(National-UAE) Britain has prosecuted just ten per cent of foreign terrorist fighters who have returned from Iraq and Syria, highlighting the difficulty of securing battlefield evidence of crimes, a UK terrorism watchdog said. The UK government estimates that a fifth of the […]
(AP) A Pakistani doctor and former Mayo Clinic research coordinator was arrested Thursday in Minnesota on a terrorism charge, after prosecutors say he told paid FBI informants that he had pledged his allegiance to the Islamic State group and wanted to carry […]
(BBC) When Hashem Abedi was found guilty of planning the Manchester Arena bombing with his brother Salman, he became the latest home-grown terrorist to be convicted in a UK court. But he was also the product of a small area dubbed a […]
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(AFP) French judges have ordered 20 people to stand trial over the coordinated attacks that killed 130 people in Paris in November 2015, including Salah Abdeslam, the only suspected assailant still alive, prosecutors said Monday. The move comes after investigators wrapped up […]
(AFP) A German-Tunisian woman who married a German rapper turned Islamic State fighter and who kept a child slave in Syria has been charged with crimes against humanity, federal prosecutors said Monday. The woman, named as Omaima A, is widely known for […]
(Global News) Every morning, Hang-Kam Annie Chiu left her basement suite in Scarborough and walked to the local Tim Hortons, where she ordered a large coffee with two creams. She would sit by the window with a group of seniors who met […]
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(Jerusalem Post) Prosecutors in the Austrian state of Carinthia have started a trial against an alleged Hezbollah commander who spent 13 years in the central European country while reportedly being involved in financing terrorism. The trial has triggered outrage, according to the […]
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(Swiss Info) Switzerland’s Supreme Court has overturned the acquittal of two Islamic Central Council of Switzerland (ICCS) leaders accused of terrorist propaganda. Islamic council president Nicolas Blancho and its spokesman [Qaasim] Illi were accused of broadcasting propaganda videos in support of the […]
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(Radio France) French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to victims and survivors of terrorism, as well as their families, in a sombre speech at [the] Trocadero in central Paris. King [Felipe] VI of Spain joined Macron at the ceremony during which […]
(Anadolu) A German and North Macedonian terrorist were deported to their countries, the Turkish Interior Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry said, without naming a terrorist group, that Turkey would continue returning foreign terrorists to their home countries. The issue of handling Daesh/ISIS […]
(AP) A Lebanese national charged with conspiring to export drone parts and technology from the U.S. to Iranian-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate U.S. export laws. Issam Hamade pleaded guilty Monday in federal […]
(BBC) The Prison Officers’ Association has called for a “fundamental review” of the UK’s de-radicalisation programmes. Dave Merritt, father of London Bridge attack victim Jack Merritt, told BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 that “something was going wrong” with the current system. […]
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(BBC) The DNA of a man accused of plotting the Manchester Arena attack was found on items in a car used for storage ahead of the blast, a court heard. Three drums, used to store packs of nails, were found in the […]
(Anadolu) Turkey on Saturday deported two foreign terrorists to their home country of Germany, the Interior Ministry said. Turkey continues to deport foreign terrorists, said a ministry statement. The issue of the handling of Daesh/ISIS terrorists and their families detained in Syria […]
(NL Times) The fourth and last day of the [trial] against Gokmen T., suspected of killing four people in a mass shooting on a tram in Utrecht last year, had a tumultuous start. For the third time, T. was removed from the […]
(Deutsche Welle) A court in the western city of Düsseldorf … was scheduled Friday to hear a set of charges filed by federal prosecutors against a 32-year-old mother, accused of joining the Islamic State (“IS”) terrorist group. The woman, originally from Oberhausen […]
(NL Times) Aziz A., a suspected jihadist who played a leading role in terrorist movement Jubhat al-Nusra according to the authorities, has also been linked to 19 murders in Syria in 2012, the public prosecutor revealed in a proforma hearing against the […]
(Jerusalem Post) Israeli Ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff has stepped up his push for the German government to ban activities of the Lebanese Hezbollah terrorist organization in the federal republic. “The decision of the Bundestag, which calls for the prohibition of Hezbollah […]
