VIDEO: ‘Incel’ van attack terror suspect claims UC Santa Barbara shooter Elliot Rodger helped radicalize him, says he wanted to inspire copycat attacks
Murder
“I feel like I accomplished my mission,” Alex Minassian said
Terror
August 13, 2019
‘Shoot every federal agent on sight’: Teen spends months making mass shooting threats. Police find 10K rounds of ammunition, 25 guns in his bedroom [Cops]
After months of investigations, police arrested an Ohio teen accused of making online threats of mass shootings. According to an arrest affidavit, the FBI in Anchorage, Alaska, began the investigation six months ago after an online user named “ArmyOfChrist” allegedly posted numerous comments on the “iFunny” site, in support of mass shootings, assaulting police, and …
Politics and Crime
July 23, 2019
Luis Alvarez: Congress votes to replenish 9/11 victim fund weeks after first responder’s death
Following the House of Representatives’ steps, the Senate voted Tuesday to pass the September 11 Victims Compensation Fund bill, which would provide financial assistance to ailing first responders and their families until 2092. The Senate voted 97-2 to replenish the 9/11 victims fund, which was projected to be depleted by the end of next year. …
Heroes
June 29, 2019
Luis Alvarez: 9/11 first responder who spent final days fighting for victim fund dies at 53
Luis Alvarez, a former NYPD detective who crusaded for funding for fellow 9/11 first responders, died Saturday at the age of 53. Mattew McCauley, Alvarez’ lawyer and former NYPD colleague, announced his death on Facebook. Alvarez died from complications of colorectal cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2016 and was attributed to the months …
Hate Crimes
June 28, 2019
BREAKING: White supremacist who killed Heather Heyer when he rammed car into crowd of Charlottesville counter-protesters sentenced to life in prison
James Alex Fields Jr., the man who killed one and injured dozens when he intentionally drove his car into a group counter-protesting a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was sentenced to life in federal prison Friday for the 2017 incident. Fields, 22, was sentenced for hate crime charges for the widely-publicized hit-and-run wreck that …
Terror
November 7, 2018
Bangladeshi immigrant detonates pipe bomb in busy subway station, says he was ‘mad at Donald Trump’
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 …
Terror
July 28, 2018
Terrorist who targeted 5-year-old Prince George reportedly stabbed in prison
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 …
Terror
May 25, 2018
BREAKING: Terror in Canada as explosion rocks suburban Toronto restaurant; at least 15 injured
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 …
Terror
April 24, 2018
Toronto van attack suspect’s Facebook mentioned ‘incels,’ praised mass murderer Elliot Rodger: Reports
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 …
Terror
March 27, 2018
Couple caught with grenade launcher, stockpile of weapons before gun-control rally; husband tells cops they’re for ‘secret mission’: Police
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 …
Hate Crimes
March 12, 2018
Package left on front porch explodes and kills teen boy, injures a woman in Texas home – and police say it’s linked to another deadly bomb that detonated less than two weeks ago
The chief said all of the victims have been black and that investigators are considering whether race could have factored into the attacks.
Terror
February 15, 2018
Ex-teacher accused of making bomb, using students for help
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 …