Posts Tagged ‘mass violence’
Trump Heads To Convention As Authorities Investigate Motive, Security In Assassination Attempt
Former President Donald Trump called for unity and resilience Sunday after an attempt on his life injected fresh uncertainty into an already tumultuous presidential campaign, while President Joe Biden implored Americans to “cool it down” in the final stretch and “resolve our differences at the ballot box.” The opponents’ statements followed an attack that shook…
Read More‘Loner’ and ‘nice’: Complex portrait of gunman in Trump assassination attempt emerges
A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man is suspected to be the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday, firing several shots and killing at least one spectator, federal and local law enforcement agencies said. The FBI early on Sunday identified the suspect, who was killed at the scene, as Thomas Matthew Crooks, of…
Read MoreA Man Armed With A Machete Attacks His Neighbors In Switzerland, Wounding 5
A man armed with a machete attacked several people at the building where he lived in northeastern Switzerland and hurt five people, including a baby, police said Friday. Police in the city of St. Gallen were alerted to the incident shortly after 9:30 p.m. Thursday. They said that the suspect, a 34-year-old Swiss man, attacked…
Read MoreXanterra Worker Arrested For Mass Shooting Threat Day After Fatal Yellowstone Shootout
One day after a fatal Fourth of July shootout in a tourist hub within Yellowstone National Park, a worker in a nearby park village allegedly threatened a second shooting. Robert Sherman, 55, an employee of private concessionaire company Xanterra, which is contracted to offer services in Yellowstone National Park, is facing one count of disorderly…
Read MoreUK Police Are Searching For Man Armed With Crossbow After 3 Women Were Killed In A Home Near London
British police were hunting for a man believed to be armed with a crossbow on Wednesday after three women were killed in a house near London. Hertfordshire Police said Kyle Clifford, 26, was being sought over the suspected triple murder. Police said the three women, who were related, were found seriously injured in a house…
Read MoreMan fatally shot by park rangers at Yellowstone National Park allegedly threatened mass shooting
A 28-year-old man who worked for a business in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming allegedly threatened to carry out a mass shooting before being killed in a shootout with rangers on the Fourth of July, officials said Tuesday. Samson Lucas Bariah Fussner, of Milton, Florida, was confronted by Yellowstone law enforcement rangers early on the…
Read MoreIranian-born Norwegian man found guilty in 2022 Oslo LGBT+ festival attack, sentenced to 30 years
An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations, chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular gay bar, on June 25,…
Read MoreKenyan cult leader faces terrorism charges for mass starvation deaths
The leader of a Kenyan doomsday cult went on trial on Monday on charges of terrorism over the deaths of more than 400 of his followers in a macabre case that shocked the world. Self-proclaimed pastor Paul Nthenge Mackenzie appeared in court in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa along with 94 co-defendants, an…
Read MoreTucson ‘former incel’ gets 16 mos. for threatening UA mass shooting
27-year-old Tucson man who threatened to commit a mass shooting at the University of Arizona last year has been sentenced to federal prison for 16 months. Michael Pengchung Lee, who is not a UA student, used incel references in his threats. In a series of posts to a group Snapchat in October 2023, Lee said…
Read MoreJudge says Nashville school shooter’s writings can’t be released as victims’ families have copyright
The writings of the person who killed three 9-year-olds and three adults at a private Christian elementary school in Nashville last year cannot be released to the public, a judge ruled. Chancery Court Judge I’Ashea Myles found that The Covenant School children and parents hold the copyright to any writings or other works created by…
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