(NCA NewsWire) A convicted terrorist who plotted to bomb sites in Melbourne and Sydney will find out before Christmas if he is too dangerous to be released. Abdul Nacer Benbrika has spent the past 15 years behind bars after he was convicted […]
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(BBC) A convicted terrorist who spoke to the Manchester Arena bomber on an illegal prison mobile obtained another phone after the first was confiscated, a public inquiry heard. Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, was released from prison on licence last month on what are […]
(NCA NewsWire) A convicted terrorist who plotted to bomb the MCG and a nuclear reactor could still pose a risk even if deported to Algeria, a court was told. Abdul Nacer Benbrika has spent the past 15 years in prison for plotting […]
(AFP) Europe’s latest jihadist attacks may have targeted France and Austria, but Spain, like the rest of the continent, remains within the sights of extremists and the threat level is still “severe,” experts say. The issue has returned to the headlines in […]
(NCA NewsWire) The jailed terror leader who plotted to bomb Australian landmarks plans to keep preaching if released from jail, a court has been told. Abdul Nacer Benbrika has spent the past 15 years behind bars but lawyers for the Australian government […]
(Global News) A key member of a terrorist group that plotted truck bombings in downtown Toronto in 2006 was granted day parole on Tuesday, even though a corrections official opposed his release as “premature.” The Parole Board of Canada approved Shareef Abdelhaleem’s […]
(NCA NewsWire) An Islamic State fighter told FBI agents in Syria that he visited a convicted Australian terrorist in jail before he travelled overseas. But lawyers for terror plotter Abdul Nacer Benbrika argued in the Supreme Court of Victoria that it was […]
(AP) A computer hacker serving 20 years for giving the Islamic State group the personal data of more than 1,300 U.S. government and military personnel has been granted compassionate release because of the coronavirus pandemic and will be placed in ICE custody […]
(NCA NewsWire) A convicted terrorist who plotted to bomb Australian landmarks could incite others to commit terror attack[s] on home soil if released, a high-ranking federal officer has warned. Abdul Nacer Benbrika is due to be released this year after 15 years […]
(Age) Convicted terror plotter Abdul Nacer Benbrika had a “steady stream” of visits in jail from men who later fought for Islamic State and others who posed security concerns, a court has heard, and authorities fear he will regain that contact if […]
(Age) Convicted terror plotter Abdul Nacer Benbrika made contact while in prison with Islamic State fighters and people who were later jailed for terrorism offences, a court was told during an application to keep him locked up. Benbrika has completed a 15-year […]
(NCA NewsWire) A convicted terrorist who the Australian government want to keep behind bars for another three years has not renounced “violent jihad,” a court has been told. Abdul Nacer Benbrika has spent 15 years behind bars after he was found guilty […]
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(Age) Law and counter-terrorism experts say cancelling the citizenship of Abdul Nacer Benbrika, the first Australian convicted of leading a terrorist group, won’t make the country any safer and could lead to a constitutional challenge. Benbrika has completed a 15-year jail term […]
(BBC) A convicted terrorist organiser, who has refused to tell an inquiry about his contact with the Manchester Arena bomber, is to be released from jail. Abdalraouf Abdallah, 27, was jailed in 2016 after being found guilty of helping people travel to […]
(Age) Convicted terror cell leader Abdul Nacer Benbrika faces deportation from Australia if he is released from prison, after having his citizenship cancelled by the federal government. Benbrika has completed a 15-year jail term over a plot to bomb Melbourne’s Crown casino […]
(Indiana Lawyer) A Muslim inmate in the Indiana Department of Correction is not entitled to a halal diet, a federal judge has ruled, finding that the inmate failed to prove that eating a kosher diet instead would violate his Islamic beliefs. Judge […]
(Global News) The first person to be convicted of trying to leave Canada to join a terrorist group remains “too high a risk” a month before his scheduled release from prison, according to the Parole Board of Canada. In a decision released […]
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(Global News) An Ottawa man convicted of trying to join ISIS has been granted overnight privileges after telling the Parole Board of Canada he wanted to visit a ski resort with his girlfriend. Carlos Larmond had been required to spend nights at […]
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(NL Times) Two men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack against a police station in Rotterdam were convicted and sentenced to prison on Thursday. Ahmed B. was handed a prison term of eight years, and his alleged accomplice, Mouad M., was ordered […]
