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Yet another violent attack in the U.K. involving a migrant suspect has occurred, this time leaving an American woman dead.Irish police and emergency services responded on Tuesday to a rented home in the southwestern town of Killarney, where the bloody body of 43-year-old New York native Jamey Carney had been discovered by her 13-year-old daughter.'Do not use this to become bigoted or racist or prejudiced in any way.'Following a postmortem examination by state pathologist Linda Mulligan, police launched a murder investigation into Carney's death — an investigation aided by the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation and the Garda National Immigration Bureau.While Carney suffered a brutal assault and significant head injuries, Mulligan concluded that suffocation was the ultimate cause of death, reported the Irish Times. Carney had moved to Ireland with her daughter in 2021.Early in their investigation, authorities determined that "a person of interest" had "left the jurisdiction in the early hours of Tuesday 7th July prior to the body of the deceased female being discovered."The suspect, who has been identified as 28-year-old Ahmad Al-Saqar, is believed to have successfully boarded a flight at Dublin Airport bound for Istanbul, Turkey, just prior to the discovery of the body.Irish police are reportedly working with Europol and Interpol in hopes of establishing whether Al-Saqar is still in Turkey or has traveled to another Middle Eastern location.RELATED: Not again: British cops arrest another white victim of violence rather than minority assailant suspects Pro-Palestinian protesters march in the streets of Ireland in 2024. Huzeyfe Tastan/Anadolu/Getty ImagesAl-Saqar, who features in Carney's profile picture on Facebook, is originally from Jordan and apparently has contacts in Syria and Turkey. He reportedly launched an asylum bid in Ireland after arriving there in 2024.According to Extra.ie, while asylum-seekers must surrender their passports to the International Protection Office at the time of making their applications, Irish authorities gave Al-Saqar his passport back because he had been granted subsidiary protection — status given to someone who doesn't qualify as a refugee but would supposedly face "serious" harm if sent back to his home country.A police source told the Irish Times that the suspect was not only known to Carney but regularly stayed at her home. Their apparent 18-month romantic relationship complicates the investigation because if ultimately questioned, he could explain away his DNA on the premises.According to the Irish Sun, Carney and Al-Saqar are believed to have met at an anti-war protest. Carney had "Free Palestine" and "Fk Ice" in her Facebook bio.In a recent social media post, Al-Saqar reportedly referred to the American mother as "my bride and my princess."Al-Saqar was seen with Carney on Sunday and Monday, reported the Irish Independent.The U.S. State Department told Newsweek that the agency has provided consular assistance to Carney's family."The Trump administration has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans," said a State Department spokesperson. "We offer our sincerest condolences to the family and loved ones on their loss."A big concern for the Irish police is presently the possibility of American political figures on the right "stirring tensions in the Republic," reported the Times.This concern was echoed by Ryan Fox, a cousin of Carney, who told Irish state media that he didn't want her death to become "some kind of martyrdom or some kind of political cause.""Do not use this to become bigoted or racist or prejudiced in any way. Bad people are in every group, and it is not the people who look like them who deserve to be blamed," said Fox.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A former high school counselor in North Carolina is facing serious charges after she allegedly sent sexual content to multiple teens, police said.The Orange County Sheriff's Office said in a statement that 37-year-old Lesli Bryant turned herself in to authorities at the magistrate's office on July 2, one day after she was charged with two counts of indecent liberties with students and one count of sexual exploitation of a minor.'It is a felony under NC law for a school employee to engage in sexual activities with a student.'North Carolina law states that indecent liberties with students is a felony charge:If a defendant, who is a teacher, school administrator, student teacher, school safety officer, or coach, at any age, or who is other school personnel and is at least four years older than the victim, takes indecent liberties with a victim who is a student, at any time during or after the time the defendant and victim were present together in the same school but before the victim ceases to be a student, the defendant is guilty of a Class G felony, unless the conduct is covered under some other provision of