Terrorism

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to the media after the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs event at national museum Te Papa in Wellington, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (AAP Image/Ben Mckay) NO ARCHIVING Photo: Ben Mckay/AAP/dpa

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TERRORISM

Police shoot man dead after terror attack at New Zealand supermarket

Foreigner.fi/dpa 9/3/21

Police shot dead the Sri Lankan national, who had been under police surveillance since 2016

FILED - 18 June 2021, Berlin: French President Emmanuel Macron makes a statement to journalists together with German Chancellor Angela Merkel (not pictured). Macron will hold an extraordinary meeting of the Defense Council on the “Pegasus” hacking of his phone. Photo: Axel Schmidt/Reuters-Pool/dpa

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FRANCE

French parliament passes law against radical Islamism

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/23/21

It specifically deals with facilitating the dissolution of associations that question French values, fighting against forced marriages and meting out punishment against online hate speech

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NORWAY

Memorials to mark 10th anniversary of terrorist attacks start in Oslo

Foreigner.fi/dpa 7/22/21

"The terrorism of 22 July was an attack to our democracy," Prime Minister Erna Solberg said

27 October 2020, Pakistan, Karachi: Pakistani demonstrators burn a banner depicting French President Emmanuel Macron on the French flag, during a protest against Macron's comments on Islam's prophet Muhammad cartoons. Photo: Ppi/dpa.

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MEETING IN PARIS

Pakistan to remain on terrorism financing watch list despite progress

Foreigner.fi/dpa 6/28/21

Pakistan’s powerful military is often accused of harbouring Islamist militants to use them as proxies against India and neighbouring Afghanistan

26 June 2021, Bavaria, Wuerzburg: Candles and flowers are placed in front of a closed and cordoned off department store in downtown Wuerzburg, where a fatal knife attack took place last night leaving three people dead and seven injured. Photo: Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa

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GERMANY

Bavarian minister: Islamist motive possible in Wuerzburg stabbing

Foreigner.fi/dpa 6/28/21

When the suspect's accommodation was searched, a number of items were found that could refer to Islamist propaganda material, and the suspect himself had spoken of his 'contribution to the Jihad'

05 May 2021, North Rhine-Westphalia, Duesseldorf: Police officers stand in front of the building of the Ansaar International association. German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has banned the Islamist organization Ansaar International and several of its sub-organizations. Photo: Marcel Kusch/dpa

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SALAFIST NETWORK

Germany bans Islamist group Ansaar International, raids its facilities

Foreigner.fi/dpa 5/5/21

Children were being sent to facilities set up abroad where they were indoctrinated with "extremist Salafist ideas," the Interior Ministry said.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex speaking to police officers at the crime scene. Photo: Twitter/@JeanCASTEX

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FRANCE

Islamist terror suspected in murder of policewoman near Paris

Foreigner.fi/dpa 4/24/21

The perpetrator is said to be a 36-year-old man from Tunisia, who shouted "Allahu akbar" (God is greatest).

A Swedish police officer. Photo: Pixabay.

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VETLANDA

Swedish police seek motive for stabbing rampage where 7 were injured

Foreigner.fi/dpa 3/4/21

The suspect was a 22-year-old from Afghanistan. He had temporary residency, and was sentenced for a minor drugs offence in 2019.

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TERRORISM

Swedish police now considering terror as motive for multiple stabbing

Foreigner.fi/dpa 3/4/21

Police refused to comment on a possible motive, what weapon was used or the suspect's nationality.

A Woman in Al-Hol Camp, Syria. Photo: Y. Boechat (VOA).

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JIHADISM

IS terrorist suspect returned to Norway blames husband in trial

Foreigner.fi/dpa 3/1/21

The defendant, born in Pakistan but raised in Oslo, was married to three foreign fighters in Syria after joining in 2013 her first husband, Bastian Vasquez, a Chilean-Norwegian jihadist who…

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ISLAMIST THREAT

14 detained for suspected terrorist plot in Denmark and Germany

Foreigner.fi/dpa 2/12/21

"Our security authorities have once again prevented an Islamist terrorist attack," German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said.

The Prime Minister of Denmark, Mette Frederiksen. Photo: Photo: Thierry Roge/dpa.

