Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has issued the following statement ahead of a planned protest in support of Palestine Action, due to take place in Westminster on Monday, 23 June. “I’m sure many people will be as shocked and frustrated as I am to see a protest taking place tomorrow...
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Eight people have been injured at a US rally for Israeli hostages after they were attacked by a man with a makeshift flamethrower and petrol bombs. A group of people in Boulder, Colorado, were holding a regular demonstration to raise awareness of Hamas-held hostages in Gaza when they were allegedly targeted...
Several Ukrainian men have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland after investigators uncovered a plot to launch attacks in Europe. Authorities believe the men were acting on behalf of Russia. Two were arrested over the weekend, while a third was taken into custody on Tuesday, according to German authorities. Germany’s Federal Prosecutor’s...
Oghenochuko ‘Ochuko’ Ojiri, 53, of west London, pleaded guilty to eight counts of “failing to make a disclosure during the course of business within the regulated sector”, following a police probe into “terrorist financing”. Mr Ojiri faced the first charge of its kind under section 21A of the Terrorism Act of...
The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands. Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the suspected target, as first reported by the Times, external, citing operational reasons. But the...
Police in helmets streamed into Columbia University on Wednesday night to remove a group of mask-clad protesters who staged a pro-Palestine demonstration and injured security officers inside the school’s main library. Videos shared on social media showed the long line of NYPD officers entering the library hours after dozens of protesters pushed...
Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, a native and citizen of Afghanistan and U.S. lawful permanent resident, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging him with knowingly receiving, attempting to receive, and conspiring to receive a firearm and ammunition to be used to commit a federal crime of terrorism. According...
Germany’s acting Interior Minister Nancy Faeser and her Austrian counterpart, Gerhard Karner, have called off a planned trip to Syria following security warnings of a potential terrorist attack. The trip was set for Thursday, with an air force plane scheduled to fly Faeser and her delegation from Jordan to...
Boko Haram fighters disguised as herders killed at least 20 Cameroonian troops in a Tuesday morning raid on the Nigerian border town of Wulgo, local security sources and residents told AFP. Cameroonian troops are commonly stationed across the border in Nigeria as part of anti-jihadist operations around Wulgo, which is...
Mohammad Sohail Farooq (18.10.1995) has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 37 years, for plotting to attack RAF Menwith Hill and St James’s Hospital. Farooq was convicted of preparing for an act of terrorism last July. During a three-week trial at Sheffield Crown Court the...
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