Extremist jailed for Islamist-related terror offences

November 23, 2020 Article

An extremist who opted to listen to “notorious terrorist loudmouths” and downloaded instructions on how to carry out attacks has been jailed for 32 months for a series of Islamist-related terror offences. Zakaria Yanaouri, 21, of Worthing, West Sussex, had pleaded guilty to five counts of possessing material likely to be of use to a […]

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Younger teenagers being drawn in by right-wing extremism

November 18, 2020 Article

Ten out of the 12 under-18s who were arrested for terrorism last year were linked to extreme right-wing beliefs, police figures show. The proportion is high compared to data for all age groups, which shows that 20% of terrorism arrests in the year to June 30 2020 were linked to the ideology. Head of UK […]

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Man denies sending tweet linking Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf to terrorism

November 17, 2020 Article

A man has told a court he did not send a tweet that suggested Scotland’s Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf sympathised with terrorists. The tweet appeared on the feed of Mr Yousaf, who was then minister for external affairs, on November 14 2015, the day after the Paris terror attacks. The message came from the Twitter […]

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Taxi driver abused and asked if he would ‘behead’ passenger

November 4, 2020 Article

Derbyshire Police are investigating an Islamophobic hate crime after a taxi driver was abused by...

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Thirteen killed, 120 injured in Afghanistan car bomb blast

October 18, 2020 Article

A suicide car bombing killed at least 13 people and injured around 120 others in Afghanistan’s western Ghor province on Sunday, officials said. Mohammad Omer Lalzad, the head of a hospital in Ghor, said emergency staff were treating dozens of people with both serious and light injuries from the bombing. He expected the death toll […]

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Osama Bin Laden’s Spokesman, Adel Abdel Bary, Cannot Just Walk Into the U.K.

October 12, 2020 Article

The Times is reporting that Bin Laden’s former spokesperson, Adel Abdel Bary, is about to be released from the United States, after serving 21 years in jail after being convicted for his part in the terror attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. 224 people were killed in these attacks and over 5,000 people […]

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Statement: Life sentence for the white supremacist terrorist who murdered 51 Muslims in Christchurch

August 27, 2020 Article

We welcome the whole life sentence without parole given to the white supremacist terrorist who...

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Far-right terrorist, 26, who admitted possessing explosives and bomb-making document had a long history of online hate

May 6, 2020 Article

A Polish national who pleaded guilty to terror offences, had a long history of sharing...

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Made in Manchester: Brothers join list of terrorists who lived in south of city

March 26, 2020 Article

A small area of south Manchester has been home to more than 20 terrorists and terror suspects all within a three-mile radius of Salman Abedi’s home. In recent years, at least 24 people have been tracked by the PA news agency living close to the neighbourhood in Fallowfield the Abedis called home. They have included […]

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The Queen’s Speech: Counter-Terrorism – The Implications

December 23, 2019 Article

The Conservative Government led by PM Boris Johnson with a majority of 80 have set out their legislative plan for the year in the Queen’s Speech. Amongst some of the most pressing matters the Government is expected to deal with, it is no surprise that terrorism is prominently featured. With the recent London Bridge terrorist […]

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