in the Name of ISIS
The Justice Department today announced charges against a citizen of Afghanistan residing in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for conspiring to conduct an Election Day terrorist attack in the United States on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO). According to a criminal complaint filed today, Nasir Ahmad…
Read MoreThree children injured after knife attack in Switzerland
Three children have been injured in a knife attack that occurred as they walked to kindergarten in the city of Zurich, Swiss police have reported. The three five-year-old boys were taken to hospital for their injuries, according to a police statement, with one seriously injured. A suspect has been arrested in connection with the attack,…
Read MoreShanghai knife attack kills three on eve of China’s National Day
Three people were killed and 15 others injured in a knife attack at a suburban supermarket in Shanghai on Monday on the eve of China’s week-long National Day holiday, the latest in a series of stabbing incidents in major Chinese cities this year. The assailant, a 37-year-old man surnamed Lin, has been detained, local police…
Read MoreGunmen Kill 6 People, Including A Local Chief Of The Paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, In Iran Towns
Unidentified gunmen killed six people in two separate attacks Tuesday in the same province in southern Iran, including a local chief of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, state TV reported. The head of a town council and two volunteer members of the Guard were also among the dead in the first attack, it said. It occurred…
Read MoreFormer California Man Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Attempting to Murder Two Jewish Men Leaving Los Angeles Synagogues Last Year
A former California man who shot and wounded two Jewish men last year as they left religious services in the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles was sentenced today to 35 years in prison. Jaime Tran, 30, formerly of Riverside, pleaded guilty on June 3 to two counts of hate crimes with intent to kill and…
Read MoreSuspect arrested after allegedly setting fires and driving into shops in Germany
A man has been arrested after allegedly setting two fires in the western German city of Essen that left 30 people injured and driving a van into two shops, authorities said Sunday. Emergency services were alerted to two fires in residential buildings in quick succession shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday, police said. The injured people…
Read MoreSearch Underway For Suspects In Alabama Mass Shooting That Killed 4 And Injured 17
Authorities have reported no arrests after a weekend mass shooting killed four people and left 17 others injured in what police described as a targeted “hit” by multiple shooters who opened fire outside a popular Alabama nightspot. The shooting late Saturday in the popular Five Points South entertainment district of Birmingham rocked an area of…
Read MoreMan arrested for threatening to commit ‘mass violence’ in South Texas, officials say
A man has been arrested after threatening to commit “mass violence” in Wilson County. On Sept. 8, the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office received a call to perform a welfare check on a resident who lives in the 100 block of Circle Six Drive in La Vernia. It was reported he had made calls to two…
Read MorePolice say 1 person has been killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing in Rotterdam
One person was killed and another seriously wounded in a stabbing incident late Thursday in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said. Police arrested a suspect who was also injured. Police spokesman Wessel Stolle said officers were investigating the stabbing near the landmark Erasmus Bridge. Stolle said there was no immediate word on a…
Read MoreSearch For Suspect In Kentucky Highway Shooting Ends With Discovery Of Body Believed To Be His
A body found in rural southeastern Kentucky is believed to be the man suspected of shooting and wounding five people on an interstate highway, authorities said Wednesday night. The search ended with two private sleuths joining in the dramatic discovery. Kentucky State Police Commissioner Phillip Burnett Jr. said the body located earlier in the day…
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