Law Enforcement
Suspected Islamist extremist, 25, is arrested at Heathrow Airport (LINK ONLY)
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Man who spread terrorist propaganda arrested
(Budapest Times) A Hungarian-born man suspected of posting jihadist content on a German online platform has been arrested, a Budapest court said on Monday. Hungary’s anti-terrorism centre (TEK) caught the man in cooperation with the German authorities and proceedings have been launched […]
Law Enforcement
Man claiming to be former ISIS fighter arrested for threatening French police
(Breitbart) A man who claimed to be a former Islamic State fighter was arrested in Perpignan, France, after threatening to attack several police stations with a Kalashnikov rifle. The suspect had called stations in Lyon, Strasbourg, Lille, Marseille, Bordeaux, Narbonne, and the Paris […]
Crime
The Hague councillor spends night in cell for ‘planning to kill Mark Rutte’
(Dutch News) The Hague city councillor Arnoud van Doorn was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of planning to kill prime minister Mark Rutte, the AD reported on Tuesday afternoon. Van Doorn, a former councillor for the far-right PVV who went on to […]
Law Enforcement
British terrorist who fled ISIS caught because he couldn’t stop eating kebabs (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Sweden: ISIS woman arrested for war crimes, allegedly forced son to be child soldier
(Breitbart) A 49-year-old Islamic State woman has been arrested in Sweden on suspicion of taking part in serious war crimes in Syria, including forcing her own son to become a child soldier. The alleged crimes … are said to have taken place […]
Law Enforcement
Third week of Paris terror trial marked by contrast between cowardice and courage
(Radio France) The third week of the trial of those suspected of involvement in the November 2015 terrorist attacks in Paris was entirely devoted to police and expert evidence. Much of what we heard and saw was difficult for the families of […]
Crime
Fort Bliss woman soldier assaulted at Afghan refugee camp
(KVIA) The FBI is investigating the assault of a female Fort Bliss soldier by several male Afghan refugees at the Army’s Doña Ana Complex camp where thousands are currently being housed, officials told ABC-7 on Friday. “We can confirm a female service […]
Law Enforcement
Toronto men caught with bomb-making manuals, al-Qaeda literature on phones, documents allege
(Global News) Six months after Kevin Omar Mohamed‘s prison sentence for terrorism came to an end, the RCMP’s Toronto O-INSET national security team decided to check up on him. What they found set off alarms. Not only was he violating his probation […]
Law Enforcement
Nine men arrested in Eindhoven for preparing terrorist attack
(NL Times) Nine men were arrested in Eindhoven on Thursday under suspicion of preparing to commit a terrorist act, and training to perpetrate the crime. The nine suspects allegedly sympathize with the jihadist principles of ISIS, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) said […]
Law Enforcement
In the midst of the horror, Bataclan heroism has its golden moment
(Radio France) At a criminal trial centred on the violent deaths of 130 people, there are no good days. But there are less bad ones. On Wednesday, after nine hearings devoted to the catalogue of cowardice and horror, heroism finally had its […]
Crime
Italy: Uncle of teen who refused arranged marriage detained
(AP) The uncle of an 18-year-old woman who disappeared months ago in Italy after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan was detained Wednesday on the outskirts of Paris, according to Italian authorities who fear the teenager may be dead. Saman Abbas was […]
Children & Teens
Northern Virginia imam charged with indecent liberties
(AP) The imam at a northern Virginia mosque has been charged with sexually assaulting a girl who had sought his help. Fairfax County police said Tuesday that the 36-year-old imam, a Maryland resident, served as imam for the last nine years at […]
Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: Families’ lawyers make bid to question MI5
(BBC) The security services made “grave breaches of their duty” in failing to stop the Manchester Arena bomber and should face questions from the bereaved families, the attack inquiry has heard. Salman Abedi, 22, killed 22 people when he detonated a device […]
Law Enforcement
Paris court comes to terms with the indescribable as events at the Bataclan are remembered
(Radio France) The second week of the Paris hearing at which 20 men are being tried for their alleged involvement in the terrorist attacks which killed 130 people in the French capital in November 2015 came to an end with the presentation […]
Children & Teens
Parents must alert police to terrorist-sympathising children if they don’t want them to be prosecuted, says Prevent head (LINK ONLY)
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Manchester Arena inquiry: Experts ‘stunned’ by police misapprehension
(BBC) Terrorism experts were “stunned” to hear senior police officials were unaware of a major failure on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing, an inquiry has heard. Former Assistant Chief Constable Debbie Ford did not know Greater Manchester Police (GMP) had […]
Law Enforcement
Repatriating Islamic State terror suspect Suhayra Aden cost $60,000
(Stuff) The repatriation of Suhayra Aden, a woman who joined Islamic State, has cost the government more than $60,000. The government organised a “managed return” of Aden and her two children from Turkey earlier this year, after she was detained at the […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Police lauded for ‘exemplary’ response
(BBC) British Transport Police officers’ response to the Manchester Arena attack has been described as “exemplary,” despite significant command failures. The officers were among the first to enter the foyer area, where the May 2017 suicide bombing killed 22 people. Policing experts […]
Children & Teens
German police foil ‘Islamist’ attack on a synagogue Police have released three people arrested over a possible attack on a synagogue in the western city of Hagen ahead of a major Jewish holiday. Authorities believe the threat was motivated by 'Islamist ideology.'
