By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Bangladeshi immigrant was convicted Tuesday of setting off a pipe bomb in New York City’s busiest subway station, disputing in court that he was supporting the Islamic State group and saying he was instead motivated by anger at President Donald Trump. The unusual outburst by Akayed …
An Islamic State apologist who encouraged terrorist attacks in the United Kingdom, including one against 5-year-old Prince George, was reportedly stabbed in prison, Metro reports. Husnain Rashid gave advice about carrying out terrorist plots using bombs, chemicals, poison and knives. He also called for putting cyanide in vegetables and fruit at markets, poisoning ice cream …
By ROB GILLIES, Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — An explosion caused by an “improvised explosive device” ripped through an Indian restaurant in a mall in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga, wounding 15 people, Canadian police said. Peel Region Sergeant Matt Bertram said two suspects with their faces covered to conceal their identity entered the Bombay Bhel …
A Facebook account belonging to Alek Minassian, the man accused of driving a van into pedestrians, killing 10 and injuring 15, allegedly alluded to Isla Vista killer Elliot Rodger and the “Incel Rebellion” before Monday’s carnage. Facebook recently confirmed to Vice that the post in question was made from Minassian’s account. The outlet cautioned that it’s …
A Texas man and his common-law wife were arrested over the weekend after officers allegedly discovered a stockpile of weapons in their Tewksbury, Massachusetts, hotel room. The Lowell Sun reported that Francho Bradley, 59, called police Sunday afternoon saying that he believed his room was being broken into because his surveillance camera had cut off. At …
The chief said all of the victims have been black and that investigators are considering whether race could have factored into the attacks.
NEW YORK (AP) — A former high school teacher was accused on Thursday of paying students to dismantle fireworks for gunpowder so he could eventually make a bomb and was ordered held without bail. Christian Toro was charged in a federal complaint with offenses including unlawfully making an explosive. His brother, Tyler Toro, also was …
By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey man who set off small bombs in two states, including a pressure cooker device that blasted shrapnel across a New York City block, was sentenced Tuesday to multiple terms of life in prison by a judge who repeatedly called it a miracle nobody was …
Authorities in Virginia have arrested a man they believe had both supported a foreign terrorist group and shown an interest in staging a domestic terror attack. According to NBC News, Sean Andrew Duncan allegedly attempted to destroy digital data as part of a plan to impede a federal terror investigation. Court records indicate a relative …
A suspect is behind bars and a suspected terror plot planned for next week is foiled, according to the FBI. As The Hill reported Friday, Everitt Aaron Jameson was arrested on suspicion that he was staging a Christmas Day massacre at a popular tourist destination in San Francisco, California. The suspect allegedly chose Pier 39 …
Akayed Ullah claimed to have been acting on behalf of ISIS, but authorities have not found evidence that the would-be suicide bomber had direct contact with the terrorist organization
NYC Mayor: “Thank God the perpetrator did not achieve his ultimate goals.”
