Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
Germany: Teen arrested for plan to attack Israel’s embassy
German police said they arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of planning a “politically motivated” attack in Berlin. The target, according to multiple media reports, was the Israeli Embassy. The man, a Russian national, was taken into custody late Thursday in the eastern state of Brandenburg, which surrounds Berlin, a statement from police and prosecutors said,…
Read MoreItaly prosecutors open terrorism probe into Greek oil tanker blasts
Italian authorities opened a terrorism investigation into explosions last weekend that damaged an oil tanker off northern Italy, in the latest of four such incidents in the Mediterranean and Baltic seas in the past month, the chief prosecutor of the city of Genoa has said. Two explosions blew a hole below the waterline of the…
Read MoreThree buses explode in Israel in ‘suspected terror attack’, police say
Three buses have exploded in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, in what Israeli police say is a “suspected terror attack”. Devices in two other buses failed to explode, they said, adding that “large police forces are at the scenes, searching for suspects”. Transport Minister Miri Regev paused all buses, trains and light rail trains…
Read MoreAustrian authorities arrest teen for plotting Vienna railway station attack
A teenager has been arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on a major railway station in Vienna. A 14-year-old Austrian supporter of the so-called Islamic State group was arrested on 10 February for allegedly planning an attack at a railway station in Vienna, authorities revealed Wednesday. The suspect, an Austrian national with Turkish roots, is…
Read MoreAustrian knife attack suspect was radicalised on TikTok, officials say
The 23-year-old Syrian refugee believed to have killed a teenager and injured five other people in a weekend stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach became radicalised quickly by using TikTok, officials said on Monday. The suspect, identified as Ahmad G., had the flag of the Islamic State militant group in his apartment but…
Read MoreMother, daughter die from injuries suffered in Munich car attack
A 37-year-old mother and her 2-year-old daughter have died from injuries they sustained in the Munich car attack on Thursday. They were from Munich and the mother was a city staff member, according to a spokesperson for the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation. At least 37 other people, including several children, were injured after…
Read MoreUS says it killed senior al-Qaeda affiliate official in Syria
The US military said Sunday it killed a member of an Al-Qaeda affiliate organization in a precision airstrike in Syria. US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it conducted the strike Saturday “in Northwest Syria targeting and killing a senior finance and logistics official in the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din (HaD), an Al-Qaeda affiliate,” according to a…
Read MoreAustria says stabbing attack suspect swore allegiance to Islamic State
The Syrian asylum seeker suspected of carrying out a deadly stabbing rampage in the Austrian town of Villach had sworn allegiance to Islamic State and was radicalised online, authorities said on Sunday. A 14-year-old boy was killed in Saturday afternoon’s attack in the centre of Villach and five other people were wounded, three of whom…
Read MoreAirstrike in Syria kills senior official in al-Qaida affiliate, CENTCOM says
An airstrike conducted by U.S. Central Command forces on Saturday in Northwest Syria killed a senior official in an al-Qaida affiliate, CENTCOM announced Sunday. CENTCOM described the operative as a senior finance and logistics official in the al-Qaida affiliate organization Hurras al-Din. The strike comes three days after an airstrike by Iraqi Security Forces in…
Read MoreWorld’s ‘first openly gay imam’ shot dead in South Africa
Muhsin Hendricks, a pioneering figure dubbed the world’s first openly gay imam, has been shot dead in South Africa. The 57-year-old cleric ran a mosque in Cape Town intended as a safe haven for gay and other marginalised Muslims. He was killed on Saturday morning after the car in which he was travelling near the…
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