Recently, on April 23, 2018, a white rental van intentionally plowed down a crowd of pedestrians in the Toronto suburb of Richmond Hill, killing ten and injuring 15
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan announced a new HSAC tasking that is focused on the security and resiliency of houses of worship and faith-based organizations across the country.
Jurisdictions throughout the nation increased security at houses of worship this weekend after a teen gunman killed one woman and injured a rabbi, a child and another man during Passover celebrations at a San Diego-area synagogue last Saturday.
Last week President Donald Trump called on European countries to take 800 ISIS members that are in U.S. custody in Syria or “we will be forced to release them.”
Terrorist attacks injure far more people than they kill, leaving victims with lost limbs, hearing loss, respiratory disease, depression and other issues. But little research has measured the impact of that damage beyond the number of people who are hurt.
Data by news site Quartz reveals that almost two-thirds of the terror attacks in the United States last year were carried out by right-wing extremists.
In September 2017, FBI Director Christopher Wray announced that his agency had a 1,000 open domestic terrorism cases and an equal number of homegrown violent extremist investigations, such as individuals aligned with ISIS.
