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The United States city of Seattle has been the site of occasional, small-scale terrorist incidents. [1] Though several locations in the city have been discovered on target lists of known terrorist cells, as of 2014 the city's Office of Emergency Management believed that a "large-scale attack seems like a low probability event". [1]
The University of Washington firebombing incident was an arson which took place in the early morning hours of May 21, 2001 when a firebomb was set off at Merrill Hall, a part of the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture, causing an estimated $1.5 [1] to $4.1 [2] million in damages.
Firefighter and flames: Douglas County Complex [n 1] Douglas County Complex Douglas July 10 22,337 [28] 0 0 0 contained July 15 First Creek Fire [26] Chelan August 14 7,490 [25] 19 [25] Goodell Fire [29] Upper Skagit Complex: Skagit: August 10 7,111 0 0 Graves Mountain fire [30] Colville & Kettle: Ferry August 14 8,557 Largest and main fire of ...
The murder of Timothy Brenton occurred on October 31, 2009, in the Central District of Seattle, Washington, United States. Timothy Quinn Brenton (February 9, 1970 – October 31, 2009), [1] an officer with the Seattle Police Department (SPD), was seated in a parked patrol car with another officer discussing a traffic stop when a gunman stopped his vehicle alongside the patrol car, opened fire ...
The murder of Kristopher "Kris" Kime (June 25, 1980 – February 28, 2001 [1]) was the killing of a 20-year-old Auburn, Washington resident and Highline Community College (Des Moines, Washington) student when he was knocked down and beaten to death during the Seattle Mardi Gras Riots in the city's Pioneer Square district in the early morning hours of February 28, 2001.
After a two-hour shoot-out, which involved the use of machine-guns, tear gas and a helicopter used to illuminate the target with flares, Mathews house was engulfed by flames and, according to FBI officials, exploded in "a huge fireball". Mathews had been wanted for the shooting of an FBI agent in Oregon two weeks before. [11]
2020 July 6 Seattle: During a protest against police brutality and the murder of George Floyd 1 dead and 1 injured [110] August 2020 attack: Iraqi chases motor cyclists on Berlin's A100; trial for attempted murder to begin April 15. [111] 2020 Henstedt-Ulzburg ramming attack [112] 2020 Trier attack, Germany. Six people were killed and 23 were ...
Domestic terrorism is the unlawful use, or threatened use, of violence by a group or individual based and operating entirely within the United States (or its territories) without foreign direction, committed against persons or property to intimidate or coerce a government, the civilian population, or any segment thereof, in furtherance of ...