Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & domestic extremist threats & trends’
Tulsa man arrested, charged with attempting to provide al-Qa’ida with weapons
A complaint was unsealed Wednesday after a Tulsa man appeared before a federal judge for attempting to provide 3-D printed weapons to an individual he believed was receiving them on behalf of al-Qa’ida. Andrew Scott Hastings, 25, is charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations and illegal possession…
Read MoreNew York man sentenced to 9 years for planning attack on behalf of Islamic State group
A New York man accused of plotting an attack on behalf of the Islamic State group in 2019 was sentenced to nine years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday. Awais Chudhary, 25, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Pakistan and living in the New York City borough of Queens, pleaded guilty in June to…
Read MoreBrisbane teen faces court on terrorism charges after violent extremist material and chemicals allegedly seized
A Queensland teenager charged with terrorism offences has been granted bail after police allegedly seized violent extremist material including an Islamic State video and chemicals for explosives. Max Belter, 18, appeared in a green prison jumper in Brisbane magistrates court on Thursday after a joint terrorism taskforce raided his property at The Gap in Brisbane’s…
Read MoreOffice of Member of Parliament hit by fire and vandalism
The office of MP Sharon Hodgson has been hit by an overnight fire which is under investigation by the police. Flames could be seen last night, September 10, at Vermont House in Concord, Washington, which houses the office for the Labour MP for Washington and Gateshead South. There is currently a significant police and Fire…
Read MoreTerror propagandist ‘Dark Foreigner’ sentenced to 10 years in prison
Patrick Gordon MacDonald has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for inciting hate, fear and division by calling for violence against Jewish people and other groups with terrorist propaganda images, memes and videos — all in an attempt to accelerate societal collapse through a hoped-for race war. With three months of credit for the…
Read MoreFBI’s ‘most wanted animal rights terrorist’ fights extradition to US
Daniel Andreas San Diego spent 21 years on the run as one of America’s most wanted terrorists before he was finally identified by his distinctive tattoos, a court was told. The IT expert was described as “armed and dangerous” after bombings in California in 2003 which were linked to a notorious British animal rights group.…
Read MorePorepunkah shooting: Weapons stolen from fatally wounded officers, alleged offender a ‘sovereign citizen’
Sovereign citizen Dezi Freeman is the target of a major manhunt in Victoria’s alpine region after allegedly executing two policemen and wounding a third in an ambush attack at a remote farm near Porepunkah, about 320 kilometres from Melbourne. Freeman, who once described police as terrorist thugs and Nazis when he was arrested in 2020…
Read MoreRight-Wing Terrorist Accused in Fatal Oslo Stabbing; Police Investigate Connections
An 18-year-old Serbian immigrant has been charged with murder with a terrorist motive following the fatal stabbing of a woman at a youth home in Oslo over the weekend. The suspect, identified as Djordje Wilms, is accused of killing 34-year-old Tamima Nibras Juhar, an employee at the home where he resided. The attack occurred late…
Read MoreCanadian Military member charged with terrorism warned of ‘another Waco’: court docs
One of the heavily armed Canadian Armed Forces members now charged with terrorism allegedly spoke openly about his will to use violence against government authorities and warned about another Waco massacre, according to recently unsealed court documents. Last month the RCMP charged four Quebec men, all with military ties, for allegedly planning an ideologically motivated…
Read MoreHadi Matar faces federal terrorism charges for Rushdie attack in 2022
Hadi Matar is currently serving a 25-year prison sentence for stabbing author Salman Rushdie in 2022. As a result of the stabbing, Rushdie lost sight in one eye. He was on stage in the amphitheater at Chautauqua Institution when Matar ran on stage. Matar faces federal charges for attempting to provide material support to a…
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