Tag results for: Terrorism

According to initial local reports, Pakistani Taliban gunmen, including suicide bombers, dressed as police officers entered the rear of the office to the Karachi Police Chief and opened fire with small arms and grenades, prompting an immediate response from security personnel. Additional units and special forces were dispatched to assist in the firefight with the attackers. Four victims of...

British police announced Tuesday that they have opened an investigation into a package containing Uranium after it was discovered by Border Force agents. On December 29th routine scanning at London's Heathrow Airport detected the package with small amounts of radioactive material. Officials were quick to note that the package and its content posed no threat to the public and was...

Opening arguments kicked off earlier today in the federal trial against Uzbek national Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people and wounded 11 others in 2017 when he intentionally drove a rented pickup truck down a New York City bike path in an Islamic State-inspired attack. Prosecutors have charged Saipov with 28 counts, which include eight counts of murder, 12 counts...

Three New York City police officers were wounded last night during New Years Eve celebrations when a suspect attacked them with a machete. https://twitter.com/NYPDnews/status/1609432530381426690?s=20&t=v3gZ0462F1fh9gpYNZELsQ According to authorities and local media, 19 year old Trevor Bickford attacked the officers at around 10:11 p.m. at the intersection of Eighth Ave. and W. 52nd St. One of the wounded officers, an eight year veteran...

Today, Canadian police stated that they had charged a man with terrorism. According to the charges, the man planned to overthrow the government of the now-assassinated Jovenel Moïse. For those who don’t remember, former Haitian President Jovenel Moïse’s term ended with his assassination a little over a year ago. The man arrested was a 51-year-old resident of Levis, a city in...