An 82-year-old grandmother who livestreams her Minecraft gameplay to raise money for her grandson's cancer treatment faced a potentially deadly swatting attempt this week. "Dozens" of armed police officers stormed the home of Sue Jacquot, known online as GrammaCrackers, on May 18 while she was sleeping. Officers were responding to a swatting threat – common hoaxes called in by viewers of livestreams. These incidents typically involve someone locating a streamer's home and calling the local police department, informing them of a bomb threat or similar, which often prompts a full-force response. While most swatting cases result in nothing more sinister than a few broken doors, some have led to serious injuries and fatalities. Jacquot, however, was just thrilled to experience being in the back of a police car for the first time and meet people she otherwise never would have had the swatting call not been made. "I was asleep, I was so asleep," said Jacquot, recounting the event. "I did not want to get up, and these policemen came in the door… the prettiest policewoman I've ever seen. The beautiful eyes. So sweet. But I think she could kick butt if she needed to. She was so sweet. And they walked me out, and I didn't know what was going on, but it was kind of fun. "And my kids and my grandkid, they were hugging me. You know, you can't get that much attention normally. I was getting all kinds of hugs. I was really eating it up. It was kind of fun. "And then I got to ride in the police car. I've never been in a police car before… and then it was all over. So I thought, well, I've got to go to bed. So, I took an ibuprofen and went to bed." According to Austin Self, Jacquot's grandson and brother of Jack, whose cancer treatment is being crowdfunded by his grandmother's livestreams, by the time he and other family members arrived at Jacquot's residence following the police raid, she had already gone back to sleep. Police officers and a fleet of SWAT vans remained outside at the time. By Self's reckoning, there were 20 police cars and five SWAT vans situated outside Jacquot's apartment. Both Self, of Queen Creek, Arizona, and Jacquot said the first responders treated the 82-year-old with great kindness, and were even asking for her signature. Officers who entered Jacquot's residence told her family that they were almost certain the call was a hoax, and as such did not use much force when entering her home via the garage. One male officer who entered Jacquot's apartment saw the livestreaming setup and from then on was so sure that the call was benign that he contemplated doing a little dance on camera, as the livestream was still running after the grandmother had gone to sleep, Self said. Unfazed, Jacquot restarted her livestream the following morning, traveled to the Nether, and harvested around 60 Nether warts to brew potions back at her Minecraft house. ®

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A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew in France’s worst air disaster.

The verdict is the latest milestone in a legal marathon involving two of France’s most emblematic companies and families of the mainly French, Brazilian and German victims.

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HELSINGBORG (ANP) - De aanpassing van het aantal beschikbare Amerikaanse hulptroepen voor Europa is geen reden voor ongerustheid, verzekert NAVO-topman Mark Rutte. "Wat de Verenigde Staten zullen aankondigen is absoluut te doen", zei hij een dag voor de VS de NAVO-landen willen inlichten over de volgens bronnen aanzienlijke vermindering.

De regering van de Amerikaanse president Donald Trump wekte al bezorgdheid in Europa met de aankondiging er 5000 Amerikaanse militairen weg te halen. Nu zijn er nog ongeveer 80.000 Amerikanen in Europa gelegerd. Naast de troepen die al in Europa zijn, hebben de VS ook versterkingen toegezegd als bijvoorbeeld een vijand aanvalt. De militaire leiding van de NAVO rekent daarop en baseert daarop haar verdedigingsplannen. Die toezeggingen worden nu teruggebracht, zeggen bronnen tegen onder meer persbureau Reuters.

Rutte heeft "al wat inzage gehad" en "ik ben niet ongerust", zei hij voor een vergadering met de buitenlandministers van de NAVO-landen in Zweden.