Law Enforcement
Usman Khan attack: Coroner urges improved data-sharing by undercover police (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
French police shoot knifeman at Paris station: sources
(AFP) French transport police shot and gravely wounded a man at a Paris railway station who threatened them with a knife while shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is greatest) in Arabic, police and prosecutors said on Tuesday. The man rushed at police just […]
Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: Plea for MI5 co-operation at secret hearings
(BBC) Families of those killed in the Manchester Arena bombing have told MI5 “please don’t let us down” as inquiry evidence starts to be heard in private. Closed hearings, where only the inquiry chairman, legal team and Home Office lawyers will be […]
Immigration
Germany: Over 5,000 migrant arrivals from Belarus in October
(AP) German police said on Monday that they registered more than 5,000 unauthorized border crossings last month by people who had arrived from Belarus, marking a significant uptick in the number of arrivals through a new and politically sensitive migration route. Federal […]
Crime
‘Honour-based’ offences soared by 81% in last five years (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
France: Police and firefighters attacked at school named after teacher murdered by jihadist
(Breitbart) A mob attacked police and firefighters lured to a school in Béziers, France, named after murdered teacher Samuel Paty. The incident took place on the evening of October 26th after police and firefighters were lured to the area to respond to […]
Crime
‘Allahu Akbar’-yelling man arrested after strangling woman on French street
(Breitbart) Police arrested a 31-year-old man in Nice, southern France, on Friday after witnesses saw him strangling a woman in the street. The attack allegedly happened in downtown Nice along the Rue Trachel at around 3am on Friday, with witnesses claiming that a […]
Clothing
Woman sues Ferndale, claims cops forced her to remove hijab for booking photo
(Detroit News) A Muslim woman who claims Ferndale police forced her to remove her Islamic headscarf for a booking photo in June has filed a federal lawsuit against the city. Helana Bowe filed the suit Friday in the U.S. District Court for the […]
Law Enforcement
Virginia malls and shopping centers increase security amid ISIS threat
(CBS) Police in Northern Virginia are on a heightened state of alert as a new law enforcement alert warned of a potential threat against malls and shopping centers located just outside of Washington, D.C. The threat originated with ISIS and is the […]
Health & Medicine
The police medics forced to make life-and-death choices on the Bataclan floor
(Radio France) The work of the special police units sent to face armed killers is so dangerous that they have their own medical specialists with them during every operation. At Thursday’s session of the Paris attacks trial, two of the doctors who […]
Law Enforcement
Londoners must be alert to pre-Xmas terror attack, says Cressida Dick (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry adjourns for secret hearings
(BBC) The Manchester Arena bombing inquiry has been adjourned for three weeks of secret hearings. Closed hearings, where only the inquiry chairman, legal team and Home Office lawyers will be present, will start next week at an undisclosed location. Bereaved families, their […]
Children & Teens
Five youths suspected of planning Islamic State-inspired attack in Germany
(Reuters) German anti-terrorism forces on Thursday raided the homes of five young people west of the city of Bonn who were suspected of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said. None of the five suspects — aged […]
Law Enforcement
Bitter testimony from the Bataclan’s forgotten police heroes
(Radio France) Everyone knows about the heroism of the specialised BRI and RAID police units, the men who finally confronted the terrorists and saved the hostages at the Bataclan. But the bravery of the 17 men of the Paris Anti-Criminal Brigade (BAC […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s messages held ‘for years’ before attack
(BBC) Messages between the Manchester Arena bomber and an Islamic State recruiter were held by police for years, but the killer was not identified until months after the attack, an inquiry has heard. The inquiry into the atrocity was told the texts […]
Law Enforcement
Norway police say 24 were targeted in bow and arrow attack
(AFP) Norwegian police said on Wednesday that 24 people were now being treated as victims of a bow and arrow attack earlier this month in which five people were killed. A man rampaged through the town of Kongsberg west of Oslo on […]
Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: Trailing Salman Abedi would have led to bomb, families say