(Deutsche Welle) German police arrested four people Thursday, including a teenager, over a threat of an attack on a synagogue on the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur. Hagen police said they made the arrests as a result of their investigation into the threat and […]
Law Enforcement
The Paris attacks seen through the eyes of Belgian investigators
(Radio France) The director of the investigation into the Belgian links to the November 2015 Paris attacks told the court on Tuesday that it was “the toughest case” she had ever worked on. She also praised the exceptional collaboration between France and […]
Clothing
CAIR alleges Ferndale police forced Muslim woman to remove hijab for booking photo
(Detroit News) A Muslim woman and an advocacy group Wednesday called on the city of Ferndale to address allegations that police removed the woman’s Islamic headscarf to take a booking photo. Amy Doukoure, staff attorney for the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan chapter, which is representing […]
Interfaith
Acting on tip, German police step up guarding of synagogue
(Reuters) Police stepped up their protection of a synagogue in western Germany on Wednesday evening after receiving information about a possible threat, but no injuries were reported. A police officer on the scene said nobody had been hurt during the operation in […]
Law Enforcement
Gardai arrest Islamic terror suspect hiding in plain sight in Ireland for decades (LINK ONLY)
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Manchester Arena inquiry told police failed in response to bombing
(BBC) Police “failed” in their response to the Manchester Arena attack, terrorism experts have told the bombing inquiry. Three experts told the Manchester Arena inquiry there had been a “significant failure” in Greater Manchester Police’s (GMP) emergency response to the attack, which […]
Law Enforcement
Defence anger at implacable police presentation of an extraordinary investigation
(Radio France) The second week of the Paris November 2015 terror trial began with the continuation of the reading of the court president’s report, the ten-hour overview of the facts as they appear after six years of criminal investigation. And then the […]
Demonstrations
France: Muslims arrested for ‘provocation’ street prayers on September 11th
(Breitbart) Police arrested three Muslim men who engaged in a street prayer on September 11th using a loud sound system to broadcast the prayer. The three men had gathered on Saturday between 7 am and 7:30 am on the rue du Maréchal […]
Children & Teens
UK’s most senior police officer takes aim at tech companies over online harms (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Five people stabbed in Italian resort, Somali man arrested
(Reuters) A Somali asylum-seeker was arrested by Italian police after he allegedly stabbed four women and a six-year-old child in the tourist town of Rimini on Saturday night, ANSA news agency reported on Sunday. Investigators were for the moment ruling out terrorism […]
Law Enforcement
Police investigate after ISIS flag found on Helsinki overpass
(Helsinki Times) Helsinki police are investigating after the flag of the extremist terrorist group Islamic State (ISIS) was found flying from a highway overpass in Helsinki’s Myllypuro district. No crime is officially being suspected at the moment. The flag, which was flown […]
Law Enforcement
FBI releases newly declassified record on Sept. 11 attacks
(AP) A declassified FBI document related to logistical support given to two of the Saudi hijackers in the run-up to the Sept. 11 attacks details contacts the men had with Saudi associates in the United States but does not provide proof that […]
Law Enforcement
Terror trio unlikely to have plotted attack without inducement from undercover cop
(Age) Three men who planned to shoot and kill innocent members of the public were unlikely to have plotted a terror attack if not for the inducement of a covert police operative, a judge has ruled. However, brothers Ertunc and Samed Eriklioglu […]
Law Enforcement
Sweden arrests two women linked to IS
(AFP) Swedish police said Monday they had arrested two women linked to the Islamic State group after they flew back from Syria, as media reported that one was being investigated for war crimes. Stockholm police spokesman Ola Osterling said the prosecutor leading […]
Law Enforcement
Fourteen missed chances to stop the Isis ‘Beatles’ (LINK ONLY)
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Man in Berlin attacks woman allegedly because she worked
(AP) A 29-year-old Afghan man in Germany attacked and severely injured a 58-year-old landscape gardener who was working in a park in Berlin, allegedly because he didn’t like the fact that as a woman she was working, police said Sunday. The attack […]
Law Enforcement
9/11: 20 years on, Germany still grapples with militant Islamists On the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the Taliban flag is flying over Kabul again. A German police expert fears that Afghanistan could once again become a gathering place for jihadis — including from Germany.