(BBC) Hashem Abedi’s fingerprints were on packs of nails in a car allegedly used to store a bomb-making kit linked to the Manchester blast, a court has heard. The 22-year-old is accused of helping his brother Salman plan the Arena attack in […]
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(NL Times) Prosecutors in the Netherlands demanded a rare life sentence in prison against Gokmen T., the man on trial for killing four people in a mass shooting on a tram in Utrecht on March 18, 2019. The 38-year-old man is facing four counts […]
(BBC) Two inmates accused of donning fake suicide vests and attacking a prison officer have appeared in court. HMP Whitemoor prisoners Brusthom Ziamani, 24, and Baz Macaulay Hockton, 26, are accused of attempted murder and assault. An officer at the high-security jail […]
(Algemeiner) An Arabic-language Canadian newspaper published an article by a Hamas official that glorified terrorists and accused Israel of stealing the organs of Palestinian prisoners, prompting a police complaint. According to B’nai Brith Canada, on Feb. 28 the paper al-Meshwar, whose publisher […]
(BBC) The fingerprints of Hashem Abedi were discovered on a tin can that has been linked to the Manchester Arena bomb, a court has heard. The discovery was made after police found various crushed-up metal tins in the garden of the Abedi […]
(AP) A federal judge has ruled there is ample evidence that a man accused of planning an attack inspired by the Islamic State group at a shopping and entertainment complex near Washington, D.C., isn’t mentally competent to stand trial. U.S. District Judge […]
(AP) A linguist working for the U.S. military who kept a list of secret informants hidden under her mattress was charged with sharing the names with a romantic interest linked to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the Justice Department said Wednesday. Mariam […]
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(AP) A witness in the investigation of a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in suburban Dallas was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1/2 years in prison for making a false statement to FBI agents and tampering with a witness. Authorities […]
(NL Times) Gokmen T., the 38-year-old man on trial for killing four people in a mass shooting on an Utrecht tram on 18 March 2019, was again removed from court on Tuesday. This time he made a snide comment to one of […]
(AP) The mother of a terrorist who killed 14 people in a 2015 attack on a Christmas party in California has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence by shredding a map her son may have used to plan the massacre, prosecutors […]
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(Dutch News) The man accused of carrying out a terrorist attack on a commuter tram in Utrecht was removed from the courtroom on the first day of his trial for spitting at a defence lawyer. Gökmen Tanis refused to answer questions and […]
(NL Times) Suspect Gökmen T. wrote references to Islam, Sharia and Allah on the firearm used to commit a mass shooting in Utrecht in March last year, “reliable sources” told RTL Nieuws. Soon after the shooting on 24 Oktoberplein on March 18th, […]
(Dutch News) The man who shot dead four passengers on a tram in Utrecht a year ago is going on trial this week accused of carrying out a terrorist attack. Gökmen Tanis, 38, faces four charges of murder or manslaughter of a […]
(BBC) An internet video showing how to make a homemade bomb with the same explosives used in the Manchester Arena bombing has been shown to a jury. The 13-minute film shows a man wearing a balaclava with a gun holster on his […]
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(AP) A Czech court on Friday convicted a former Prague Muslim leader of being part of a terror group and financing terrorism, sentencing him to 10 years in prison. Prosecutors said imam Samer Shehadeh helped his brother Omar and later his brother’s […]
(BBC) A mock-up of the suicide bomb used by Salman Abedi in the Manchester Arena attack has been shown to jurors. Abedi used a detonator which was inserted into a paint tin containing the highly-explosive homemade substance TATP, the court heard. Hashem […]
(Hill) Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg (D) on Thursday defended surveillance of U.S. Muslims conducted by authorities after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, calling it a necessary response. In an interview with PBS Newshour‘s Judy Woodruff, the 2020 presidential candidate explained […]
(Global News) At Suliman Mohamed’s 2016 sentencing for trying to join ISIS, the Ottawa judge presiding over his case did not hold back, scolding those aligned with the terrorist group for “embracing the devil.” Mohamed got seven years. But three years later, […]
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