German police arrest boy accused of knowing about knife attack in advance

 Police have arrested a 15-year-old boy in connection with a fatal knife attack in the west German city of Solingen.

The boy is not the main suspect but is alleged to have known about the attack beforehand.

Two men, aged 56 and 67, and a 56 year-old woman died in the attack on Friday, which German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called a "horrific act".

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. It did not immediately provide any evidence and it was not clear how close any relationship with the attacker was. more...

 

bbc: German police arrest 15-year-old in connection with knife attack that killed three

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guardian: Brooklyn subway shooting: 16 people injured, five critically, in attack – latest news

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guardian: Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Russia could use chemical and biological weapons, US warns, as sanctions against Moscow are tightened

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the independent: Waukesha parade news – latest: Darrell Brooks charged with intentional homicide as cops rule out terror attack

The five people killed by a driver who rammed into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday evening have been identified. Waukesha Police Chief Daniel Thompson read out the names at a press conference on Monday afternoon: Virginia Sorenson, 79; LeAnna Owen, 71; Tamara Durand, 52; Jane Kulich, 52; and Wilhelm Hospel, 81. Mr Thompson also confirmed the injury toll had risen from 40 to 48. more...

Guardian: ‘Another terror attack in Kabul is likely,’ White House says – live

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Epoch Times: Biden Was Warned ‘Another Terror Attack in Kabul Is Likely’: Psaki

White House officials on Friday warned another terrorist attack on the Kabul airport is “likely” before the U.S. military leaves and the evacuation is complete. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Pentagon officials and members of the president’s national security team about 24 hours after the Kabul airport was bombed in an attack that was credited to the ISIS terrorist group, said press secretary Jen Psaki. more...

rt.com: ‘I am like a God’: Kazan school shooter’s chilling message revealed as Putin orders gun control probe after eight killed in attack

A teenager has been detained by security forces in the Russian city of Kazan after a bloody attack at a local school left at least eight dead and more than a dozen wounded on the first day back after a 10-day national holiday.

Media in the country named the suspect as 19-year-old Ilnaz Galyaviev, identified as a former student at School No. 175, where the attack took place on Tuesday morning. He had subsequently gone on to study at the nearby TISBI management university, but a spokesperson for the college told Moscow’s RBC that he had been expelled after falling behind on his studies.

The source told reporters that Galyaviev had “shown himself to be a quiet and non-abrasive student during his studies. He was always neat and calm, and respectful of fellow students and teachers.” The teenager had apparently stopped attending classes in January and lost touch with tutors. “He did not appear to defend his industrial experience project or to sit three state exams, as a result of which he was expelled,” the press office added. more...

Epoch Times: Hong Kong Epoch Times Forced to Suspend Printing After Violent Attack

The Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times is temporarily suspending distribution to repair damaged equipment after an attack on April 12—the fifth attack on the printing plant since it was established in 2006. more...

rt.com: Vienna terrorist attack: 4th victim dies, perpetrator revealed as 20yo man convicted for trying to join ISIS

A fourth victim of the terrorist attack in the Austrian capital Vienna has died. One of the assailants was a young man who was convicted for attempting to join Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) militants in Syria last year. 

Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has confirmed that one more person has died, bringing the civilian death toll in the recent Vienna attack to four. more...

guardian: World leaders condemn Nice attack as France terror alert level raised to maximum

Leaders from around the world have offered condolences and expressed their solidarity with the people of France after the nation suffered a second suspected Islamist extremist attack on its soil in a fortnight. President Emmanuel Macron said France was “under attack” in the wake of the killings inside the Notre-Dame basilica in the coastal city of Nice on Thursday which left three worshippers dead, but he vowed the French people would “not give in to any terror” in fighting intolerance. more...

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Rockefeller University: Scientists trace severe COVID-19 to faulty genes and autoimmune condition

More than 10 percent of people who develop severe COVID-19 have misguided antibodies that attack not the virus, but the immune system itself, new research shows. Another 3.5 percent, at least, carry a specific kind of genetic mutation. 

In both groups, the upshot is basically the same: The patients lack type I interferon, a set of 17 proteins crucial for protecting cells and the body from viruses. Whether the proteins have been neutralized by so-called auto-antibodies, or were not produced in sufficient amounts in the first place due to a faulty gene, their missing-in-action appears to be a common theme among a subgroup of COVID-19 sufferers whose disease has thus far been a mystery.  mehr...

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newsweek: Exclusive: Intel Report Warns US Troops in Germany Face 'Possible Imminent' Threat of Attack

The United States has received intelligence regarding a potentially imminent attack being planned against its military personnel stationed in Germany, according to an official memo seen by Newsweek. more...

guardian: Germany attack: shisha bar gunman kills 10 in Hanau

A gunman has killed nine people in two apparently racially motivated shootings at shisha bars and one at his home in the German town of Hanau, police have said. The suspect then killed himself, according to police, after also killing his mother at his home. more...

bbc: Scots tourist's hand and wedding ring found inside shark

A Scottish tourist is suspected to have died in a shark attack after his dismembered hand and wedding ring were found inside the animal. more...

guardian: Five people stabbed at Manchester Arndale centre

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BKA Hinweisportal Halle - Attack

Nach ersten Erkenntnissen kam es am heutigen Mittwoch, 9. Oktober 2019, gegen 12:16 Uhr, zu einer Anwendung von Schusswaffen gegen mehrere Personen im Bereich des Jüdischen Friedhofes in der Humboldtstraße in Halle/Saale. Dabei sollen mindestens zwei Personen tödlich verletzt worden sein.  LINK

guardian: Turkey vows to press ahead with attack on Kurdish-led forces in Syria

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