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Five Metropolitan Police officers have been removed from front-line duties following the discovery of a bag containing a sub-machine gun, a pistol, a Taser, and ammunition on a street in south London on Tuesday evening. The bag was found by a member of the public outside the home of London Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan.

New court filings in the case against Tyler Robinson, suspected of killing Charlie Kirk, reveal that a bullet analysis by the ATF was deemed 'inconclusive.' Robinson's defense claimed that the analysis could not definitively link the bullet recovered from Kirk's autopsy to the rifle associated with Robinson. Christopher Ballard from the Utah County Attorney's Office clarified that an inconclusive result does not rule out the possibility that the rifle was used in the crime.

A shadowy group has emerged, claiming responsibility for a series of attacks across Europe, raising concerns among security agencies. The group, which remains largely unidentified, has reportedly executed coordinated strikes in multiple countries, although specific details about the attacks have not been disclosed.

Three individuals have been charged in connection with the arson of four ambulances owned by the Jewish charity Hatzola, which occurred on March 23 in Golders Green, London. The accused include two men, Hamza Iqbal, 20, and Rehan Khan, 19, both from Leyton, and a 17-year-old boy from Walthamstow.

A man in his 50s from Nagoya was arrested on April 3, 2026, after admitting to pouring gasoline and igniting a fire at the busy Shibuya crossing in Tokyo. He turned himself in at a nearby police station around 9 p.m., approximately 20 minutes after the incident.

FBI Director Kash Patel highlighted the reality of terror sleeper-cell threats in the U.S., linking them to past border policies during a visit to Allentown, Pennsylvania. Patel cited recent attacks, including one by Mohamed Jalloh, a convicted ISIS supporter, and another involving Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, who was radicalized by Hezbollah.

Dayton Webber, a 27-year-old quadruple amputee and professional cornhole player, is charged with the murder of 27-year-old Bradrick Michael Wells following a shooting on March 22, 2024. Webber's attorney, Andrew Jezic, asserts that Webber acted in self-defense during a heated argument over a stolen firearm.

Randy George, the 41st Chief of Staff of the Army, is retiring immediately following a reported request for his removal by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The Pentagon confirmed his retirement on Thursday, with spokesperson Sean Parnell expressing gratitude for George's decades of service.

Marsha Allen, from Freetown, Indiana, was implicated in her husband Harold Allen's death after a burglary on September 19, 2023, led investigators to uncover a murder plot. Steven White, a friend of her daughter Ashley Jones, confessed to the burglary and claimed Marsha poisoned Harold with ethylene glycol in a root beer float on December 19, 2022.

The Uffizi Galleries in Florence confirmed a cyber-attack occurred between late January and early February 2024, but denied any compromise of its security systems. Hackers reportedly accessed sensitive data, including access codes and internal maps, and issued a ransom demand to museum director Simone Verde.