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Mental Health

Health & Medicine

Assailant in Swiss knife attack was jihadist: police

November 25, 2020 Michael Shields  

(Reuters) A Swiss woman who knifed a victim in the neck and grabbed another by the throat in a Lugano department store on Tuesday was a known jihadist who fell in love with a militant online and tried in vain to meet […]

Health & Medicine

Reading park attack: Khairi Saadallah pleads guilty to three murders (LINK ONLY)

November 11, 2020 EoI News  

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Crime

Dutch HR firm says Palestinian man who vandalized kosher eatery had terrorist motives

October 29, 2020 Cnaan Liphshiz  

(JTA) A Dutch human resources firm has determined that a Palestinian man who twice vandalized a kosher restaurant and tried to set it ablaze had terrorist motives. The NTA firm on Wednesday determined that Saleh Ali, an asylum seeker from Syria, indeed […]

Health & Medicine

Judge: Hamden man charged with trying to support ISIS mentally unfit for trial

October 14, 2020 Ben Lambert  

(New Haven Register) A Hamden man charged with attempting to provide material support for the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham was found mentally incapable of participating in his own defense Wednesday, delaying adjudication of his case. Kevin Iman McCormick, 27, was […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Muslim woman trashes liquor section of French supermarket for a second time

October 11, 2020 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) A Muslim woman in the French city of Reims ransacked the liquor area of a supermarket for the second time in under a month, causing even more property damage than the first incident. The first attack took place on September 16th […]

Health & Medicine

Iraqi sentenced to 70 months for Islamic State activities

October 8, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(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 […]

Health & Medicine

Murder suspect acted ‘out of vengeance against the Swiss state’

September 17, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(Swiss Info) A man suspected of fatally stabbing a random man in western Switzerland on Saturday has confessed, saying that he acted in the name of jihadism, according to Swiss public radio, RTS. He had been released from prison in July, having […]

Health & Medicine

Suspect in Berlin highway attack moved to psychiatric jail

August 19, 2020 Kirsten Grieshaber  

(AP) German authorities on Wednesday ordered a 30-year-old man accused of deliberately driving his car into other vehicles along a major Berlin highway and injuring six people moved to a psychiatric jail, as investigators continue to probe the man’s motives. Officials said […]

Banks & Banking

Le Havre hostage-taker consumed by plight of Palestinians, say police

August 7, 2020 Tangi Salaun  

(Reuters) The armed man who seized six hostages in a French bank on Thursday spoke to negotiators of hardships facing Palestinians and called himself a mujahid but made no reference to Islamist groups, a police source involved in the operation said. The […]

Banks & Banking

Hostage taker surrenders outside French bank, all six captives unharmed

August 6, 2020 Antony Paone  

(Reuters) A gunman who took six people hostage in a bank in northern France on Thursday surrendered to elite police after a six-hour operation to free his captives. The hostage-taker, a 34-year-old with a history of mental illness, emerged slowly from the […]

Health & Medicine

NCR military stabber OK for passes but not to live in community

July 14, 2020 Michele Mandel  

(Toronto Sun) Despite being cleared last year for two-day passes into Toronto, the pandemic has delayed those privileges for a mentally ill man who stabbed three soldiers at a North York recruitment office. Instead, Ayanle Hassan Ali, 32, was only able [to] […]

Health & Medicine

Judge extends hospitalization of truck attack plot suspect

July 4, 2020 Michael Kunzelman  

(AP) A federal judge has extended the court-ordered hospitalization of a Maryland man deemed mentally unfit for trial on charges he planned an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C. U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said in […]

Crime

Police name man shot dead by officers after Glasgow knife attack (LINK ONLY)

June 27, 2020 EoI News  

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Health & Medicine

Reading attack: Suspect ruled out as possible terrorist twice in two years (LINK ONLY)

June 23, 2020 EoI News  

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Health & Medicine

Reading terror suspect was classified as ‘high mental health risk’ amid fears he was not getting help he needed (LINK ONLY)

June 23, 2020 EoI News  

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Health & Medicine

Reading stabbings: Suspect’s mother says he should have been admitted to mental health unit (LINK ONLY)

June 22, 2020 EoI News  

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Health & Medicine

Judge: Man accused of truck attack plot isn’t fit for trial

March 4, 2020 Michael Kunzelman  

(AP) A federal judge has ruled there is ample evidence that a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., isn’t mentally competent to stand trial. U.S. District Judge […]

Health & Medicine

Man accused of terror plot may be mentally unfit for trial

January 21, 2020 Michael Kunzelman  

(AP) A psychologist who examined a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., found “ample evidence” that he is mentally unfit to assist in his defense, a court […]

Health & Medicine

National security review agency looking at complaint over arrest of Canadian ISIS recruit

January 6, 2020 Stewart Bell  

(Global News) A complaint over the RCMP’s role in the arrest in the United States of a Toronto-area ISIS recruit has been referred to Canada’s new national security review agency, handing its members a challenging case early in their mandate. A copy […]

