Terror News about terrorism

[Mike1976]

Foiled attacks, arrests, threat level etc

Like on the Mess: For all snippets of terrorism-related news that might not (presently) warrant a thread of it's own.

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A 22 year old man from the Netherlands is no longer being prosecuted for planning a terrorist attack in Rotterdam. The investigation concluded that there was no actual plan to commit terrorism. The man was previously known for researching and documenting online terrorist activity and reporting them to the authorities. During an attempted infiltration he came into contact with a member of a Spanish intelligence agency.

A concert in Rotterdam was cancelled in August 2017 because of the possible threat. The man was arrested the same night.

 

[Bombardier]

Good shout buddy ?

 

[IDF_TANKER]

Sri Lanka: Dozens killed, hundreds hurt in Easter bombings of churches, hotels
At least 42 people were killed and over 500 injured in apparent coordinated attack on sites throughout the country

At least 42 people were killed and over 500 were injured in a near-simultaneous attack on several churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, officials said.
The blasts hit three high-end hotels and one church in the capital, while two additional churches were targeted outside the capital, Colombo, during Easter services, Sri Lankan police said.
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Over 200 killed, hundreds injured as Easter blasts rock Sri Lanka

Apparently coordinated attacks rip through hotels and churches throughout the country; security officials suspect suicide bombers behind at least some blasts

www.timesofisrael.com

 

[Bombardier]

No one claiming responsibility yet

"It's still very open-ended … it's too early [to speculate who is behind the attack] but security in the capital and the airport has been stepped up following the attacksm" she added.

Multiple blasts kill more than 200 in Sri Lanka

13 suspects arrested after a series of church and hotel bombings on Easter Sunday kills 207 people and wounds 450.

www.aljazeera.com

My thoughts are with the victims and their families, a terrible thing

 

[Buster23]

Could these attacks involves the Tamil Tigers?

 

[Bombardier]

Could these attacks involves the Tamil Tigers?

Only if they have commenced proceedings again as they were disbanded in May 17, 2009.
Tamils are mostly Hindu and Hindus do have history of attacking Christians.

Hindu Attacks Against Christians on the Rise in Southern India

Christians in southern India are living in fear as the level of persecution against them continues to rise, according to various media reports.

www1.cbn.com

 

[Buster23]

Sri Lanka's police chief made a nationwide alert 10 days before Sunday's bomb attacks in the country that suicide bombers planned to hit "prominent churches", according to the warning seen by AFP news agency.

Police chief Pujuth Jayasundara sent an intelligence warning to top officers on April 11 setting out the threat.

"A foreign intelligence agency has reported that the NTJ (National Thowheeth Jama'ath) is planning to carry out suicide attacks targeting prominent churches as well as the Indian high commission in Colombo," said the alert.

The NTJ is a Muslim group in Sri Lanka that came to notice last year when it was linked to the vandalisation of Buddhist statues.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019...e-attack-threat-bombings-190421080625256.html

 

[Buster23]

Only if they have commenced proceedings again as they were disbanded in May 17, 2009.
Tamils are mostly Hindu and Hindus do have history of attacking Christians.

Hindu Attacks Against Christians on the Rise in Southern India

Christians in southern India are living in fear as the level of persecution against them continues to rise, according to various media reports.

www1.cbn.com

Looks like a muslim group is responsible for the attack

 

[Bombardier]

Do you have a link to that news mate

 

[Bombardier]

Just heard on the BBC that there has been a seventh explosion and a number of police officers have been killed, sounds to me like a secondary device designed to do exactly what it did but not confirmed yet.
The BBC also states no group has accepted responsibility at this time

 

[Bombardier]

Looks like the 7th explosion was in a different hotel so not a secondary device. not clear if the victims of this explosion were cops
BBC state 9 foreigners killed and the suggestion is that the hotel bombs were targeted against them (seems obvious to me that)

 

[Buster23]

Do you have a link to that news mate

I guess I am just speculating based on the 'foreign intelligence report' mentioned in the Al Jazeera news article...

 

[Devil Child]

I guess I am just speculating based on the 'foreign intelligence report' mentioned in the Al Jazeera news article...

Al-Jazeera took down that article saying unverifiable.

What horrific news to wake up to. May the victims Rest in Peace.

