Monthly Archives: July 2017

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Two charged with attempted murder in stabbing of bodyguard of well-known alt-right figure

by James Queally and Matt Pearce June 20, 2017   Two men were charged with attempted murder Tuesday in the stabbing of a man who works as a bodyguard for a nationally known figure popular among the alt-right, prosecutors said. Edgar Khodzhasaryan, 30, of Glendale, and Arsen Bekverdyan, 31, of Burbank, were charged with attempted

The four reasons people commit hate crimes

by Daniel Burke June 12, 2017   (CNN)What motivated the man who killed two people on a Portland train after shouting anti-Muslim slurs? What prompted the person, or people, who spray-painted the N-word on an NBA star's home? What ideas would incite an Israeli teen charged with threatening dozens of Jewish centers in the US, throwing communities into chaos and

Kansas Man Indicted on Hate Crime Charges in Shooting of Indian Immigrants

by Matt Stevens June 9, 2017   A white man accused of opening fire on two Indian immigrants at a Kansas bar in February in a shooting that heightened international concern about American hostility toward foreigners has been indicted on federal hate crime charges, the Justice Department announced Friday. Adam W. Purinton was kicked out of a

Police investigate van attack near London mosque as terrorism

by Associated Press June 19, 2017   In an attack that British Muslims say was aimed directly at them, a man plowed a van into a crowd of Muslim worshipers outside a north London mosque early Monday, injuring 10 people. London police are investigating it as a terrorist incident. Police said another man died at

Terrorist or Disturbed Loner? The Contentious Politics of a Label

by Max Fisher June 19, 2017   When a 48-year-old man rammed a van into a crowd near a London mosque on Monday morning, controversy quickly erupted over whether the attack would be treated as less significant than others because it was committed against Muslims but not by them. Such debates have typically played out

Man Charged With Killing Muslim Teenager Entered United States Illegally, Authorities Say

by Matthew Haag June 20, 2017   A 22-year-old man accused of killing a Muslim teenager with a baseball bat in Virginia on Sunday is an undocumented immigrant who entered the United States illegally, federal authorities said on Tuesday. The man, Darwin Martinez Torres, who was charged with murder in the death of Nabra Hassanen,

London Attack Near Mosque Investigated as Terrorism

by Dan Bilefsky June 19, 2017   LONDON — The authorities in Britain said on Monday that they were treating an early morning attack near a mosque in London as an act of terrorism against Muslims, amid fears of retaliation for several recent assaults in the country attributed to Islamist extremists. Shortly after midnight, a