Law Enforcement
Birmingham man, 21, charged with six terrorism offences (LINK ONLY)
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Manchester Arena operator denies ‘sacrificing safety’
(BBC) The operator of the Manchester Arena has denied it “deliberately sacrificed safety” in the aftermath of the 2017 bombing. An inquiry has heard how security failures contributed to the arena being unsafe on the night of the attack. Venue operator SMG […]
Law Enforcement
Asad Bhatti: Redhill man charged with terrorism offences
(BBC) A man from Surrey has been charged with terrorism offences, Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said. Asad Bhatti, 47, of Holland Close, Redhill, has been charged with two counts of possessing an article for the purpose of terrorism. He has […]
Law Enforcement
Italy jails suspected al Qaeda foreign fighter caught in Turkey
(Reuters) A 24-year-old Italian suspected of fighting in the Middle East since 2014 with al Qaeda-affiliated groups was arrested in Turkey and jailed in Italy, police said on Wednesday. The unnamed man, who had lived with his wife and their four children […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Call raised ‘active shooter’ concerns after bombing
(BBC) Fears of an “active shooter” were raised by the ambulance service in the aftermath of the Manchester Arena bomb, the inquiry in the attack has heard. The inquiry was told a call from North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) to fire control […]
Crime
German police busts suspected refugee smuggling ring Over a dozen suspects were linked to an operation to smuggle Syrians through the so-called Balkan route since 2019. Coordinated raids early on Tuesday involved hundreds of officers across several cities and states.
(Deutsche Welle) German authorities launched coordinated raids nationwide targeting a human trafficking ring early on Tuesday, arresting suspects in Berlin, Lower Saxony, North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse, federal police said in a statement. Around 400 officers mobilized in total. The raids stem from […]
Law Enforcement
US soldier arrested in plot to blow up NYC 9/11 Memorial
(AP) A U.S. Army soldier was arrested Tuesday in Georgia on terrorism charges after he spoke online about plots to blow up New York City’s 9/11 Memorial and other landmarks and attack U.S. soldiers in the Middle East, authorities said. Cole James […]
Law Enforcement
Two weeks out of jail, Radwan Dakkak allegedly accessed ‘material that supported beheadings’
(Sydney Morning Herald) A man has been charged after he allegedly breached a court order less than two weeks after he was released from prison, by accessing online material that supported executions, beheadings and torture. Radwan Dakkak, 25, from Denistone in Sydney’s […]
Immigration
Greece arrests suspected Syrian militant wanted in Netherlands
(Reuters) Greek authorities have arrested a 37-year-old Syrian asylum seeker wanted in the Netherlands for suspected terrorism offences, a police official said on Friday. The man arrived on the island of Samos from Turkey on Oct. 4, 2018, and was later transferred […]
Interfaith
Food courier in France arrested for allegedly refusing to serve Jews
(JTA) French police have arrested an Algerian man they say declined to serve Jewish-owned businesses because of anti-Semitic discrimination while working as a food courier in Strasbourg. The man, Dhia Edine D., is an illegal immigrant, the French lawmaker Meyer Habib wrote […]
Clothing
School board member sues police after being pepper-sprayed
(AP) A Muslim school board member from northern Virginia has filed a federal lawsuit alleging her civil rights were violated after she was pepper-sprayed during a traffic stop and then photographed without her hijab following her arrest. Abrar Omeish, who was elected […]
Academics & Education
French police detain 7 in probe of teacher’s beheading
(AP) French anti-terrorism police on Tuesday detained seven people suspected of having communicated via social media with the killer of a schoolteacher whose beheading last year reopened debate about France’s cherished rights of expression, a judicial official said. The teacher, Samuel Paty, […]
Health & Medicine
Former Pitt student accused of threatening FBI agents will remain in custody, judge rules
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) A former University of Pittsburgh student who has a “fascination with terrorism” will remain incarcerated pending trial on charges that he threatened an FBI agent. U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard Lanzillo ruled that Khaled Miah, 27, poses a potential threat to […]
Law Enforcement
Jihadi bride Angela B is back in the Netherlands and in custody
(Dutch News) Dutch jihadi bride Angela B is back in the Netherlands and has been arrested, the public prosecution department has confirmed. The 25-year-old from Soest was picked up on her arrival at Schiphol airport along with her three-year-old son and has […]
Internet
Feds: Former Pitt student threatened FBI agents, celebrated attacks on U.S.
(Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force in Pittsburgh on Wednesday arrested a former University of Pittsburgh student — described as “mentally unstable and attracted to a violent Islamic ideology” — for allegedly threatening agents who were already investigating him. Khaled […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Muslim group claims tip of Nashville bomber would’ve been taken more seriously if he wasn’t white
(WKRN) The American Muslim Advisory Council in Tennessee is calling out law enforcement after the Christmas Day bombing in Nashville, saying the tip warning them in 2019 would have been taken a lot more seriously if the suspect had not been white. […]
Law Enforcement
Islamic State supporter Radwan Dakkak slapped with interim control order a day before his release from prison The Sydney man, who was taped pledging allegiance to Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi, was sentenced for two counts of associating with a terrorist organisation earlier this year.
