Winchester court sentences 20-year-old for distributing terrorist content
A young man was jailed for five-and-a-half years for terrorism offenses over right-wing extremism. Tobias Gleed, of Meadows Crescent, Honiton, was sentenced at Winchester Crown Court. The 20-year-old was convicted and guilty of four offenses of possession of a document or record for a terrorist purpose and four offenses of dissemination of a terrorist publication. […]
Asylum seeker jailed for promoting ISIS propaganda in UK
According to the BBC, an Islamic extremist who came to the UK seeking asylum has been sentenced to prison for backing the terrorist organisation Islamic State. Hakan Barac, a 28-year-old Turkish national from Commercial Road, Newport, shared videos on social media that praised terrorists Osama bin Laden and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. He pleaded guilty to […]
French authorities arrested 2 men suspected of plotting an attack in Paris
French authorities have arrested two men on suspicion of criminal conspiracy connected to a terrorist plot, as well as possession of explosives, as stated by France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office. According to French media outlets, the main suspect, a 19-year-old from northern France, has links to the Islamic State militant group. The two men continue […]
UK plans national police overhaul to tackle terrorism
New plans are being developed for a national police agency to spearhead efforts against terrorism and serious organized crime, as UK police chiefs plan the most significant overhaul of policing since the 1960s. In the proposed model, counter-terrorism policing units would be granted independence from local forces and integrated into a new force comprised of […]
Spanish Police uncover jihadist cells operating in encrypted messaging groups
Spanish Police have arrested 10 Pakistani Muslim nationals in Barcelona on charges of provoking killings and beheading to avenge ‘blasphemy.’ The Pakistani nationals charged with terrorism-related indictments were part of an organized criminal network and were operating messaging groups to administer violent jihadist orders. The captured jihadis were connected to the Pakistani Islamic terror outfit […]
Russian authorities killed 4 ISIS-linked militants in Dagestan
Russia’s counter-terrorism authorities have killed four militants associated with the Islamic State (ISIS) also known as Daesh, who were planning an attack in the predominantly Muslim region of Dagestan, as revealed by Russian security services. Russian Intelligence services have been alerted by an increase in militant Islamist activity and plots in Russia and Central Asia […]
London hosts UK-EU counter-terrorism dialogue to tackle threats
The European Union and the United Kingdom have met at the second Counter Terrorism Dialogue in London. The representatives from the UK and EU discussed strategic policies towards countering terrorism and a range of issues linked to the identification of travellers of ‘counter-terrorism concern’, not to mention technology (encompassing) comebacks to terrorist content online and […]
Austrian authorities arrested teen in planned Vienna terror attack
Austrian authorities arrested a 14-year-old on suspicion of preparing a militant attack on a Vienna train station, Austria’s Interior Ministry revealed. It called the suspect an Islamic State advocate who became a radical one online. In the southern town of Villach, a knife attack was reported following a stabbing. In the attack, a 23-year-old Syrian […]
Swedish police arrest suspect over terror plot in Stockholm
Swedish security authorities announced that they had arrested one person in the Stockholm region on suspicion of planning terrorist crimes in a case involving violent Islamist extremism. The individual was suspected of preparing for a terrorist offence, aggravated involvement in a terrorist organisation, preparation for tried murder and planning to break legislation on the use […]
Spain arrested Jihadi influencers for allegedly spreading training videos
Spanish authorities have apprehended seven individuals, including four suspected “jihadist influencers,” for alleged connections to Islamist terrorism. As reported by the media, the suspects were arrested in Madrid, as well as in the city of Toledo. Moreover, authorities also arrested an individual in the northwest city of Pontevedra, which is near the Portuguese border. One […]