Suspect in Benghazi attack worked with Al Qaeda senior leadership
At least two of the key suspects in the Benghazi terror attack formerly had ties to Al Qaeda senior leadership, also known as Al Qaeda core. One was believed to be a courier for the Al Qaeda network and the other a bodyguard in Afghanistan prior to the terror attacks in 2001. Another suspect, Faraj al Chalabi, a Libyan national has ties to Usama bin Laden from 1998.
High school student accused of killing teacher
Colleen Ritzer, 24-year-old math teacher at Danvers High School in Massachusetts was found dead in the woods behind the school. A student at the high school, 14-year-old Philip Chism, was accused of killing the teacher. Chism was brought into court on Oct. 23 in Salem, Massachusetts on a murder charge and was ordered to be held without bail. Ritzer was reported missing on the night of Oct. 22 after she didn’t come home from work or answer her cellphone. Investigators found blood in the second-floor school bathroom and soon after found her body. The cause of death has not been released.
California police shoot and kill 13-year-old with fake rifle
Two Sonoma County deputies saw a 13-year-old boy walking with a fake weapon on Oct. 22 in Santa Rosa, California. The officers ordered him to drop what they thought was a weapon before they fired several shots at the boy. The deputies handcuffed the boy and started first aid, but the boy was pronounced dead at the scene. It was then that the deputies realized that the gun the boy had been carrying was a replica, and that he also had a plastic gun in his waistband. The Deputies have been placed on administrative leave.
England police seized possible first 3-D printer made gun
On Oct. 24 police in the UK reported that they seized what may be parts for Britain’s first firearm made by a 3-D printer, which is suspected to be a plastic magazine and a trigger that could be fitted together to make a gun. However, more testing is necessary to confirm if the parts could actually be used to construct a firearm or not. Using a 3-D printer to create weapons has been an ongoing issue. Earlier this year, the U.S. State Department ordered Defense Distribution, a nonprofit organization started by a Texas law student, to remove instruction for printing a handgun using a 3-D printer from its website.
SUV crashed in Tiananmen Square
On Oct. 28 an SUV drove through Beijing’s Forbidden City before crashing and catching on fire. Three people in the vehicle, two tourists and 38 others were killed. Tiananmen square was closed and all pictures of the incident were taken down from the internet. The incident appears to be deliberate, since the SUV jumped a curb at a cross street about 400 meters from where the vehicle caught fire, although there is no way to prove this as of yet.
