Law Enforcement
Manchester man, 19, charged with terrorism offences (LINK ONLY)
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Terrorism
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena attack inquiry: Terrorist should have been identified as threat before bombing that killed 22 (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Plotter a ‘simple soul’ who lacked commitment to terror cause, court told
(Age) A terror plotter has been depicted by his lawyer as “a simple soul” who made a mistake getting involved in a plan to gun down people in Melbourne and lacked commitment to his cause. Brothers Samed and Ertunc Eriklioglu and friend […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomb victims were failed on every level, family says
(BBC) Twenty-two people murdered in the Manchester Arena bomb were “failed on every level” by organisations criticised in a public inquiry report, a victim’s father has said. Bomber Salman Abedi should have been identified as a threat by security, the inquiry chairman […]
Law Enforcement
San Antonio man accused in plot to fund terrorism in Syria
(San Antonio Express-News) A San Antonio man has been arrested on charges that he conspired to fund terrorism in Syria. The FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force took Imad Eddin Wadi, 64, into custody on Tuesday, as part of an investigation targeting activity […]
News: Europe
Public inquiry report on Manchester Arena bombing security to be published (LINK ONLY)
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Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Unforgivable’ security mistakes
(BBC) Paul Price does not know how close he was to death on the night of the Manchester Arena bombing. Though he remained awake in the horrific minutes that followed, he has barely any memory of it, and for that he is […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
ISIS fangirl sentenced to 16 years in prison for NYC bomb plot
(NY Post) An ISIS-obsessed woman from Queens who considered Osama bin Laden a personal hero was sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a bomb-making charge nearly two years ago. Before handing down the 198-month […]
Legal
German woman convicted of joining IS, holding Yazidi slaves
(AP) A German-Algerian woman was convicted Wednesday of membership in the Islamic State group and of holding Yazidi women as slaves in Syria after she traveled there as a teenager. She was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison. The state court […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Stewards used makeshift items to help victims
(BBC) Stewards working the night of the Manchester Arena attack used makeshift stretchers and clothing to help causalities, an inquiry has heard. The Manchester Arena inquiry was told many staff working for venue security firm Showsec were caught up in the 2017 […]
Legal
Terror plotter ‘ashamed’ and has denounced beliefs, lawyer tells court
(Age) A man who, with two friends, planned to buy an assault rifle to gun down people in Melbourne lacked the fanaticism of other terror plotters and is now “ashamed” of his actions, his lawyer has told a court. Hanifi Halis was […]
Immigration
Ahmad Al K: Dutch court tries refugee over Syria murder video
(BBC) A refugee in the Netherlands has gone on trial for war crimes over a killing carried out during the Syrian conflict. Ahmad Al K, 49, and his family arrived in the Netherlands in 2014. He was arrested in 2019 after he […]
Demonstrations
Hui on countering terrorism sees mass walkout over Hezbollah comment
(Radio NZ) New Zealand’s anti-terrorism hui has been marked by a mass walkout from members of the Muslim community. The country’s first hui on Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism in Ōtautahi involved experts discussing the evolution of terrorism risk in New Zealand, […]
Legal
Terror plotters drew inspiration from 2018 Bourke St attack, court told
(Age) On a Friday night in 2018, as Melbourne reeled from the terror attack hours earlier in Bourke Street, Ertunc Eriklioglu excitedly told his brother and their friend about what he had seen and read in the news. “That’s amazing,” Eriklioglu said […]
Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: Ambulance boss defends time it took to treat the injured
(BBC) An ambulance manager has defended the time it took to treat casualties of the Manchester Arena terror attack. Only three paramedics went into the bomb site and the badly injured were still being carried out on makeshift stretchers an hour after […]
Legal
DOJ asks Supreme Court to revive Boston Marathon bomber death sentence
(Hill) The Biden administration on Monday urged the Supreme Court to reinstate the death penalty against the Boston Marathon bomber in an apparent break with the president’s stated opposition to capital punishment. In a 48-page brief, the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the […]
Government & Politics
House Republicans introduce resolution to censure the ‘squad’
(Hill) A trio of House Republicans on Monday introduced a resolution to censure and condemn Democratic Reps. Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) for what they call “defending terrorist organizations and inciting anti-Semitic attacks across […]
Arts & Entertainment
New-look jihadi bride Shamima Begum says she was a ‘dumb kid’ when she fled to Syria aged 15 (LINK ONLY)
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Health & Medicine
Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Very little need for strategy’ after bomb
(BBC) An ambulance commander “provided no leadership” for two hours after the Manchester Arena bomb because there was “very little” need for strategic thinking, the attack inquiry has heard. North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) deputy director Neil Barnes told a hearing he […]
Government & Politics
