Terrorism Watch

  PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md.   -   The family of a   Prince George’s County   murder victim hosted a rally calling for an end to gun violence Saturday. Omar Shahid  was murdered  shortly after a vigil for three of his friends ended over the summer. His family is calling for justice and honoring all gun violence victims. Shahid’s family says he was a great son and brother but also a father. They say his three-year-old daughter still asks where he is. His partner was pregnant with their son when Shahid was killed. Shahid died the day before a baby shower for his son, where he was planning to propose. Family says it's heartbreaking that their little boy will never get to know his father. It’s small anecdotes like that shared by Shahid’s family Saturday to help understand the pain of his loss. "We’re devastated. It’s an unbearable loss. There are no words for it to explain how it makes you feel to have people say ‘sorry for your loss.’ I didn’t lose ...

Security agencies on Sunday said the terrorist attack where terrorists fired indiscriminately on people near the Z-Morh tunnel worksite was a planned one and involved a terrorist who had returned from Pakistan, who carried out a recce of the site before launching the attack. The attack was orchestrated by terrorist group The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). The group claimed responsibility for the killings. They also said they have identified the two terrorists who were involved and said their names were – Hurera and Khubaib. So far six people have died in the Gagangir terror attack and eleven people were injured. At least two among those killed are non-locals. “This was a planned attack on workers with an idea of (causing) maximum casualties,” sources told  CNN-News18 . “These two terrorists have done recce in advance, with all inlet and outlet of tunnels,” they further added. The tunnel being referred to here is the Z-Morh tunnel. The under constr...

  Israel’s military says it will now take aim at the Lebanon-based Hezbollah’s financial arm and plans to attack a “large number of targets” in the coming hours in Beirut and elsewhere.Israeli military spokesman Rear. Adm. Daniel Hagari says they will issue evacuation warnings for people in parts of Beirut, and “anyone who will be near the sites used to finance Hezbollah’s terrorist activity is required to stay away from them immediately.”The strikes will target al-Qard al-Hassan, a senior Israeli intelligence official said. The registered nonprofit, sanctioned by both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, provides financial services and is also used by ordinary Lebanese.Al-Qard al-Hassan is a unit in Hezbollah and is used to pay operatives of the Iran-backed militant group and help buy arms, the official added, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with army regulations. Source:  Israel Targets Hezbollah’s Financiers, Announces Imminent Strikes in Lebanon (msn.com)

— The most impactful solutions extend beyond the clinical walls to the halls of government Among the world's high income countries, the impact of gun violence is  uniquely American opens in a new tab or window . Firearms claim more than  48,000 lives opens in a new tab or window  per year in our country. They are one of the leading causes of premature death, and have supplanted motor vehicle crashes as the  Number One killer opens in a new tab or window  of children and adolescents. With a responsibility to promote long and healthy lives for our communities, physicians and public health professionals recognize that deaths from gun violence are a public health crisis that is  well within our lanes opens in a new tab or window . While we have been sounding the alarm for decades, we know that the most impactful solutions extend beyond the clinical walls to the halls of government where policy decisions are crafted. These decisions are made by the people we vot...

  CHICAGO (WLS) --  At least 10 people have been shot, three fatally, in gun violence across Chicago so far this weekend, police said. Here's how the news is developing. Oct 20, 2024, 11:48 PM IST Man in custody after shooting while driving in Back of the Yards: CPD A person was taken into custody after shooting from a car, according to Chicago police. The shooting happened at about 5:03 p.m. on Saturday in the 47000-block of S. Halsted. A male driver, 47, shot at least once to another car while in traffic, according to Chicago police. Chicago police arrested the driver in the 5400-block of S. Wentworth. Police recovered a gun. Charged are pending. No injuries have been reported. Oct 20, 2024, 11:24 PM IST Man shot, killed in South Chicago, police say A man died after being shot in South Chicago, police said. The shooting happened on Sunday at about 4:03 a.m. in the 8500-block of S. Saginaw Avenue. Police found a 23-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds. He was rushed to U...