Posts Tagged ‘recruitment & radicalization’
Violent extremists are using antisemitism to recruit in Canada: CSIS report
Ideologically motivated violent extremist groups are using antisemitism in a bid to recruit followers and inspire violence, according to a report from Canada’s spy agency. The report dated May 2024, released under the access to information law by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), said the extremist groups are also tapping into current events, such…
Read MoreAustrian knife attack suspect was radicalised on TikTok, officials say
The 23-year-old Syrian refugee believed to have killed a teenager and injured five other people in a weekend stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach became radicalised quickly by using TikTok, officials said on Monday. The suspect, identified as Ahmad G., had the flag of the Islamic State militant group in his apartment but…
Read MoreDurham Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiring to Provide Support to Terrorists
A Durham man pled guilty in court today to conspiring to provide and attempting to provide material support to ISIS, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Alexander Justin White, age 29, was arrested on Wednesday, December 4, 2024, as he was preparing to board an international flight. White attempted to travel overseas intent on joining ISIS.…
Read MoreFBI investigates Wando student’s reported online ties to ISIS sympathizers
A Wando High School student was questioned on Jan. 8 after FBI agents said approximately two years worth of ISIS propaganda research and communication was discovered, according to a police report. The incident report states that FBI agents came to the school to meet with SRO’s after the student was reported looking at the terrorist…
Read MoreArgentina announces Río Negro arrest of ‘terrorist linked to Islamic State’
Security Minister Patricia Bullrich says authorities have detained a 24-year-old man allegedly linked to the Islamic state terrorist group in General Roca, Río Negro Province. Bullrich, who claimed that the accused intended to “recruit” Argentine youngsters to participate in terrorism, said at a press conference that David Nazareno Ávila had been detained by Coast Guard…
Read MoreTerrorist Designations of The Terrorgram Collective and Three Leaders
The United States remains deeply concerned about the racially or ethnically motivated violent extremist (REMVE) threat worldwide and committed to countering transnational components of violent white supremacism. Today, the Department of State is designating The Terrorgram Collective (Terrorgram) and three of its leaders as Specially Designated Global Terrorists pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, as…
Read MoreFrench Police Arrest Three Algerians For Making Alleged Violent Statements On Social Media
Police in France have arrested three Algerian men described by authorities as social media influencers accused of posting videos inciting violence, against a backdrop of soured relations between Paris and its former colony in North Africa. French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau announced the latest arrest Sunday evening — the third in as many days. A…
Read MoreUS Army Veteran Who Killed 15 In New Orleans Attack Was Inspired By The Islamic State Group
A U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill, the president said. The FBI said it was…
Read MoreGMU student linked to pro-ISIS accounts barred from campus after FBI uncovers attack plot
A freshman at George Mason University (GMU) has been banned from campus after allegations of operating pro-ISIS and al-Qaeda social media accounts, officials said Thursday. Court documents reveal that Abdullah Ezzeldin Taha Mohamed Hassan, 18, an Egyptian national living in Falls Church, Virginia, operated multiple accounts on X (formerly Twitter), Instagram and Telegram. These accounts…
Read MoreFive Eyes chiefs issue stark warning over online terror radicalisation of children
Five Eyes security chiefs have issued an unprecedented warning about terrorist radicalisation of children online. For the first time since its inception during the Second World War, the Five Eyes alliance of Britain, the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand has published a public-facing paper calling for a “whole society response” to the threat of…
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