Omar retweets video by anti-Israel group investigated by FBI for possible terrorism ties While ISM says it's 'non-violent,' its founders have endorsed Palestinians' right to 'armed struggle' in the past
(Fox) “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., retweeted a video produced by an anti-Israel organization previously investigated by the FBI for possible terrorist ties. On Tuesday, one day after she posted a now-infamous tweet likening the U.S. and Israel to terror groups […]
Legal
Radical Muslims on trial for building bombs in Paris suburbs
(Breitbart) Two men, both radical Muslims who sympathize with the Islamic State terrorist group, are on trial this week in a Paris court after being arrested for building explosives in 2017. The two men, 39-year-old Ali M.R. and 41-year-old Frédéric L., are accused […]
Legal
Manchester terror bombing victims set to launch multi-million-pound lawsuits (LINK ONLY)
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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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LGBT
Victims of Pulse nightclub massacre remembered 5 years later
(AP) The 49 people killed in a mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Florida were honored in Orlando and around the world on Saturday, the fifth anniversary of the attack. Speakers at an evening remembrance ceremony on the grounds of former […]
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
Hamas releases statement denouncing Rep. Ilhan Omar for equating them with ‘crimes’ of America, Israel
(Daily Caller) Hamas issued a statement on Friday denouncing Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar for her equation of them and the Taliban to Israel and the United States. Issued by Dr. Basem Naeem of Hamas’ international relations office, the U.S.-designated terrorist organization said […]
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 […]
Health & Medicine
Mentally ill Canadian convicted in terror probe lands in U.S. supermaximum security prison Calls grow louder for transfer of Abdulraham El Bahnasawy to a Canadian prison
(CBC) A Canadian family and U.S. experts alike say a mentally ill man from Mississauga, Ont., who was convicted for his role in an online terror plot while a teenager shouldn’t be in a supermaximum security prison in Colorado. Instead, they say he should […]
Government & Politics
Rashida Tlaib says she doesn’t have freedom of speech in tweet to her 1.4 million followers
(Daily Caller) Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib claimed that Muslim women in Congress don’t have freedom of speech in a Thursday tweet to her 1.4 million followers on Twitter. Tlaib’s comments came in response to House Democrats condemning Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan […]
Government & Politics
Omar: I wasn’t equating terrorist organizations with democratic countries
(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Thursday sought to clarify controversial remarks she made earlier this week during a House hearing, saying she was not equating the U.S. and Israel with terrorist organizations. “On Monday, I asked Secretary of State Antony Blinken […]
Legal
MI man admits to trying to help his cousin join ISIS
(WOOD) A Michigan man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy after he was accused of helping his cousin try to leave the country to join the Islamic State group. Mohamed Haji, from Lansing, pleaded guilty to conspiring to provide material support to a […]
News: Europe
Parole Board to decide whether to release terror boss (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
12 Jewish Democrats say grouping of Israel and the US with Hamas and the Taliban gives terrorists cover, call on Ilhan Omar to clarify
(JTA) Twelve of the 25 Jewish Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives said the grouping of the United States and Israel with the Taliban and Hamas in remarks about pursuing war crimes prosecutions gives “cover to terrorist groups” and called on […]
Law Enforcement
Just 12 out of 20 gunshots fired by police hit Usman Khan, inquest hears (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Jewish Democratic lawmakers consider condemning Ilhan Omar for likening Hamas to Israel and US
(JTA) Jewish Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives met Wednesday to discuss antisemitism. The 25 members of the unofficial caucus ended up fulminating about a fellow Democrat, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, for appearing to liken Hamas and the Taliban to Israel […]
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 […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Federal targeting of Muslim charities amounts to prejudice: civil liberties coalition
(Canadian Press) A national civil liberties coalition says a secretive division of the Canada Revenue Agency is unfairly targeting Muslim charities for audits based on flimsy reasoning, amounting to discrimination. A newly released report by the International Civil Liberties Monitoring Group says […]
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. […]
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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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 […]
Law Enforcement
Police firearms officer ‘feared terrorist’s suicide bomb would collapse London Bridge,’ inquest hears (LINK ONLY)
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Government & Politics
Ilhan Omar says America, like Hamas and the Taliban, has committed ‘unthinkable atrocities’ Rep. Omar says the U.S. and Hamas have committed 'unthinkable atrocities'
(Fox) Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., on Monday appeared to place America in the same category as the Taliban and Hamas, saying the U.S., Israel and the terrorist groups have all committed “unthinkable atrocities.” Omar, a member of the progressive “Squad,” posted a […]
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 […]