27/02/23

New IRA admits shooting top police officer John Caldwell

The New IRA has admitted it shot Det Ch Insp John Caldwell in Omagh on Wednesday. It did so in a typed statement which appeared in Londonderry on Sunday night. The police's main line of inquiry was that the republic dissident group, the New IRA, was behind the attack. Two gunmen shot the 48-year-old several .....

23/02/23

Three men arrested after detective shot in Northern Ireland

Three men have been arrested for attempted murder of an off-duty officer shot in Northern Ireland. The officer, named as Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell, was shot multiple times in front of young people he had been coaching at a sports centre just before 8pm on Wednesday, in Omagh, Co Tyrone. Police say .....

02/02/23

Newry: Viable pipe bomb found in front garden of property

A suspicious object discovered in the front garden of a house in Newry has been declared as a "viable pipe bomb device". Police were called to Barcroft Park in the city before 17:30 GMT on Wednesday. A number of homes were evacuated in the housing estate during the security alert. Residents began returning .....

30/01/23

Pakistan mosque blast: Police targeted in attack that kills 47

At least 47 people have been killed by a bomb that apparently targeted policemen praying in a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan. The mosque is within the tightly-guarded police headquarters area. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said "terrorists want to create fear by targeting those who perform the duty of defending .....

28/01/23

British Army serviceman charged with terror offence

A serving member of the British Army has been charged with a terror offence, the Metropolitan Police has said. Daniel Abed Khalife, 21, was charged over two incidents including attempting to "elicit information of a kind likely to be useful to a person committing or preparing an act of terrorism" in 2021. Mr .....

26/01/23

Man held after fatal machete attack at Spanish church

One person has died and at least one other injured after a man wielding a machete carried out attacks at two churches in southern Spain. According to the interior ministry the suspect first entered the church of San Isidro in Algeciras where the priest was attacked and seriously injured. The alleged attacker .....

22/01/23

Monterey Park shooting: Suspect at large after shooting near LA kills 10

Ten people have died following a shooting at a ballroom dance studio in the Californian city of Monterey Park, police said. Police say another 10 people are injured and the suspect remains at large. The shooting happened at about 22:20 local time on Saturday (06:20 GMT on Sunday). Thousands of people had .....

20/01/23

Man, 27, arrested by terrorism police after Leeds maternity unit evacuated

A man has been arrested by counter-terrorism police after a potentially suspicious package was found outside a hospital maternity unit in Leeds. St James’s university hospital declared a critical incident and evacuated patients from the Gledhow wing after the alert on Friday morning. Counter-terrorism police .....

20/01/23

Essex man pleads guilty to terror plot targeting police and Army

A man has pleaded guilty to plotting a terror attack allegedly targeting the police or military. Matthew King, 19, was accused of carrying out surveillance at police stations, railway stations and an British Army barracks in London. At a hearing at the Old Bailey, King, from Wickford in Essex, admitted .....

11/01/23

Gare du Nord: Six people injured in knife attack

Six people have been injured with one in a critical condition after a knife attack at Paris's international Gare du Nord station early on Wednesday. Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said the man was stopped by two off-duty police officers who were returning home from a shift. He said the suspected attacker was .....