@bellingcat.com has found close to 800 Hungarian government emails and associated passwords online. Among those affected were a senior military officer responsible for information security, and an employee whose role was to identify hybrid threats against the country. Many questions pop into mind.
We’ve placed the available videos of the shooting of Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis today into the same synchronised timeline and are continuing to analyse further.
The goal seems to be “to make Iran ungovernable for the existing regime or whatever comes after”.
I'm seeing people mistakenly claim the gun photo was posted before today, but its just how Google sometimes dates images based on the original date of the thread its posted in, not when it was posted. The photo was posted an hour ago in this 5 day old thread
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Months of research by @msramalho.bsky.social with the help of the @bellingcat.com community - this is a great insight and a heartbreaking story of how Russia uses Cossack school clubs for militarisation. I'm proud to be part of the team that worked on it!
This is what really happened. @bellingcat.com
An important piece of work and a great experience of merging field reporting with open source investigation. @bellingcat.com @afp.com @cedmohub.bsky.social
Monitoring conflict in the region is generally difficult, but this blockade has generated a large volume of verifiable online material. Research by Sebastian Vandermeersch, visuals by @msramalho.bsky.social - it was great to work with you on this @bellingcat.com story.
Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.
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New: Bellingcat has identified at least 80 police stations and law enforcement or Basij paramilitary group infrastructure which were damaged or destroyed in the first three weeks of the United States’ and Israel’s strikes on Iran www.bellingcat.com/news/2026/04...
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A DHS statement claimed “an individual approached US Border Patrol officers” with “a handgun” in the Alex Pretti shooting incident. A Bellingcat analysis of the footage appears to show that a gun was taken away from where Pretti was situated by an agent just before the first shot was fired.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
The All-Russian Cossack Society turns school clubs into pipelines for state-sponsored militarisation and recruitment for war in Ukraine. Bellingcat shows how they shape an alternative mobilisation force: www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
Life in Bamako, the capital of Mali, has been brought to a standstill after a jihadist organisation launched a series of attacks on inbound fuel convoys. Bellingcat has verified six attacks since September, which together have damaged more than 130 fuel tankers. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/12...
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Hundreds of Hungarian government email addresses and passwords are circulating online, revealing vulnerabilities in the security protocols of ministries involved in sensitive work.
Bellingcat has identified at least 80 police stations or infrastructure related to law enforcement agencies and the Basij paramilitary group that has been damaged or destroyed in the first three weeks of the United States and Israel’s war against Iran. Experts told Bellingcat that both countries aim to degrade the Iranian regime’s “repressive capacity”. Combined, […]
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The All-Russian Cossack Society turns school clubs into pipelines for state-sponsored militarisation and recruitment for war in Ukraine. Bellingcat shows how they shape an alternative mobilisation for...
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Attacks by a jihadist group on fuel convoys bound for Bamako, the capital of Mali, have destroyed more than 130 tankers since September, a Bellingcat investigation has found. The systematic attacks b...
