Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & domestic extremist threats & trends’
Two 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…
Read MoreEuropol shuts down thousands of websites linked to global nihilist network
Europol has taken down around 4,340 websites containing violent and extremist material linked to the online network known as ‘The Com’, in a joint operation involving several EU member states, including Belgium. The EU’s law enforcement agency said the operation aims to dismantle the propaganda network and reduce the reach of its harmful online content.…
Read MoreUK Boy, 14, charged over alleged plan to target mosques
A 14-year-old boy has been charged with a terrorism offence after police discovered an alleged plan to target two London mosques that was linked to “extreme right-wing terrorism”. The child was initially arrested at an address in south London on suspicion of criminal damage to a vehicle, but officers found “a number of documents of…
Read MoreGreece Arrests 3 in Connection With Bombings Targeting Governing Party
Greek counterterrorism police officers arrested three people on Friday in connection with recent bombings against members of the country’s conservative party that killed one person and injured several others, the authorities said. The bombings, on July 1 in Thessaloniki, targeted the homes of a parliamentary candidate for the governing New Democracy party, Afroditi Nestora, as…
Read MoreMaryland Man Sentenced for Attempting to Provide Material Support to ISIS
A Maryland man was sentenced today in connection with charges stemming from his attempt to join and fight for ISIS. U.S. District Judge Adam B. Abelson sentenced Michael Sam Teekaye Jr., 22, to 15 years in prison followed by lifetime supervised release, for attempting to provide material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Teekaye…
Read MoreDurham Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring to Provide Support to ISIS Terrorists
A federal judge sentenced Alexander Justin White, 30, to 8 years in federal prison for conspiring to provide and attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS). The Court sentenced White after law enforcement officers arrested him as he attempted to fly to North Africa to join ISIS as…
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