11/12/21

London - Man shot dead after armed officers respond to reports of gunman

A man has died after sustaining gunshot wounds in an incident involving armed officers, close to Kensington Palace in London. Police were called just after 3pm following reports of a man carrying a gun into a bank and a bookshop in Marloes Road in the Kensington area of the city. He was then seen fleeing the scene in .....

10/12/21

France arrests two suspects planning Christmas knife attack

France has arrested two men on suspicion of planning a "jihadist-inspired" knife attack, judicial sources told AFP. The attack was reportedly intended to target passers-by "around Christmas time" in shopping centres, universities, or in the street. Two suspects -- both aged 23 -- were arrested and have been placed .....

08/12/21

Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief

Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief **UNCLASSIFIED ** (U) STIC is providing this information to our partner agencies for situational awareness. This document contains information obtained from open source information. While STIC has gone to great lengths to verify .....

06/12/21

UK Stansted Airport - Arrest of man linked to suspected terror offences

Officers from the Met's Counter Terrorism Command have arrested a 26-year-old UK national at Stansted Airport on suspicion of preparation of acts of terrorism, contrary to Section 5 of the Terrorism Act 2006. He was arrested prior to boarding an outbound flight. Commander Richard Smith of the Met’s Counter .....

01/12/21

Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief

Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief **UNCLASSIFIED ** (U) STIC is providing this information to our partner agencies for situational awareness. This document contains information obtained from open source information. While STIC has gone to great lengths to verify .....

30/11/21

A teenager has appeared in court today charged with possessing a knife linked to a terror plot and trying to encourage terrorist attacks over a WhatsApp group chat.

Ayub Khan, 19, is accused of possessing a knife connected with the 'commission, preparation or instigation of an act of terrorism contrary to Section 57 of the Terrorism Act 2000'.  Khan is further accused of sending terrorist material to a group chat via WhatsApp in May this year with the intention of .....

22/11/21

Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief

Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief   **UNCLASSIFIED ** (U) STIC is providing this information to our partner agencies for situational awareness. This document contains information obtained from open source information. While STIC has gone to great lengths .....

17/11/21

Information Round-up

The coronavirus pandemic may have “exacerbated” the number of people self-radicalising online, the UK security minister, Damian Hinds, said in the wake of the Liverpool bombing. Hinds said the security services had disrupted more than 30 late-stage plots in the last few years. .....

16/11/21

Kampala blasts: Explosions hit Ugandan capital

Two explosions have hit the centre of the Ugandan capital Kampala. One blast took place near parliament, with the other going off close to the city's police headquarters. There are fears people may have been killed or injured in the explosions. A reporter for NTV Uganda said he saw pieces of flesh scattered in .....

15/11/21

Liverpool explosion: UK terror threat level raised to 'severe' following hospital blast - attack now 'highly likely'

The UK's terror threat level has been raised from "substantial" to "severe", meaning an attack is now judged to be "highly likely". The move, confirmed by Home Secretary Priti Patel, follows an explosion outside a hospital in Liverpool on Sunday which police have declared a terror incident. Detectives have .....