(NCA NewsWire) A convicted terrorist who plotted attacks on Australian soil will spend an extra month behind bars as lawyers argue he should not be released after he finishes his sentence. Supreme Court Justice Andrew Tinney on Tuesday granted an interim detention […]
(Breitbart) A 43-year-old man already incarcerated at a French prison in Amiens was sentenced to a further eight months by a court after he praised the terrorist attacker who killed and beheaded French teacher Samuel Paty. The man had previously been found […]
(BBC) Prison staff guarding extremist offenders are under “constant threat” from inmates who intend to “behead a guard and stream it online,” the Prison Officers’ Association (POA) said. Last week two men were convicted of trying to murder an officer at HMP […]
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(BBC) A convicted terrorist was eight months into a deradicalisation programme when he tried to murder a prison guard. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, was jailed for life after he and Baz Hockton, 26, attacked Neil Trundle at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire in January. […]
(BBC) Two serving prisoners have had their jail terms extended to life for the attempted murder of a prison officer inside a maximum-security jail. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, and Baz Hockton, 26, stabbed “kind and helpful” Neil Trundle at HMP Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire, on […]
(BBC) Two inmates have been convicted of attempting to murder a prison officer in a terror attack inside a maximum-security jail. Both were known to be dangerous and had been involved in violence in prison before. When Brusthom Ziamani and Baz Hockton […]
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(AP) A computer hacker who gave the Islamic State group personal data of more than 1,300 U.S. government and military personnel will remain in a federal prison after a judge rejected his request for compassionate release. Ardit Ferizi, 24, is serving a […]
(Detroit News) A 36-year-old woman is suing the city of Detroit and the Michigan Department of Corrections in federal court, alleging violations of her religious expression and freedom after being forced to remove her hijab while taking a booking photo last year […]
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(BBC) Jurors have been shown CCTV footage said to show the moment two inmates attempted to kill a prison officer. Brusthom Ziamani, 25, and Baz Hockton, 26, deny trying to kill Neil Trundle in a “terror attack” at HMP Whitemoor, Cambridgeshire, on […]
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(BBC) A catalogue of failings have been found in the way people convicted of terror-related offences are monitored by the authorities in England and Wales. An independent review found “gaps” in the powers used to check up on such offenders. And it […]
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(AAP) A former Qantas cabin cleaner jailed for producing a do-it-yourself terrorism manual will be subject to an interim control order when his 12-year sentence expires within days. Belal Saadallah Khazaal, then 39, was in 2008 found guilty in the NSW Supreme […]
(NCA NewsWire) Australia’s first convicted terrorist has disavowed his previously deeply held extremist views and admits he misunderstood his religion as he appeals against a decision to deny him parole. Faheem Khalid Lodhi confessed to breaking an “unspoken agreement” with the community […]
(Global News) Convicted al-Qaeda supporter Kevin Omar Mohamed was arrested by Toronto counter-terrorism police on Sunday for the second time since his release from prison last year. Mohamed, 27, was to appear in court Monday to face a terrorism peace bond following […]
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(Journal Sentinel) The Waukesha County Jail has made religious texts more accessible, and contracted a new food service to meet constitutional standards that protect religious freedom, following a Muslim inmate’s report of religious discrimination, said an attorney with the American Civil Liberties […]
(Global News) A terrorism offender released from prison last year despite concerns he remained a “high risk to public safety” has been arrested again for allegedly breaching his probation. RCMP counter-terrorism officers took Kevin Omar Mohamed back into custody at a job […]
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(BBC) Two men have denied the attempted murder of a prison officer at a high-security jail. Brusthom Ziamani, 24, and Baz Hockton, 26, pleaded not guilty via video-link at the Old Bailey. They are accused of donning fake suicide vests and using […]
(BBC) An attempt by terrorism offender Mohammed Zahir Khan to overturn a ban on early release from prison has been thrown out by the High Court. Two judges said Parliament had been right to end automatic release halfway through a sentence. The […]
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