Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
A car-bomb attack targets southwest Colombia a day after conservative president takes office
A car bomb exploded Saturday in southwestern Colombia, the army said, a day after conservative political neophyte Abelardo de la Espriella was sworn in as Colombia’s new president. The army alleged the attack was carried out by two dissident groups of the now-defunct Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC. The groups did not accept…
Read MoreMan behind deadly Munich car ramming handed life sentence
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of driving his car into a crowd of people in Munich last year, killing two people. The 25-year-old man, named only as Farhad N in line with German privacy laws, is an Afghan national, who prosecutors say deliberately drove his Mini into a…
Read MoreMan went to Somalia ‘in attempt to join Isis’
A man allegedly used an Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot to help him make contact with the Islamic State group in Somalia in a failed bid to become a martyr, a [UK] court has heard. Mohamed Mohamoud, 22, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court accused of preparing acts of terrorism between 1 October 2024 and…
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 MoreUK man arrested on suspicion of terrorism offence
A man from Wigston has been arrested on suspicion of a terrorism offence, police have said. Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE) said it had arrested a 27-year-old man on Monday on suspicion of expressing support for the proscribed organisation Daesh – also known as Islamic State. CTPSE added officers were currently searching a residential…
Read MoreFirst foreign terrorist removal case in special court stems from Oklahoma 2024 election day plot
On Thursday, The U.S. Department of Justice filed the first case in a special court for immigrants facing terror charges. The case is tied to a foiled 2024 election day mass shooting plot hatched in OKC. Afghan nationals Nasir Tawhedi and Abdullah Zada were arrested in 2024 for planning to commit a terror attack on…
Read MoreAt least three killed in ‘terrorist’ bombing of Moscow restaurant, Russian officials say
An explosion Saturday at a Moscow restaurant that killed three people and wounded 21 others was a bombing, Russia’s national anti-terrorism committee said, the Tass state news agency reported. “A homemade explosive device blew up at a restaurant in Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow, killing three people,” said the committee, quoted by the Tass state news…
Read MoreSuicide bomber strikes antimilitant rally in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 14
A suicide bomber targeted protesters at an antimilitant rally in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 14 people, mostly civilians and police officers, and wounding more than two dozen others, officials said. The attack happened in Kabal, a town in Swat Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where demonstrators had gathered near a police station,…
Read MoreTruck explodes outside Colombia police base, injuring 11 officers and killing a dog
Colombia’s government on Saturday blamed the nation’s largest remaining rebel group for an explosion outside a police base that injured 11 officers and killed a police dog. The attack took place early Saturday in Cucuta, a city along Colombia’s border with Venezuela, where drug gangs and rebel groups have long fought for the control of…
Read MoreMan convicted in terrorism trial over the 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie
A man was convicted Wednesday of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel “The Satanic Verses.” After just a couple of hours of deliberations, a jury found Hadi Matar guilty of all the charges against him, including engaging in an…
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