(NL Times) A Syrian man arrested two weeks ago in Vlissingen was under investigation for several crimes related to terrorism, including a possible plot to launch an attack around Christmastime, the Dutch Public Prosecution Service (OM) said on Tuesday. The 29-year-old “may […]
(ANSA) The president of the Association of Palestinians in Italy has been arrested on suspicion of siphoning off charitable donations to Gaza and diverting them to the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The man, Mohammad Hannoun, was among nine people named on arrest […]
(Euronews) Italian police arrested nine people accused of financing Hamas through charitable associations that investigators said raised at least €7.3 million for the Palestinian militant group. Police and the Guardia di Finanza executed arrest warrants and seized more than €8 million in […]
(AFP) French police on Friday arrested a man suspected of stabbing three women in the Paris metro as the capital’s end-of-year festivities were in full swing, prosecutors told AFP. The three victims were attacked at three different locations along the Line 3 […]
(BBC) Two men who plotted to attack Jews in Greater Manchester in what could have been “the UK’s most deadly terrorist attack” were caught by an undercover operative who put himself in “significant danger,” police said. Walid Saadaoui, 38, arranged to smuggle […]
(BBC) A 23-year-old man has been charged with being a member of the Islamic State group. Abdullah Yousef, of Galapagos Grove in Bletchley, Milton Keynes, was arrested on 16 December and charged with a string of terrorism offences on Monday. Mr Yousef […]
(Jewish News) A pro-Palestinian activist who allegedly chanted “I love 7 October” during an anti-Israel protest has been charged by the Metropolitan police after the CPS repeatedly declined to take the case further. Police arrested Mohamed Hassn, of Unwin Way, Stanmore, on […]
(European Conservative) Three of the five men arrested in Bavaria over an alleged Islamist plot to attack a Christmas market entered Germany on skilled-worker visas, according to a report by Bild. German authorities last week detained the five suspects over plans to […]
(TVP) Poland’s recent arrest of a 19-year-old university student accused of plotting a bomb attack on a Christmas market has reignited concerns about how radicalization can take root far from traditional conflict zones and often beyond the immediate view of security services. […]
(NL Times) A 33-year-old man seeking asylum in the Netherlands was taken into custody by Dutch authorities on allegations he was plotting a terrorist attack. The Syrian man was arrested in Dronten, Flevoland, on Nov. 28 at the facility for asylum seekers […]
(Deutsche Welle) Authorities in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt say they are preparing to deport a 21-year-old Central Asian man on suspicion of planning a terror attack in Germany. State criminal police say the man, who arrived in Germany in June 2024, […]
(Notes from Poland) Poland has detained a man who was allegedly planning a terrorist attack on a Christmas market as an act of support for Islamic State. Jacek Dobrzyński, the spokesman for the security services, announced on Tuesday morning that the suspect […]
(Deutsche Welle) German authorities have searched the home of a suspected supporter of the “Islamic State” militant group in the state of Baden-Württemberg amid concerns about possible attack planning. Prosecutors and state police said on Tuesday that officers searched the apartment of […]
(LBC) The police and courts have been accused of trying to “downplay” the rape of a child by two Afghan migrants. The case of Jan Jahanzeb and Israr Niazal was shrouded in secrecy from an early stage. Despite arriving in the UK […]
(Swiss Info) A 25-year-old man was detained ahead of last May’s Eurovision Song Contest in Basel after allegedly making violent threats against Jewish people. He was later deported to France by the Swiss authorities. The event was intended as a celebration of […]
(Deutsche Welle) German authorities have arrested five men suspected of planning an attack on a Christmas market, the Munich public prosecutor’s office said Saturday. What do we know so far? The foiled plot was targeting a Christmas market in the area of Dingolfing in the […]
(BBC) A man has been charged with terror offences after allegations he drove the Manchester synagogue attacker to survey a UK defence facility. Mohammad Asim Bashir, 31, who lives in Cheetham Hill, north Manchester, has been charged with one count of preparation […]
(BBC) On the morning of 2 October, father-of-four Yoni Finlay was nervous as he prepared to help lead Yom Kippur prayers at his synagogue for the first time. But not long after the service began, 35-year-old Jihad Al-Shamie launched a deadly attack […]
(ITV) A specially designed hijab for female front-line Muslim police officers has gone into production in Leicestershire after a team effort between the county’s police force and De Montfort University. The design includes a quick-release system so the lower section detaches if […]
(Euronews) Germany arrested two Iraqi nationals suspected of membership in the so-called Islamic State group (IS) on Tuesday in coordinated raids across five cities, the federal public prosecutor announced on Wednesday. Muthana S and Kais S J were detained in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate, […]
(ITV) The brother of a man accused of plotting to kill Jewish people at a mass gathering in Manchester has told a jury that he thought he was being “abducted or kidnapped” when police came to arrest him. Bilel Saadaoui claimed six […]
(Jewish News) The central role played by an MP who campaigned to have Israeli football clubs thrown out of European competitions in the decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a game against Aston Villa has been confirmed by police chiefs […]
(AFP) Two minors, including a Russian national, have been placed in custody in Paris on suspicion of plotting an antisemitic attack, according to judicial and press sources. The Russian, a Chechen 16-year-old who came to France with his mother four years ago, […]
(European Conservative) Last May, two brothers allegedly bound their 18-year-old sister in packing tape, gagged her, and drowned her in a swamp. This was an honour killing, motivated by what the girl’s brothers saw as her “westernisation.” During the trial last week, […]
(BBC) Police have been given more time to question a 31-year-old man arrested in connection with the attack on a synagogue in Manchester earlier this year. He was arrested on suspicion of commission, preparation and instigation of acts of terrorism after arriving […]
(Deutsche Welle) In 2023, a 15- and a 17-year-old plotted to attack a Christmas market in Leverkusen (North Rhine-Westphalia). In online chats, the two supporters of the “Islamic State” (IS), considered a terrorist organization by German domestic intelligence, plotted to kill as […]
