News: Europe
Two terror fanatics released & three more set to follow in just weeks (LINK ONLY)
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Terrorism
Government & Politics
124 ‘high-risk’ Islamists at large in Germany: report More than 120 Islamists in Germany pose a 'high risk,' according to the country's investigative police agency. A deadly attack in Dresden last month forced authorities to increase surveillance of dangerous Islamists.
(Deutsche Welle) In response to a parliamentary question by the Green Party, Germany’s BKA Federal Criminal Police Office revealed there are currently 124 “high risk” Islamists at large in the country. The agency also listed 151 people as posing a “moderate risk.” The BKA’s […]
Legal
American passenger recalls trying to kill train attacker
(AP) One of three Americans acclaimed as heroes for tackling an alleged Islamic State gunman aboard a Paris-bound train testified Friday that he tried to kill the man who stormed into their passenger car with an arsenal of weapons. Alek Skarlatos, 28, […]
Deradicalization
Isis supporter who said ‘attack’ video was just dog command jailed for encouraging terrorism (LINK ONLY)
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News: Europe
Shamima Begum was paid benefits by ISIS and got twice as much as other jihadis, her fanatic husband boasts (LINK ONLY)
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Citizenship
Shamima Begum’s ISIS fighter husband tells her to ‘build a future for us’ amid her UK Supreme Court case (LINK ONLY)
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Immigration
Alleged IS executioner arrested at Greek refugee camp
(AP) A 27-year-old Syrian man accused of taking part in executions carried out by the Islamic State group was arrested Thursday at a refugee camp in Greece’s capital. Authorities said the suspect was arrested at the camp in Athens early in the […]
Legal
At Thalys attack trial, passengers recount stopping gunman with bare hands
(Reuters) Two French citizens described to a court in Paris on Thursday how they used their bare hands to disarm and immobilise an Islamist gunman in an attack on a high-speed train in France in 2015. The testimony was given in the […]
Legal
Pa. husband and wife plead guilty to helping relatives who joined ISIS
(Philadelphia Inquirer) A Pennsylvania husband and wife originally from Bangladesh pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Philadelphia to providing support to family members who joined ISIS, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Shahidul Gaffar, 40, a naturalized U.S. citizen, and his wife, […]
Arts & Entertainment
French court rules against Clint Eastwood testifying in train attack trial
(Reuters) A French court has ruled that Clint Eastwood cannot testify during the trial of a suspected Islamist gunman, whose attack on a high-speed train was thwarted by three Americans, who later played themselves in a movie by the U.S. actor and […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Attack on crowds leaving ‘not on our radar’
(BBC) A police counter-terrorism security adviser said prior to the Manchester bombing the risk of an attack on crowds leaving an event was not considered. Liz Forster, Greater Manchester Police’s principal adviser, told the public inquiry into the arena attack: “It’s changed […]
Law Enforcement
Manchester Arena inquiry: Police’s emergency plan ‘was out of date’
(BBC) The police emergency plan for Manchester Arena was nearly a year out of date when the venue was bombed, an officer has told the attack inquiry. Emergency planner PC Katrina Hughes said she had struggled to keep plans up to date […]
Law Enforcement
The young Spanish woman who went from ‘fallera’ to jihadist Cristina B., whose social media pictures show her at Valencia’s Las Fallas festival or at sports competitions, was arrested last week for belonging to a terrorist organization
(El País) Up until January 2017, Cristina B. was like any other young woman in Cullera, a small town in the Spanish region of Valencia. On social media, the 24-year-old was seen dressed as a fallera, wearing an elaborate traditional dress used […]
Legal
Canadian accused of fabricating past as ISIS executioner ‘Abu Huzayfah’ appears in court
(Global News) A Canadian accused by the RCMP of falsely claiming he had been an ISIS executioner in Syria appeared in Ontario court on Monday to face a terrorism hoax charge. It was the first court appearance for Shehroze Chaudhry since his […]
Legal
Dutch court upholds terror conviction in station attack
(AP) An Amsterdam appeals court upheld Monday the terror conviction of an Afghan asylum-seeker who stabbed two American tourists, seriously injuring them, at Amsterdam’s main railway station in 2018. The court said in a statement that judges slightly reduced the sentence of […]
Legal
Trial starts over foiled Paris train attack that inspired movie
(AFP) A Moroccan man and three alleged accomplices went on trial in France Monday for an attempted terror attack on an Amsterdam-Paris train five years ago that was foiled by passengers whose heroic actions were turned into a Hollywood film. Hollywood legend […]
Law Enforcement
Police let public down on night of Manchester Arena bomb, chief says (LINK ONLY)
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Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Macron criticizes media over coverage of Islamic extremism
