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From: Alesia Zaruba azaruba2@unl.edu Sent: Monday, March 31, 2025 8:16 AM Subject: FW: Zizian - additional background and information
Sent on behalf of VP/VC Mike Boehm ________________________________
IANR ELT,
I'm forwarding this for your awareness. The Zizian group has been reported to be in Nebraska. Our colleagues at NCITE at UNO created the attached document with additional background and information about the group.
Please stay alert and be vigilant for any unusual activity.
Mike
________________________________ From: Gina Ligon Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2025 3:01 PM To: Mike Boehm; Deborah VanOverbeke; Tiffany Heng-Moss; Charles Stoltenow; Derek McLean; Samuel Hunter; Meghan Jackson Subject: Re: Info
Mike and colleagues, This is indeed a dangerous group, and I am sorry to hear they are in Nebraska.
First steps: reporting if someone saw something suspicious on or near their property (examples could be surveillance or asking to reside on unoccupied land (even if in their vehicles or tents). Awareness would be the NE FLI field office - here is the direct reporting line, but if you do have information where, would recommend that I get you in touch with the Supervisory Intelligence Agent there (please let me know).
Line to directly report to Nebraska FBI Field office: (402) 493-8688 Also, if any have made a threat of violence to anyone, that is grounds for immediate call to police so please don't take that one lightly as it is likely a federal charge.
So far, they have been charged at the state level in Maryland (and actually as recently as last month), but they were involved with the shooting that ended with a CBP officer's life in Vermont.
We can get you a short overview of the group to distribute among your faculty/students and any affected growers or ranchers if that would be helpful?
Let me know what we can do to help, Gina
Gina Scott Ligon, Ph.D.
Director, National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, and Education (NCITE)
Jack and Stephanie Koraleski Chair of Collaboration Science
University of Nebraska Omaha
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