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Legal
French jihadist to be retried as prosecutors seek life term
(AFP) A French jihadist given a 30-year jail term last week for crimes committed in Syria will be retried after prosecutors appealed Thursday seeking life imprisonment. On Friday, a court jailed Tyler Vilus, 30, for crimes committed between 2013 and 2015 when […]
Government & Politics
Vienna attack report lays bare intelligence lapses
(AFP) Austria’s intelligence agencies missed several chances to spot the danger posed by a jihadist [gunman] who launched a deadly attack in Vienna in November, an official report said on Wednesday. The report is the first from a government commission assessing how […]
Legal
Man convicted of terror offence ‘hid bank details’
(BBC) A man convicted of a terror offence hid secret bank accounts and contact details from police for more than two years, a court has heard. Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, 33, from Bradford, pleaded guilty in 2013 to possessing terrorist material and was […]