law providing for greater punishment.A Class G felony is punishable by 10 to 31 months in prison.Bryant posted a $50,000 secured bond.WRAL-TV reported that a judge ordered her to have no contact with two alleged victims and to be restricted from entering Orange County Schools property.The sheriff's office noted that Bryant resigned from her counselor job at Orange High School on June 12.A school system spokesperson told the Raleigh News & Observer that Bryant resigned after the district suspended her with pay.Bryant is not listed in the staff directory for Orange High School or on the website for Orange County Schools.Police said, "After school administrators notified a school resource officer of allegations of misconduct by Bryant with multiple students, deputies opened an investigation." The Raleigh News & Observer obtained the police report that said a teacher notified school administrators about "a possible student-teacher relationship" after a student informed them that Bryant was sending nude photos to another student.The assistant principal of Orange High School alerted a school resource officer of the allegations on June 4, according to police.WRAL obtained the arrest warrant stating that Bryant was using the Snapchat app to send nude photos and videos with sexual content.Bryant, of Hillsborough, asked three teens to send her nude photos of themselves, court documents stated.The Raleigh News & Observer reported that Bryant at least once allegedly convinced a minor student to send her a nude photo of himself.A sheriff's deputy wrote in a supplemental report obtained by the Raleigh News & Observer, "During the process of examining the Snapchat search warrants, it was observed that Lesli had distributed illicit material to at least three different males outside of the victims discussed in this case."The officer added, "It should be noted that of these males in question, they appeared to be younger adult males.""The situation created by these events brought to light that Lesli was abusing her position within the school to create inappropriate relationships with both current and former students," according to the supplemental report.Prosecutors said the alleged incidents began in November 2025 and were as recent as April 2026, and the involved teens were ages 17 and 18 at the time.RELATED: Video allegedly shows female HS teacher wearing 'Jesus Loves You' shirt while having sex with student: Warrants The North Carolina School Boards Association previously released a guide titled: "Boundary Invasions and Sexual Grooming: What Every School Employee Must Know About Avoiding Inappropriate Staff-Student Relationships.""It is a felony under N.C. law for a school employee to engage in sexual activities with a student," the guide warns. "Consent is not a defense.""Sexual misconduct/sexual harassment is a violation of the Code of Ethics and the Standards of Professional Conduct for North Carolina Educators," the guide reads.The guide also points out that federal law forbids school systems from assisting any school employee who is convicted of sexual misconduct with a minor in finding another job.The New York Post reported that Bryant is married with two children.Police said the investigation is ongoing.Anyone with information is urged to contact Orange County Sheriff’s Office investigator C. Tapp at 919-245-2964.Bryant is scheduled to appear in court on July 20.Neither the Orange County Sheriff's Office nor Orange County Schools immediately responded to Blaze News' requests for comment.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Rupert Lowe, the Restore Britain leader who unveiled the stomach-churning "Rape Gang Inquiry Report" last month, spoke to podcaster Joe Rogan in an interview released on Wednesday about the mass rape of young white girls in the United Kingdom by predominantly Muslim Pakistani gangs.Lowe also highlighted the U.K.'s problem with parallel Islamic legal systems operating in the U.K. and their apparent tolerance by British authorities who are sensitive to the "Muslim bloc vote."'They will all be banned on day one.'Afzal Khan, a Pakistan-born Labour member of parliament who previously served as parliamentary chair for the Labour Muslim Network, melted down publicly over this illuminating interview.Rather than engage with Lowe's commentary, Khan sought the regulation and possible punishment of his colleague's free speech by submitting a complaint to the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, which is responsible for investigating alleged breaches of House of Commons Code of Conduct and Registers.Khan wrote in a Thursday letter to Commissioner Daniel Greenberg that "on 8th July, Rupert Lowe MP appeared on 'The Joe Rogan Experience' podcast, in which he claimed that parallel Sharia courts are tolerated within the U.K. judicial system. This is not only a flagrant lie but is deeply inflammatory and fuels Islamophobia."RELATED: 'Rape of Britain' ignored because of the Muslim vote, UK