Category: Islamic extremist

Radical Islamic Preacher Charged With 3 Terrorist Offences

July 24, 2023
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Radical preacher Anjem Choudary, the alleged leader of the proscribed terrorist organisation, Al-Muhajiroun, has appeared in court in London amid allegations he colluded with a Canadian national to spread “an extreme form of Islam” online. Mr. Choudary, 56, is accused of directing a terrorist organisation, being a member of a proscribed organisation and addressing meetings to…

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Suspect in Machete Attack Against NYPD Officers Charged With Terrorism

January 7, 2023
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A suspect—believed to have been obsessed with Islam—who targeted three NYPD officers in Times Square on New Year’s Eve in a machete attack is facing terrorism charges, with the victims of the attack expected to make a recovery. On Friday, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office reported that the suspect, Trevor Bickford, 19, has been indicted…

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Man killed after stabbing, shooting 3 French police officers

May 28, 2021
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PARIS—An unidentified assailant stabbed a police officer at her station Friday in western France then shot two other officers before being killed in a shootout with police, authorities said. The motive for the violence is unclear. The slain suspect’s identity is being verified, France’s national gendarme service told The Associated Press. The three officers were…

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Syrian on Trial in Germany for Killing Man, Injuring Another

April 12, 2021
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BERLIN—A Syrian man went on trial Monday accused of killing a German man and seriously injuring another in an attack last year that prosecutors said was motivated by Islamic extremist ideology. The trial of Abdullah A.H.H., whose full name wasn’t released due to German privacy laws, began in the eastern city of Dresden, where the…

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