Category: Attack

Hong Kong Court Sentences 7 for 2019 Attack on Protesters at Train Station

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court on Thursday sentenced seven men to between 3.5 and 7 years in prison for their role in a 2019 attack on pro-democracy protesters, reporters, and bystanders at a train station. The July 21 attack in the northern Yuen Long district by more than 100 people wearing white T-shirts and wielding…


Suicide Attack in Iraq’s Sadr City Kills at Least 35, Wounds Dozens

BAGHDAD—A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded dozens in a crowded market in the Sadr City neighborhood of Baghdad on Monday, the eve of the Eid al-Adha festival, security and hospital sources said. More than 60 people were wounded, a police source said. The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the attack,…


Officials: Man Seriously Injured in Florida Alligator Attack

STUART, Fla.—An alligator attacked and seriously injured a man at a Florida park Monday, officials said. The attack occurred shortly before noon at Halpatiokee Regional Park in Stuart, according to a Martin County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post. The man was riding a bike when he lost control and fell down an embankment toward a body…


Fencing Around US Capitol Removed Six Months After Jan. 6 Breach

WASHINGTON—More than six months after the Jan. 6 breach on the U.S. Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump, the remaining high-security fence surrounding the white-domed building has been removed, police said on Sunday. Workers began removing the last of the eight-foot-high black mesh fencing on Friday, which at one point surrounded several blocks of…


Extremist Attack in Somalia’s Capital Kills at Least 9

MOGADISHU, Somalia—A large explosion in Somalia’s capital killed at least nine people and injured eight others, a health official said Saturday. Dr. Mohamed Nur at the Medina Hospital told reporters that the toll reflected only the dead and wounded who were taken to the facility in Mogadishu where he works. “I am sure the number…


Michael Hiltzik: He Spent 24 Years Building His Business. A Ransomware Attack Blew It to Smithereens

By Michael Hiltzik From Los Angeles Times Fran Finnegan was on vacation in New York just before the Fourth of July weekend when he received a disturbing text message from one of his customers: How come his website was down? Finnegan quickly searched out a computer to remotely examine his site, which provides access to…


US Military Denies American Troops in Syria Were Attacked

BEIRUT—A facility housing U.S. troops in eastern Syria came under attack late Sunday when rockets were fired from nearby areas, an opposition war monitor, state media, and a spokesman for U.S.-backed fighters said, though the U.S. military denied there was any attack. “There is no truth to the reports that U.S. forces in Syria were…


Cyber Attack Against U.S. IT Provider Forces Swedish Chain to Close 800 Stores

STOCKHOLM—The Swedish Coop grocery store chain closed all its 800 stores on Saturday after a ransomware attack on an American IT provider left it unable to operate its cash registers. Hundreds of American businesses were hit on Friday by an unusually sophisticated attack that hijacked widely used technology management software from a Miami-based supplier called…


Authorities Puzzle Over Motive for German Knife Attack

BERLIN—The German city of Wuerzburg on Sunday held a memorial service for the victims of a brutal knife attack that left three women dead, while questions about the possible motive of the assailant remained unanswered. Friday’s assault in and outside a store in the center of the Bavarian city left another five people seriously injured….


Helicopter Carrying Colombia’s President Duque Struck by Bullets in Attack

BOGOTA—A helicopter carrying Colombia’s President Ivan Duque and others was struck by multiple bullets in an attack on Friday, he said in a video message. The incident took place while the president’s helicopter was flying through Colombia’s Catatumbo region toward the city of Cucuta, capital of the country’s Norte de Santander province, Duque said. “What’s…