Legal
Manchester terror bombing victims set to launch multi-million-pound lawsuits (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Government & Politics
Controversial anti-terrorism law wins voter approval
(Swiss Info) Voters have endorsed a series of measures allowing police to crack down on militant extremists and apply preventive detention methods, giving Switzerland one of the strictest anti-terrorism legislations in Europe. Final results show the law winning nearly 57% of the […]
News: Europe
‘Another Usman Khan is in pipeline,’ government warned after inquest reveals terrorist prison networking (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Four Afghans get 10-year jail terms for Greek migrant camp fire
(AFP) A Greek court on Saturday sentenced four Afghan asylum seekers convicted of starting fires that burnt down Europe’s largest migrant camp last year to 10 years in prison each. The court in Chios found the defendants guilty of arson while their […]
Legal
Brussels court goes easy on man who helped Thalys terrorist
(Brussels Times) A man who helped the Thalys terrorist Ayoub El Khazzani to make contact with Islamic State in Syria in 2015 has been found guilty but allowed to go free by a court in Brussels. Yazan K., now aged 27, was […]
Government & Politics
Macron calls for more effective deportations of radicalised illegals
(Breitbart) French President Emmanuel Macron has ordered his ministers to do more to ensure the deportation of illegal migrants, particularly those involved in terrorist activities and who have been radicalised. President Macron made the order on Wednesday during a meeting with several […]
Crime
Young Afghans on trial over fire at Greek migrant camp
(AFP) Four young Afghan asylum-seekers went on trial in Greece on Friday accused of starting the devastating fires that burnt down Europe’s largest migrant camp last year. The Moria camp on the Aegean island of Lesbos was home to more than 10,000 […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s brother denied immunity
(BBC) A request by the Manchester Arena bomber’s elder brother to be given immunity in return for speaking to the attack inquiry has been denied. Ismail Abedi, 27, from Manchester, had refused to answer any of the inquiry’s questions and claimed a […]
Crime
Italy arrests fake ID gang linked to Vienna terror attack
(AFP) Italian police said Friday they arrested seven people accused of supplying fake identity papers to terrorists, including the suspect behind last year’s deadly attack in Vienna. The suspects, described as “eastern European citizens,” produced “thousands of forged documents, also for the […]
Government & Politics
Opposition accuses German govt of impeding 2016 attack probe
(AP) Opposition parties accused the German government Friday of hampering the work of a parliamentary investigation into a 2016 truck attack in which an Islamist extremist killed 12 people and injured dozens more at [a] Christmas market in Berlin. A cross-party panel […]
Immigration
In migration lull, Greece bolsters border arsenal
(AFP) As the sun dips into the wetlands of northeastern Evros, Greece’s river border with Turkey, two Greek guards climb into a boat to begin their daily lookout for irregular migrants. Siren blaring, and with flamingos flying overhead, the guards sail past […]
Immigration
Illegal migrant wave swells, with nearly 1,000 crossing Channel already in June (LINK ONLY)
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Crime
Search continues for Saman’s body, cousin handed over Teen thought to have been killed for refusing arranged marriage
(ANSA) Investigators on Wednesday continued the search for the body of Saman Abbas while her cousin, one of the family members suspected of involvement in the alleged murder of the 18-year-old for refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan, was handed over to […]
News: Europe
Parole Board to decide whether to release terror boss (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Just 12 out of 20 gunshots fired by police hit Usman Khan, inquest hears (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Arriving ambulance staff ‘prioritised injured’
(BBC) Ambulance staff arriving to help after the Manchester Arena bomb prioritised treatment over taking casualties to hospital, the attack inquiry has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told 14 people were not put on ambulances until three hours after the attack. […]
Legal
Leicestershire man ‘used Bitcoin to fund Islamic State terrorism’
(BBC) A man used Bitcoin to fund the Islamic State group’s terrorism, a court has heard. Hisham Chaudhary, 28, of Chestnut Drive, Oadby, Leicestershire, is also accused of spreading propaganda online. He denies four counts of disseminating a terrorist publication, one count […]
Government & Politics
Work on Greek migrant camp yet to begin 9 months after fire
(AP) Almost 9 months after a fire gutted a refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, work on a new reception center has still not begun despite pledges to have the facility built before next winter, Greece’s migration minister confirmed Wednesday. […]
Legal
Bulgarian official admitted Hezbollah involvement in bus bombing A Bulgarian prosecutor provided evidence to the court handling Hezbollah’s involvement in the Burgas bus bombing.
