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Colorado man faces new charges for plotting to bomb synagogue

On November 23, 20195:38 amIn Foreign, Newsby Temisan Amoye

An avowed white supremacist being held without bond for plotting to bomb a Colorado synagogue this month has been indicted on additional charges of attempted arson and using explosives to commit a felony, federal prosecutors said on Friday. The two additional charges against Richard Holzer, 27, on top of an earlier count of attempting to
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Accused German synagogue shooter admits crime

On October 11, 201911:20 amIn Foreign, Newsby Rasheed Sobowale

The man accused of killing two people in a shooting near a synagogue in the eastern German city of Halle has admitted his crime and having an anti-Semitic motive, Germany’s federal prosecutor’s office said on Friday, confirming media reports, according to Reuters. What happened? Two people were killed in shooting attacks on a synagogue and
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German synagogue shooting livestreamed on Amazon’s Twitch

On October 9, 20199:06 pmIn Foreign, Newsby Rasheed Sobowale

A shooting at a synagogue in Halle, Germany, on Wednesday during Yom Kippur was live-streamed on Twitch. Twitch confirmed to CNBC that the attack, in which two people were killed, was streamed on its platform. The Amazon-owned company is primarily used by gamers who livestream their gameplay and communicate with viewers. “We are shocked and
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Shooters killed two in Germany synagogue, suspects escaped in hijacked car

On October 9, 20198:56 pmIn Foreign, Newsby Rasheed Sobowale

Two people were killed in shooting attacks on a synagogue and a nearby kebab shop in the eastern Germany city of Halle on Wednesday and one suspect was arrested, but two others fled in a hijacked a car, officials said. The violence occurred on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the calendar in Judaism when
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Synagogue shooter spoke of ‘genocide,’ police ID victims

On October 28, 20185:34 pmIn Newsby vanguard

The shooter in the attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue spoke of “genocide and his desire to kill Jewish people,” authorities said Sunday, as they identified the dead and worked to console the living.

T.B. Joshua honours victims of Synagogue building tragedy

On September 12, 20181:13 pmIn Newsby vanguard

Prophet T.B. Joshua has penned a touching tribute in honour of those who died exactly four years ago in the infamous building incident at The Synagogue, Church Of All Nations (SCOAN) on September 12th2014.

Synagogue’s building : ACP says aircraft flew over it before tumbling down

On May 11, 201810:18 pmIn Newsby Nwafor

An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Mr Alaba Haruna, on Friday told a Lagos High Court that an aircraft flew over Synagogue Church of All Nations building at Ikotun-Egbe, a Lagos suburb, just before it collapsed on Sept. 12, 2014, killing 116 people.

2014 Synagogue church building collapse: Witness’ absence stalls trial

On April 27, 20183:10 pmIn Newsby vanguard

Absence of the first witness of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) on Friday stalled opening of its defence in the ongoing trial of the church’s board of trustees for their alleged culpability in the collapsed building of Sept. 12, 2014 which killed 116 persons.

Synagogue has case to answer over guest house collapse, says court

On March 9, 20186:52 amIn Law & Human Rights, Newsby vanguard

An Igbosere High Court in Lagos has dismissed the no-case submission filed by the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) and the two engineers involved in the six-storey guesthouse that collapsed and killed 116 people, including 85 South Africans on 12 September, 2014.

Synagogue’s collapsed building: We have no case to answer, say engineers, trustees

On October 5, 20178:08 pmIn Newsby vanguard

The two engineers charged with criminal manslaughter in the Sept. 12, 2014 six-storey building collapse at the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Lagos, on Thursday told an Ikeja High Court that they have no case to answer.