A German man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris. The attack occurred near the Eiffel Tower shortly before 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Saturday. A 26-year-old French man was later arrested,...
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All front-line police officers should be trained to enter a scene with an active armed offender, an American expert in counter-terrorism has told the mosque attack inquest. Dr Frank Straub began his law enforcement career in the 1980s and was involved in rescue operations in the 9/11 twin towers terrorist...
Four people have been killed in an explosion at a Catholic Mass in the southern Philippines on Sunday morning. The incident occurred at the gymnasium of Mindanao State University in Marawi, the country’s largest Muslim city. Forty-two others suffered mostly minor wounds, authorities said, adding the situation was “under control”....
A German man has died and two others, including a British man, have been injured in a knife and hammer attack on a street in central Paris. The attack occurred near the Eiffel Tower shortly before 21:00 local time (20:00 GMT) on Saturday. A 26-year-old French man was later arrested,...
France charged two people with justifying a crime against humanity over Nazi swastikas that were spray-painted in northwestern Paris, a judicial source said on Wednesday. The two were part of a group of 13 people who were detained on Saturday. The suspects, who are in their 20s and early 30s,...
French police have arrested Nice defender Youcef Atal as part of an investigation into ‘justification of terrorism’ after he shared an allegedly anti-Semitic post on Instagram. He was banned for seven games after sharing a video of Palestinian preacher Mahmoud al-Hasanat amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. In the...
A KELTY man has been found guilty of offences under the Terrorism Act. Colin Webster, 61, of Station Road, shared an online video supporting National Action, a banned extreme right-wing terrorist group. Police Scotland’s Counter Terrorism Unit launched an investigation that led to his conviction yesterday (Wednesday) after a trial...
Counter-terrorism police will be given the right to hold onto the biometrics of individuals regarded as a posing a potential threat, under proposed changes in data protection laws. The UK Government has announced the plan as one of a number of amendments to the Data Protection and Digital Information Bill...
A man charged with stalking an MP and sending threats “over the issues in Israel and Gaza” has been remanded in custody. Feras Al-Jayoosi, 36, was arrested by counter-terrorism police on Thursday on suspicion of sending threats to Justin Tomlinson, the Conservative MP for Swindon. He appeared at Swindon magistrates’ court...
Three people have been jailed for their part in trying to arm Brighton terrorist Edward Little who planned a mass shooting in London on the day of Queen Elizabeth’s funeral last year. Little, of Pelham Street, Brighton, is due to be jailed for preparing acts of terrorism at the Central...
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