(NCA NewsWire) A Sydney Islamic State supporter who pledged allegiance to a terrorist leader has been slapped with an interim control order a day before he is due to walk from jail. Western Sydney man Radwan Dakkak was handed the order by […]
Law Enforcement
N Macedonia: 8 charged with creating terrorist organization
(AP) Police in North Macedonia said Monday that eight men have been arrested on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks in the country and officers have seized a large quantity of weapons. Police said the men were arrested late Sunday and are between […]
Crime
French Muslim attacked by gang ‘for eating Christmas lunch’ (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Police blame residents for fire at Bosnia migrant centre
(Reuters) A fire at a migrant centre housing about 1,200 people in northwestern Bosnia on Wednesday was probably set by migrants displeased with its temporary closure, police and a United Nations official said. Police in the town of Bihac said the fire, […]
Crime
French believe 100 syndicates run migrant routes across Channel (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Anger, suspicion after Pakistani dissident Karima Mehrab found dead in Toronto
(Canadian Press) The apparent drowning death of an internationally prominent Pakistani dissident whose body was pulled from the water near downtown Toronto sparked anger, grief and suspicion on Tuesday. Police said they had found Karima Mehrab, 37, dead on Monday. Mehrab, widely […]
Children & Teens
Muslims who rioted after Qur’an burning get soft sentences
(Breitbart) A 31-year-old man and six teens were given light sentences for participating in a riot in the multicultural Swedish city of Malmö earlier this year after anti-Islam activists burned a copy of the Qur’an. The 31-year-old was merely sentenced to probation […]
Law Enforcement
Two more suspects linked to Vienna attack arrested: prosecutors
(Reuters) An Austrian of Afghan descent whose genetic material was allegedly found on the weapon that a jihadist used to kill four people in Vienna last month has been arrested, prosecutors said on Sunday. Authorities will seek court approval to put the […]
Children & Teens
Germany brings home ‘Islamic State’ brides, children from Syrian camps Humanitarian reasons have been cited for flying home several 'IS' brides and children from internment in Syria. At the height of the civil war, the women allegedly traveled to join the Islamist militia.
(Deutsche Welle) German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas on Sunday said he was “relieved” that a “humanitarian” recovery operation had brought home 18 children and five “Islamic State” (IS) brides from Kurdish-run internment camps in northeastern Syria. One of three German women brought back, identified in reports as […]
Academics & Education
French academic under police protection after criticising Islam
(Breitbart) A French law professor has been placed under police protection after referring to religions, including Islam, as “sexually transmitted” during a lecture to around 600 students in October. The 50-year-old associate professor, who works at Aix-Marseille University (AMU), is alleged to have said […]
Crime
NYPD tracks former boxer to Middle East after he allegedly murdered his daughter on SI
(NY Post) The father of a woman whose body was found in a Staten Island park last year has been extradited from the Middle East and charged with her murder. Suspect Kabary Salem had been indicted in the murder of his daughter, […]
Crime
Paris-area Jewish family assaulted after playing Hebrew-language songs in their car
(JTA) French police have arrested two adults and two minors suspected of an anti-Semitic hate crime in which they allegedly verbally assaulted a Jewish family near Paris in their car. The incident happened Thursday in the northern Paris suburb of Aubervilliers, French […]
Immigration
Cops race to Army barracks where hundreds of refugees held after asylum seeker ‘grabbed knife and terrified staff’ (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
France charges four over attack on former Charlie Hebdo offices
(AFP) French authorities have charged and detained four Pakistanis suspected of links to a meat cleaver attack by a compatriot outside the former offices of the Charlie Hebdo weekly that wounded two people, the national counter-terrorism prosecutor’s office said Friday. The four […]
Law Enforcement
Streatham terror attack: Inquest to probe attacker’s shooting
(BBC) A jury inquest will examine the armed police operation that intervened in the Streatham terror attack. Sudesh Amman, 20, was shot dead by a police surveillance team after he went on a daytime stabbing spree on Streatham High Road on 2 […]
Children & Teens
Danish government ‘withheld security report’ on children in Syrian camps
(Local) The government is suspected — by its own political allies in parliament — of withholding a 2019 report by police intelligence agency PET on Danish children in camps in Syria. According to the report by newspaper Ekstra Bladet, PET concluded in […]
Law Enforcement
Man shot dead by Queensland police on Logan Motorway previously investigated by counter-terrorism taskforce
(ABC-Australia) Queensland police say a man shot dead by officers on the Logan Motorway may be linked to the alleged murder of a man and woman on Brisbane’s southside on Thursday. Raghe Mohamed Abdi, 22, was previously investigated by a counter-terrorism taskforce, […]
Law Enforcement
IS supporter arrested again in Sydney
(AAP) A man once described as being part of a “close-knit group” of Sydneysiders supporting the Islamic State’s activities is back in prison for allegedly breaching a control order. Ahmad Saiyer Naizmand, 25, didn’t apply for bail in Burwood Local Court on […]
Law Enforcement
Shamima Begum must be treated as a threat, anti-terror commander Neil Basu says (LINK ONLY)
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Turkey: French-origin terror suspect nabbed at border Suspected terrorist, sought with red notice, taken into custody at Syrian border
(Anadolu) Turkish border guards on Monday took into custody a suspected French-origin terrorist trying to cross into the country from its southern border with Syria, officials said. The suspect, sought with a red notice and identified only by the initials C.G., tried […]
Law Enforcement
Osama bin Laden pal Adel Abdel Bary to cost taxpayer £400,000 after return to UK (LINK ONLY)
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Germany: Anti-terror data mining ruled unconstitutional Powers granted in 2015 that gave systematic access to an anti-terror database are partially illegal and are now void, says Germany's Constitutional Court.
