(BBC) A security steward who worked on the night of the Manchester Arena bomb has told the inquiry looking for suspicious people “wasn’t at the top of my list.” The inquiry saw CCTV footage of Salman Abedi approaching Robert Atkinson nearly four […]
(France 24) The 18-year-old Chechen who beheaded a French teacher for showing caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in a civics class paid students in front of the school to identify him, anti-terrorism public prosecutor Jean-François Ricard told reporters at a news conference […]
(BBC) The most senior police officer on duty before the Manchester Arena attack had taken an “unacceptable” two-hour break before the bombing, the inquiry heard. PC Jessica Bullough admitted she then missed bomber Salman Abedi walking from the train station into the […]
(BBC) A 19-year-old man has appeared in court charged with terrorism offences. Nuh Raheel was arrested in his hometown of Wednesbury, Sandwell, West Midlands, on Tuesday and was remanded in custody at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. He is charged with seven counts of […]
(Radio France) Following the killing of school teacher Samuel Paty for showing cartoons of the prophet Mohammed, French Prime Minister Jean Castex stated: “I am Charlie, more than ever.” “I tell you again: I am more Charlie than ever,” Castex told Le Journal […]
(AFP) Tens of thousands of people rallied in Paris and cities across France on Sunday in solidarity with a teacher beheaded for showing pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed. Demonstrators on the Place de la Republique held aloft posters declaring: “No to […]
(Deutsche Welle) A German court ruled on Friday that a Muslim man who refused to shake the hand of a woman should not receive German citizenship. The 40-year-old Lebanese doctor, who came to Germany in 2002, said he refuses to shake women’s […]
(AFP) The main suspect in the trial of alleged accomplices in the 2015 Paris terror attacks caused an uproar in court Friday when he threatened a policewoman during her testimony. “You will pay for this,” shouted Ali Riza Polat, who is believed […]
(BBC) A man who downloaded terrorism material and recorded himself pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group has been jailed. Salim Youssoufi, 26, from Small Heath, Birmingham, had claimed he downloaded the documents “out of curiosity.” The Italian national was convicted of […]
(AP) Police in western Germany have arrested an 18-year-old man on suspicion he tried to recruit people to join the Islamic State group. Cologne police said that the German teenager, who was detained early Thursday, is alleged “in several cases” to have […]
(News1) The Syria fighter Noura Firoud (24) from Vilvoorde returned to Belgium on Thursday with her three children. This is reported by the public prosecutor of Halle-Vilvoorde, which will take care of the three minor children. Noura Firoud was seventeen years old […]
(AP) Ten men were arrested in North Macedonia on Thursday, accused of running a smuggling ring that brought in migrants from neighboring Greece. The Macedonian nationals, including a father and son who police say were the ringleaders, allegedly brought at least 100 […]
(AP) A Paris court on Wednesday jailed an Algerian man for 28 years after convicting him of attempted terrorist murder for attacking police guarding Notre Dame Cathedral with a hammer in 2017, crying: “This is for Syria!” The assault by Farid Ikken, […]
(BBC) Security staff were not expected to check the area where Salman Abedi waited in a CCTV blind spot before the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry heard. Showsec supervisor David Middleton said he had never been instructed to check the mezzanine area. […]
(BBC) A teenager has been arrested on suspicion of terror offences. Police from the West Midlands and Metropolitan forces detained the 19-year-old man at a home in Wednesbury, Sandwell, on Tuesday. Police are searching the property, and the suspect has been taken […]
(BBC) A man has been found guilty of trying to buy grenades and Semtex explosive from an undercover FBI agent on the dark web. Mohammed Humza, 29, of Watford, failed to turn up for his trial at the Old Bailey on Monday […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena suicide bomber made three scouting trips before detonating a device that killed 22 people, an inquiry has heard. The hearing was shown CCTV footage of the visits in the days before the attack in the City Room foyer […]
(BBC) A security supervisor saw a suspicious man carrying a “bulging rucksack” four days before a suicide bombing, the Manchester Arena inquiry has heard. Ex-police officer Jonathan Lavery said he thought the man may have been carrying out “hostile reconnaissance.” He was […]
(NL Times) PVV leader Geert Wilders sparked outrage on social media with a tweet about coronavirus patients with a non-Western background. According to Wilders, the treatments of “Henk and Ingrid” are being postponed, because ICU beds are occupied by “Mohamed and Fatima” […]
(BBC) Three boats with 56 migrants on board were intercepted in the English Channel on Friday, the Home Office said. The French authorities stopped two boats with 16 people on board from leaving French waters, with another 18 people stopped from leaving […]
(AFP) France on Friday charged a man with murder days after his expulsion from Turkey, holding him in custody over crimes alleged to have taken place in jihadist-controlled areas of Iraq and Syria. Using the pseudonym “Abou Salman al Faransi,” 26-year-old Othman […]
(BBC) A convicted terrorist was eight months into a deradicalisation programme when he tried to murder a prison guard. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, was jailed for life after he and Baz Hockton, 26, attacked Neil Trundle at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire in January. […]
(Swiss Info) An Iraqi citizen who has been living in Switzerland on and off for 22 years has been found guilty of setting up a network of terror sympathisers and inciting his wife to commit a suicide attack in Lebanon. The Federal […]
(NL Times) On Thursday, the court in Rotterdam sentenced a group of men to up to 17 years in prison for preparing a major terrorist attack in the Netherlands. The group, who came to be known as the 27 September cell, was […]
(BBC) Two serving prisoners have had their jail terms extended to life for the attempted murder of a prison officer inside a maximum-security jail. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, and Baz Hockton, 26, stabbed “kind and helpful” Neil Trundle at HMP Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire, on […]
(BBC) A man tried to buy grenades and Semtex explosive from an undercover FBI agent on the dark web, a court has heard. Mohammed Humza, 29, of Watford, is accused of contacting the agent, who was posing as a seller on trading […]