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron has called the New York Times media correspondent to criticize English-language coverage of France’s stance on Islamic extremism after recent attacks, arguing it amounts to “legitimizing” violence. “When France was attacked five years ago, every nation in […]
Law Enforcement
Woman who planned on joining terrorists in Syria arrested in Spain She preached the most violent forms of terrorist ideology, showing her support for the recent beheading of a French teacher who showed cartoons of Prophet Muhammad
(Olive Press) A young woman who was planning to join jihadist terrorists in Syria has been arrested in Spain. Police say the woman — born and raised in Europe — had been rapidly radicalised and now wanted to join the so-called Islamic […]
Arts & Entertainment
Trial to begin over foiled Paris train attack that inspired movie
(AFP) A Moroccan man goes on trial in France on Monday accused of an attempted terror attack on an Amsterdam-Paris train five years ago which was foiled by passengers whose heroic actions were turned into a Hollywood film. Director Clint Eastwood, 90, […]
Government & Politics
Attacks spur EU to tighten borders, boost policy agency
(AP) European Union interior ministers pledged Friday to beef up border security, boost the powers of the bloc’s police agency and crack down on hate speech and online propaganda in response to a wave of extremist attacks, most recently in Austria and […]
Christians
Attacker in Nice had picture of teacher’s killer: prosecutors
(AFP) The Tunisian migrant who killed three people at a French church last month had a picture on his phone of the man who beheaded a teacher two weeks earlier, anti-terror prosecutors said Friday. In addition to the photograph of 18-year-old Abdullakh Anzorov […]
News: Europe
Five years after Paris attacks, France still scarred and back on alert
(Reuters) Five years after Islamist killers struck in postwar France’s deadliest attack, its prime minister on Friday paid tribute to the victims, with the country again on high alert following a new wave of ideologically driven violence. The Nov. 13, 2015, rampage […]
Law Enforcement
Austria investigating 21 possible accomplices of Vienna attacker
(Reuters) Austria is investigating 21 people as possible accomplices of the jihadist who went on a deadly shooting rampage in Vienna last week, but much remains unknown, including how he got to the area of the attack, officials said on Friday. The […]
Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: Covid delays new terror law plan
(BBC) Plans to introduce a new law to improve safety and security at public venues and spaces has been delayed due to Covid-19, an inquiry has heard. The proposed legislation was drawn up following terrorist attacks in 2017 including the Manchester Arena […]
Legal
German woman charged over crimes against humanity in Syria
(AFP) German federal prosecutors on Wednesday said they had charged a German woman with crimes against humanity allegedly committed while she was living in Syria as a member of the Islamic State jihadist group. The suspect, identified only as Nurten J. and […]
Children & Teens
Sydney man jailed after buying knives for ‘imminent’ terrorist attack
(Sydney Morning Herald) A young man who bought knives from a western Sydney gun shop in preparation for an imminent terrorist attack has been jailed for at least 12 years after a judge described him as a committed terrorist. The man continually […]
Government & Politics
Austria proposes indefinite detention for those posing terrorist threat
(Reuters) Austria plans to make it possible for courts to imprison those convicted of terrorism-related offences for as long as they are deemed a threat, the government said on Wednesday. The move follows a shooting rampage in Vienna last week in which […]
News: North America
Man convicted of trying to join ISIS granted overnight privileges to visit ski resort with girlfriend
(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 […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Concerns’ over terror risk assessments
(BBC) The head of security at Manchester Arena on the night of a terror attack there had raised concerns four months earlier that risk assessments for the venue were not “extensive enough,” an inquiry heard. Tom Rigby, who works for Showsec, also […]
News: Europe
France on edge five years after Paris attacks
(AFP) Five years after a squad of jihadist killers carried out France’s deadliest peacetime atrocity, the country is again on its highest security alert following a spate of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. The night of carnage on November 13, 2015, saw […]
Health & Medicine
Reading park attack: Khairi Saadallah pleads guilty to three murders (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Eight to stand trial over 2016 terror attack in Nice
(AFP) Seven men and a woman will stand trial in France for alleged links to the perpetrator of the 2016 attack in Nice that killed 86 people when he rammed a truck into Bastille Day revellers. The three main suspects, Mohamed Ghraieb, […]
Legal
Final St. Louis defendant in terror funding case gets 4 years in prison
