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NYC Terror Suspect Indicted on Murder, Terror Charges

The man accused of driving a truck through a bike lane in downtown New York City on Halloween was indicted in federal court Tuesday.

November 22, 2017

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Why Terrorist Vehicle Attacks are So Hard to Prevent

Stopping the kind of vehicular attacks like the one that killed eight people in New York City on Tuesday afternoon has been a top concern for law enforcement agencies worldwide in the wake of deadly attacks in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and now the U.S.

November 2, 2017

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Driver in NYC Truck Attack Had Been Planning for Weeks, Police Say

The driver who sped down a crowded bike path in New York City on Tuesday, killing eight people, had been planning the attack for weeks and appeared to have connections to people who were the subjects of terrorism investigations.

November 1, 2017

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Video: NYPD Officer Hailed as Hero for Stopping Terror Suspect

New York City officials are hailing Officer Ryan Nash, 28, for shooting and apprehending the suspect accused of mowing down at least eight people with a rented truck in lower Manhattan on Tuesday.

November 1, 2017

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NYPD Bomb Tech Details for Jury How Pressure Cooker Bombs were Disarmed Last Year

The NYPD bomb-squad detective stood on West 27th Street in Chelsea on that warm Saturday night. A pressure cooker had been found on the sidewalk, with a cellphone beside it, the two connected by wires. A woman who had called 911 initially thought it was a child’s discarded science experiment. The detective knew it was likely an explosive device — another one had just exploded four blocks away.

October 9, 2017

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Canadian Officer Stabbed, Pedestrians Run Down in Terror Attacks

Canadian police charged a Somali refugee with five counts of attempted murder on Sunday after they said he stabbed a police officer and ran down several pedestrians with a vehicle in Edmonton, Alberta, in what officials called an act of terrorism.

October 2, 2017

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London Tube Bomb Blast Injures 29, UK Officials Raise Terror Threat to Critical

Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack that rocked London Friday — the fifth this year — and UK officials raised the terror threat to critical, meaning they expect another attack.

September 15, 2017

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NYPD Captain Recalls Being Recruit Responding to 9/11

That first night I worked all night: 17 hours, maybe. It looked like it was snowing with the dust and soot gathering on our hats, and we’d brush each other off regularly. Whenever I had a break I’d wash my face and put water in my hair, just to get the grey out of it. I coughed a lot.

September 11, 2017

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Police Shoot, Kill Suspected Driver in Barcelona Attack

Spanish authorities on Monday shot and killed Younes Abouyaaqoub, the suspected driver of the van that plowed into crowds last week in Barcelona, according to a tweet from the Catalan police.

August 21, 2017

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Spain's Terrorist Attacks Part of Same Large-scale Plot

Authorities across Europe mounted a manhunt for those involved in a large-scale terrorist plot following the deadliest attacks to strike Spain in more than a decade.

August 18, 2017

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Spanish Officer Shoots, Kills 4 Terrorists to Save Injured Comrade

The officer, reportedly from the Mossos d'Esquadra regional force, responded after the terrorists' car smashed through a roadblock and seriously injured another officer.

August 18, 2017

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Vehicular Terror Attack in Spain Kills 13, Two Arrested

Spanish officials have confirmed that 13 people are dead and as many as 100 people are injured after a van struck a crowd in what police believe is a terror attack on the busy, tourist-filled pedestrian street called Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain.

August 17, 2017