French police have killed an armed man who wanted to set fire to a synagogue in the north-western city of Rouen, France’s interior minister has said. The man was armed with a knife and an iron bar and when he went towards police they shot him, reports say. Rouen Mayor...
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Slovakian prime minister Robert Fido escaped death “by just a hair” according to the country’s president-elect, who confirmed if the gunshot wounds sustained in the attack were a few millimetres either side, he would have died. A suspected “lone wolf” gunman has been charged with the attempted murder of Robert Fico, the...
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a stable but serious condition after being shot several times on Wednesday, doctors have said. Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak added that Mr Fico’s injuries were “complicated”. Earlier Mr Fico, 59, was said to have been fighting for his life after being gravely...
Three men have appeared in court charged with terrorism offences over an alleged plan for a gun attack targeting the Jewish community in the north-west of England. Walid Saadaoui, 36, and Amar Hussein, 50, have been charged with the preparation of terrorist acts between 13 December 2023 and 9 May...
The mother and girlfriend of two Islamist terrorists have been convicted separately of failing to report plans for a terror attack. Tasnia Ahmed, 21, from Tower Hamlets in east London, failed to report her then would-be terrorist boyfriend Al-Arfat Hassan to the police despite knowing he intended to carry out a mass casualty attack using...
Mason Reynolds of Moulsecoomb Way was convicted following a trial at Winchester Crown Court. Reynolds faced one count of possessing an article for the purpose of terrorism, under Section 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000. Additionally, he admitted to five counts of collecting information useful to terrorism and five counts...
From the outside, the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab’s exhibit space in downtown Denver has sat quiet for more than four years. But behind the scenes, the nonprofit institute, known as The CELL, has been at work updating its offerings to provide an interactive experience geared toward current security threats. The exhibit is...
Four warrants were executed in the Bolton, Great Lever, Abram and Hindley areas, Greater Manchester Police said in a statement, adding they do not believe there is a wider threat to the community. Three men have been arrested on suspicion of terrorism offences. The men have been taken into custody...
Police are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was shot and stabbed near a polling station in London. A man, 19, was rushed to hospital yesterday after he was found with stab injuries at Whalebone Lane South, Dagenham. Initial reports suggested he had been stabbed, but police say they received a...
A man is due to appear in court charged with murdering 14-year-old Daniel Anjorin in a sword attack in north-east London. Marcus Arduini Monzo, 36, is due before Barkingside Magistrates’ Court over the attack in Hainault. Police were called to reports of a car crashing into a house and people...
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