Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & domestic extremist threats & trends’
ISIS-inspired suspects in bombing attempt on New York mayor’s home plead not guilty to federal charges
Two men pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges they brought homemade bombs to an anti-Islam protest outside the New York City’s mayor’s home in a failed attempt at a terror attack inspired by the Islamic State group. Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, entered the pleas during a brief appearance in federal court in…
Read MoreArrests after attempted arson attack on synagogue
A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of arson endangering life after a synagogue in north London had two bottles thought to contain petrol thrown at it. The attack on the Finchley Reform Synagogue is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, according to police who arrested the 47-year-old woman and 46-year-old…
Read MoreTennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Arson and Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Today, Regan Darby Prater, 28, currently of Tullahoma, Tennessee, entered a guilty plea to one count of arson and one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Prater pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Sentencing has been set before U.S. District…
Read MoreTeen tried to buy gun for terrorist attack, court told
A neo-Nazi was stung by MI5 in a Morrisons’ car park while trying to buy a gun for a terrorist attack, a court has heard. The Old Bailey in London heard how supermarket worker Alfie Coleman, 21, from Great Notley, Essex, had spent the previous months messaging people who he thought were fellow extremists in…
Read MorePakistani National Pleads Guilty to Attempting to Commit Isis-Inspired Attack at Jewish Center in New York
The Justice Department announced today that Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, also known as “Shahzeb Jadoon,” pleaded guilty to attempting to commit acts of terrorism transcending national boundaries, for attempting to enter the United States and carry out a mass shooting with automatic weapons at a prominent Jewish center in Brooklyn, New York. Khan pleaded guilty today…
Read MoreTwo NSW teenagers charged over violent extremist material allegedly linked to terror
Two New South Wales teenagers have been charged with allegedly possessing violent extremist material after police searched one of their homes and found a ballistic-style vest, several notebooks and literature they allege contained extremist references. The Australian federal police and NSW police released a statement on Friday morning confirming the boys, aged 15 and 16…
Read MoreMan killed by police on I-15 previously convicted for terrorism threats, said he would ‘kill Americans and USA’
The man shot and killed by police on Northbound I-15 on March 27 previously pleaded guilty to threats of terrorism and threatened to ‘kill Americans.” On March 27, shortly before 5:00 p.m. an individual rear ended a Utah Highway Patrol (UHP) vehicle near 4500 S on northbound I-15. That individual, later identified as 29-year-old Sayed…
Read MoreThree Reichsbürger backers face trial in Germany over coup and kidnapping plot
Three men with alleged ties to a German extremist group that plotted to overthrow the government and kidnap a minister will go on trial in Munich on Wednesday. The men are accused of backing the self-styled “United Patriots” group, part of Germany’s Reichsbürger scene. The term, meaning “citizens of the Reich,” refers to a group…
Read MoreAttack on Michigan synagogue was Hezbollah-inspired ‘act of terrorism,’ FBI says
The FBI said on Monday that an attack on the largest Jewish temple in Michigan earlier this month was an “act of terrorism” inspired by Hezbollah. Ayman Ghazali, a 41-year-old man who was born in Lebanon and became a U.S. citizen in 2016, killed himself during the March 12 attack, when he crashed his truck…
Read MorePolice detain fourth suspect after arson attack on Czech defence factory
Czech police have detained a fourth suspect following an arson attack on an optics and drones factory this month and a court has ordered the person be held in custody, police said on X on Saturday. A previously unknown pro-Palestinian activist group had claimed responsibility for the March 20 attack on the LPP company’s factory…
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