Nordics

TERRORIST THREAT

Denmark arrests seven on suspicion of planning terror attacks

Foreigner.fi/dpa 2/11/21

The suspects are accused of acquiring ingredients for the manufacture of explosives.

Oslo City Hall, where the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony usually takes place. Photo: Pixabay.

Nordics

NORDICS

Norway court remands Syrian-born 16-year-old over terrorism plot

Foreigner.fi/dpa 2/5/21

"We believe he has made preparations for an act of terrorism... in Norway," police attorney Thomas Blom said after the closed-door hearing.

FILED - A man with a mouth-and-nose guard walks in front of a mural of former Cuban President Fidel Castro. In Cuba, 5310 people have contracted Covid-19. Photo: Guillermo Nova/dpa

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BEFORE TRUMP'S TERM ENDS

US adds Cuba back on terrorism list

Foreigner.fi/dpa 1/12/21

Washington has accused the government in Havana of oppressing its own people, and of aiding and abetting Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro.

19 December 2020, Berlin: A woman wears a face mask looks at the candles and white roses laid in the shape of a heart at the "Golden Rift" memorial during the commemoration on the fourth anniversary of the Islamist attack on the Breitscheidplatz Christmas market. where On 19 December 2016, a truck was deliberately driven into the Christmas market next to the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin, leaving 12 people dead and 56 others injured. Photo: Christoph Soeder/dpa

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ISLAMIST ATTACK

Church bells ring for those killed at Berlin Christmas market

Foreigner.fi/dpa 12/20/20

On 19 December 2016, Tunisian national Anis Amri drove a stolen truck through the festive gathering at the Berlin square, killing 11 people and injuring 70 more.

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TERRORISM

Additional suspects detained in relation to French teacher killing

Foreigner.fi/dpa 12/9/20

Five suspects of Chechen origin aged between 18 and 21 were taken into custody near Paris.

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GLOBAL TERRORISM INDEX

Sharp rise in far-right attacks, global terrorism deaths fall

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/25/20

The influence and power of Islamic State are declining steadily, the annual Global Terrorism Index shows.

FILED - 22 November 1974, England, Birmingham: A general view of the aftermath of the bombs explosion that devastated the Mulberry Bush pub. British police have arrested a man in connection with the deaths of 21 people in the 1974 pub bombings. Photo: -/PA Wire/dpa.

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TERRORISM

British police arrest man 46 years after pub bombings that killed 21

Foreigner.fi 11/18/20

His home is being searched an he will be interviewed at a police station in Northern Ireland.

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EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

France: WWI commemoration in Saudi Arabia attacked, injuries reported

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/11/20

The "attack with an explosive device" took place in the non-Muslim cemetery in the Red Sea port of Jeddah.

09 November 2020, Austria, Vienna: Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer speaks during a press conference with the title "Today's police measures". Austrian police raided more than 60 premises linked to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and the Palestinian Hamas movement as part of a terrorist investigation. Photo: Roland Schlager/APA/dpa.

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TERRORISM

Austria cracks down with raids on Muslim Brotherhood

Foreigner.fi/dpa 11/9/20

The investigations focus on more than 70 people suspected of belonging to terrorist and criminal organizations , financing terrorism or money laundering.

Police shoot man dead after terror attack at New Zealand supermarket

French parliament passes law against radical Islamism

Memorials to mark 10th anniversary of terrorist attacks start in Oslo

Pakistan to remain on terrorism financing watch list despite progress

Bavarian minister: Islamist motive possible in Wuerzburg stabbing

Germany bans Islamist group Ansaar International, raids its facilities

Islamist terror suspected in murder of policewoman near Paris

Swedish police seek motive for stabbing rampage where 7 were injured

Swedish police now considering terror as motive for multiple stabbing

IS terrorist suspect returned to Norway blames husband in trial

14 detained for suspected terrorist plot in Denmark and Germany

Denmark arrests seven on suspicion of planning terror attacks

Norway court remands Syrian-born 16-year-old over terrorism plot

US adds Cuba back on terrorism list

Church bells ring for those killed at Berlin Christmas market

Additional suspects detained in relation to French teacher killing

Sharp rise in far-right attacks, global terrorism deaths fall

British police arrest man 46 years after pub bombings that killed 21

France: WWI commemoration in Saudi Arabia attacked, injuries reported

Austria cracks down with raids on Muslim Brotherhood

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