Posts Tagged ‘protective intelligence’
South Korean Opposition Leader Is Stabbed In The Neck By A Knife-Wielding Man
South Korea’s tough-speaking liberal opposition leader, Lee Jae-myung, was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man who attempted to kill him during his visit to the southeastern city of Busan, police said. Lee, 59, the head of the main opposition Democratic Party, was airlifted to a Seoul hospital for surgery after receiving emergency…
Read MoreColorado Supreme Court justices face a flood of threats after disqualifying Trump from the ballot
In the 24 hours since the Colorado Supreme Court kicked former President Donald Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot, social media outlets have been flooded with threats against the justices who ruled in the case, according to a report obtained by NBC News. Advance Democracy, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that conducts public interest research,…
Read MoreFernandina Beach Man Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Kill A United States Supreme Court Justice
United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Neal Brij Sidhwaney (43, Fernandina Beach) has pleaded guilty to transmitting an interstate threat to kill. Sidhwaney faces a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set. According to court documents, on July 31, 2023, Sidhwaney placed a phone…
Read MoreSedan crashes into SUV traveling with president’s motorcade, authorities investigating if ‘impairment’ a factor
An SUV that was part of President Joe Biden’s motorcade was struck by another vehicle as Biden was walking out of a dinner on Sunday night, according to reporters traveling with the president. Biden had just finished answering a reporter’s question when the crash occurred, appearing to startle the president. Secret Service agents then walked…
Read MoreSecurity breach at India’s parliament on 22nd anniversary of deadly attack
Two unidentified men stormed the lower house of India’s parliament on Wednesday, in a major security breach that fell on the anniversary of a deadly attack on the complex more than two decades ago. Video broadcast live on Sansad TV, the official channel for the country’s parliament, showed a man jumping over tables and running…
Read MoreMan who attacked Pelosi’s husband convicted of federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges
A jury on Thursday convicted the man who broke into former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage and attacked her husband with a hammer of federal charges of attempted kidnapping and assault. The jury deliberated for about eight hours before finding David DePape guilty of attempted kidnapping of…
Read MoreConservative Spanish politician shot in the face in Madrid, gunman flees on motorbike
Veteran Spanish right-wing politician Alejandro Vidal-Quadras was shot in the face in broad daylight on a central Madrid street on Thursday. His life was not in danger, according to the hospital where he was rushed for treatment. Police said Vidal-Quadras was attacked at around 1:30 p.m. local time near his home and that he was…
Read MoreJury clears 3 men in the last trial tied to the plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
A jury acquitted three men Friday in the last trial connected to a plan to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a scheme that was portrayed as an example of homegrown terrorism on the eve of the 2020 presidential election. William Null, twin brother Michael Null and Eric Molitor were found not guilty of providing support…
Read MoreNeo-Nazi suspects discussed ‘how easy’ attacking Finnish PM would be, court hears
On Monday, the trial of Finnish men accused of crimes with terrorist intent, who authorities claim were motivated by far-right ideologies, began at Päijät-Häme District Court on Monday. According to the prosecutor, three of the four defendants are facing various charges related to firearms offences and training to commit a terrorist act. The fourth suspect…
Read MoreSuspect in the explosives attack on Japan’s prime minister is indicted on attempted murder charge
Japanese prosecutors formally indicted a 24-year-old man Wednesday on attempted murder and other charges in the explosives attack on Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in April, court officials said. Kishida was campaigning for elections in a small fishing port in Wakayama in western Japan when a man at the speech venue suddenly threw a homemade pipe…
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