(Swiss Info) Two men from the Balkans will appear before the Swiss Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona today, charged with supporting and participating in an extremist group that had planned to destabilise a region of Kosovo. The two accused are a 37-year-old […]
(AFP) German authorities said Sunday they had arrested a 22-year-old Syrian man in Berlin suspected of preparing a “jihadist” attack, without giving details of the alleged plot. The suspect, arrested on Saturday in the capital’s southern Neukoelln district, appeared before an investigating […]
(AFP) A 20-year-old man from Afghanistan suspected of having links to an offshoot of the Islamic State group has been arrested in France, anti-terrorism prosecutors said on Saturday. The man was charged with participating in a criminal terrorist organisation and financing a […]
(BBC) The Manchester synagogue attacker was repeatedly shot after running “aggressively” towards armed police while carrying a knife and wearing what appeared to be a suicide belt, an inquest has heard. Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, was shot minutes after launching his car and […]
(Jewish News) An alleged Islamic State supporter told an undercover operative his “primary target” was a pro-Israel march in Manchester, saying they would need “cluster bombs” to attack a crowd “full of Jews,” a jury has heard. Walid Saadaoui, a Tunisia-born former […]
(BBC) A victim of the Manchester synagogue attack was fatally shot by a police bullet as he held the doors shut against the killer, an inquest heard. Adrian Daulby, 53, and Melvin Cravitz, 66, were killed in the attack, carried out by […]
(AFP) Denmark’s Prosecution Service said Wednesday it had charged two Swedish citizens with terrorism for targeting the Israeli embassy with two hand grenades in Copenhagen last year. Two explosions were reported near the embassy in the middle of the night on October […]
(Brussels Times) Not more than two months ago, the Brussels Times met with TRENDS Research & Advisory, an Abu Dhabi-based think tank, which hosted an annual forum on political Islam. Barely a fortnight later, Belgian police foiled a jihadist-inspired plot to assassinate […]
(Algemeiner) Hamas has expanded its terrorist operations beyond the Middle East, exploiting a long-established network of weapons caches, criminal alliances, and covert infrastructure that has been quietly built across Europe for years, according to a new report. Earlier this month, West Point’s […]
(BBC) A self-styled “Anglo Jihadi” accused of planning a terror attack was “not just an online fantasist,” prosecutors have told a jury. Muslim convert Jordan Richardson, 21, of Oliver Close, Howden, East Yorkshire, is alleged to have been planning an “atrocity,” with […]
(Brussels Times) The Antwerp Court of Appeal has confirmed the pre-trial detention of two suspects for another month, rejecting their appeal as unfounded, the federal public prosecutor announced on Monday. The pair had appealed against a decision issued by the council chamber […]
(Brussels Times) Lawyers for two men arrested in Antwerp over an alleged terrorist plot targeting political figures have argued that the attack was “technically impossible.” The lawyers called for their clients to be released under conditions or placed under electronic surveillance. The […]
(Le Monde) For years, Emilie König, now 40, was nicknamed “the muse of jihad.” In the coming months, she will be tried by a criminal court in Paris, following an indictment order issued on September 16 by anti-terrorism investigating judges, for joining […]
(LBC) An NHS doctor accused of glorifying Hamas’s October 7 attacks in Israel has appeared before a medical tribunal wearing a gold necklace featuring the number seven. Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, a British-Palestinian trainee trauma and orthopaedic surgeon, is facing claims of […]
(AFP) A suspected Islamic State group supporter has been arrested in Germany for allegedly trying to cause fatal crashes on a motorway by shooting at cars with an air rifle, prosecutors said Friday. The 21-year-old suspect, a Turkish national who has not […]
(Philenews) Prosecutors have dropped terrorism charges against Azerbaijani national Orhan Asadov, who has instead admitted conspiracy to murder an Israeli businessman and four associates in Nicosia, in a significant development in the long-running Cyprus terrorism case. The 42-year-old defendant, who has been […]
