Category: Attack

Burkina Faso Says at Least 100 Civilians Killed in Attack

NIAMEY, Niger—Gunmen killed at least 100 people in a northern Burkina Faso village, the government said Saturday, in what was the country’s deadliest attack in years. The attack took place Friday evening in Solhan village, in the Sahel’s Yagha province, government spokesman Ousseni Tamboura said in a statement blaming jihadists. The local market and several…


Asian Woman Hit Unconscious in Unprovoked Attack in New York’s Chinatown

An Asian woman became unconscious in New York City’s Chinatown on Monday while she was walking down a street and unexpectedly hit in the face. According to local reports, the woman, 55, was walking on Bayard St. near Mott St. around 6:15 p.m. just before the unprovoked attack. Surveillance video posted to Twitter by Assemblywoman Yuh-Line Niou, whose…


Police Say 1 Arrested in Attack on Jewish Men in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles police on Saturday announced the arrest of a suspect in an alleged attack by a pro-Palestinian group on Jewish men outside a restaurant earlier in the week. A police statement, which did not identify the man, said he was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon late Friday at a…


Suspect Arrested in Attack on Jewish Man in Times Square

NEW YORK—A man was arrested and several others were being sought in connection with an attack on a Jewish man in New York City’s Times Square that drew the attention of several politicians and is being investigated as a hate crime, police said on Friday. The attack on Thursday, captured in a video that was…


Havana Syndrome ‘Absolutely’ Result of Deliberate Attacks: Expert

As the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence demands answers about the mysterious “Havana syndrome”—a neurological sickness that hit U.S. embassy workers in Cuba and elsewhere—an expert told Epoch TV’s “The Nation Speaks” that he believes the phenomenon is “absolutely” the result of a deliberate attack and called for accountability. Gary Miliefsky, a founding member of the…


2 Asian Women Beaten With Cinder Block in Baltimore, Suspect Arrested

Two Asian women in their 60s were attacked by a male suspect in Baltimore on Tuesday, officials said. The suspect, who appears to be a black male, is seen on surveillance video footage repeatedly hitting the two victims, ages 67 and 66, in the head with a cinder block or a brick, officials said. He…


New York Man Charged With Attempted Murder in Attack on Chinese Immigrant

A New York City man was arrested and charged on Tuesday with attempted murder in what police have classified as a hate crime against a Chinese immigrant, authorities said. The victim, identified by police as 61-year-old Yao Pan Ma, was attacked in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan on April 23. Surveillance video released by…


Asian Man Pushed to Ground, Kicked in Head During Brutal NYC Assault: Video

A 61-year-old Asian male was pushed to the ground and kicked several times in New York City on April 23, said the NYPD Hate Crime Task Force. The unnamed victim was kicked in the head several times and is now in critical condition, police said. The attack occurred at 3rd Ave & E. 125 St. in Harlem…


French Authorities Detain 5 Amid Terrorism Investigation of Deadly Police Station Attack

PARIS—French authorities detained a fifth person Sunday in a terrorism investigation seeking to identify potential accomplices and motives after a police official was fatally stabbed at a police station outside Paris. French police killed the 37-year-old Tunisian attacker shortly after he stabbed the unarmed administrative employee on Friday at the entrance of her police station…


Livestream Alert: Epoch Times Press Conference on Attack on Free Press in Hong Kong

The Epoch Times will Host Press Conference on the Attack on Free Press in Hong Kong, in the Murrow Room of the National Press Club. On April 13 at 1:30 p.m. June Guo, the director of the Hong Kong Epoch Times office, will provide details regarding the attack and discuss the situation the paper faces…