More than 20 people have been arrested on suspicion of terror offences at a Palestine Action protest, hours after the group were officially proscribed by the government. A mass of Metropolitan Police officers circled dozens of protesters standing silently beneath the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Parliament Square. Labour MP Clive Lewis pointed to the...
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Senior leader added to FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list; $3 million potential reward HOUSTON – A five-count superseding indictment has been unsealed charging two Venezuelan nationals and alleged high-ranking members of the designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA), announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Giovanni Vicente...
Two people have been charged with criminal damage after Palestine Action carried out a protest at a defence firm’s site in Bristol. The group occupied Elbit Systems subsidiary, Aztec West, on Tuesday, July 1. They blockaded the site’s only entrance and doused it in paint to symbolise “Palestinian...
The Metropolitan Police are investigating punk rap band Bob Vylan for another anti-Israel outburst made during a concert in May, weeks before their controversial Glastonbury Festival appearance. Officers are examining video footage from the May 28 performance at Alexandra Palace where frontman Pascal Robinson-Foster allegedly shouted “Death to every...
MPs have voted to proscribe Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation. MPs backed the move to proscribe the direct action group under the Terrorism Act 2000 by 385 to 26, majority 359, in the Commons today. The motion is expected to be debated and voted on by the House of Lords...
Counter-terror police have arrested four people after military planes were sprayed with paint during a break-in at RAF Brize Norton that was claimed by a pro-Palestinian group. Footage posted online last Friday by Palestine Action showed two people inside the Oxfordshire airbase in darkness, with one riding on a...
A neo-Nazi teenager was snared by police and MI5 as he tried to buy a Makarov pistol for a terrorist attack, a court has heard. Alfie Coleman was detained by armed police in a Morrisons car park moments after he paid £3,500 in exchange for what he thought was...
Terrorists are getting younger, with almost one in three suspects under 20 years old last year, and the youngest being just 12, a report by Europol released on Tuesday showed. “Online cult communities” use digital platforms to spread and normalize images of extreme cruelty, extort victims and incite young...
A 28-year-old male from Talbot Green has today been sentenced for attempted murder and nine other offences following a violent attack at Talbot Green Police station on Friday 31 January. Alexander Dighton today, June 13, appeared at Central Criminal Court where he was handed a life sentence of 22...
A man from Leicester has been sentenced to five-and-a half years for possession of a terrorist document. Claudiu Stefan Cristea (08/02/1978) was found guilty by a jury of possessing a terrorist document, following a week-long trial at Leicester Crown Court. Cristea was arrested in February 2024 as part...
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