 

[Devil Child]

Sri Lanka Bombings Live Updates: Police Warned That Churches Were Targets

As Christians in Sri Lanka gathered on Sunday morning to celebrate Easter Mass, powerful explosions ripped through three churches packed with worshipers, leaving hundreds of victims amid a havoc of splintered and blood-spattered pews.

In what the police said were coordinated terrorist attacks carried out on both sides of the country by a single group, suicide bombers also struck three hotels popular with tourists. At least 207 people were killed and 450 others injured, a police spokesman, Ruwan Gunasekera, said.

News of the bombings, the largest attack on South Asian Christians in recent memory, rippled out all Easter morning, interrupting celebrations across the world. Pope Francis, after celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Square, said the attacks had “brought mourning and sorrow” on the most important of Christian holidays.

Police Warned That Sri Lanka Churches Were Targets (Published 2019)

Multiple explosions killed more than 200 people at churches and across the country. Thirteen people have been arrested.

www.nytimes.com

207 killed so far with 450 injured. Barbaric.

 

[Buster23]

Sri Lanka Attacks Live Updates: Pointing a Finger at a Terrorist Group, and at One Another

Pointing a Finger at a Terrorist Group in the Aftermath of the Sri Lanka Blasts (Published 2019)

Officials could not explain why a warning about a militant Islamist organization planning suicide bombings failed to stop the assaults, which killed more than 300 people.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Buster23]

U.S., India Warned Sri Lanka Weeks Before Easter Terror Attacks

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Authorities here said an international terror group likely supported an obscure local Islamist group in carrying out a series of bombings that killed at least 310 people on Easter Sunday, weeks after the government had received warnings from the U.S. and India about a possible attack.

U.S., India Warned Sri Lanka Weeks Before Easter Terror Attacks

Sri Lankan authorities said an international terror group likely supported an obscure local Islamist group in carrying out a series of bombings that killed at least 321 people on Easter Sunday, weeks after the government had received warnings from the U.S. and India about a possible attack.

www.wsj.com

 

[Bombardier]

National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ), also known as National Thowheeth Jama’ath, hasn't claimed responsibility for the attacks - no group has as of Monday afternoon - but it has been blamed by Sri Lanka's government.

Who are the National Thowheed Jamath?, little is known about them

'ISIS branch' blamed for deadly bombings that killed hundreds in Sri Lanka

National Thowheed Jamath - the extremist group blamed for deadly bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka - is a local branch of ISIS, a security expert says

www.mirror.co.uk

 

[IDF_TANKER]

This is very strange for no one to claim the responsibility for the attack, which is the whole point...

 

[Mordoror]

National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ), also known as National Thowheeth Jama’ath, hasn't claimed responsibility for the attacks - no group has as of Monday afternoon - but it has been blamed by Sri Lanka's government.

Who are the National Thowheed Jamath?, little is known about them

'ISIS branch' blamed for deadly bombings that killed hundreds in Sri Lanka

National Thowheed Jamath - the extremist group blamed for deadly bombings at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka - is a local branch of ISIS, a security expert says

www.mirror.co.uk

NTJ is a low level group that couldn't have done this cooordinated attack by itself
Know how and logistics were probably coming from abroad
I guess that the Sri Lanka gov is walking on eggs. it is easier to blame locals and go on a man hunt than admit that the island is a strainer.
Because if so, it would hurt the tourism sector more than it is already AND open the flank to pressure from neighbouring countries (like India)

 

[IDF_TANKER]

Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka terror attack

Islamic State claims responsibility for Sri Lanka terror attack

Jihadist group publishes names of 7 bombers; United Nations says at least 45 children among the 321 killed in Easter Sunday atrocities

www.timesofisrael.com

In other news...

Wisconsin Woman Used Hacked Facebook Accounts to Recruit for ISIS, Prosecutors Say
Two people in Wisconsin have pleaded guilty to crimes related to providing support for the Islamic State, including a woman who used hacked Facebook accounts to share instructions for building explosives and mixing poison, the authorities said Monday.

Prosecutors said the two cases were unrelated. The woman, Waheba Issa Dais, 46, a permanent legal resident of the United States who was born in Israel, pleaded guilty to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS.

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Wisconsin Woman Used Hacked Facebook Accounts to Recruit for ISIS, Prosecutors Say (Published 2019)

In two unrelated cases, the woman, Waheba Issa Dais, and a Wisconsin man pleaded guilty to crimes related to providing support for the Islamic State.

www.nytimes.com