07/09/21

Close to home: how US far-right terror flourished in post-9/11 focus on Islam

The far right and white supremacists are responsible for the vast majority of extremist-related fatalities but only a fraction of counter-terrorism resources are devoted to them The US government acted quickly after 9/11 to prevent further attacks by Islamic extremists in the US. Billions of dollars were spent on .....

03/09/21

Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief 3rd Sept

Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief September 3, 2021   **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 .....

03/09/21

UK - Reading stabbings: Bravery awards for police who tackled terrorist

Four police officers who captured a terrorist after he killed three men in a park are to receive bravery awards. James Furlong, 36, David Wails, 49, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, were stabbed to death on the afternoon of 20 June 2020 in Reading's Forbury Gardens. PC James Packman, Sgt Iain Watkinson, PC Liam Steele .....

01/09/21

U.S. Hate Crimes Rose in 2020 With Jumps in Racially Motivated Incidents

Hate crimes in the U.S. rose about 6% last year, fueled by an increase in anti-Asian, anti-Black and antiwhite incidents, according to FBI statistics released Monday, reaching levels not seen in more than a decade. State and local police reported 7,759 criminal incidents in 2020 motivated by bias, amid a global .....

29/08/21

UK - Derry: Man arrested after shots fired at republican mural

The incident took place near a mural of former INLA prisoner Michael Devine in the Galliagh area of Derry A man has been arrested in connection with shots fired at a commemoration in Londonderry last Friday. The 30-year-old man was arrested under the Terrorism Act after a raid on a house in Derry on Saturday .....

24/08/21

Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief

Statewide Terrorism & Intelligence Center Critical Infrastructure Daily Brief August 24, 2021   **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 .....

23/08/21

Egypt officials say militant attack kills seven troops in Sinai.

A roadside bomb exploded Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021, in the Sinai Peninsula, killing seven members of Egypt’s security forces, officials said. The troops were riding an armored vehicle when the bomb went off in New Rafah, a town on the border with the Gaza Strip, added the officials, who spoke on condition of .....

23/08/21

Plymouth shooting: ‘Incels’ will be treated as terrorists only if there are more attacks, government adviser says.

Terrorism legislation reviewer Jonathan Hall says 'incels' may be treated as terrorists in future Violent attacks by “incels” such as Plymouth gunman Jake Davison will be treated as terrorism if the movement grows, a government adviser says. Police have been criticised for not treating the tragedy – which saw .....

20/08/21

Streatham attack could have been prevented, inquest jury concludes

Sudesh Amman lawfully killed by undercover police but opportunity to prevent attack missed, jury finds A stabbing attack by a convicted terrorist that wounded two people on Streatham High Road could have been prevented, an inquest jury has concluded. The 20-year-old jihadist Sudesh Amman was shot dead by two of .....

20/08/21

Plymouth shootings: Attack could be reclassified as terrorism over Jake Davison's incel links

Jake Davison's links to the incel movement may lead to his shooting spree last week being reclassified as terrorism. Standing for involuntarily celibate, the incel ideology with its hatred of women has been linked to several mass murders. The Plymouth shootings may be reclassified as a terror attack, according to .....