Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & domestic extremist threats & trends’
17-year-old detained in Poland over alleged plans for terrorist attack
Authorities in Poland have detained a 17-year-old accused of preparing an attack on a school and a mosque. A court has ordered that the teenager, named as Paweł G, be held in pre-trial detention for three months. The case is part of an ongoing investigation by Poland’s Internal Security Agency (ABW) looking into individuals active…
Read MoreFrench police officer arrested over suspected far-right terror plot
A policeman who follows “a violent radical far-right ideology” has been arrested in France on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack, sources told AFP late on Thursday. Confirming a report by the TF1/LCI broadcaster, a judicial source said that the man was also suspected of having manufactured weapons, among other crimes. A separate source close…
Read MoreEnglish far-right extremist who discussed killing Jews, Muslims and migrants is jailed
A rightwing extremist who discussed poisoning Jews and Muslims and called for the killing of migrants and minority communities has been jailed. Ivan Jennings, 46, called for the murder of hundreds of people he labelled “subhumans”, saying it was “justified and actually needed”, in extreme far-right groups over a period of three months in 2024.…
Read MoreFBI believed Pennsylvania man was planning attack in support of ISIS
A Pittsburgh-area man is facing a terrorism-related charge after the FBI believed he was planning an attack in support of ISIS. According to the criminal complaint, Jonathan Kramer of Valencia was arrested outside a hotel in Cranberry where he allegedly paid cash to stay for a week. After a search of Kramer’s hotel room and…
Read MoreOntario man found guilty of participating in terrorist group activities
An Ontario man was found guilty of participating in the activities of a terrorist group by an Ontario Superior Court judge Wednesday. Kristoffer Nippak, 33, was arrested and charged in December 2023 with knowingly participating in or contributing to an activity of a terrorist group following an 18-month investigation by the RCMP in central Quebec,…
Read MoreTwo New Jersey Men and a Washington Man Plead Guilty to Terrorism-Related Offenses for Supporting ISIS
Two men from Montclair, New Jersey and a man from Kent, Washington admitted to charges related to supporting the Islamic State of Iraq and al Sham (“ISIS”), U.S. Attorney Robert Frazer announced. Tomas-Kaan Jimenez-Guzel, 19, and Milo Sedarat, 21, both of Montclair, New Jersey, pleaded guilty on July 27, 2026 and July 28, 2026, respectively,…
Read MoreSpanish teen behind massacre threats and leader of 764 network arrested
A joint operation involving the Guardia Civil, the autonomous police forces of the Basque Country and Catalonia (Ertzaintza and Mossos d’Esquadra) has led to the arrest in Guipúzcoa, a region near the northern border with France, of a 17-year-old Spanish national. The three police forces consider him to be the main figure in Spain for…
Read MoreODU releases independent report on March 12 shooting that killed ROTC instructor, injured multiple students
Old Dominion University on Tuesday released an independent report examining the March 12, 2026, campus shooting that killed an ROTC instructor and wounded multiple students, concluding the attack was a targeted act of terrorism that would have been “difficult if not impossible to prevent.” The report, prepared by the law firm Cooley LLP, follows a…
Read MoreISIS supporter admits to disseminating terrorist propaganda via social media
A 30-year-old Houston resident has pleaded guilty to concealing material support to a foreign terrorist organization and making false statements. Anas Said is a pledged supporter of Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) and used various social media accounts to post, share, or disseminate ISIS propaganda. He also discussed ISIS propaganda using Telegram, where…
Read MoreThree self-radicalised Singapore teens detained, including 14-year-old who plotted school stabbing
Three Singaporean teenagers aged between 14 and 19, who were self-radicalised by violent extremist ideologies and planned to carry out separate attacks here, have been detained under the Internal Security Act (ISA). The cases are unrelated. One of them was a 14-year-old student who was arrested in May, a month before his intended attack on…
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