lawmaker tells Joe Rogan L-R: Mary Turner/Bloomberg/Getty Images; Carmen Mandato/Getty Images (R)While the British government officially rejects the idea that Sharia law and Sharia councils have any legal authority in the isles, lawmakers have for years expressed concerns that the councils are forming a parallel legal system.According to a 2019 parliamentary brief, Sharia courts have existed in the United Kingdom since the 1980s. By 2012, there were at least 30 major Sharia courts in England. According to a 2018 independent review commissioned by the Home Office, the number of Sharia courts in England and Wales is as high as 85.The 2018 review found that many Muslims couples were not civilly registering their marriages with the appropriate authorities and were therefore reliant on this parallel legal system for resolving marital disputes and securing religious divorces.The report also found that these Islamic courts engaged in discriminatory practices and that some of the councils inappropriately questioned women, pressured individuals into making financial concessions to obtain a divorce, and in some cases failed to refer domestic violence or child abuse to the police or real courts.Despite identifying various problems with the parallel legal system, the report effectively recommended tolerance, stating, "We consider the closure of Sharia councils is not a viable option."Khan — who recognized in his letter that Sharia councils exist in the U.K. and that they adjudicate religious divorces and "may also give verdicts on other aspects of day-to-day life for Muslims" — made clear that he resents more than just Lowe's remarks about the Sharia court system.The Pakistani native complained to the commissioner that the "Rape Gang Inquiry Report" commissioned by Lowe claimed "that 'Muslim' gangs are to blame for child sexual abuse in Britain" and "that 'at the very least, 250,000 young white girls have been subjected to repeated rape, gang rape, trafficking, torture' primarily by Pakistani Muslim men since mass immigration began in the 1950s."Khan suggested that such claims were unfounded and were "Islamophobic."RELATED: 'Beyond evil': Nightmarish report reveals full scale of mass Islamic rapes of '250,000' white British girls L-R: OLI SCARFF/AFP/Getty Images; Finnbarr Webster/Getty ImagesAfter leaning on an Al Jazeera commentator's characterization of Lowe as a neo-Nazi, Khan returned to the matter at hand, claiming that Lowe's appearance on Rogan's podcast was "extremely problematic" — especially since Rogan previously "failed to counter [Vice President JD] Vance's 'sort of joke' that the U.K. is heading towards being 'the first Islamist country with nuclear weapons.'"'These are barbaric, medieval and backward Islamic practices that have no place in our country.'Khan closed his complaint by suggesting his Oxford-born colleague's "words and actions create a hostile working environment, particularly for Muslim MPs," and that Lowe's supposed "rampant racism" warrants an investigation.Lowe responded to Khan on Friday by sardonically thanking Khan for reporting him to the parliamentary authorities over his appearance on Rogan's show, the rape gang inquiry, and his criticism of Sharia courts, the burqa, and halal slaughter. The Englishman claimed that "these are barbaric, medieval and backward Islamic practices that have no place in our country. When Restore Britain gains power, they will all be banned on day one. It will be glorious."In addition to forwarding the report and Restore Britain's mass deportation plan to Khan, Lowe told the Pakistani native, "If you have an issue with my politics — please come directly to me for an adult discussion, rather than running to the authorities in an attempt to censor my views which are held by a large majority of the British complaint." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Eight months after federal officials destroyed more than 300 ostriches at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, British Columbia, the property remains under quarantine, with owners saying they still have no clear timeline for when they'll be allowed to reopen.Katie Pasitney, daughter of farm co-owner Karen Espersen, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has prevented the family from cleaning up the property while citing an ongoing "fallow period," intended to allow any remaining H5N1 virus in the environment to naturally become inactive, as the reason the quarantine remains in place.'They continue down this anti-science avenue, which is destroying the credibility of the CFIA internationally.'No reprieveThe ongoing restrictions come months after the CFIA ordered the destruction of the farm's ostriches following an outbreak of H5N1 avian influenza. The owners fought the order through the courts, ultimately losing their final appeal when the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the case. The CFIA has maintained that culling infected poultry is required under Canada's disease-control protocols to limit the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza.Pasitney recently joined former Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz for an interview to discuss the continuing fallout from the cull and what she says are unanswered questions about the government's handling of the farm. 