Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’
One killed, dozens injured in truck ramming at Israeli bus stop
One person was killed and dozens were injured on Sunday when a truck struck a bus stop at a major intersection near Tel Aviv in central Israel in what police said they suspected was a terrorist attack. Israeli police said about 40 people were injured to varying degrees, including some seriously, and were taken to…
Read MoreKurdish militants claim responsibility for deadly attack on Turkish defense firm
A banned Kurdish militant group on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of a key defense company in Ankara that killed at least five people. A statement from the military wing of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, PKK, said Wednesday’s attack on the premises of the aerospace and defense company TUSAS was carried…
Read MoreA Deadly Attack At A Police Station In Bosnia Is An Act Of Terrorism, Prosecutors Say
An attack by a teenager who broke into a police station in northwest Bosnia — killing one officer and wounding another — was described as an act of terrorism by authorities on Friday. The assault happened around 9 p.m. in the town of Bosanska Krupa on Thursday. The assailant, born in 2009, went into the…
Read MoreUS, Israel issue Sri Lanka attack alert after ‘terrorist’ threat against tourists
The U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, issued a warning to citizens late on Tuesday based on “credible information” warning of an attack in the southeast of the country. The embassy said in a post on its website that the threat was related to “popular tourist locations in the Arugam Bay area,” an area of…
Read MoreAttackers kill 4, injure 14 at Turkish state aviation site
Four people were killed and 14 others wounded in what the government called a terrorist attack at the Turkish Aerospace Industries’ (TUSAS) headquarters on Wednesday, after witnesses said they had heard gunfire and an explosion at the site near Ankara. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said two attackers were killed in the attack, adding three of…
Read MoreSenior Hamas official arrives in Russia, RIA reports
A senior member of Hamas, the militant Palestinian group that controls Gaza, Mousa Abu Marzouk has arrived in Moscow on a planned visit, Russian state-run news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing a diplomatic source. Hamas politburo member, Abu Marzouk, intends to hold a series of meetings with Russian officials, RIA said without providing…
Read MoreIsrael says it killed Hezbollah official who was set to be group’s next leader
Israel said Tuesday that it had killed the Hezbollah official poised to become the militant group’s next leader in an airstrike outside Beirut earlier this month. Hashem Safieddine was expected to succeed his cousin Hassan Nasrallah, one of the founding members of the Iran-backed Lebanese group, who was killed last month in a large-scale Israeli…
Read More2 US service members injured in Iraqi raid targeting ISIS leaders
Two U.S. service members were injured overnight in a raid in Iraq that targeted top ISIS leaders and killed “multiple” ISIS operatives, the Pentagon said Tuesday. “What I can tell you is that overnight, CENTCOM and Iraqi security forces conducted a partnered raid in Iraq targeting several senior ISIS leaders,” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen.…
Read MoreISIS-K threat grows as it targets disaffected Muslims with sophisticated propaganda
The Islamic State affiliate in Afghanistan has ramped up its recruitment efforts in the past year, American officials and analysts say, rolling out a sophisticated propaganda campaign designed to persuade disaffected Muslims to carry out terrorist plots in the U.S. and other Western countries. The recent arrest of an Afghan accused of plotting an Election…
Read MoreGerman authorities arrest Libyan man suspected of planning attack on Israeli Embassy
German authorities said Sunday that they have arrested a Libyan national with suspected ties to the extremist Islamic State group who was allegedly planning a firearms attack on the Israeli Embassy. Police and other security forces detained the man on Saturday evening in Bernau, a town just outside of Berlin, and searched his home there,…
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