Posts Tagged ‘recruitment & radicalization’
18-year-old jailed for terrorism offences after he was found with bomb making instructions
An 18-year-old has been jailed after he was found in posession of viable bomb making instructions. Mohammed Afzal, of Preston, posted extremist material that was deemed to ‘encourage terrorism’ on a number of social media accounts. He also collected terrorist information, including directions on how ro make a bomb. He was arrested on suspicion of…
Read MoreCardiff [Wales] man, 22, charged with terrorism offences
A man from Cardiff has been charged with multiple terrorism offences. The 22-year-old was arrested on Monday by Counter Terrorism Policing (CTP) West Midlands in a pre-planned operation with CTP Wales. He was charged with four offences of possessing documents of use to a terrorist and six concerning the distribution of a terrorist publication. He…
Read MorePenn State Abington student indicted for lying about ties to ISIS terrorists
Federal authorities have charged a sophomore at Pennsylvania State University’s Abington campus with lying about his contacts with ISIS sympathizers and assistance he gave to the plotters of an averted terrorist attack in Chicago last year. Kamal Fataliev, 19, of Philadelphia, posted more than 200 bomb, poison, and weapons-making manuals to multiple terrorism-related chat groups…
Read MoreRadical UK Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary charged with three terrorist offences
British radical Islamist preacher Anjem Choudary has been charged with three terrorism offences after being arrested in London last week, police said on Monday. Choudary, 56, has been charged with membership of a proscribed organisation, directing a terrorist organisation and addressing meetings to encourage support for a proscribed organisation, police said. He will appear in…
Read MoreAccused teen had been in contact with hate preacher charged with terrorism
A Castle Rock 18-year-old charged with supporting a terrorist organization had been in contact with a known Muslim extremist, who himself was just arrested for suspicion of a terrorism offense. That detail was released at a Thursday bond hearing for Davin Daniel Meyer, who has been charged with attempting to provide material support to a…
Read MoreSuit against social media companies says racist Buffalo Tops gunman was radicalized online
The white gunman who slaughtered 10 Black people in a racist attack at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, New York, last year was radicalized on the internet, attorneys representing the victims’ families said Wednesday in announcing a far-reaching wrongful death lawsuit against social media companies, weapon manufacturers and gun retailers. “These social media companies,…
Read MoreColorado Man Arrested on Terrorism Charges at Denver International Airport
The Department of Justice has announced that a man was arrested as he attempted to board an international flight at Denver International Airport on July 14. Davin Daniel Meyer, 18, of Castle Rock is charged with attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and made his initial appearance in federal court…
Read MoreCanada – Individual associated with Atomwaffen Division charged with terrorism and hate propaganda
The RCMP arrested two individuals, one in Ottawa and another in Kingsey Falls, following an investigation led by the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET). In April 2020, INSET received information on individuals allegedly involved in the activities of the terrorist group Atomwaffen Division, linked to neo-Nazi ideology. At this stage of the investigation, Patrick…
Read MoreBrighton teenager charged with terrorism offences
A man from Brighton has been charged with 11 terrorism-related offences. Mason Reynolds, 18, of Moulsecoomb Way, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, and will next appear at the Old Bailey on 21 July. The charges against him are linked to an “extreme right-wing ideology”, counter-terrorism police say. Among the charges are five counts…
Read MoreMichigan Man Sentenced to Prison for Providing Material Support To A Terrorist Organization
A Dearborn resident was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison after having been convicted at trial earlier this year on charges of providing and conspiring to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, and attending an ISIS training camp. The sentence was announced…
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