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Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena attack ‘like being punched in face’
(BBC) Investigating terror attacks like the Manchester bombing can feel like being “repeatedly punched in the face,” a counter-terrorism officer has said. Assistant Commissioner Neil Basu was the UK’s senior national co-ordinator for counter-terrorism at the time of the 2017 atrocity, which […]
Crime
Two charged by police after shock footage shows man kicked and spat at by knifeman after ‘burning Koran’ in London
(LBC) Two people have been charged after a video emerged of a man burning a Koran and another man attacking him outside the Turkish consulate in London. Social media footage showed a man being kicked on the ground by his knife-wielding attacker. […]
Legal
Calgary man pleads guilty to terrorism charges after fighting as ISIS sniper in Syria 'I didn't know any better,' says Hussein Sobhe Borhot, who will be sentenced later
(CBC) A Calgary man has pleaded guilty to terrorism offences, admitting to a kidnapping during a year-long stint fighting as a trained sniper with ISIS in Syria. Hussein Sobhe Borhot, 36, pleaded guilty to participating in terrorist activities outside Canada and committing […]