Category: Attack

Man Held in Vegas Solar-Array Attack to Get Competency Exams

LAS VEGAS—A man arrested in what authorities characterized as a terror attack last week on a solar power facility serving Las Vegas Strip casinos was removed from a courtroom Tuesday after becoming verbally disruptive, and his attorney asked a judge to schedule a competency evaluation before he faces multiple felony charges. Mohammed Reza Mesmarian, 34,…


Iowa’s Largest City Cancels Classes Due to Cyberattack

DES MOINES, Iowa—An apparent cyberattack on Iowa’s largest school district has led officials to cancel classes for 30,000 students for a second day as technicians scramble to protect data and restore the computer system, the district’s leader said Tuesday afternoon. The Des Moines school district’s interim superintendent, Matt Smith, said officials received an alert Monday…


DA: Times Square Machete Suspect Wanted ‘Jihad’ on Police

NEW YORK—A man accused of attacking police with a machete near New York’s Times Square on New Year’s Eve was intent on committing a jihad against government officials and shouted “Allahu akbar” before striking one officer in the head and attempting to grab another officer’s gun, prosecutors said Wednesday. Trevor Bickford, who was shot by…


Attack of the Wehrmacht | WWII Liberation of Europe Ep5 | Documentary

These were the darkest hours of WWII in Europe since D-Day. The German Nazi Ardennes offensive caught the Allies off guard and sparked some of the war’s most grueling and famous battles—Bastogne, St. Vith, and The Battle of the Bulge. …


ISIS Claims Responsibility for Kabul Attack

RIYADH/KABUL—ISIS terrorist group on Monday claimed responsibility for an attack on Taliban forces in Kabul. The terrorist group said on Telegram that the attack on Sunday had killed 20 people and wounded 30. A spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban-run interior ministry said an explosion outside the military airport in the capital Kabul had caused multiple casualties….


14 Dead, Including 10 Prison Guards, After Armed Attack on Mexican Prison Near US Border

Fourteen people have been killed, and dozens more injured after gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in the northern Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez, which sits across the border from El Paso, Texas, on New Year’s Day. Approximately 10 prison guards and four inmates were killed on the morning of Jan. 1 when…


11 Convicted Over Deadly Extremist Attack in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast—Eleven people were sentenced to life in prison in Ivory Coast on Wednesday after being convicted of carrying out an Islamic extremist attack that killed 19 people and injured dozens more on a tourist beach nearly seven years ago. The killings in the Grand-Bassam resort area by al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb were…


Official: 8 Killed in Attack by Gunmen on an Iraqi Village

Eight people were killed and three injured Monday in an attack by gunmen on an Iraqi village previously held by the ISIS terrorist group, officials said. The attack took place in the village of Albu Bali northwest of Fallujah in Iraq. Uday al-Khadran, commissioner of the al-Khalis district where the attack occurred said “a group…


Alaska Law Officer Killed in Muskox Attack Outside His House

JUNEAU, Alaska—A court services officer with the Alaska State Troopers died Tuesday after being attacked by a muskox outside his home near Nome, the agency said. Curtis Worland was trying to scare away a group of muskox from near a dog kennel at his home when one of the animals attacked him, according to a…


Moscow Says 3 Killed in Ukrainian Drone Attacks on Air Bases Deep Inside Russia

LONDON—Russia said on Monday that three of its military personnel were killed in what it said were Ukrainian drone attacks on two Russian air bases hundreds of miles from the front lines in Ukraine. A third Russian airfield was on fire on Tuesday from a drone strike. Russian media released footage of what they said…