This DAP highlights – Neo-Nazis in Ohio and faith-based organizations targeted by multiple ransomware gangs. DAP also has More Faith-Based Stories and Select All-Hazard Stories. These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 1 July 2024
Faith-Based Security Headlines
These updates are shared to help raise the situational awareness of Faith-Based organizations to best defend against and mitigate the impacts from all-hazards threats including physical security, cybersecurity, and natural disasters.
US military bases in Europe raise security threat levels
U.S. military bases in Europe were put on a heightened state of alert over the weekend as installations urged vigilance among their members. At U.S. European Command headquarters in Stuttgart, the Army garrison on Sunday issued a communitywide alert that the force protection threat level was elevated to condition “Charlie” until further notice.
Related Articles:
- Several US military bases in Europe on heightened alert amid possible terrorist threat
- A decade after the Islamic State group declared a caliphate, it’s defeated but remains lethal
Worldwide Attacks
- 7 shot, including 4 kids, by elderly neighbor who had told them to ‘go back to where they came from’: cops and Nebraska State Patrol: Additional Details Released in Crete Shooting Investigation
- Suspected suicide bombers kill at least 18 in Nigeria, authorities say
- Baptist evangelist tied down with ropes, killed by Muslim extremists in Uganda
- Several injured in German cafe acid attack
- Two detained after attack outside Israeli embassy in Belgrade and Serbia: crossbow attacker shot dead after firing bolt at Israeli embassy guard
Analyst Comments:
Attacks and warnings of a possible terrorist attack continue. Force Protection Level (FPCON) Charlie is the fourth highest level of five levels. Only Delta is higher.
FB-ISAO’s 27 June 2024 Daily Awareness Post and 17 June 2024 Daily Awareness Post highlighted multiple indicators of an increased terror-threat environment. Faith-Based Organizations should consider maintaining or increasing their protection and resilience efforts.
The federal Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team’s (JCAT) First Responders Toolbox: Terrorism Prevention Spectrum is designed for first responders. The toolbox considers “faith leader” to be one of the key players with which first responders should work. The toolbox provides a wide variety of resources that can be used by FBOs.
Additional Resources:
- FEMA: Planning Considerations: Complex Coordinated Terrorist Attacks
- CISA: Complex Coordinated Attacks: Security Awareness for Soft Targets and Crowded Places
- FBI: Understanding Bystander Interventions to Prevent Terrorism
- Australia-New Zealand Counter-Terrorism Committee (ANZCTC) Active armed offender guidelines for crowded places (nationalsecurity.gov.au)
More Faith-Based Stories
Tacoma man charged with burglary following church break-in
Police investigating hate-bias incident in northwest Baltimore
GOP congressman Scott Perry shares antisemitic meme on social media
Number of California hate crimes drop, but more target Jews, Muslims and LGBTQ communities
Missouri church apologizes for full-page bulletin urging young men to join militia
Volunteer at Richmond church arrested on rape charges
Former Wisconsin Rapids youth pastor facing child sexual assault charges
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‘We Don’t Want Churches, We Want Mosques’: The Persecution of Christians, May 2024
Toronto synagogue pelted with stones, glass panels shattered and Two Toronto synagogues attacked over the Canada Day weekend in a window-smashing spree
Nigeria: Boko Haram Demands Ransom for Pastor Abducted in 2023
Message calling for an ‘attack’ on ‘Zionists’ found in Jewish area of London
Jewish Woman Threatened and Assaulted by Belgian Anti-Israel Groups
Ultra-Orthodox protest of Israeli military enlistment turns violent in Jerusalem
Five IS bombs found hidden in iconic Iraq mosque: UN agency
Church of Pentecost pastor shot and robbed at his residence in Awutu Papaase
Church attacks: Pastors increase security measures after spate of robberies in Cape Town
Churches in Holy Land denounce ‘coordinated attack’ against Christians by Israeli authorities
Select All-Hazards Stories
The Russian mob, the Aryan Brotherhood, and a mysterious double-killing in an L.A. suburb
Instances of anti-LGBTQ vandalism reported in nearly two dozen states during Pride Month
Hagerstown man arrested for threatening to bomb MVA, 26 guns found at home
As North Korean and Chinese threats rise, US looks to lock in defense partnerships with Asian allies
15-Year-Old Convicted Of Bringing Semi-Automatic Weapon To Israeli Embassy In Sweden (16 May 2024)
ADL: Anti-Israel Summer “Schools” Emerge Nationwide
Key Emerging Risks: Cascading Effects of Natural Disasters, Supply Chain Resilience
NSSE Event Notice: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit 2024 NATO Summit takes place in DC, July 9-11)
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VA: CISA and Fauquier County Hold K-12 Active Shooter Exercise
Active shooter preparedness: What’s being omitted in training?
ADL: Denial and Distortion of the Hamas-led October 7 Attack: An Overview of False Narratives
Expanding HeatRisk Concerns; Heavy Rainfall and Severe Weather Threats for Southwest and Portions of Midwest National Weather Service
Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic ‘unfolding in slow motion’
CDC Updates RSV Vaccination Recommendation for Adults
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FBI and U.S. Attorneys in North Carolina Warn of New Jury Scam
Unexpected messages on social media about investing are almost always scams
Beyond Hitler and Mussolini: TikTok and the Adoration of Minor Fascist Ideologues
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