Police in Barcelona arrested two people on Tuesday on suspicion of recruiting Muslims to fight for militant groups, news agency EFE reported. The report said they were not connected to 11 other Islamist militants who a Spanish court charged on Thursday with offences related to suicide bomb plots in the Spanish city and Germany. The…
Several hundred people demonstrated outside the Palace of Justice in Brussels, demanding that currently detained undocumented migrants be released. Police used force to break up the unlicensed protest, and arrested 130 in the event, many of them migrants themselves. Those who are undocumented face penalties for taking part in the demonstration, and may also face…
In 2007, the number of arrests for Islamic terrorism declined 22 percent, from 257 to 201, as separatists arrests climbed well over 1,000. However, nationals in a number of EU member states continued to be recruited for missions in or related to conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan throughout 2007. “Radicalization is a very worrying phenomenon…
Several men accused of plotting to blow up passenger planes mid-air as they crossed the Atlantic made Islamic martyrdom videos, a court has heard. Six of the eight men recorded videos justifying “revenge” attacks on non-Muslims, jurors were told. They also researched other UK targets, including London’s Canary Wharf, and contemplated taking wives and children…
Spanish police arrested two Islamic terror suspects wanted by Morocco. The two men were arrested in Melilla, a Spanish enclave located on Morocco’s northern coast. The suspects were identified as Ali Aarass, and Mohamed El Bay. Aarass was sought for his involvement in a string of suicide attacks that killed 45 people in Casablanca, in…
