Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
Police: Las Vegas teen arrested after supporting Hamas online, researching bombs
A Las Vegas teenager “on a path to violence” was arrested Saturday and charged as an adult after “showing interest in foreign terrorist groups” including Hamas and researching mass shootings and firearm purchases, according to authorities. Dylan Amanonce, 18, faces two felony counts of attempting to provide material support for terrorism. He was 17 when,…
Read MoreNJ man arrested at Newark Liberty Airport food court in terror-related probe
Two New Jersey men have been arrested in connection with the ongoing terror-related investigation out of Detroit, according to four law enforcement officials familiar with the situation. One of them, a 19-year-old from Montclair, was taken into custody Tuesday morning in the Terminal B food court at Newark Liberty International Airport, the officials said. Two…
Read MoreJihadists’ fuel blockade poses biggest threat yet to Mali’s military rulers
A two-month-old fuel blockade by al Qaeda-linked militants has all but paralysed the capital of Mali, turning the screws on the military government and raising concern that the jihadists might try eventually to impose their rule on the West African country. Security analysts say the group known as Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), which has…
Read MoreCar ramming injures 10 people on French island
A motorist rammed and injured several pedestrians and cyclists on the French island of Oléron, off the Atlantic coast, on Wednesday. Police swiftly arrived at the scene and apprehended the driver “with difficulty,” CNN affiliated BFMTV reported. After hitting several people, the driver stepped out of his car and tried to set it on fire,…
Read MoreFeds bring criminal charges against 2 metro Detroit men for alleged terror attack plot
Three days after announcing their arrests on social media, the federal government brought criminal charges against two metro Detroit men, alleging they plotted to carry out a terror attack over Halloween weekend, only the FBI got to them first. According to a criminal complaint filed Monday, Nov. 3, Mohmed Ali and Majed Mahmoud both are…
Read MoreFBI thwarts ‘potential terrorist attack’ in Michigan: FBI Director
The FBI has thwarted “a potential terrorist attack” and arrested “multiple subjects” in Michigan, according to FBI Director Kash Patel. “This morning the FBI thwarted a potential terrorist attack and arrested multiple subjects in Michigan who were allegedly plotting a violent attack over Halloween weekend,” FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X. “Thanks to the…
Read MoreFlight diverted after man allegedly stabbed teens with metal fork
A flight was diverted Saturday after an Indian man allegedly stabbed two teens on a plane en route from Chicago to Germany. The flight made an unscheduled landing at Boston Logan International Airport, where Praneeth Kumar Usiripalli, 28, was taken into custody and later charged with assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do…
Read MoreIsraeli forces kill three Palestinian militants in West Bank, police say
Israeli security forces killed three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a police spokesperson said. Palestinian militant group Hamas said two of the men were its members and that all three had died in a clash with Israeli forces. The Israeli forces shot at the militants who were planning attacks in the…
Read MoreSuspected ISIS supporter fired on German cars with air rifle
A suspected ISIS group supporter has been arrested in Germany for allegedly trying to cause fatal crashes on a motorway by shooting at cars with an air rifle, prosecutors said Friday. The 21-year-old suspect, a Turkish national who has not been named, “intended to kill ‘unbelievers’ through the series of attacks,” the public prosecutor’s office…
Read MoreTwo Defendants Convicted of Conspiring to Provide Material Support to ISIS
Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, Abdullah At Taqi, 26, of Queens, was convicted by a jury on all counts of an indictment charging him and co-defendant Mohamad David Hashimi with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization,…
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