(BBC) The authorities would have been led to “the bomb” if they had followed the Manchester Arena attacker on his return from Libya, an inquiry has heard. Giving evidence, a senior MI5 officer agreed if Salman Abedi had been trailed when he […]
Law Enforcement
Man arrested over Manchester Arena terror attack bailed (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Norway intel agency: Kongsberg-type attack will happen again
(AP) Norway’s domestic intelligence agency says that such attacks as the one in the town of Kongsberg earlier this month are highly difficult to anticipate and prevent, and are likely to happen again in an open society such as Norway. “This type […]
Law Enforcement
Seven in custody as investigation into 2020 Vienna terror attack continues
(Breitbart) Seven people are so far in custody and another 30 are under investigation by Austrian authorities in connection with the November 2020 terrorist attack in Vienna that saw four people murdered. Those arrested and currently under investigation are said to have […]
Law Enforcement
Police arrest man at airport over Manchester Arena bombing (LINK ONLY)
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Police allowed Manchester Arena bomber’s brother to flee UK before giving evidence at public inquiry (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Pupil yells ‘Allahu Akbar’ during tribute to French teacher killed by jihadist
(Breitbart) An 11-year-old pupil yelled “Allahu Akbar” during a school tribute to murdered teacher Samuel Paty, while the child’s father was later arrested for threatening to burn the school down. The initial incident took place on Friday at the Jean-Zay middle school in […]
Government & Politics
Suspect in killing of Sir David Amess allegedly made Islamist declaration after attack (LINK ONLY)
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MI5 ‘should have more control over Prevent’ (LINK ONLY)
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Sir David Amess murder suspect had considered killing other MPs, the Telegraph understands (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Norway: Bow-and-arrow attack victims likely stabbed to death
(AP) Norwegian police say the Danish man suspected of killing five people and injuring three others in an attack last week also used “stabbing weapons” along with a bow and arrow to kill his victims. Police inspector Per Thomas Omholt said it […]
Government & Politics
Police investigate whether David Amess specially targeted for killing (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Sir David Amess: MP murder suspect held under Terrorism Act
(BBC) The man arrested by police following the killing of the MP Sir David Amess has been named as Ali Harbi Ali. The 25-year-old is being held under the Terrorism Act and officers have until Friday to question him. Whitehall officials confirmed […]
Government & Politics
David Amess: MP’s killing declared a terrorist incident (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Mental illness may have triggered Norway bow-and-arrow attack
(AFP) A bow-and-arrow attack in Norway that left five people dead this week appears to have been motivated by mental illness, authorities indicated Friday, as the perpetrator was ordered to be kept in a medical facility. Espen Andersen Brathen, a 37-year-old Danish […]
Law Enforcement
Norway bow-and-arrow attack appears to be ‘act of terror’ — police
(Reuters) A bow-and-arrow attack in which a Danish convert to Islam is suspected of killing five people in a Norwegian town appears to have been an “act of terror,” police said on Thursday. Investigators named the suspect as Espen Andersen Braathen, a […]
Academics & Education
France to shut down another mosque linked to Islamist extremism
(Radio France) French Interior Minister [Gerald Darmanin] has ordered authorities to close a mosque in the north-west, following evidence it preached radical Islamism. Since the murder of teacher Samuel Paty by an Islamist a year ago, France has been cracking down on […]
Law Enforcement
Assailant with bow and arrows kills 5 people in Norway
(AP) A man armed with a bow fired arrows at shoppers in a small Norwegian town Wednesday, killing five people before he was arrested, authorities said. The police chief in the community of Kongsberg, near the capital of Oslo, said there was […]
Academics & Education
Maplewood police open inquiry of hijab incident, as teacher says it was a misunderstanding
(Bergen Record) The Maplewood Police Department has opened an inquiry into allegations that a teacher “forcibly” removed the hijab of a second grade student, the South Orange-Maplewood School District announced. The teacher, meanwhile, spoke out, calling the incident a misunderstanding. In a […]
Law Enforcement
Spain arrests 5 people as suspected members of jihadist cell
