Category: Security

#Utrecht: assailant arrested

After a large-scale Dutch police operation suspect in Utrecht tram shooting Gökmen Tanis was arrested. Around 10:45 on the 24 Oktoberplein in the city of Utrecht three people were shot dead in a tram, and five others were injured. Gokmen Tanis, a 37-year-old Turkish man, was detained several hours after the attack, however the details of the operation…

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ALERT! Utrecht terrorist incident

National Coordinator for Counter-terrorism and Security, Pieter-Jaap Aalbersberg, said that the shooting incident in  #Utrecht has all the characteristics of a terrorist attack. The threat level for the province of Utrecht has been raised to 5, the highest level in the Netherlands. Threath level raised to 5, exclusively for the province of #utrecht untill 18…

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Ardern promises gun law reform

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that her cabinet had made in conceptual decisions around the reform of gun laws following the mass shooting in Christchurch mosques. New Zealand PM Ardern says cabinet agreed on gun law reforms https://t.co/iPEPjwNMyv pic.twitter.com/fV3lfvt0ZY — Reuters (@Reuters) March 18, 2019 “I intend to give further details of these decisions…

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MEP calls for specific legislation for terrorism victims

The initiator of the “White and black book on terrorism” Member of the European Parliament Maité PAGAZAURTUNDÚA-RUIZ (Spain, ALDE) hopes for a specific European legislation to assist the victims of terrorism, underlining that first aid is essential, and it means a great deal in recovery. 🗣 M Antonina Soto (@Ma_Soto_ ), psicóloga experta en atención emocional de…

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Black-white paper on terrorism victims

Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Maite Pagazaurtundua-Ruiz (Spain, ALDE) composed a list of people killed in terrorist attacks on the European Union (EU) soil between 2000 and 2018. MEP also has drawn the other list of the European citizens murdered outside the bloc external borders during of the same period. The conclusions of his “White and…

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French jihadists face trial in Iraq

Iraqi courts will prosecute 13 French citizens captured while conducting jihad for the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria, President Barham Saleh confirmed. Iraqi courts will prosecute 13 French citizens captured while fighting for the #IslamicState jihadist group in #Syria, #Iraq's President Barham Saleh said Monday. https://t.co/1tTBul2RpJ — RFI English (@RFI_En) February 26, 2019 The jihad…

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#MSC: Europe as “champion” of soft power

‘’None of the security challenges our world faces today can be effectively addressed with a purely military approach’’ said EU top diplomat Federica Mogherini said at the 55th Munich Security Conference. "None of the security challenges our world faces today can be effectively addressed with a purely military approach" @FedericaMog at Munich Security Conference #MSC2019 pic.twitter.com/CiZeQ4ixJ4…

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Uzbek refugees charged with terrorism in Sweden

For more than a year, the three men from Central Asia  planned a terrorist attack against Sweden, according to the prosecutor,  Expressen newspaper reports. They have bought hundreds of kilos of chemicals that can be used to make explosives and put pictures on terror targets in Stockholm. At the same time, they and another three men…

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