(Jewish News) A doctor who claimed that the “Royal Free Hospital in London is a Jewish supremacy cesspit” has appeared before a medical tribunal. Dr Rahmeh Aladwan, 31, is being investigated by the GMC over a series of posts and comments made […]
(France 24) Syrian authorities on Thursday negotiated a ceasefire with a group of foreign jihadists led by Frenchman Oumar Diaby in northwestern Syria, according to sources. The agreement came after Syrian government forces surrounded the camp of Firqatul Ghuraba (“the Foreigners’ Brigade”) […]
(Jerusalem Post) The left-wing French party La France Insoumise (LFI) has extensive ties to Islamist elements, several French journalists have testified in recent weeks. The testimonies have been presented to the French National Assembly, which has launched a parliamentary commission of inquiry […]
(Philenews) Significant developments have occurred in two terrorism cases that have occupied both the Cypriot prosecuting authorities and foreign media. One concerns the 42-year-old Azerbaijani, Orkhan Asadov, whose case was filed with the Nicosia Criminal Court in the autumn of 2021 and […]
(Jerusalem Post) A conference at a Paris university last Wednesday honoring a recently released Lebanese terrorist featured a video address by a leading member of a Palestinian terrorist organization and praise for the October 7 massacre. The far-left revolutionary meeting of over […]
(France 24) Syria government forces launched an operation Wednesday against jihadists holed up in a camp in the northwest, in a push to capture French fighters wanted by their government. Troops surrounded French jihadists in the camp during the ongoing operation, said […]
(Belga) Belgium’s Court of Cassation has rejected the government’s appeals against earlier rulings that ordered the release of Nizar Trabelsi, a former Tunisian footballer who was convicted of terrorism offences in 2004. This leaves the Belgian state with no legal grounds on […]
(Jewish News) A doctor who has become notorious for her diatribes about “Jewish supremacy” in the UK has been arrested by the police, days before another hearing into her conduct is due to be heard by a medical tribunal. Video footage released […]
(Jerusalem Post) A panel at Panteion University with a senior Hamas terrorist, who was released in February in exchange for hostages, will not take place at the Athens institution, after the university forbade the unauthorized event following a Jerusalem Post report. The […]
(NL Times) Palestinian journalist and activist Mustafa Ayyash, 33, is fighting his extradition to Austria. On Tuesday, his lawyer, Frederieke Dölle, urged the International Legal Assistance Chamber (IRK) of the Amsterdam District Court to deny the extradition request. A group of about […]
(Swiss Info) Some ten terrorism-related investigations are currently underway at the Swiss Federal Office of Police (Fedpol), its director Eva Wildi-Cortés said on Sunday. She was speaking a week after it was announced that an attack had been foiled in Switzerland. “At […]
(BBC) A 62-year-old woman has denied showing support for the proscribed terror group Hamas. It is alleged that Sarah Wilkinson, of Bishop’s Castle, Shropshire, posted messages on X in support of Hamas, Westminster Magistrates’ Court heard. On Monday, she pleaded not guilty […]
(Brussels Signal) On the fifth anniversary of the brutal beheading of history teacher Samuel Paty by a radical Islamist, Abdelali Mamoun, imam at the historic Grande Mosquée de Paris, said Muslims were tired of it and felt “ostracised.” During an interview with […]
(European Conservative) European leaders are drawing up plans for maintaining peace in the Middle East. But reports suggest they should be more concerned about the presence of extremists at home. Italian daily Libero Quotidiano warned on Thursday that “Hamas is already among […]
(BBC) Manchester Arena bombmaker Hashem Abedi has pleaded not guilty to attempting to murder three prison officers in a terrorist attack. The 28-year-old is serving a life sentence for helping his suicide bomber brother Salman Abedi murder 22 people in the 2017 […]
(Kathimerini) Athens police have announced a ban on public gatherings in the city center on Thursday, marking one year since the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. The decision was made on grounds of public safety, as planned demonstrations were deemed to […]
(BBC) A man accused of planning a gun attack on a mass gathering of Jews described the killing of 130 people and wounding of hundreds more in Paris in 2015 as a “great event,” a jury has heard. Walid Saadaoui, 38, is […]