(AP) Spanish police said Wednesday they arrested five suspects — four in Barcelona and one in Madrid — believed to be part of a jihadist group that sought to recruit others to its cause and was attempting to acquire weapons. Police said […]
Immigration
French police cause misery for migrants in Calais: HRW
(AFP) French police are inflicting misery on migrants in the northern port of Calais, routinely tearing down their tents and forcing them to wander the streets as part of a deterrence policy, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report Thursday. The […]
Children & Teens
Germany repatriates 8 women, 23 children with ties to IS
(AFP) Germany has repatriated eight women who joined the IS terror group and 23 children from northern Syria in the biggest such transfer since 2019, the foreign ministry said. “The children are not responsible for their situation … the mothers will have […]
Crime
German police raid ring suspected of laundering $162 million
(AP) Police carried out large-scale raids in 25 German cities Wednesday, after a chance discovery last year put investigators on the trail of a money-laundering network alleged to have funneled millions in ill-gotten gains abroad. Officials said the raids, which began in […]
Law Enforcement
TEK arrests Hungarian man linked to Islamic State
(Hungary Today) Hungary’s counter-terrorism force (TEK) has arrested a Hungarian man associated with the Islamic State terrorist organisation, TEK’s head said on Monday. János Hajdu told public broadcaster M1 the case was related to a Hungarian known as V. Kende who claimed […]
Law Enforcement
Man charged with terror offences after arrest at Heathrow Airport, Thames Valley Police say Shabazz Suleman, 25, who is accused of being a member of the so-called Islamic State terrorist group, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Wednesday.
(Sky News) A man has been charged with terror offences after being arrested at Heathrow Airport, Thames Valley Police said. Shabazz Suleman, who is also accused of being a member of the Islamic State group, will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on […]
Immigration
Greek police arrest asylum-seeker suspected of IS membership
(AP) Greek counterterrorism police on Monday arrested an asylum-seeker in central Athens who is suspected of membership in the Islamic State group, authorities said. A police statement said the 34-year-old man’s arrest followed cooperation with Greece’s EYP intelligence agency and information provided […]
Arts & Entertainment
Threatened Swedish artist reportedly dead in road accident
(AP) The Swedish artist Lars Vilks, who had lived under police protection since his 2007 sketch of the Prophet Muhammad with a dog’s body brought death threats, died from a traffic accident Sunday, Swedish news media reported. The accident reportedly involved a […]
Law Enforcement
Canadian ISIS member caught in Syria flown to U.S. to face terrorism charges
(Global News) A Canadian who was allegedly “a leading figure” in the ISIS media section has been taken to the United States to face terrorism charges, the U.S. Justice Department said Saturday. The FBI took custody of Mohamed Khalifa from Kurdish forces […]
Clerics & Preachers
Germany investigates man on suspicion of spying for Turkey Police have arrested a Turkish man in Düsseldorf possessing weapons and a list of supporters of the Gulen movement, which the Turkish government has labeled 'terrorists.'
(Deutsche Welle) Germany’s federal prosecutor general announced Friday that the investigation resulting from a raid on a Düsseldorf hotel that saw the arrest of a Turkish man identified as Ali D. was being treated as a case of suspected espionage on behalf of the […]
Immigration
French police open fire on migrants’ dinghy on Dunkirk beach with potentially lethal rubber bullets (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: Any mistakes will not be covered up, families told
(BBC) The families of the Manchester Arena attack victims have been told that any mistakes by police or security services will not be kept secret. A public inquiry, which started in September 2020, will shortly examine whether they could have prevented the […]
Immigration
Small boats, big tensions between France and Britain
(AFP) “The moment they are in the boats at sea, they’ve won,” says a French policeman as he looks out across a windswept departure point for migrants heading across the Channel to Britain. Day and night, military police officers like Maxence, a […]
Law Enforcement
British ISIS suspect had nearly €50,000 in bitcoin when arrested (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Police dismantle largest makeshift migrant camp in Calais
(Radio France) Police dismantled the largest migrant camp currently set up in the northern city of Calais on Tuesday, moving dozens of people into reception centres in the region. Local authorities had rigged up water taps and aid groups had been handing […]