In March 2013 Semra, 16 at the time, was arrested on the airport, while she was in the company of Imad el O. The two are suspected to be going to Syria, although Semra claims they wanted to go to Egypt to get married there and to study. It was Semra’s niece who told the…
A 16-year old girl from the city of Tilburg was arrested by the Hungarian police at the border, when she was travelling by train from Budapest to Belgrado with false documents. Dutch authorities had informed the Hungarian anti-terrorism service TEK about her, because she was suspected to be fighting the jihad in Syria.
Four suspected Islamist terrorists have been arrested by armed police on suspicion of plotting attacks in the UK – amid fears of a Remembrance Sunday plot. Those arrested included a 19-year-old High Wycombe man who neighbours said had returned from a trip to Pakistan earlier this year and was described as having been recently radicalised….
Is Mayotte harboring terrorists? A local newspaper recently revealed the departure of four men from Mayotte to wage jihad in Syria, passing through France, an affair which has caused a stir on the island. On October 26 this concern was amplified following the Islamic New Year. The shiite minority provoked strong reactions, especially “war songs”…
Dutch fighters in Aleppo warn that preventing Muslims from going to Syria or Iraq increases changes of attacks in the Netherlands, like what have happened in Canada. Experts still believe it’s better to withdraw passports and to prevent further radicalisation. “You don’t want hundreds of angry potential jihadists in your back yard,” says one of…
