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Legal
El Shafee Elsheikh: IS jihadist stood out from the other fighters, court hears
(BBC) A former Islamic State group member turned cooperating witness has told a US court that an ex-jihadist on federal trial was clearly “more important” than other fighters. Omer Kuzu, 26, testified on Monday that he met El Shafee Elsheikh in Syria […]
Immigration
Italy breaks up smuggling ring run by Islamic State sympathizer
(Reuters) Italian police seized eight men on Wednesday behind a speedboat smuggling ring that ran people, including possible jihadists, to Sicily from Tunisia, investigators said. Operations were headed by a Tunisian man who used his Facebook account to spread Islamic State (IS) […]
Arts & Entertainment
Suspect aimed to kill ‘large’ crowd of people at Swift show in Vienna
(DPA) A 19-year-old man who had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State militant group has confessed to plotting an attack on the Vienna leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour, Austrian security authorities said on Thursday. He had wanted to use home-made bombs […]