Posts Tagged ‘worldwide terrorism threats & trends’

Former Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have warned they might return to fighting if they don’t get more support from the authorities. The ex-fighters, who now live in camps in Borno state, northeastern Nigeria, say they are frustrated that for months their essential needs had been ignored. Some told DW that they were better off…

Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli Middle East expert and Princeton political science student, loved posting on X, formerly Twitter. Her social media posts praised protesters in Syria for their “immense courage,” called out authoritarianism in Russia, and even lauded anti-corruption protesters in her native Israel. And then, on March 21, 2023, the posts stopped. Tsurkov, 37,…

The four teenagers (aged between 15 and 18) arrested on Sunday on suspicion of terrorism likely wanted to carry out an attack on an unnamed concert venue in Brussels and reportedly even had a concrete date for their plans. In two investigations by the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Dendermonde Prosecutor’s Office, four people…

Spain’s top court has opened a terrorism investigation into Puigdemont over protests linked to the region’s failed independence referendum in 2017. Former president of Catalonia and separatist chief Carles Puigdemont and MP Ruben Wagensberg are being investigated by the Spanish Supreme Court for alleged ‘terrorism crimes connected to the events scrutinized in the ‘Democratic Tsunami’…

Four men charged with terrorist conspiracy and weapons offenses for their role in the deadly 2018 Strasbourg Christmas market attack went on trial Thursday. Cherif Chekatt killed five people and wounded 11 others when he opened fire on the open-air market in the northeastern French city. The 29-year-old was shot dead by police after a…

“We bring to your attention a terrorist attack which the community of Essakane village was the victim of today, February 25, while they were gathered for Sunday prayer,” the vicar of the Dori diocese, Jean-Pierre Sawadogo, said in a statement sent to AFP. The provisional toll was 15 killed and two wounded, he added. Calling…

A woman who left the United Kingdom to join ISIS at the age of 15 has lost her Court of Appeal challenge over the decision to remove her British citizenship. Shamima Begum flew to Syria in 2015 with two school friends to join the terror group. While there, she married an ISIS fighter and spent…

A man who was “motivated by hate and contempt” has been found guilty of terrorism offences after a trial at Manchester Crown Court. Jacob Graham, now 20, was cleared of planning a terrorist attack but convicted of seven other offences, including preparing an act of terrorism and disseminating terrorist material. Graham, from Norris Green, Liverpool,…