(AFP) An Afghan man deemed psychologically ill faced a German court on Thursday over a deadly knife attack on a group of toddlers that his defence lawyer labelled the “deed of a madman.” The stabbings nine months ago in a park in […]
(Radio France) Five years after the death of French history and geography teacher Samuel Paty, beheaded by a Chechen Islamist, “the shock is still raw,” according to Paty’s sister. The sentiments of pain and fear are shared by many teachers across France, […]
(Sky News) The former owner of a Norfolk seaside restaurant sold up and used the cash from the sale to buy assault rifles for a terror attack, a court has heard. Walid Saadaoui bought the Albatross restaurant near the Britannia Pier in […]
(ITV) The family of a murdered MP said they are still hoping for answers four years after his killing. Southend West MP Sir David Amess, 69, was stabbed to death in his constituency by Ali Harbi Ali on 15 October 2021 while […]
(Brussels Times) Two men, aged 18 and 23, who were arrested on suspicion of planning to carry out a drone attack in Antwerp last week will remain in the cell for another month, the Antwerp council chamber confirmed. Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart […]
(JNS) Authorities in Berlin ordered the revocation of the citizenship of a Palestinian immigrant who shared online pictures of his newly issued passport and then praised Hamas, a German newspaper reported. The man, who was identified in the media only as Abdallah, […]
(European Conservative) Despite the current ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, German intelligence chiefs warn that the terrorist group Hamas could increase its activity in the Federal Republic. The number of “foreign extremist” attacks has risen sharply this year, and Germany is increasingly […]
(BBC) Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said police who shot the Manchester synagogue attacker had “every reason” to believe he was carrying a real bomb. Two people died when Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, carried out the car and knife attack at Heaton Park […]
(Swiss Info) The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) says it stopped a suspected terrorist attack in Switzerland in spring. “An 18-year-old man became radicalised,” said Attorney General Stefan Blättler, who spoke to the Sunday paper SonntagsBlick. The Swiss national is currently […]
(Jewish News) Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy has announced a crackdown on hate preachers at mosques and Islamic centres as part of the government’s new efforts to combat antisemitism. [Meanwhile], in further measures to counter Jew-hate, thousands of teachers and university staff will […]
(Jewish News) A mosque near Burnley where repeated derogatory references to Jews have been made in sermons has denied radicalising the Heaton Park Synagogue terrorist, who described in 2022 how he “rly [sic] love the mosque there.” Jihad Al-Shamie, who carried out […]
(NL Times) Geert Wilders is reportedly on the target list of a terrorist cell arrested in Belgium on Thursday. The PVV leader has pulled out of an election debate on NOS on Friday afternoon as a precaution. A journalist from the Belgian […]
(BBC) A man has been jailed for posting a string of Instagram videos that endorsed or depicted terrorist killings. Abdullah Bellil, from Southampton, previously pleaded guilty at Kingston Upon Thames Crown Court to expressing support for the Islamic State group. The 29-year-old, […]
(AFP) Belgian authorities Thursday arrested three young adults suspected of a jihadist-inspired plot to attack Prime Minister Bart De Wever and other politicians using drone-mounted explosives. The arrests were made in the northern city of Antwerp as part of an investigation into […]
(Sky News) An Islamic State supporter was said to have “hero-worshipped” the mastermind of the 2015 Paris attacks, a court has heard. Walid Saadaoui, 38, of Abram, Greater Manchester, is accused along with Amar Hussein, 52, of preparing a terrorist attack by […]
(BBC) A man accused of planning a terror attack “regularly expressed a wish to kill Jews,” a jury has been told. Jordan Richardson, 21, of Oliver Close, Howden, East Yorkshire, has been charged with engaging in conduct in preparation of an act […]
(Sky News) A trial accusing two men of planning “untold harm” and “mass fatalities” with an attack on members of the Jewish community in Manchester has been interrupted by an outburst from one of the defendants. Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, […]
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