(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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] […]
(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 […]
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(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
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(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(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, […]
(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 […]
(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 […]
(Canadian Press) Ontario’s top court has upheld a decision allowing a man found not criminally responsible in a knife attack at a Toronto military recruitment centre to eventually take college classes on his own. The appeal court says the Ontario Review Board […]
(JTA) A Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor in Paris while shouting about Allah is probably not criminally responsible for his actions because he had smoked marijuana beforehand, a French judge ruled. The preliminary ruling in the trial of Kobili Traore […]
(Canadian Press) Prosecutors are seeking a new trial for a man who attacked uniformed personnel at a Toronto military centre three years ago, arguing he should be considered a terrorist even though he acted alone and mental illness rendered him not criminally […]
(AAP) A young Sydney man who was stopped at Sydney Airport when trying to join Islamic State in Syria has walked free from jail on a five-year good behaviour bond. Moudasser Taleb had a bag of military-style clothing but no plane ticket […]
(AAP) An “unequivocally committed terrorist” who repeatedly stabbed a Sydney stranger in a “violent, ferocious and inhumane attack” after seeing him wearing an American flag t-shirt has been jailed for at least 27 years. Ihsas Khan had planned to attack Wayne Greenhalgh […]
(IPT) As IPT Senior Fellow Patrick Dunleavy noted Friday, the Islamic Circle of North America has helped update a report on terrorist prosecutions in the United States which claims more than 9 in 10 cases involving Muslim suspects are bogus. “Many convicted […]
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