Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & domestic extremist threats & trends’
Arsonist sets fire to door at Australian synagogue with worshippers inside; no injuries reported
An arsonist set fire to the door of a Melbourne synagogue and forced the congregation to flee on Friday, seven months after criminals destroyed a synagogue in the same Australian city with an accelerant-fueled blaze that left a worshipper injured. A man doused the double front doors of the downtown East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation and…
Read MoreCalifornia Man Charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
Ammaad Akhtar, 33, of Stockton, was arrested today and charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. According to court documents, since February 2025, Akhtar has been communicating online with a law enforcement-controlled individual, whom Akhtar believed was a member of ISIS. In these conversations, Akhtar voiced his support for ISIS…
Read MoreUK to ban campaign group Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws
Britain said on Monday it would use anti-terrorism laws to ban the campaign organisation Palestine Action, making it a criminal offence to belong to the group after its activists damaged two UK military planes in protest at London’s support for Israel. The proscription would put the pro-Palestinian group on a par with Hamas, al-Qaeda or…
Read MoreSouth Carolina teen charged after FBI agents intercept alleged plans to carry out terrorist attack
A South Carolina teen has been charged with acts of terrorism after allegedly expressing his support for a foreign terrorist organization and taking proactive steps to carry out an attack, according to state law enforcement. On Tuesday, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division announced that 17-year-old Daniel Fox Fischer from Horry County was charged with…
Read MoreMan claiming loyalty to ISIS scouted Oklahoma’s football stadium for terrorist attack, per court records
An Oklahoma man expressed interest in carrying out a terrorist attack at the University of Oklahoma football stadium in 2023, court documents show. Landon Kyle Swinford, who awaits sentencing on charges of child pornography and communicating a threat in interstate commerce, claimed loyalty to ISIS and identified Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium as a potential target.…
Read MorePakistani National Extradited to Face Charges in Connection with Plot to Carry Out ISIS-Inspired Mass Shooting at Jewish Center in New York City
A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada, Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, 20, also known as Shahzeb Jadoon, was extradited to the United States on June 10, in connection with an indictment filed in the Southern District of New York. Khan was charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization (FTO),…
Read MoreWashington man supplied chemicals used in California fertility clinic bombing, authorities say
Two men who met in fringe online forums tested explosives in the California desert that were later used to blow up a fertility clinic in Palm Springs, killing one of them and sending the other fleeing to Europe, where he was arrested and extradited to the U.S., federal authorities said Wednesday. Daniel Park, 32, was…
Read MoreEdmonton-area youth, 15, arrested for terrorism-related offence
An Edmonton-area youth, linked to a violent online network that targets vulnerable children, has been arrested for a terrorism-related offence, RCMP said Thursday. RCMP Federal Policing Northwest Region’s National Security Enforcement Team arrested the 15-year-old on May 12, police said in a news release. The youth is in custody and police have commenced proceedings “by…
Read MoreSyrian admits triple murder at trial for German knife attack
A Syrian man has admitted carrying out a knife attack in the German town of Solingen last August in which three people were killed. “I have committed a grave crime, I am prepared to accept the verdict,” Issa al H said in a statement read out by his defence lawyers at the start of his…
Read MoreTwo anarchist groups claim responsibility for Cannes and Nice power outages
Nearly 45,000 homes were temporarily without electricity on Saturday night after a fire was started at an electrical transformer in western Nice. Two anarchist groups in France have claimed responsibility for a power outage that left more than 160,000 homes without power in the south of the country. The blackout affected the city of Nice…
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