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Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 26 July 2024
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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.
Follow Up to Foiled Park Valley Church Attack
Foiled shooter at Haymarket church competent to stand trial
INSIDENOVA reports:
A man accused of plotting a mass shooting at a Haymarket megachurch last year has been found competent to stand trial on federal hate crime charges.
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(name omitted), 35, is charged with “attempting to obstruct the congregants of the Park Valley Church in Haymarket, Virginia, in the free exercise of their religious beliefs,” according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.
“The indictment charged that his attempted act involved a dangerous weapon and an attempt to kill, and included both a threats count and a firearms violation,” the release said.
Analyst Comments:
In September of 2023 a tragedy was averted at a house of worship in a suburb of Washington, DC. The successful outcome of the incident involved a suspicious activity report by a citizen, coordination between law enforcement in three different counties in two states, and the church’s security team.
This incident shows the value of suspicious activity reporting, See Something, Say Something, and house of worship security teams.
This incident was highlighted in the following FB-ISAOs:
- Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 26 September 2023 – FB-ISAO (faithbased-isao.org)
- Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 29 September 2023 – FB-ISAO (faithbased-isao.org)
- Faith-Based Daily Awareness Post 29 March 2024 – FB-ISAO (faithbased-isao.org)
French Railway Sabotage and Olympic Security Items
- French rail lines disrupted by ‘coordinated sabotage’ ahead of Paris Olympics opening ceremony. France’s high-speed train lines were targeted by multiple “malicious” acts including arson on Friday, in what has been described as “an attack on France” and “coordinated sabotage” to disrupt travel ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. The French state railway company SNCF said in a post on X that “a large number of trains were diverted or canceled,” and asked “all travelers who can to postpone their trip and not go to the station.” The operator said the Atlantic, Northern and Eastern high-speed lines were impacted, with damage caused to several of its facilities, adding that one of the acts was “foiled” in the east after SNCF agents scared off several individuals.
- ISIS-K’s online recruitment poses security threat to West ahead of Olympic Games
- Unique Olympics opening ceremony keeps Paris on high alert over security
- Terrorism, Drone Use Among the Security Risks at 2024 Paris Olympics
- DHS: Protecting the 2024 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Trials in Eugene, OR from CBRN Threats
More Faith-Based Storie
N.J. man scrawled anti-Muslim graffiti on mosque property, cops say
Police investigating ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti at United Synagogue of Hoboken
OH: Vandals break headstones at 2 Canton cemeteries
Nazi Symbol Drawn onto Jewish Business in California
Journalists were targeted, repeatedly attacked for documenting LA protests (23 June synagogue incident)
Two Men Plead Guilty to Acting as Illegal Agents of Chinese Government and Bribery. (Involved plot to target U.S.-based practitioners of Falun Gong — a spiritual practice banned in the PRC.)
FBI Director Denies Targeting Pro-Life Activists
TX: Arlington police arrest pastor on sexual and indecent assault allegations
Former USCCB general secretary sues gay dating app for breach of privacy
Select All-Hazards Stories
Video: Protests continue outside White House while Netanyahu meets Biden and Harris
Rockets launched at bases hosting US troops in Iraq and Syria
More than 100 flights cancelled in Germany as environmental activists target airports across Europe
Man Pleads Guilty to Making Threats to Arizona Election Office (occurred 2022)
CISA: Resources for Onboarding and Employment Screening Fact Sheet
Defendants with Ties to White Supremacy Sentenced in Connection with Plot to Destroy Energy Facilities (Occurred from 2017 to 2020)
Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Fire Weather Today; Wildfire Smoke Bringing Unhealthy Air Quality to the Pacific Northwest National Weather Service
CDC Confirms Three Human Cases of H5 Bird Flu Among Colorado Poultry Workers
Scammers impersonate airline customer service representatives
CrowdStrike: Remediation And Guidance Hub: Falcon Content Update For Windows Hosts
Statistics Canada: The spread of misinformation: A multivariate analysis of the relationship between individual characteristics and fact-checking behaviours of Canadians.
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