'The Ostrich Con'Following the cull, CBC news program "The Fifth Estate" approached Pasitney about participating in a documentary on the controversy surrounding Universal Ostrich Farms. She says she and her mother initially declined but ultimately agreed after producers indicated the program would proceed with or without them."We have nothing to hide," Pasitney says she thought at the time. "We have everything to show, and we're going to answer the hard questions."It wasn't until the documentary aired that Pasitney learned the CBC had titled it "The Ostrich Con." She says the title immediately told her how the broadcaster had chosen to frame the story."The only con that was happening here was the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ... trying to blindfold the public, saying, 'This is a virus, this is a virus,'" she said. "We were not the con."Pasitney says she was also disappointed that key portions of her interview did not appear in the finished program.She says CBC reporter Mark Kelley asked whether she was embarrassed to seek support from Americans, including U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr."I said, 'If our country would have listened, and we would have had any true leadership that would have taken the time to understand what we were trying to fight for, I wouldn't have had to go out of country,'" she said.Her response, she says, did not make the final cut.Ongoing damagePasitney says the most frustrating aspect of the ordeal is that the CFIA has not returned to conduct further testing while continuing to prevent the family from restoring the property."They have not been on our farm since [the cull]," she said. "There has been no more testing."If the agency believes the virus remains a concern, she argues, it should be testing the soil, water, and surrounding environment rather than simply extending the quarantine.Pasitney says the impact extends far beyond the financial loss of the birds."When your animals are destroyed and the damage is done, it doesn't just end in our fields, and it doesn't end in our barns, and it doesn't end in our pastures. It follows into our homes," she said, calling it "generational trauma."She worries the episode has permanently damaged public confidence in government institutions."The generations that are watching this are learning not to trust our government," she said. "They're learning not to trust our RCMP."RELATED: Massacre at Universal Ostrich Farms: Canada kills hundreds of birds despite no evidence of avian flu Universal Ostrich Farms'The antithesis of science'Ritz, who served as Canada's agriculture minister under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper from 2007 to 2015, said he finds the continuing quarantine difficult to justify."The whole mandate of CFIA is one based on science. It is to support food safety and trade corridors," he said.He argued that the agency has moved well beyond that mission in its handling of Universal Ostrich Farms, later describing what he called the "egregious behavior" of CFIA "thugs.""I can't, for the life of me, understand the powers that be allowing this to happen," he said. "We've got a rogue element within CFIA. There's still some really good people there."Ritz said he knows current CFIA President Dr. Harpreet Kochhar from his time in government and pledged to contact him regarding the ongoing quarantine.He also questioned the agency's use of a "fallow period" while simultaneously preventing the farm from cleaning the property."What you guys wanted to do was clean up ... and actually extend that containment," Ritz told Pasitney during the interview. "They're not allowing you to do that. That, to me, is the ... antithesis of science."'No containment'Ritz also questioned the agency's public statements regarding the disposal of the birds."There's no containment," he said. "We saw that when they hauled the birds away. There was no containment. They sat in yards in Surrey and rotted on the spot. It was just heartbreaking to see that go on. And they continue down this anti-science avenue, which is destroying the credibility of CFIA internationally."The CFIA did not respond to written questions asking when the quarantine will be lifted, what scientific criteria must be met before it ends, and why the agency did not remove spent cartridges, blood-soaked hay, and other debris that remained on the property following the cull.For Pasitney, however, the central question remains unanswered.Eight months after the cull, she says her family members are still waiting to learn when they will be allowed to begin putting the farm — and their lives — back together.