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch) A St. Louis County woman was sentenced Tuesday to four years in federal prison for helping supply money and equipment to a man who fought and died in Syria for the Islamic State. Sedina Hodzic also will be deported […]
Government & Politics
EU to tighten rules on online extremism after latest attacks
(Reuters) The EU plans to tighten its rules to combat online extremism, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday, ahead of a meeting this week between ministers under pressure to beef up security following deadly attacks in France and […]
Government & Politics
Macron stirs controversy with defence of French secularism
(AFP) President Emmanuel Macron has stirred controversy even beyond the Muslim world with a staunch defence of the French model for secularism and integration of minorities in the wake of a string of attacks blamed on Islamist radicals. The approach of Macron […]
News: Europe
Manchester Arena inquiry: Bomber’s hiding spot ‘not patrolled’
(BBC) Staff were not expected to check an area at Manchester Arena where Salman Abedi hid for nearly an hour before the venue bombing, a security boss said. Venue operator SMG and security provider Showsec had opposing views on whose responsibility it […]
Government & Politics
France, Germany push for tighter EU borders after attacks
(Reuters) France and Germany pushed on Tuesday to tighten European Union borders to head off what French President Emmanuel Macron called the “threat of terrorism” after suspected Islamist militants killed eight people in Paris, Nice and Vienna within a month. The attacks […]
Legal
Trio on trial for aiding 2017 Barcelona attackers
(AFP) Three men went on trial Tuesday for helping the jihadists behind the 2017 attacks in Barcelona and a nearby town that killed 16 people and left 140 wounded. The Islamic State group took responsibility for the August 17-18 bloodshed, including a […]
Legal
Judge imposes 78-month sentence on Indiana woman who helped ISIS
(Times of Northwest Indiana) A federal judge imprisoned an Indiana woman who helped fund a Middle East terrorist organization and put her husband on the front line of war-torn Syria. U.S. District Court Judge Philip Simon imposed a 78-month sentence on Samantha […]
Government & Politics
Greece and France boost terror intelligence sharing
(Kathimerini) Prompted by the recent attacks in Paris and Nice, Greece and France have agreed to boost intelligence sharing on known or suspected terrorists, Kathimerini understands. According to sources, the two sides will build a task force to monitor suspected extremists from […]
Government & Politics
CAIR wants Biden to dump Trump’s travel bans, Obama-era visa curbs, and Bush-era terror database
(CNS) As the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) looks towards a Biden presidency, its wish list includes the scrapping not only of President Trump’s travel bans, but also of legislation, signed into law by President Obama in 2015, which created the basis […]
Law Enforcement
Austria police raid dozens of ‘Islamist-linked’ targets
(AFP) Austrian police on Monday raided more than 60 addresses allegedly linked to radical Islamists and seized millions of euros in cash, with orders for 30 suspects to be questioned. The operation came a week after a convicted Islamic State group supporter […]
Academics & Education
EU’s Michel wants school for imams to combat terrorism and radicalization European Council president says Europe must fight extremist ideologies.
(Politico) European Council President Charles Michel on Monday called for the creation of a European institute to train imams as a way to curb hate speech and prevent terrorism. Speaking in Vienna, where he paid tribute to the victims of last week’s […]
Government & Politics
Manchester Arena inquiry: ‘Stakes too high’ to delay ‘Martyn’s Law’
(BBC) The mother of a Manchester Arena bomb victim has urged the government to move forward with its promised consultation on “Martyn’s Law.” Figen Murray, whose son Martyn Hett died in the attack, wants to bring in legislation to step up security […]
Children & Teens
Boy in beheading plot among 100 terrorists up for release (LINK ONLY)
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Clerics & Preachers
French moderate imam requests extra police protection amid death threats over support for Macron (LINK ONLY)
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Legal
Two men arrested in Switzerland visited Vienna attacker in July: paper
(Reuters) The two men arrested in the Swiss town of Winterthur near Zurich last week over possible links to a jihadist shooting attack in Vienna on Nov. 2 visited the attacker in July and he may have visited the Zurich region, Swiss […]
Legal
Attorney general takes charge of investigation into Swiss ties to Vienna attack
(Swiss Info) Next week the federal prosecutor’s office will assume responsibility for criminal proceedings of two men arrested in Switzerland over alleged ties to the Vienna terrorist attacker. The transfer of the case from Canton Zurich to the federal level was confirmed […]
Discrimination & “Islamophobia”
Austria’s Muslims wary of backlash after attack
(AFP) When Osama Abu El Hosna found himself under a hail of bullets during the shooting rampage in Vienna, he heroically risked his life to save a policeman at the scene. But while Hosna has been lauded for his courage, other Muslims […]