Dutch police have arrested a gunman who killed at least three people in twin shootings in the city of Rotterdam. They say the male attacker, 32, opened fire in a home before setting it alight, then stormed the city’s Erasmus Medical Center on Thursday. He was a student at Erasmus...

A PhD student has been convicted of designing and building a drone for terror group Islamic State (IS) that was capable of delivering a bomb. Mohamad Al-Bared denied supporting IS after the device was found in a bedroom at his Coventry home along with a 3D printer capable of making...

A British terrorist who travelled to Syria intent on ‘martyrdom’ is set to be released from jail after serving just 10 years of a 12-year sentence. Mohammed Nahin Ahmed and his childhood friend Yusuf Zubair Sarwar were both jailed in 2014 and branded ‘dangerous’ by the trial judge after pleading guilty of...

A man living in Great Yarmouth who has been charged with spying for Russia has appeared in court today. Orlin Roussev, a Bulgarian national, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court this morning (Tuesday, September 26). The 45-year-old was arrested in February while living at an address in Princes Street in Great Yarmouth....

A Bradford man has appeared at the Old Bailey charged with a series of terrorism and fraud offences. Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, 31, was arrested in June 2021 as part of a pre-planned operation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East, and was released under investigation the same day. The charges relate...

Several hundred members of Russia’s Wagner private mercenary group have returned to eastern Ukraine to fight but are not having a significant impact on the battlefield, a Ukrainian military spokesman has said. Wagner fighters played an important role in Russia’s capture of the eastern city of Bakhmut in May 2023, after one...

A Co Tyrone woman facing terrorist charges has been described in court as a “leading member of the New IRA”. The allegation was made today as Sharon Jordan mounted a fresh bid to be released from custody after previous attempts to secure bail were rejected. Jordan (48), of Cappagh Road,...

A 23-year-old woman has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison for terrorism offences. Roma Iqbal, from Oxford, pleaded guilty to distributing Islamist extremist content on 10 December 2021. Winchester Crown Court heard the 23-year-old had helped set up a website called the People of Tawhid to support the terrorist...

A man who stockpiled terror documents describing how to make bombs alongside sexual abuse videos of children as young as three has been jailed. Sejr Forster, 26, of Norfolk, was jailed for four years at the Old Bailey on Tuesday after jurors heard how a counter-terror police raid uncovered the offending. The trial heard how Forster had an “extreme...

Work to install anti-terror bollards on a street leading to York Minster will begin on Monday. Barriers are being installed at locations throughout the city after police said they were needed to protect people from terror attacks. York City Council said the work in Minster Gates was expected to finish...