Health & Medicine

German police doubt terror link in knife attack

January 6, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) German police on Monday said they had found no indication yet that a knife-wielding Turkish man shot dead after trying to attack officers had a terrorist motive, adding that he had psychological problems. The 37-year-old struck a parked patrol car with […]

Health & Medicine

French police shoot knife man in Metz 2 days after Paris attack

January 5, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French police shot and injured a knife-wielding man in the northeastern city of Metz on Sunday, two days after a suspected Islamist radical stabbed a man to death near Paris, investigators said. Metz public prosecutor Christian Mercuri told AFP the man […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Hundreds rally in Paris to seek justice for murdered Jewish woman Sarah Halimi

January 5, 2020 Philippe Theise  

(France 24) Hundreds of French Jews and their supporters rallied in Paris on Sunday calling for justice for murdered Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, after a court of appeal ruled last month that her attacker was “not criminally responsible” for his actions. Ms […]

Health & Medicine

French prosecutors treating deadly stabbing outside Paris as terror attack

January 4, 2020 Unlisted Author  

(AFP) French anti-terrorist investigators said Saturday they have taken over the probe into an attack by a knife-wielding man who killed one person walking with his wife in a park south of Paris before being shot dead by police. Police said the […]

Crime

French Jew who survived 2016 stabbing by assailant who shouted about Allah dies at 65

January 3, 2020 Cnaan Liphshiz  

(JTA) A French-Jewish man who was critically injured in a 2016 stabbing attack by a man who shouted about Allah succumbed to his injuries and died, his lawyer said. Chalom Levy died on Dec. 29 in an airplane that took him to […]

Alcohol & Drugs

In France, a killer’s successful insanity defense sparks outrage

December 31, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz  

(JTA) An appeals court ruling that a man who killed a Jewish woman in her home while shouting Quranic verses is unfit to stand trial is prompting outraged reactions from French Jews who fear it sets a dangerous precedent that will undermine […]

Academics & Education

Migrant who murdered Swedish teacher has sentence reduced

December 25, 2019 Chris Tomlinson  

(Breitbart) A Swedish court has reduced the prison sentence for a 20-year-old Afghan who murdered his 69-year-old teacher, who he was also in a sexual relationship with at the time, because of the migrant’s mental health issues. The Afghan, who came to […]

Health & Medicine

Canadian who plotted New York City attacks appeals conviction, 40-year sentence

December 23, 2019 Colin Perkel  

(Canadian Press) The conviction and 40-year prison sentence for a young mentally ill Canadian who plotted terrorist attacks in New York City should be set aside, his lawyer argues in a new appeal brief. The brief on behalf of Abdulrahman El Bahnasawy […]

Health & Medicine

Recruiting centre attacker not a one-man terrorist group, Appeal Court rules

December 20, 2019 Colin Perkel  

(Canadian Press) The federal government failed on Friday to persuade an Appeal Court that a schizophrenic man who attacked a Canadian Forces recruiting centre was a one-person terrorist group. In upholding the acquittal of Ayanle Hassan Ali, Ontario’s top court rejected the idea […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Paris appeals court agrees: Killer of Jewish woman not responsible for his actions because he was too high on marijuana

December 19, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz  

(JTA) The Paris Appeals Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that a Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor will not face trial because he was too high on marijuana to control his actions. The court relieved Kobili Traore, 29, […]

Health & Medicine

Utrecht tram shooter has diminished responsibility, court told

December 16, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Dutch News) The man who shot four people dead on a tram in Utrecht has been assigned a lawyer after a court ruled he was mentally unfit to act in his own best interest. Gökmen Tanis was not present at the court […]

Health & Medicine

French police kill man who threatened officers with knife in Paris

December 13, 2019 Sophie Louet  

(Reuters) Police officers shot dead a man who threatened them with a knife in the Paris business district of La Defense on Friday, police sources said. A security man had alerted police to the presence of a man armed with a knife […]

Crime

Muslim man who stabbed Jewish father and son at Amsterdam market ruled unfit to stand trial

December 2, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz  

(JTA) A Muslim man who was charged with trying to kill a Jewish father and son at an Amsterdam market was found not criminally responsible for his actions and sent for psychological care. A Dutch judge ruled that Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel […]

Apostasy

Man who threatened to behead police intends to convert to Judaism, court told

November 28, 2019 Georgina Mitchell  

(Sydney Morning Herald) A convert to Islam who said he was “gearing up for martyrdom” weeks after he approached police with a knife and threatened to behead them has told a court he recently requested the Jewish holy book in prison and […]

Alcohol & Drugs

French prosecutors drop murder charges against Jewish kindergarten teacher Sarah Halimi’s killer (LINK ONLY)

November 28, 2019 EoI News  

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Academics & Education

A new study offers a glimpse of the unrepentant Australian terrorist

November 21, 2019 Nick O'Malley  

(Sydney Morning Herald) New research has painted a chilling portrait of the “average” Australian Islamist terrorist by creating a database [of] about 173 citizens or residents who have been charged with terrorist offences or joined terrorist organisations. An Australian terrorist is likely […]

