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Suspect arrested after admitting to making bomb threat toward Benton Harbor mosque

Suspect arrested after admitting to making bomb threat toward Benton Harbor mosque

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. — A New Buffalo man was arrested and held at the Berrien County Jail Friday after he allegedly called in a false bomb threat to a Benton Harbor-area mosque, according to Benton Township Police Department. Officers with the department were made aware of the bomb threat made towards the Islamic Association of Southwest […]

Florida man arrested for making ‘Mother of Satan’ bombs in home, police say

Florida officials said an anonymous tip led them to a stash of Mason jars filled with a highly explosive powder – similar to the type used by Islamist terror groups in a string of overseas bombings. Lake Helen police officers and Volusia County deputies descended on a South High Street home and reportedly discovered jars filled […]

Men in Bomb Plot Won’t Get to Add Trump Voters to Jury

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A judge on Wednesday said no to three Kansas residents who requested to have Trump voters on their jury as they’re tried for attempting to bomb a mosque and a Somali refugee community. Gavin Wright, Patrick Stein and Curtis Allen were denied their request to include voters from a Trump-voting region in Kansas in their […]

Law Enforcement Officials: New York Bomber Watched Islamic State Propaganda

Law Enforcement Officials: New York Bomber Watched Islamic State Propaganda

Law enforcement officials say the man who set off a crude pipe bomb in the New York City subway system Monday had watched Islamic State propaganda on the internet and told investigators he acted in retaliation for U.S. military aggression. Authorities have identified the suspect as 27-year-old Akayed Ullah, a Bangladeshi immigrant and former taxi […]

Transcripts detail plot to bomb Somali refugees in Kansas

Prosecutors: Men accused of conspiring to bomb a mosque, apartment complex housing Somali refugees in Kansas also discussed killing the white landlord   WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Three men accused of conspiring to bomb a Kansas mosque and an apartment complex housing Somali refugees also allegedly discussed killing the refugees’ white landlord because he rented […]

FBI arrests St. Louis man for threats against Jewish community centers

A St. Louis man was arrested for making bomb threats against Jewish facilities across the country as part of an effort to harass an ex-girlfriend, authorities said Friday. Juan Thompson, 31, was arrested in St. Louis and accused of making multiple threats against centers. The complaint was filed in the southern district of…

Jewish Communities Shaken Across U.S. After Bomb Threats

Jewish Communities Shaken Across U.S. After Bomb Threats

A bomb threat forced the evacuation Tuesday of a Jewish Community Center in Salt Lake City. Local police dispatched to the scene determined that the threat was not credible after authorities and a bomb-sniffing dog scoured the building. Doug Hill, who works as a personal trainer at The I.J. & Jeanne Wagner Jewish Community Center, […]