(Jerusalem Post) A Bulgarian prosecutor provided detailed evidence to the Bulgarian court handling Hezbollah’s involvement in the 2012 Burgas bus bombing which killed five Israelis and their Bulgarian-Muslim bus driver, but the court refused to accept it, the Jerusalem Post has learned. […]
Government & Politics
Public backs ban on illegal migrants claiming asylum (LINK ONLY)
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Academics & Education
Far-left French presidential candidate suggests Toulouse Jewish school murders were part of elections conspiracy
(JTA) A far-left politician who won 19% of the votes in France’s last presidential race and is running again next year suggested that a jihadist’s 2012 murder of four Jews in Toulouse was part of an elections conspiracy. “You’ll see that on […]
Law Enforcement
Khan ‘unlikely to have been released if he had needed to satisfy Parole Board’ (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Extremist mosque repeatedly ignores French govt orders to close
(Breitbart) An extremist Salafist mosque in the city of Marseille has been ordered to close several times over the last five years by French authorities but continues to refuse to obey the orders. The mosque, located in the Consolat area of northern […]
Legal
Italian court sentences 3 Syrians over Al-Nusra links
(Arab News) A court in Sardinia has sentenced three Syrian citizens for terrorist activities relating to membership of the group Jabhat Al-Nusra, now known as Jabhat Fatah Al-Sham, the Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda. The judges presiding over the case in the city […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomb scene ‘not suitable’ for treating victims
(BBC) A paramedic who treated victims of the Manchester Arena bombing has told an inquiry it was “not suitable” to treat casualties at the blast scene. Lea Vaughan was one of only three paramedics to enter the foyer area, where the device […]
Clothing
The candidate and her hijab: Identity matters in French elections
(Reuters) Laboratory technician Sara Zemmahi was running to be a local councillor backed by President Emmanuel Macron’s ruling party until last month when it withdrew its support. Her transgression: wearing her hijab in a campaign poster. The 26-year-old and the three other […]
Law Enforcement
Police firearms officer ‘feared terrorist’s suicide bomb would collapse London Bridge,’ inquest hears (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Greece says many migrants in Turkey could seek asylum there
(AP) Greece on Monday designated neighboring Turkey as a safe country in which to seek international protection for the majority of asylum-seekers departing its shores for Greece. A joint decree from the Greek foreign and migration ministries said the designation applies to […]
Government & Politics
Lithuania says Belarus could be behind recent migrant influx
(AP) Lithuania has detained nine Iraqi asylum-seekers who had entered the Baltic country from Belarus, officials said Monday, pointing a finger at Belarus for allegedly being involved in sending repeated groups of immigrants into Lithuania. “It is obvious that a hybrid war […]
Government & Politics
UK failing to deport ‘inadmissible’ migrants because EU countries will not take them (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
NL must bring back more women from Syria to face trial: lawyer
(Dutch News) The Netherlands should … bring back a further eight Dutch women and their children from Syria, or they will escape trial on terrorism charges, their lawyer André Seebregts has told Trouw. This weekend, the Netherlands brought back one woman and […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Paramedics ‘were not struggling’ after attack
(BBC) A specialist paramedic who treated people injured in the Manchester Arena attack has told an inquiry that more medics “would have helped.” Chris Hargreaves was one of three North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) paramedics to go into the foyer after Salman […]
Law Enforcement
Four men tried in Paris over 2017 killing of police officer
(AFP) Four men went on trial in Paris on Monday over the Islamist murder of a police officer on the Champs-Elysees avenue on the eve of France’s 2017 presidential election. Xavier Jugele was sitting at the wheel of a parked police bus […]
Crime
Saman ‘rowed with family on evening before went missing’
(ANSA) An 18-year-old Pakistani girl who has been missing from a town near Reggio Emilia since the end of April after refusing an arranged marriage in Pakistan had a violent argument with her family the night before she disappeared, according to an […]
Government & Politics
Bring in Army to solve migrant crisis, former Border Force boss says (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Britain’s top al-Qaeda terror master Rangzieb Ahmed may be released from prison within days (LINK ONLY)
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Demonstrations
Extreme Islamist group flexes its muscles in UK (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Cabinet brings back woman from Syria with alleged ties to ISIS to begin trial
(NL Times) Ilham B. was picked up in Syria on Friday by a Dutch delegation who will transfer her to the Netherlands. B. went to Syria in 2013 when she was 19-years-old to join the terrorist organization ISIS. She was brought back […]
Crime
Priti Patel blames Facebook, Twitter and TikTok for the soaring number of migrants trying to reach the UK (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
Hate preachers now a ‘priority threat’ amid concerns over return of Islamist extremism (LINK ONLY)
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Children & Teens
Dutch woman, three children repatriated from Syria IS camp
(AP) The Kurdish-led administration in Syria’s northeast handed over on Saturday to the Netherlands a Dutch woman, her two young sons, and a Dutch girl, who lived in a camp for families of alleged Islamic State militants. A delegation from the Netherlands […]
Arts & Entertainment
Shamima Begum says she feared being ‘the one left behind’ if mates went to Syria (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Police ‘flabbergasted’ terrorist Usman Khan did not initially die from gunshot (LINK ONLY)
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Christians
Church criticises Austrian government’s ‘Islam map’
(AFP) The Austrian Catholic church on Friday became the latest religious group to criticise a government-backed online map of hundreds of Muslim organisations which sparked violence against the Muslim minority. The highly controversial map shows details of more than 600 Muslim associations […]
Children & Teens
Swiss anti-terrorism law worries rights experts
(Reuters) A Swiss law giving the police new powers to fight terrorism could expose people to torture abroad and risks harming children, human rights and legal experts told Reuters ahead of a nationwide referendum on the law. After a series of attacks […]
Law Enforcement
French authorities dismantle new Calais migrant camp
(AFP) French security forces dismantled a new migrant camp on the outskirts of the northern port of Calais on Friday which was home to hundreds of people hoping to travel across the Channel to Britain. The head of the region and mayor […]
Government & Politics
Germany sees increase of Hezbollah supporters and members — intel The number of Hezbollah supporters and members rose from 1,050 in 2019 to 1,250 in 2020 across Germany.
(Jerusalem Post) The Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the domestic intelligence agency for the German state of Lower Saxony, revealed on Thursday in its new report a dramatic increase of the number of members and supporters of the Lebanese terrorist […]
Immigration
Nearly 600 migrants intercepted crossing the Channel in 72 hours (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Fishmongers’ Hall terrorist shot by police who feared his bomb would explode (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Italy expects 30,000 migrant arrivals from Libya this year
(Arab News) Officials from the Italian Ministry of the Interior in charge of migration policies expect 30,000 migrants to arrive from Libya by the end of 2021, part of a total of 70,000 expected to reach the coasts of Sicily from the […]