(NL Times) Police arrested an individual on Thursday morning for allegedly making death threats against writer and columnist Lale Gül, according to Gül. The Central Netherlands Police have declined to comment on the matter. The 28-year-old Dutch-Turkish author gained recognition in 2021 […]
(BBC) A man has been arrested at Manchester Airport on suspicion of terror offences over the synagogue attack in the city earlier this year, police have said. Adrian Daulby and Melvin Cravitz died at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on 2 October […]
(Middle East Eye) An MP has been reported to parliament’s standards commissioner for claiming that police banned Israeli fans from a football match due to Muslim influence, Middle East Eye has learnt. During a parliamentary session on Monday, the Democratic Unionist Party’s […]
(GB News) A Christian street preacher has been arrested after telling Muslim protesters “God bless you” at a pro-Palestine demonstration. Shaun O’Sullivan, 36, claims that police are trying to suppress his freedom of speech after being arrested 16 times. He is now […]
(Jewish News) Conservative MP Nick Timothy has questioned whether “Islamist agitators,” including groups linked to the Muslim Brotherhood, played a role in the controversial decision to bar Israeli-Jewish Maccabi Tel Aviv fans from a Europa League match in Birmingham. Speaking in the […]
(Jerusalem Post) Over a billion Swedish kronor, or more than $100 million, in taxpayer-backed funds intended to support preschools and schools in Sweden have been siphoned off through an Islamist-affiliated network engaged in welfare fraud, an investigation by the Swedish newspaper Expressen […]
(NL Times) Dutch writer and television commentator Lale Gül, 28, will soon lose her personal security protection, she told the ANP on Thursday. Gül said she was informed of the decision in a meeting with the National Coordinator for Counterterrorism and Security […]
(National-UAE) French police have launched an investigation into a town hall official in a Paris suburb accused of having links with the Muslim Brotherhood, months after the government announced new measures to fight the organisation. The official is described by French media […]
(Times of Israel) Recently foiled Hamas terrorist plots in Europe were planned in Qatar and possibly Turkey, the Mossad intelligence agency said Wednesday, detailing results of a lengthy probe into the busted schemes. The spy agency said in a statement that it […]
(Jerusalem Post) An 18-year-old from south London appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court last week charged with intending to commit acts of terrorism after officers arrested him at Gatwick Airport as he tried to board a flight to Istanbul; prosecutors said he planned […]
(NL Times) Justice Minister Foort van Oosten (VVD) will pursue a formal law to prohibit visible religious symbols, such as kippahs or headscarves, for special enforcement officers (BOA’s) following a sharply critical advisory from the Council of State. The Council of State […]
(Jewish News) Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced an independent review of the UK’s public order and hate crime legislation in the wake of last month’s terrorist attack on a Manchester synagogue. The review, to be led by Lord Macdonald of River […]
(Sky News) A sixth suspected member of Hamas has been arrested in Germany accused of being part of a plot to attack Jewish targets. Lebanese-born Mahmoud Z was detained on a train in northern Germany on Thursday morning after crossing the border […]
(AFP) German prosecutors said Wednesday that police had arrested another alleged member of a Hamas cell plotting attacks on Israeli or Jewish institutions. The man, identified as Lebanon-born Borhan El-K., was arrested late Tuesday while entering Germany from the Czech Republic, the […]
(Press Release) An 18-year-old man has been charged with a terrorism offence following an investigation led by Counter Terrorism Policing London. Chafik Aziz (17.05.2007) of Wallington, Sutton, was charged on 11 November with an offence contrary to section 5 (1)(a) of the […]
(AP) Austria’s domestic intelligence service has uncovered a weapons cache in Vienna that is believed to be linked to the Palestinian militant group Hamas for use in “possible terrorist attacks in Europe,” the government said Thursday. A 39-year-old unidentified British citizen allegedly […]
(Reuters) A French man rammed his car into pedestrians and cyclists on Oleron island off France’s Atlantic coast on Wednesday, injuring five people and shouting “Allahu Akbar” when arrested by police, officials said. Officials including Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the motive […]
(AP) A man suspected of promising to get weapons for an attack on Jewish targets in Germany was arrested Wednesday in Denmark, Germany’s top prosecutor said. The suspect, an Afghan national who was identified as Tawab M. in line with German privacy […]
(AP) The German government on Wednesday banned a Muslim group over accusations of violating human rights and the country’s democratic values, and conducted raids against two other Muslim groups. The Interior Ministry said Muslim Interaktiv represented a threat to the country’s constitutional […]
(BBC) Two men have been charged with the terror offence of arranging to leave the UK to join the Islamic State (IS) group. Oliver William Rea, 24, from Arnold, Nottinghamshire, and Muhammad Bham, 19, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, were arrested on 29 […]
(Anadolu) German police arrested a senior figure of the PKK terrorist organization in Hamburg, authorities announced Tuesday. The 54-year-old suspect was arrested on strong suspicion of membership and a leadership role in a foreign terrorist organization, according to a statement from Saxony’s […]
(ITV) A British man has been arrested and faces extradition to Germany, where he is accused of playing a key role in a Hamas-linked terror cell plotting attacks on Jewish targets. The 39-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested […]
(AFP) German authorities said Sunday they had arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a “jihadist” attack, without giving details of the alleged plot. The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital’s southern Neukoelln district, appeared before an investigating […]
(AFP) A 20-year-old man from Afghanistan suspected of having links to an offshoot of the Islamic State group has been arrested in France, anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Saturday. The man was charged with participating in a criminal terrorist organisation and financing a […]
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