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Norway arrests man suspected of link to terrorist attack in Paris

Foreigner.fi/dpa 9/9/20

In 1982, four assailants threw a hand grenade and then opened fire with automatic rifles on employees and guests at a Jewish restaurant . The attack has been blamed on the Abu Nidal…

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Prosecutors: Berlin road attack driven by 'bizarre, religious mania'

Foreigner.fi/dpa 8/20/20

The suspect is a 30-year-old Iraqi man who was living in Germany pending deportation after being refused asylum.

Suspected Islamist held after series of crashes on Berlin motorway

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Suspected Islamist held after series of crashes on Berlin motorway

Foreigner.fi/dpa 8/19/20

Prior to the attack, the Iraqi suspect posted photos of the car on his Facebook page accompanied by religious statements written in Arabic in which he uses the term "martyr." Prosecutors also…

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At least 19 dead after attempted prison break in Somalia

Foreigner.fi 8/11/20

Some of those involved are suspected to be al-Shabaab members, and one militant escaped alive, Qalaf said.

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All hostages freed from Ukrainian bus as armed attacker captured

Foreigner.fi 7/22/20

Thirteen hostages had been aboard the vehicle in the stand-off of more than 12 hours with the attacker, armed with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, a handgun and a grenade, according to the authorities.…

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German-Syrian woman stands trial for allegedly arranging IS marriages

Foreigner.fi 7/3/20

She allegedly owned two Kalashnikovs and a hand grenade.

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European court upholds loss of nationality for French terror convicts

Foreigner.fi 6/25/20

They all had another nationality - Moroccan in four cases, Turkish in the fifth - so losing their French passports did not make them stateless.

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Somali minibus hits roadside bomb, six killed

Foreigner.fi 5/31/20

The vehicle was carrying passengers, mostly from the same extended family.

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Facebook reports spike in takedowns of hate speech

Foreigner.fi 5/13/20

The company also said it put warning labels on about 50 million pieces of content related to COVID-19, after taking the unusually aggressive step of banning harmful misinformation about the new…

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Terrorist threat at level 2 in Finland

Foreigner.fi 4/3/20

Finland's Intelligence Service warns that "exceptional circumstances" such as the coronavirus epidemic "create opportunities for illegal intelligence, cyber espionage and large-scale influencing…

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New action plan on violent radicalization and extremism

Foreigner.fi 12/19/19

The Finnish Government issued a resolution on this new action plan on the same day it announced the return of the first two children from al-Hol camp. The Ministry of the Interior…

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400 experts discuss in Helsinki the challenges for European security

Foreigner.fi 11/6/19

The topics to be discussed are border security, terrorism, hybrid threats and how to benefit from technologies such as artificial intelligence.

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International experts will meet in Helsinki to discuss how to prevent violent radicalisation

Foreigner.fi 9/16/19

Violent radicalisation may lead to individuals joining violent extremist groups and, at its most extreme, can result in terrorist acts. During its Presidency of the EU Council, Finland intends to…

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Never help fools or bad guys spread fear

Cesar Calvar 5/7/19

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The man arrested for threatening to attack the Iso Omena shopping center admits the facts

Foreigner.fi 5/6/19

The interrogations carried out during the weekend show that, as a motive for writing the threat, the man told the anger that he felt after losing a big sum of money in the online gambling.…

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Police investigate a new threat against a shopping center in Oulu

Foreigner.fi 5/4/19

This is the second threat of its kind published this week on the opaque Tor network.

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The police captured a man suspected of being behind the announcement of a massacre in Espoo

Foreigner.fi 5/2/19

According to the information published until now by the authorities, the suspected author of the threat has been arrested and "there is no indication" that people should avoid any public places

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Finnish Civilian Intelligence Act to enter into force on 1 June

Foreigner.fi 4/26/19

The focus will be on detecting threats and responding to them at an earlier stage than has been previously possible

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Increased jihadist activity and online communication in Finland in the 2010s

Foreigner.fi 4/4/19

The Security Intelligence Service of Finland (Supo) identified more than 80 people who travelled to the conflict zones of Syria and Iraq affected by the 'caliphate' project, but the real number is…