Health & Medicine

Four years on, Paris attacks survivors struggle in silence

November 13, 2019 Mike Woods  

(Radio France) Four years after 130 people were murdered in coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris, a fund to help survivors is still receiving new cases — underlining how long it can take for victims to come to terms with their trauma. Those […]

Health & Medicine

Cleveland Fourth of July terrorism suspect pleads guilty to plotting attack, threatening President Donald Trump

November 5, 2019 Eric Heisig  

(Cleveland.com) A man whom the FBI said planned an attack on a downtown Cleveland park where spectators planned to watch last year’s Independence Day fireworks pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges. Demetrius Pitts admitted to charges of attempting to provide material support […]

Health & Medicine

Victorian pensioner admits to sending cash to IS fighter

November 1, 2019 Caroline Schelle  

(AAP) A Melbourne pensioner sent thousands of dollars to an American fighting for Islamic State in Syria, but his lawyers say he was “groomed” after the death of his son. Hampton Park man Isa Kocoglu admitted sending more than $2700 in total […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Terror suspect to remain in Swiss custody

October 21, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Swiss Info) The Swiss Federal Criminal Court has decided to extend the pre-trial detention of a man accused of supporting a criminal group, attempted murder and violating the law banning Islamic State. The man, a citizen of canton Vaud in western Switzerland, […]

Government & Politics

Conviction, 26-year prison term for stabbing of Americans at Amsterdam CS

October 14, 2019 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Jawed S., a 20-year-old man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station last year, was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the court in Amsterdam on Monday. He was convicted [of] two counts of attempted murder with […]

Crime

Judge’s difficult sentencing of a former refugee who won’t stop offending

September 26, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Stuff) No-one knows what to do with Mohyadin Farah, a Somali who came here as a refugee with a history of sexually assaulting women. He’s been to jail, been in psychiatric care and even been considered for removal from the country.  Nothing […]

Health & Medicine

Defense seeks competency exam for man accused of terror plot

September 17, 2019 Michael Kunzelman  

(AP) A defense attorney is seeking a court-ordered psychiatric or psychological exam for a man accused of planning an Islamic State-inspired attack at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C. Rondell Henry’s lawyer filed the request under seal this week, but […]

Crime

Stabber of Jewish father and son in Amsterdam says he forgot why he assaulted them

September 13, 2019 Cnaan Liphshiz  

(JTA) A Dutch man charged with the attempted manslaughter of a Jewish father and son said he forgot why he stabbed them. During the first hearing in the case, the victims asked the judge to consider a religious or racist motive, which […]

Government & Politics

Suspect in Amsterdam CS attack wanted to kill ‘cruel, unfair’ people for insulting Islam

September 2, 2019 Janene Pieters  

(NL Times) Jawed S., the 20-year-old Afghan man who stabbed two American tourists at Amsterdam Central Station last year, came to the Netherlands to “kill unfair and cruel people,” he said during the first day of his trial at the high-security court […]

Alcohol & Drugs

French prosecutor: Knife attack suspect in ‘psychotic state’

September 1, 2019 Angela Charlton  

(AP) An Afghan man was in a “psychotic state” and on drugs during a stabbing in France that killed one person and injured eight others, but investigators haven’t found any terrorist ties, a regional prosecutor said Sunday. A psychiatric evaluation of the […]

Alcohol & Drugs

Afghan killer sparks far-right criticism in France

September 1, 2019 Sandra Laffont  

(AFP) An Afghan asylum-seeker who killed a man and stabbed several others in the French city of Lyon sparked a row about immigration on Sunday as new details emerged about his rampage. Investigators said the killer appeared to have psychological problems and […]

Health & Medicine

Experts say knifeman behind Sydney rampage was not a terrorist

August 14, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(News.com.au) The knifeman behind yesterday’s stabbing rampage had a USB full of terror propaganda, but he wasn’t a terrorist, experts say. Mert Ney, 20, ran through the streets of the Sydney CBD yesterday afternoon wearing a balaclava and brandishing a knife after […]

Health & Medicine

Man in custody after stabbing in Sydney CBD leaves woman dead

August 13, 2019 Natassia Chrysanthos, Michael Ruffles, Lucy Cormack and Sally Rawsthorne  

(Sydney Morning Herald) Brave bystanders have been hailed as heroes of the “highest order” for ending “terrifying carnage” in the Sydney CBD on Tuesday, which left one woman dead, a second injured and parts of the city in lockdown. Mert Ney, 21, […]

Health & Medicine

NCR military stabber approved to visit Toronto on two-day passes

August 7, 2019 Michele Mandel  

(Toronto Sun) Another patient found not criminally responsible for a violent crime is now eligible for extensive forays into the community, despite remaining a “significant threat” to the public. Just three years after stabbing three soldiers at a Toronto recruitment office with […]

Government & Politics

Pakistani who ‘threatened Wilders in snack bar video’ is in court

August 5, 2019 Unlisted Author  

(Dutch News) The Pakistan national arrested at The Hague’s main railway station in August last year after placing a video on Facebook threatening to attack Geert Wilders appeared in court for a procedural hearing on Monday. The 28-year-old faces charges of making […]

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