15 DEC 25 SITREP

1. Conservative Activist Ella Cook Murdered At Brown University

• A mass shooting occurred at Brown University on Saturday afternoon when a gunman burst into a study review session for an economics class and opened fire inside the room where students were gathered.
• The attack killed two students and injured nine others, and all of the victims were confirmed to be Brown University students present during the study session.
• One of the students killed was Ella Cook, a sophomore from Alabama, who was attending the economics review session when the gunman entered and began firing.
• Ella Cook was a conservative activist and vice president of the Brown Republicans, was known for openly supporting conservative students on an overwhelmingly liberal campus, was a member of Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama, and a 24-year-old man identified as Benjamin Erickson of Wisconsin was detained in connection with the shooting and later released.

2. Hanukkah Attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia

• An armed attack took place during a Hanukkah celebration held on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, where members of the local Jewish community were gathered along the shoreline.
• The shooting resulted in multiple deaths including a 10-year-old child and injured approximately ten others, with victims suffering gunshot wounds as the attackers fired into the crowd.
• Authorities identified the attackers as a father and son of Pakistani origin and confirmed an Islamic State flag was discovered inside a vehicle linked to the suspects.
• One individual present at the scene physically confronted one of the attackers and successfully wrestled the firearm away, an action credited with stopping further shootings.

3. Disrupted Bomb Plot by Turtle Island Liberation Front in Los Angeles, California

• United States authorities disrupted a planned series of coordinated bombings intended to take place in Los Angeles, California, tied to an extremist group calling itself the Turtle Island Liberation Front.
• Four individuals were arrested after investigators identified a credible terrorist threat involving plans to conduct explosive attacks during New Year’s Eve celebrations.
• The group openly promoted anti-government and anti-capitalist ideology online and called for violent revolution and armed action against the United States.
• Investigators determined the plot involved coordinated attacks at multiple locations and stated the arrests prevented a mass casualty event from being carried out.

FINAL WORD

These events reflect a sustained escalation of organized and ideological violence directed at civilians, students, and religious communities. The attacks spanned multiple countries and involved both lone actors and coordinated extremist cells. Failure to aggressively disrupt radicalization and operational planning will lead to further mass casualty events that the United States and the western world at large can no longer tolerate.