Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & domestic extremist threats & trends’
Defence for alleged terror propagandist calls prosecution speculative, tenuous
The defence team for an alleged terror propagandist argued Tuesday that the Crown’s case is built on shaky ground, with tenuous links between the accused’s camera and racist videos found online, and shoddy testimony from a Crown expert on right-wing extremism. Patrick Gordon Macdonald, 27, is charged with participating in the terrorist activity of Atomwaffen…
Read MoreUK sanctions Northern Ireland man under domestic counter-terrorism laws
Britain used counter-terrorism laws to freeze the assets of a man from Northern Ireland, citing his suspected involvement with “terrorist activity” associated with the New Irish Republican Army, a statement on Tuesday said. The government said it had “reasonable cause” to suspect that the individual, Brian Sheridan, who was born in Armagh, was involved in…
Read MoreMan charged in bomb hoax at US Embassy in London
A man was charged in connection with last week’s bomb hoax outside the U.S. Embassy in London, authorities from the U.K. said Monday. Daniel Parmenter, 43, was charged and taken into custody Monday, after appearing at Ealing Magistrates’ Court. He was arrested at his home Sunday. The legal developments come after U.K. police on Friday…
Read MoreHouse passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents. The bill passed 219-184, with the majority of the support coming from Republicans…
Read MoreHouse passes bill that would allow Treasury to target nonprofits it deems to support terrorism
The U.S. House passed legislation Thursday that would give the Treasury Department unilateral authority to strip the tax-exempt status of nonprofits it claims support terrorism, alarming civil liberties groups about how a second Trump presidency could invoke it to punish political opponents. The bill passed 219-184, with the majority of the support coming from Republicans…
Read MoreHoustonian arrested and charged for allegedly creating pro-ISIS propaganda, FBI says
A 28-year-old man was arrested at his southwest Houston apartment after allegedly attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), according to the FBI. U.S. Attorney Alamdar Hamdani and FBI Special Agent in Charge Douglas Williams Jr. said Anas Said was arrested on Nov. 8 and pleaded not guilty…
Read MoreConspiracy theorist jailed for terrorism offences
An anti-vaccination conspiracy theorist who encouraged violence against Prof Sir Chris Whitty on social media has been sentenced to five years in prison. Patrick Ruane, 55, from Paddington, west London, was convicted of two charges of encouraging terrorism on social media in 2021, following a trial at the Old Bailey. Ruane believed in conspiracy theories…
Read MoreGerman Police Arrest 8 Suspected Members Of A Far-Right Militant Group
Police in Germany on Tuesday arrested eight suspected members of a far-right militant organization, Germany’s public prosecutor said. The suspects, some of them minors and adolescents, were allegedly part of a group of around 15-20 individuals called Sächsische Separatisten, or Saxonian Separatists, that is characterized by racist, antisemitic and partially apocalyptic ideas, the prosecutor’s office…
Read MoreSuspect charged with terrorism, hate crime in shooting of Jewish man in Chicago
Authorities in Chicago have charged a suspect accused of shooting a Jewish man walking to a synagogue in the city, then engaging law enforcement in a firefight over the weekend, with federal hate and terrorism charges, alleging he planned the attack and was targeting those of the Jewish faith. Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, was in…
Read MoreTeen accused of fatally stabbing 3 girls at U.K. dance class made ricin and had al Qaeda training manual, police say
The teenager accused in a stabbing rampage that killed three girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England has been charged with producing the deadly poison ricin and now faces a terror offense for possessing a jihadi training manual, police said Tuesday. Axel Rudakubana, 18, who is charged with murdering three girls and stabbing…
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