Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & domestic extremist threats & trends’
Neo-Nazi found with home ‘armoury’ guilty of terrorism offences
A neo-Nazi who amassed an “armoury” at his home in Stirlingshire has been found guilty of crimes including plans to commit an act of terrorism. Alan Edward, who had nearly 28,000 followers on social media, had discussed an attack on a LBGT group in Falkirk, the High Court in Stirling heard. The 54-year-old was arrested…
Read MoreUruguayan authorities arrest 14-year-old terrorism suspect
A Uruguayan 14-year-old student who spoke fluent Arabic and whose dangerousness had been tipped to local authorities by the US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Israeli Secret Service (Mossad) has been arrested in the rural town of Lascano in the southeastern department (province) of Rocha. At the time of his detention last Friday,…
Read MoreMan In Denmark Faces Preliminary Terrorism Charges Over Arson At A Jewish Woman’s Home
A 21-year-old man in Denmark was arrested on Tuesday for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen, and he faced preliminary court charges under the country’s terrorism laws that can lead to a life sentence. Preliminary charges are one step short of formal charges and allow authorities to detain…
Read MoreDutch teen, two men in custody for membership to right-wing extremist terrorist group
Three Dutch, including a 16-year-old boy, are in custody for incitement to terrorism, the Public Prosecution Service (OM) reported on Thursday. They’re accused of belonging to the right-wing extremist terrorist group The Base and urging others to commit terrorist attacks on chat groups. The police arrested the suspects, aged 16, 18, and 26, in Bergeijk,…
Read MoreTeens face London court hearing on far-right terrorism charges; discussed plans to carry out terrorism
Two teenagers were accused in a London courtroom Friday of having an “extreme right-wing mindset” and discussing plans to carry out terrorism. Rex Clark, 18, and Sofija Vinogradova, 19, face charges of preparation of terrorist acts. Vinogradova is also charged with two counts of collecting information likely to be useful to a person committing or…
Read MoreTeen wearing helmet and bulletproof vest livestreams stabbing rampage by mosque in Turkey, authorities say
A teenager wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest stabbed five people near a mosque in northwest Turkey before being detained by police, officials and media reports said Tuesday. The 18-year-old, identified as Arda K., broadcast Monday’s knife attack on social media through a camera attached to his vest. The victims were relaxing after prayers at…
Read MoreTop U.K. prosecutor considers terrorism charges over ongoing riots and disorder
Amid ongoing far-right riots and demonstrations fueled by misinformation online, England and Wales’ Director of Public Prosecutions Stephen Parkinson said his teams would consider seeking extradition for social media influencers who are accused of stoking the violence from abroad and charging some suspects with terrorism offences, CBS News partner network BBC News reported. Offenders “must…
Read MoreFather and son facing terror charges were planning ‘serious violent attack in Toronto’: RCMP
RCMP say a father and son who were arrested in Richmond Hill on terrorism charges last week were “in the advanced stages of planning a serious violent attack in Toronto.” At a news conference Wednesday morning, RCMP officials said an Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (INSET) became aware of the threat in early July. “On…
Read MoreAustralian inquiry will hear evidence that Christian extremists killed 3 in an act of terrorism
An inquiry will hear evidence that three Christian extremists who killed two police officers and a bystander and wounded a third police officer in an ambush on a rural Australian property in 2022 committed an act of terrorism aimed at intimidating state authorities, a coroner was told on Monday. Queensland State Coroner Terry Ryan began…
Read MoreMan arrested over suspected French railway vandalism
An “ultra-left militant” was arrested in north-west France on Sunday after being found behaving suspiciously near a railway site, according to police sources quoted by French media. Officers who searched the man’s car found keys to technical premises, pliers, a set of universal keys and literature “linked to the ultra-left”. The 28-year-old suspect is currently…
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