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Eleven defendants charged in Hawaii federal court with racketeering and other offenses Superseding indictment includes charges against Michael J. Miske, Jr. for the July 2016 kidnapping and murder of 21-year-old Johnathan Fraser HONOLULU, Hawaii – Kenji M. Price, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Hawaii, Eli S. Miranda, Special Agent in Charge of the Honolulu Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”), Tom Murdock, Special Agent in Charge of the Seattle Field Office of the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (“IRS-CI”), Josh Allen, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, Criminal...

At least 40 people have been hurt, some seriously, in a poison gas attack in the Bulgarian capital. A bomb containing a toxic chloride gas was thrown into a visitors' area in a Sofia traffic police office, the Interior Ministry said. At least one person was said to be in a life-threatening condition and four others were critically ill. Police said a suspect was held two hours after the attack, but there was no word on possible motive. The attack occurred at 1000 (0700GMT) when the office was crowded with people. The health ministry identified the chemical as chloropicrin, a...

Ukraine's security service has said it has foiled an attempt to sell 80 kilograms of a toxic substance used as chemical weapon during World War I, the Ukrainian news agency Interfax-Ukraine reported on 14 March. The substance, chloropicrin, is an oily colourless liquid which quickly evaporates, acts as an irritant and can be fatal if inhaled. The Ukrainian army uses chloropicrin to train soldiers how to protect themselves from a chemical attack, the agency said. Ukraine's security service, the SBU, was alerted when it received intelligence reports about an attempt to sell an unidentified quantity of the substance. About 80...