A Labour MP said she has been threatened with being “gunned down” on the day a top Metropolitan Police officer warned about a “creeping rise” in far-right extremism as a result of Brexit. Melanie Onn, MP for Great Grimsby, shared on Twitter the message she received from a member of the public, who had given […]
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A white supremacist accused of planning a massacre in his home town rejected an offer from counter-terrorism officials to address his far-right views nine months before his arrest, a court has heard. Shane Fletcher, 21, is said to have wanted to achieve notoriety in emulating the Columbine High School shooters by committing a murderous mass […]
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A jobless white supremacist wanted to achieve notoriety and emulate the Columbine School shooters by committing a murderous mass attack in his home town in Cumbria, a jury has heard. Shane Fletcher, 21, from Workington, was said to have regarded Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold as “legends” and wished to take revenge on those he […]
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The “naive” brother of a 16-year-old jihadi bride has been found guilty of funding Islamic State in Syria. Salim Wakil, 25, from Fleet, Hampshire, arranged the transfer of 3,000 dollars via Western Union for his sister Sumaiyyah in February last year, the Old Bailey heard. Prosecutor Brett Weaver said: “The arrangement was made despite repeated […]
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A former postman who set up YouTube channels of speeches given by an extremist Islamist preacher and who sent a letter to one of the killers of murdered soldier Lee Rigby has been spared jail. Sajid Idris, from Cardiff, was described as a “devotee” of firebrand cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed, known as OBM, who ran […]
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A dental student who amassed and disseminated a “breathtaking” amount of terrorist-related material has been jailed for eight years. Abdurahman Kaabar also sent hundreds of pounds to his brother, Mohammed Kaabar, who was fighting for Jihadists in Syria, Sheffield Crown Court heard. Jailing Kaabar, 24, on Friday, Judge Paul Watson QC said: “It was clear […]
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Paying more attention to substance abuse could predict or prevent radicalisation, a study has concluded. The research suggested terror attacks are carried out by “psychologically disturbed young men” who sought out radicalism as a form of self-help. According to the findings, the attackers had a history of violence due to substance abuse, had acted alone, […]
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Hindu nationalists linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party urged him on Wednesday to push through laws to allow the building of a temple on the ruins of a 16th century mosque, a flashpoint in tensions with minority Muslims. A long-running dispute over the site in the northern town of Ayodhya has flared back into […]
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A U.S. strike targeted a militant in Yemen believed to be one of the planners of a deadly bombing of the Navy destroyer USS Cole in 2000, but the results of the strike were still being assessed, the U.S. military said on Friday. U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the strike on Jan. 1 in the […]
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A Muslim convert has told how he was ordered by an Islamic State jihadi to launch a ram or bomb attack on Oxford Street to “make them pay in blood”. Lewis Ludlow, 27, from Rochester in Kent, researched and scouted for targets around London and wrote down plans before his arrest last April. The defendant, […]
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