Source: Euronews

Law Enforcement

French and Spanish police hold anti-terror drills ahead of Paris Olympics The exercise began in Bayonne, France, where the practice scenario involved assailants staging an attack before fleeing to San Sebastián, Spain, where they took hostages.

June 12, 2024   

(Euronews) The national police of Spain and France conducted a simulated terrorist attack exercise ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. The surprise exercise, called Operation Optimus, aimed to enhance response capabilities. It was overseen in Spain by the General Information […]

Crime

Four people injured in knife attack in Lyon metro The attack took place early Sunday afternoon, according to the Rhône prefecture. Passengers had earlier reported the erratic behaviour of an individual wielding a knife.

May 26, 2024   

(Euronews) A 27-year-old Moroccan man was arrested and taken into police custody following a knife attack that injured four people in the Lyon metro on Sunday afternoon. “An individual armed with a knife injured four people in the Lyon metro between the […]

News: Europe

Is the Islamic State still a threat to Europe? Fears of potential terrorist attacks in Europe were rife during the holiday period. But are these worries well founded?

January 9, 2024   

(Euronews) After years spent in the shadows, the Islamic State (IS) terror group is back in the spotlight. European countries heightened security over the Christmas period, amid fears of terror attacks and violence linked to Israel’s war in Gaza. Last week, IS claimed responsibility […]

Internet

Lone wolf terrorists in Europe are not so lonely anymore — who is radicalising and recruiting them? Europol warns that lone actors will carry out the majority of terrorist attacks in the EU — with Islamist terrorism the biggest threat in Western Europe.

October 26, 2023   

(Euronews) Just a week ago, Abdesalem Lassoued plunged the city of Brussels into chaos. Not even his wife or his closest friends knew that the Tunisian, who was in Belgium illegally, was about to commit an act of terrorism. After he shot […]

Legal

Brussels shooting: Man arrested on suspicion of supplying gun to assailant in deadly attack The man arrested on Wednesday was suspected of being involved in supplying the automatic rifle used by the attacker, Abdesalem Lassoued.

October 26, 2023   

(Euronews) A 44-year-old Tunisian man suspected of complicity with the perpetrator of the attack in Brussels on 16 October was charged with “murder in a terrorist context” and imprisoned on Thursday, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office announced. The man arrested on Wednesday […]

Demonstrations

Iraqi refugees set fire to Quran outside Swedish Parliament in Stockholm Both Momika and Najem have repeatedly stated that they want the Quran banned completely in the Nordic nation, which has broad free speech laws.

July 31, 2023   

(Euronews) Two men set fire to a copy of the Quran on Monday in front of the Swedish Parliament in Stockholm, in a rally similar to previous events that provoked a diplomatic crisis between Sweden and the Muslim world. Smiling wryly, Salwan […]