Posts Tagged ‘officer safety & awareness’
Germany arrests Syrian national over plot to kill soldiers
A 27-year-old Syrian national suspected of radical Islamist views has been arrested over a plot to kill German soldiers with machetes in the Bavarian town of Hof, prosecutors said on Friday. The accused obtained two machetes approximately 40 cm (15.75 inches) long. He planned to attack Bundeswehr soldiers in Hof who were spending their lunch…
Read MoreAuthorities vow relentless search as manhunt for interstate shooter enters third day in Kentucky
As a grueling manhunt stretched into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people, authorities vowed to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remained high for a rural area where some schools canceled classes. Authorities have been searching a rugged, hilly…
Read MoreMan who threatened to kill German police officers believed to have extremist motive
A man armed with a machete was overwhelmed and arrested after threatening to kill officers at a police station in western Germany early Friday, prosecutors said. Investigators said they believe he had an Islamic extremist motive. The 29-year-old Albanian citizen arrived at the police station in the small town of Linz am Rhein, between Koblenz…
Read MorePolice Shoot Suspicious Person Near A Museum And Israeli Consulate In Munich
Police in Munich said officers fired shots at a suspicious person on Thursday in an area near the Israeli Consulate and a museum on the city’s Nazi-era history. Police said on the social network X that the person was hit in the shooting, but didn’t give further details. They said there was no evidence of…
Read MoreFBI discovered a DHS document describing improvised explosive devices during investigation of Trump’s would-be assassin
Among the documents Donald Trump’s would-be-assassin studied while formulating his plans for an attack on the former president was a public document from the Department of Homeland Security, describing different kinds of improvised explosive devices and the number of explosives needed to inflict casualties over certain distances, a senior law enforcement official told CNN. The…
Read MoreAT&T says it has resolved software issue that caused an outage for some wireless customers
AT&T wireless service was down for some customers for parts of Tuesday because of a software issue that has since been fixed, according to the company, which has experienced several outages this year. “We’ve resolved a software issue that disrupted the ability of a limited number of our customers to connect to our wireless network,”…
Read MoreAT&T is addressing an outage affecting some wireless customers
AT&T is “working to address a software issue” that is impacting its wireless network, a company spokesperson said in an email to CNN Tuesday night. “We are working to address a software issue that may affect the ability of a limited number of our customers to connect to our wireless network,” the AT&T spokesperson said.…
Read MoreFirst rioter to enter Capitol during Jan. 6 attack is sentenced to over 4 years in prison
A Kentucky man who was the first rioter to enter the U.S. Capitol during a mob’s attack on the building was sentenced on Tuesday to more than four years in prison. A police officer who tried to subdue Michael Sparks with pepper spray described him as a catalyst for the Jan. 6 insurrection. The Senate…
Read MoreBethesda-Chevy Chase student charged with false threat that drew SWAT response
A 15-year-old student at Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School — working in concert with a 12-year-old in Pennsylvania whom he met online — was accused Monday of making bomb threats that sent the school into lockdown and drew in a SWAT team several months ago, according to Montgomery County Police officials. The older teen, according to…
Read MoreTeens face London court hearing on far-right terrorism charges unrelated to recent UK rioting
Two teenagers were due in a London courtroom Friday on charges related to extreme right-wing terrorism that is not connected to recent rioting in the country, police said. Rex Clark, 18, of London and Sofija Vinogradova, 19, of Cheshunt, northeast of the city, face charges of preparation of terrorist acts. Vinogradova is also charged with…
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