Terrorism Prevention and Response
Because American cops are on the front lines in counterterrorism, the Terrorism Prevention and Response topic page is updated with news and information to protect the homeland from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
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Prosecutors say the 28-year-old planned the explosions for months as he bought components for his bombs online and set off a backyard blast
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In a handwritten journal, Ahmad Khan Rahami warned that bombs would resound in the streets and prayed he’d be martyred rather than caught
The Islamic State-run news agency claimed the attacker was a “soldier of the Islamic State”
The bombing spread fear across the New York area and revived anxiety about homegrown terrorism nationwide
The motive of Saturday’s attack is still unclear, but the FBI is investigating it as a “potential act of terrorism” and ISIS claimed responsibility
NJ police were responding to a call of a man sleeping in a doorway, believed to be Ahmad Khan Rahami, when the man opened fire, injuring two officers
Officials would not say if they believe the blast was terror-related, but said it didn’t appear to be connected to an explosion in a crowded Manhattan neighborhood
A man in a private security uniform stabbed nine people, reportedly mentioning Allah and asking at least one victim if they were Muslim before an off-duty cop shot and killed him
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who toured the site of the blast in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, said there didn’t appear to be any link to international terrorism
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The radicalized lone-actor who resides in the United States is an increasing threat
Suspect described as a dangerous man who had deliberate plan to cause a mass casualty event at one or more locations in the county
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A suspect banned from associating with ISIS was dead after Canada’s national police force thwarted what an official said was a suicide bomb plot
The group called it an act of reprisal carried out by one of its “soldiers”
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Two female cops were wounded by a man wielding a machete outside a police station
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A teenager went on a knife rampage through London’s Russell Square, fatally stabbing an American woman and wounding five other people
The officers tracked the suspects and prevailed in a gun battle, preventing the attackers from doing further harm and rescuing a fellow LEO in the effort
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A Washington, D.C.-area transit police officer has been charged in an FBI sting with attempting to support the Islamic State group
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