An investigation into the threat made to Queensgate on Thursday (December 28) is to be carried out by counter terror officers. Cambridgeshire Police were called to the shopping centre in the city centre at around 10:30am on Thursday following a “security threat” that forced the centre to be evacuated for...
Monthly Archives: December 2023
Amidst the growing unrest in the Sahel region, Burkina Faso’s military has escalated its counter-terrorism operations, focusing specifically on the eastern part of the country. The objective is to cleanse the area of menacing threats posed by various terrorist factions, thus restoring peace, stability, and state control in the region....
Tunisian security forces killed on Wednesday three “terrorists” during an ongoing operation in a mountain area near the Algerian border, said the interior ministry. National guard and army forces were involved in the “counterterrorism operation” near the city of Kasserine, the ministry said, without providing further details on those killed....
An ex-soldier who admired Adolf Hitler and planned to burn down a left-wing bookshop has been jailed for nearly five years. A court heard William Howitt, 27, wrote a detailed guide on his phone to carry out the arson attack on the Five Leaves Bookshop in Nottingham. The plan included...
The UK police have released footage of a detained suspect gathering information on Iran International’s headquarters as his trial unfolds in London. Magomed-Husejn Dovtaev (Mohammad-Hussein Dovtaev), 31, originally from Chechnya but residing in Austria, was detained at Chiswick Business Park by officers from London’s Metropolitan Police Counter-Terrorism Command in February. According to...
Counter-terror police arrested two men in connection with the explosion which damaged a Ulez camera on the same day it had been installed. Two men have been arrested after an ultra low emission zone (Ulez) camera was blown up the same day it was installed. Counter-terrorism officers from the Metropolitan Police investigating the incident...
A dangerous extremist was 10 minutes from obtaining a gun that he wanted for an attack in Hyde Park in London when he was stopped in an armed police operation, a counter-terrorism chief has said. Edward Little, 22, had travelled by taxi from his home in Brighton to London with...
More than 400 Jewish facilities across the US have received false bomb threats over email since Saturday, according to the Anti-Defamation League, an international Jewish non-profit organization. Oren Segal, Vice President of the Center on Extremism at the Anti-Defamation League, told CNN they believe one person or a small number of individuals...
Leicester City’s stadium expansion plans have won formal planning approval – on condition that counter-terrorism measures are incorporated into the construction phase. The football club secured initial approval for 8,000 extra seats in the East Stand of its King Power Stadium, as well as other facilities including a hotel, commercial...
Hungary has blocked €50bn ($55bn; £43bn) in EU aid for Ukraine – just hours after an agreement was reached on starting membership talks. “Summary of the nightshift: veto for the extra money to Ukraine,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said after Thursday’s talks in Brussels. EU leaders said the aid...
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