19/12/24
Children in Poland being taught how to use guns over fears of Russian invasion
An EU nation has made it mandatory for schoolchildren to take part in firearms training. Poland has taken the dramatic step in response to fears of a potential attack from Russia. Children aged 13 and above are now taking lessons on how to assemble and operate weapons including assault rifles. .....
19/12/24
Top Met counter-terror officer warns of children as young as 10 accessing extreme material online
A top Met officer has warned of children as young as 10 accessing extreme material online amid a rapid increase in “grotesque fascination” with violence. Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Vicki Evans, who is senior national co-ordingator for counter-terrorism policing, said there had .....
18/12/24
Southport stabbing suspect Axel Rudakubana, 18, pleads not guilty to killing three children and harming 10 others at Taylor Swift-themed dance class
A teenager accused of killing three children in a knife attack at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class has appeared in court. Axel Rudakubana, of Banks, Lancashire, is charged with the murders of Alice da Silva Aguiar, nine; Bebe King, six; and Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven; who died following the stabbings at The Hart .....
17/12/24
Four men arrested in North Macedonia during anti-terror operation, interior minister says
KOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Four men suspected of planning terrorist attacks were arrested Sunday in western North Macedonia, authorities said. Interior Minister Panche Toshkovski said the arrests were made during raids on several locations in the western towns of Struga and Gostivar. The four men are .....
17/12/24
Scooter bomb kills senior Russian general in Moscow
A senior Russian general in charge of nuclear protection forces has been killed by a bomb hidden in an electric scooter. Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov was killed along with his assistant when the bomb exploded as they left an apartment building a few miles southeast of the Kremlin early on Tuesday morning. Mr .....
12/12/24
Man arrested on suspicion of possessing explosives
A man has been arrested on suspicion of possessing explosives under suspicious circumstance following a security alert in County Londonderry. The alert, which has now ended, caused a number of houses to be evacuated near Maghera. The man in his 50s, who is in police custody, has also been arrested on suspicion of .....
11/12/24
Giorgia Meloni 'targeted in assassination plot by neo-Nazi group' who branded Italian PM a 'fascist who persecutes fascists'
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has been targeted in an assassination plot by a neo-Nazi group who branded her a "fascist who persecutes fascists". Twelve people - part of the far-right supremacist group known as Werwolf Division - were detained in country-wide raids by anti-terrorism police last week. Police .....
10/12/24
Oxford Union speaker who ‘expressed support’ for Hamas faces counter-terror investigation
Counter-terror police are investigating reports that an Oxford Union speaker broke the law by “expressing support” for Hamas during a debate on Israel. During the debate, which took place last week, one of the speakers argued that the events of Oct 7 2023 were “not terrorism” but were instead “acts .....
10/12/24
Woman charged with terrorism offence
A woman has been charged with a terrorism offence as part of an inquiry into material taken into a prison. Counter Terrorism Policing North East also charged three other individuals following an investigation at HMP Lindholme, near Doncaster. Rhea Wood, 35, of Shoreham Street, Sheffield was charged with .....
09/12/24
Dozens of schools get bomb threats in India's capital
Police in India's capital Delhi have searched around 40 schools after they received anonymous bomb threats, a police spokesperson has told the BBC. The schools received emails threatening that bombs would be detonated unless $30,000 (£23,582) was paid to the sender, news agency ANI reported. No bombs have been .....