(Swiss Info) A referendum attempt has been launched against legislation recently approved by parliament to prevent extremist violence. Those behind the launch of the referendum on Wednesday include the youth wings of the leftwing Greens, Liberal Greens and Social Democrats, as well […]
(AP) A computer hacker who gave the Islamic State group personal data of more than 1,300 U.S. government and military personnel will remain in a federal prison after a judge rejected his request for compassionate release. Ardit Ferizi, 24, is serving a […]
(BBC) The French government plans to introduce jail terms and fines for doctors who provide controversial so-called “virginity certificates” for traditional religious marriages. It is part of draft legislation aimed at reinforcing French secular values and combating what President Emmanuel Macron calls […]
(AP) Cyprus and Lebanon on Tuesday reaffirmed an agreement for Lebanese authorities to take back migrants aboard boats trying to reach Cypriot shores. Cypriot Interior Minister Nicos Nouris said Lebanese and Cypriot police and naval forces will intercept migrant boats departing from […]
(AP) Five men have been arrested in North Macedonia, accused of running a smuggling ring that brought migrants from neighboring Greece. The five Macedonian nationals, including two brothers, are accused of smuggling at least 100 migrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and elsewhere […]
(BBC) Four risk assessments carried out prior to [the] Manchester Arena attack “failed to adequately assess” the terror threat at the venue, an inquiry has heard. Security expert Colonel Richard Latham said the risk of a suicide bombing at a venue like […]
(Views and News from Norway) Police in Kristiansand launched a murder investigation Sunday after the body of anti-Islamist Dan-Eivind Lid was found in his apartment on Saturday with visible injuries. Lid was an active member of the anti-Islam organization SIAN and took […]
(AP) France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office said Saturday that eight people have been charged for their alleged involvement in a complex scheme financing Islamic extremists in Syria through the use of cryptocurrencies. Two suspects have been handed preliminary charges of financing terrorism and […]
(BBC) A man was found with al-Qaeda magazines on his phone, including an article about how to make a bomb in your mother’s kitchen, a court heard. Another article demonstrated how to create a machine with rolling blades to mow down the […]
(Swiss Info) Three men and one woman have been arrested in canton Fribourg as part of two criminal investigations into terrorism activities, Switzerland’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG) has announced. “The two criminal investigations relate to suspicions of the violation of […]
(CBC) The RCMP has reversed its policy on mask-wearing after being accused of discrimination over the rule, which saw bearded Mounties — including Sikh and Muslim officers — reassigned to desk duty. The policy, which was condemned by both activists and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, required front-line officers to wear […]
(BBC) The Manchester Arena suicide bomber was missed by seconds by a police patrol, the inquiry into the bombing heard. Salman Abedi, dressed in black and bent over by the weight of the home-made bomb in a large rucksack, later made his […]
(Deutsche Welle) The first group of refugees from the razed Moria camp arrived in Germany from Greece on Wednesday. A group of 139 people — unaccompanied children, children suffering from serious health problems and their immediate families — arrived in Hannover, in […]
(AFP) European police have busted a human smuggling ring said to be part of a network transporting thousands of migrants in life-threatening conditions across the Channel to Britain. Law officers, working together with Europe’s policing and judicial agencies Europol and Eurojust, arrested […]
(BBC) Three boats have been intercepted in the English Channel as migrants continue to try to reach the UK. The Home Office said the vessels were carrying 48 people but has not given details of where they were from. Dan O’Mahoney, clandestine […]
(AFP) A man who wounded two people in a meat cleaver attack in Paris last week has been charged with “attempted murder with relation to a terrorist enterprise,” French anti-terrorist prosecutors told AFP on Tuesday. A judge also placed the man — […]
(BBC) An “obsessional” Muslim convert who downloaded videos on how to make a suicide vest has been jailed. Liam Fenn, 21, repeatedly accessed an “enormous volume” of extremist material online, Manchester Crown Court heard. He admitted eight counts of possessing a document […]
(AP) Cypriot authorities pushed back 200 migrants and refugees arriving from Lebanon aboard boats earlier this month, ignoring their claims for asylum while in some instances using violence and coercive tactics, a human rights watchdog said on Tuesday. Human Rights Watch accused […]
(Radio France) Twenty-nine people accused of financing jihadists in Syria via cryptocurrency were arrested by police, according to a statement put out by the French anti-terrorism prosecutor (PNAT) on Tuesday. This network has been “active since 2019 and is mainly based on […]
(Radio Free Europe) The Polish authorities have deported five Tajik nationals suspected of having links to the Islamic State group and recruiting Poles and Ukrainian citizens for terrorist acts in Poland. Radio Poland reported on September 28 that four of the Tajik […]
(BBC) The brothers who carried out the Manchester Arena attack “did not act alone” and others who knew about it are still “at large,” an inquiry has heard. Twenty-two people were killed and hundreds more injured when Salman Abedi detonated a bomb […]
(Times of Israel) France’s Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Friday that he had ordered an increase in security at synagogues following a stabbing attack in Paris outside the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo. “I have given instructions that all symbolic […]
(CBC) The prime minister says the RCMP’s policy requiring front-line officers to wear properly fitting N95 respirator masks amounts to discrimination and “shouldn’t have happened,” because the rule disfavours officers who keep beards for religious reasons. Justin Trudeau said Friday he was “very disappointed” to hear about […]
(AFP) A Norwegian court on Friday approved an extradition request from France for a suspect linked to an attack in a Jewish neighbourhood in Paris in 1982 that killed six people. Friday’s ruling, which can be appealed, concerns only whether the legal […]
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