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s highest court ruled Friday that a law that gave systematic access by security agencies to a centralized anti-terror database is partially illegal. The Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe said that the widespread use of the stored personal data had […]
Academics & Education
France: Five Chechens arrested in connection with schoolteacher beheading
(Breitbart) French investigators have taken five Chechen-background men into custody as the five are believed to have been in contact with teacher Samuel Paty’s killer Abdoullakh Anzorov. The five males, aged 18 to 21, come from the Seine-Maritime and Haute-Loire departments and all […]
Law Enforcement
London warned to be on alert for Christmas terror attack as probes into extremist plotting [reach] record high (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Terrorist lifer among more than 40 extremist convicts freed from prison (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Justices rule Muslim men can sue FBI agents over no-fly list
(AP) A unanimous Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that Muslim men who were placed on the government’s no-fly list because they refused to serve as FBI informants can seek to hold federal agents financially liable. The justices continued a string of decisions […]
Government & Politics
Brussels wants to give Europol more powers in bid to tackle terrorism
(Euronews) Brussels has unveiled a new package of measures aimed at tackling the threat of terrorism in Europe, including plans to give a stronger role to Europol. A spate of recent terrorism attacks prompted the European Commission (EC) to publish the measures […]
Crime
Vienna terror attack memorial trashed by ‘Turkish woman’
(Breitbart) A memorial to last month’s radical Islamic terrorist attack in the Austrian capital of Vienna was vandalised by a 56-year-old Turkish woman over the weekend. The memorial, which is located in the first district of Vienna where the terror attack took […]
Law Enforcement
Florida man seeks plea deal after being charged with backing terror group ISIS
(Miami Herald) A Cuban-born man accused of supporting a foreign terrorist group by distributing propaganda videos on social media is being held in a Miami federal lockup, according to court records. Jonathan Guerra Blanco, 23, who lives near Fort Myers, was denied […]
Law Enforcement
FBI quizzed Islamic State fighter about contact with convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika An IS fighter told FBI agents in Syria that he spoke with a convicted Australian terrorist, but his lawyers claim it’s not relevant.
(NCA NewsWire) An Islamic State fighter told FBI agents in Syria that he visited a convicted Australian terrorist in jail before he travelled overseas. But lawyers for terror plotter Abdul Nacer Benbrika argued in the Supreme Court of Victoria that it was […]
Law Enforcement
Swedish terror expert: It’s very difficult to prosecute returned ISIS members
(Breitbart) Swedish terrorism expert Magnus Ranstorp has said it is incredibly difficult for the state to prosecute Islamic State members who have returned from the Middle East, due to a lack of evidence. Ranstorp’s comments come after the security police (Säpo) arrested […]
Law Enforcement
Spain collaborates with Morocco in terror suspect’s arrest Spanish National Intelligence Centre, Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance carry out joint operation that has led to arrest of terror suspect with links to IS near Madrid.
(Middle East Online) Spain’s security forces arrested on Saturday a suspected terrorist of Moroccan nationality in Guadalix de la Sierra, near Madrid, for his alleged participation in the crimes of membership in a terror organisation, indoctrination and self-training. The anti-terror operation was […]
Academics & Education
Samuel Paty: French security services failed to act over incendiary social media campaign (LINK ONLY)
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Channel crossings: Suspected people-smuggling gang arrested in raids
(BBC) A suspected people-smuggling gang accused of bringing hundreds of people to the UK in small boats has been broken up, the Home Office says. A 36-year-old British Syrian man was detained at his flat in north-west London on Thursday morning, bringing […]