(Deutsche Welle) Sven Kurenbach still remembers the images of the twin towers of the World Trade Center collapsing and the spontaneous minute of silence at the Berlin police department that followed. When Islamist terrorists weaponized passenger planes on September 11, 2001 — killing […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena bomb: Three PCs on duty face internal investigations
(BBC) Three officers criticised during the Manchester Arena inquiry will not be investigated by the police watchdog. British Transport Police (BTP) PCs Jessica Bullough, Mark Renshaw and PCSO Lewis Brown were on duty during the 2017 atrocity which killed 22 people. They […]
Crime
Man charged over spate of antisemitic attacks in north London (LINK ONLY)
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Auckland mall terrorist attack: Police shoot man dead, others injured at New Lynn mall
(NZ Herald) A man has been fatally shot by police officers and six shoppers have been injured — including three critically — in horrific scenes at a West Auckland supermarket this afternoon. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it was a terrorist attack […]
Government & Politics
9/11 victims’ families seek probe of missing evidence
(AP) Relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks called Thursday for the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate the FBI’s handling of evidence from its investigation into the hijackers and their associates, saying certain records are apparently missing or lost. […]
Law Enforcement
PJ police arrest two Iraqis ‘integrated within refugee programme’ over suspected links to Daesh
(Portugal Resident) PJ police in Lisbon have arrested two young Iraqi brothers over suspected links to terrorist organisation Daesh (ISIS). The 34- and 32-year-old have been living in Portugal since 2017, say reports, and are integrated within a support programme for refugees. […]
Crime
Anti-Muslim hate crimes fell during Trump’s last year in office, FBI data shows Lawmakers and rights groups have criticised the findings as fewer local law enforcement agencies participated in data collection
(Middle East Eye) The number of reported hate crimes targeting Muslims in the US fell by more than a third in 2020, according to newly published data by the FBI. According to the federal agency, the number of reported hate crimes against Muslims in […]
Law Enforcement
FBI: Texas shooter possibly inspired by foreign terrorists
(AP) Investigators are looking into whether a Texas man was inspired by foreign terrorists when he killed a Lyft driver in a Dallas suburb and later opened fire in the police station of another suburb where officers fatally shot him. Police said […]
Law Enforcement
U.S. says Brooklyn woman who aided Islamic State is arrested after skipping hearing
(Reuters) A Brooklyn woman who faces a resentencing for supporting Islamic State but skipped a court hearing because she feared being sent back to prison has been arrested in New Mexico, U.S. prosecutors said. Sinmyah Amera Ceasar, who prosecutors said used the […]
Law Enforcement
Germany arrests suspected ‘Islamic State’ fundraiser A woman has been detained in southern Germany on suspicion of aiding the terror group 'Islamic State.' Prosecutors believe she may have helped organize money transfers to militants in the Middle East.
(Deutsche Welle) German federal prosecutors arrested a woman on Monday suspected of collecting money for the extremist “Islamic State” (IS) group and helping with bank transfers to the Middle East. The suspect, identified only as Denise S., is thought to have been in contact with […]
Crime
Poland detains activists for damaging barrier with Belarus
(AP) Thirteen activists were detained Sunday in Poland for trying to destroy part of a barbed-wire barrier that Polish authorities have erected along the border with Belarus to stop migrants from crossing in. The activists said it was an act of protest […]
Crime
PD: Arizona family members conduct ‘honor violence’ on pregnant woman
(KPHO) Members of an Arizona family are facing felony charges over the honor violence they did on a woman and her family because of their disapproval of her romantic relationship, police said. Peoria police said the six suspects targeted a now-pregnant relative, […]
Interfaith
Mosque boss quizzed over ‘civilised Taliban’ post shared ‘Nazi Israel’ clips (LINK ONLY)
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Deported criminal Afghans back in Sweden after boarding Kabul evacuation flight
(Breitbart) Two Afghan nationals who were deported after being convicted of crimes are now back in Sweden after boarding evacuation flights from Kabul. The two men were immediately arrested at Arlanda airport in Stockholm upon entry back into the country for violating […]
Government & Politics
Privacy laws prevent France using UK-funded drones to stop Channel migrants (LINK ONLY)
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