Legal

Opening statements in trial of woman charged with financing terrorist groups in Syria through cryptocurrency The woman allegedly purchased Google Play gift cards for these groups.

(ABC) Opening statements are expected Tuesday in the trial of Victoria Jacobs, an Uzbekistan native who is charged with using cryptocurrency to fund Syrian-based terrorist groups and launder supporters’ contributions. It is the first-ever terrorism financing trial in the New York State […]

Internet

Calgary man who searched ‘killing of gay persons,’ posted ISIS propaganda to TikTok pleads to terror charge Zakarya Hussein posted videos, photos, messages and instructions on how to make explosive devices

(CBC) A Calgary man who purported to be a member of ISIS appeared to be planning to kill gay people participating in local pride events earlier this year, a judge heard during a guilty plea to a terrorism charge Friday. Zakarya Hussein, 20, admitted to […]

Legal

Court decrees Syrian men accused of terrorism offences have a case to answer, clearing way for trial Court clears way for the indictment of two Syrian nationals on terrorism-related offences, decreeing that there was a case to answer

(Malta Today) A court has cleared the way for the indictment of two Syrian nationals on terrorism-related offences, decreeing that there was a case to answer. Farhan Mohammed Sheikh, 29, and 23-year-old Abdullah Aliwi, both from Homs in Syria, are accused of […]

Children & Teens

Teens in France, Belgium arrested for plotting attack on Israel embassy 'And our target is the Jews. Killing only police officers is not effective,' the ringleader wrote in one discussion group.

(JNS) Three teenagers have been arrested in France and a fourth in Belgium for planning a terrorist attack against the Israeli embassy in Uccle, a municipality of Brussels. On Aug. 31, a French judge indicted for “criminal terrorist association” two high school […]

Interfaith

Graphic videos of Hamas attacks spread on X Beheadings, mass shootings and other images linked to the violence targeting Israel widely shared on Elon Musk’s social media network.

(Politico) Videos and images of mass shootings, kidnapped civilians and soldiers and other violence linked with Hamas’ attack on Israel are being widely shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, in violation of the company’s own rules against inciting violence. POLITICO’s review […]

Legal

Men facing terrorism charges possessed videos showing ‘macabre executions’ Videos and images extracted from the mobile phones of men charged with terrorism were of executions and beheadings

(Malta Today) Mobile phones belonging to men accused of terrorism-related charges contained over 100 videos containing flags of the terrorist group known as the Islamic State or Daesh, some showing macabre executions, a court has been told today. A police sergeant from […]

Law Enforcement

Daniel Greenfield of Caringbah faces sentencing after terrorism charges A man who plotted a terrorist attack against police after collecting info on how to make a bomb from an al-Qaeda magazine now has ‘no gripe with Australia,’ a court has heard.

(Daily Telegraph) A father charged with plotting a terrorist attack against police has renounced his “reckless” and “crazy” actions after he was busted with pro-Islamic State material on how to make a bomb so police stations could be targeted, a court has […]

Law Enforcement

German police swoop on ‘Islamic State’ finance network Police in Germany have carried out raids on the financing network of the so-called 'Islamic State' terror group, arresting several suspects.

(Deutsche Welle) Prosecutors in Karlsruhe on Wednesday said more than 1,000 federal and state police were involved in raids across several states on an alleged terrorist financing network. Seven suspects were arrested on suspicion of collecting donations and forwarding them to the so-called “Islamic […]

Books

Salman Rushdie makes surprise appearance at PEN America gala The novelist, who was stabbed and gravely wounded at a literary event last year, received an award from the freedom of expression organization.

(NY Times) Salman Rushdie walked onstage at PEN America’s annual gala on Thursday night, his first public appearance since he was stabbed and gravely wounded in an attack last August at a literary event in Western New York. His appearance at the […]

Law Enforcement

Montreal man arrested on suspicion he was planning to commit a terrorist act 18-year-old was arrested by RCMP after an FBI tip, on suspicion that he was planning a terrorist act and had discussed building explosives, police say.

(Toronto Star) An 18-year-old Montreal man was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion that he was planning to commit a terrorist act and had discussed building explosives. RCMP national security investigators in Quebec made the arrest after receiving information from the FBI. According […]

Internet

Former DePaul University student gets 7.5 years for trying to help Islamic State with computer program Thomas Osadzinski’s prosecution was believed to be the first of its kind when it began three years ago — a terrorism case brought against a U.S.-based defendant involving computer code.

(Chicago Sun-Times) An unusual terrorism case in Chicago came to a close Thursday when a federal judge handed a seven-and-a-half-year prison sentence to a former DePaul University student who tried to aid the Islamic State with a computer script. Before he was […]

Demonstrations

Revealed: The breadcrumb trail that identified the IS ‘Beatles’ Police followed a 'trail of very small breadcrumbs' to identify the British terrorists, but one piece of information a hostage felt was 'fairly unremarkable' turned out to be hugely significant.

(Sky News) Freed hostages were able to give British police key information identifying an IS kidnap gang nicknamed “The Beatles” which had held and tortured them, Scotland Yard has revealed. Officers have disclosed key breakthroughs that allowed them to identify the jihadis […]

Internet

Former DePaul University student guilty of trying to help Islamic State through computer program Defense attorneys said the case ran up against fundamental questions about free speech, insisting that Thomas Osadzinski 'had a right to watch those videos. He had a right to share those videos.'

(Chicago Sun-Times) A federal jury on Monday convicted a onetime student at DePaul University of attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State in the form of a computer script that helped disseminate the terrorist group’s propaganda. Jurors at the Dirksen […]

Legal

Terror plotter spoke of ‘recipes’ for bombs in veiled messages, court hears A man who admitted to planning a violent terrorist act used code words to talk about explosives in messages with fellow extremists.

(NCA NewsWire) A man who admitted to plotting a violent terror attack spoke of “recipes” and “cooking class” in veiled references to making bombs in messages with a fellow extremist. Sydney man Nowroz Amin was asked to explain his past words at […]