Posts Tagged: terrorism in Europe
There Is an Outsized Islamist Terrorist Threat in Europe
Authorities in Denmark and Germany arrested 14 suspected Islamic extremists earlier this month for plotting a terrorist attack, likely in Europe. The suspects, who include...
Charlie Hebdo Attackers Killed to Avenge Prophet Mohammad, French Court Hears
The Islamist gunmen who attacked the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo five years ago, killing 12 people, sought to avenge the Prophet Mohammad, a French court...
Lebanon Summons German Ambassador Over Hezbollah Ban
Lebanon's foreign minister summoned the German ambassador on Tuesday to explain Berlin's decision last week to ban the Shi'ite Hezbollah movement on its soil. Germany also...
Militants, Fringe Groups Exploiting COVID-19 Crisis, Warns EU Anti-Terrorism Chief
The coronavirus pandemic is fueling extremism on the far-right and far-left in Europe and giving Islamic State and other militants cover to regain influence, the...
Germany Bans Hezbollah Activity, Police Raid Mosques Across Country
Germany banned all Hezbollah activity on its soil on Thursday and designated the Iran-backed group a terrorist organization, a much-anticipated step long urged by Israel and the...
Driver Plows Vehicle Into German Carnival Parade, Around 30 Injured
A driver plowed his car into a carnival parade in the western German town of Volkmarsen on Monday injuring 30 people, including children, some of...
Investigations Expose Sunni and Shia Terror Threats in Germany
German police conducted counter-terrorism raids across the country last week, arresting multiple alleged Islamists suspected of "planning a serious violent act endangering the state." According...
Brussels Court Finds ISIS Terrorist Mehdi Nemmouche Guilty of 2014 Jewish Museum Shooting
French Islamist Mehdi Nemmouche was convicted on Thursday by a court in Brussels for the "terrorist murder" of four people at the Jewish Museum in...
Copenhagen Synagogue Shooting Victim Remembered on Fourth Anniversary of Attack
Friday marked the fourth anniversary -- on the Hebrew calendar -- of the ISIS-inspired shooting attack at the Great Synagogue in Copenhagen in which a...
Suspected Belgium Jewish Museum Shooter Appears in Court Ahead of Start of Trial Next Month
The suspected perpetrator of the May 2014 shooting at the Jewish Museum of Belgium that left four people dead made a court appearance in Brussels...
At Least Two Dead in Christmas Market Shooting in French City of Strasbourg
A lone gunman shot dead at least two people and wounded 11 others near a Christmas market in the city of Strasbourg on Tuesday evening before fleeing,...
Kosovo Jails Eight for Plotting to Attack Israeli Soccer Team in 2016
A court in Kosovo jailed eight men on Friday for plotting to attack the Israeli national soccer team in Albania in a World Cup qualifying match...
France Mourns ‘Hero’ Officer Who Took Place of Hostage in Attack
France will pay a national tribute to a security officer who died from gunshot wounds after voluntarily taking the place of a female hostage during a...
Three Killed in France in Shooting, Supermarket Hostage-Taking
Three people were killed in southwestern France on Friday when a gunman held up a car, opened fire on police and then took hostages in a supermarket,...
