WORLDWIDE - Terrorist threats and scares

[ZaZara]

Misstänkte terroristen byggde hemliga rum på Polishögskolan

Bakhtiyor Umarov, 30, was arrested this spring and is now charged with preparing terrorist crimes and financing particularly serious crimes through money transfers to the Islamic state. For more than a year, he and several other Uzbek men had been planning a terrorist attack against Sweden.

According to the lawsuit, during February last year, they acquired, stored, transported and compiled 660 kilos and over 100 liters of chemicals in order to build a bomb and then "carry out or promote terrorist offenses" in April of this year.

In addition, they would also have acquired, stored and compiled two battle harnesses, four communication radios with headsets and other accessories, a backpack, a gas mask, a gas mask bag, a gas mask filter, a holster, a pair of knee pads, two bayonets, a pair of knee pads, two bayonets and four pairs of combat gloves.

The Prosecutor writes:

"The purpose of the act has been to cause serious fear to a population or population group and to seriously destabilize or destroy basic political, constitutional, economic or social structures in Sweden."

It appears from the preliminary investigation that Bakhtiyor Umarov's telephone has been intercepted since August 2017. A colleague states that Bakhtiyor Umarov worked in the Police Academy's premises until arrest in April this year.

When questioned, Bakhtiyar Umarov tells that he is a construction worker and builds special rooms at the Police Academy premises and that he has worked for the construction company since January 2017.

Asked what kind of rooms these are, he answers "tactical rooms and KK rooms". When asked what KK room is, he answers that it is secret and he has a duty of secrecy.

The head of the construction company confirms in police investigations that Bakhtiyor works at the police school but that it has not been preceded by any security classification, but that the employees "have a general confidentiality".

According to the supervisor, the suspected terrorist has been working on completing shooting ranges and premises for gun custody and the like, but nothing with special protection value at the police school.

"At the Police College, he constructed toilets, shooting ranges, premises for armaments and the like, but nothing with special protection value."

It also appears in the police questioning with the employer that Bakhtiyor Umarov was involved in an incident at the company after the terrorist attack on Drottninggatan last year, when five people were killed by terrorist Rakhmat Akilov who was sentenced to life.

The company ordered a break for a minute of silence in the workplace to honor the victims. Bakhtiyas went away, which caused a "lynch mood" among the others.

The manager was forced to go to the workplace to talk to Bakhtiyor who explained his behavior that the honor was a Christian minute he could not participate in. The manager said he then explained that it was not about religion but about honoring the victims.


BBM


Like Bakhtiyor Umarov and his cell, Rakhmat Akilov is an Uzbek too. But apparently no one was wondering about anything in general or in particular. Sweden must be in a state of collective denial.

Thread about Akilove here:

Sweden - Guilty - Five Killed As Truck Slams Into Crowd, Stockholm, 7 April 2017

A young girl called Ebba was run over by the truck, her legs were cut off from her torso. Pictures were shown on social media. Horrible.

 

[ZaZara]

New Year's Eve in Cologne

Large-scale deployment for the police in North Rhine-Westphalia: 5500 officials are to ensure that the celebrations at the turn of the year remain peaceful. Hospitals and fire brigades have also increased their staffing. Particularly in the party cities of Düsseldorf and Cologne, the emergency forces are increasing their security measures. More than twice as many officers are deployed nationwide as on normal weekends. Cities such as Düsseldorf and Dortmund have banned firecrackers from parts of the city centre. Some places, where violent incidents have occurred over and over again, are illuminated brightly, in order to let no party mood arise at all.

"The NRW police do everything they can to prevent something like Cologne's New Year's Eve from repeating itself," says Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU). On New Year's Eve 2015/16, numerous women were sexually harassed and robbed around Cologne's main railway station. These measures have already proved their worth in the past year: It remained largely peaceful. But Reul also stressed: "There is no one hundred percent security."

BBM

So called "Schutzzone", Security Area near the Dom of Cologne. Germany never had those! IMHO safety area would be a better translation.

The caption reads: Safety Area for safety seeking women who seek safety from safety seekers.

Source: unknown, on twitter, many posters.


Happy 2019!

 

[gregjrichards]

ISIS urges New Year 'lone wolf' attacks on London and New York

ISIS fanatics flood Internet with propaganda urging New Year 'lone wolf' attacks

 

[gregjrichards]

Manchester Victoria Station stabbings: Three people 'knifed by man' in frenzied attack

Multiple people stabbed in frenzied attack at Victoria Station in Manchester

He was shouting Allah according to reports.

 

[Legally Bland]

This tweet is from a BBC producer, so hopefully I'm OK posting it:
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ᔕᗩᗰ ᑕᒪᗩᑕK‏ @Clack_Sam
Just been very close to the most terrifying thing. Man stabbed in Manchester Victoria station on tram platform. Feet from me, I was close to jumping on the tracks as attacker had long kitchen knife. Totally shaken. This is seriously messed up.

ᔕᗩᗰ ᑕᒪᗩᑕK on Twitter

 

[gregjrichards]

This tweet is from a BBC producer, so hopefully I'm OK posting it:
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ᔕᗩᗰ ᑕᒪᗩᑕK‏ @Clack_Sam
Just been very close to the most terrifying thing. Man stabbed in Manchester Victoria station on tram platform. Feet from me, I was close to jumping on the tracks as attacker had long kitchen knife. Totally shaken. This is seriously messed up.

ᔕᗩᗰ ᑕᒪᗩᑕK on Twitter

Must have been terrifying thank goodness nobody has died.

 

[gregjrichards]

“A car has deliberately ploughed into pedestrians in a suspected terror attack in Harajuku, Tokyo on New Year's Day.

The incident took place on a street where people had gathered for New Year's festivities in downtown Tokyo.

A man in his 20s was taken into custody and police said he is suspected of intentionally trying to kill people by driving the car through the street.”

Car deliberately ploughs into pedestrians in Tokyo 'terror attack'

 

[GreyClay]

Several people injured after man drives car into crowd in Germany

January 1, 2019

A man has been arrested in Germany after driving his car into a crowd of people, injuring at least four, in what appears to have been an intentional attack directed at immigrants.

Police said the 50-year-old driver of a silver Mercedes first attempted to hit a group of pedestrians in the western city of Bottrop shortly after midnight on Tuesday, but they were able to jump out of the way.

The man, who was not named, then went into the city centre, where he drove into a crowd. Police said those hit by the car included Syrians and Afghans, and some were seriously injured.

Several people injured after man drives car into crowd in Germany

 

[GreyClay]

Four injured after German man rams car into crowd; racist motive suspected

January 1st 2019

A police spokeswoman said Syrian and Afghan citizens were among those injured, but gave no further details.

The attack occurred after midnight on New Year’s Eve at a crowded plaza in Bottrop.

Earlier the driver had steered his car at another pedestrian, who managed to escape unharmed, according to the statement. He also targeted people at a bus stop after fleeing the scene of the Bottrop attack, it said.

Four injured after German man rams car into crowd; racist motive suspected | Reuters

 

[gregjrichards]

Russian tower block collapse was a TERROR ATTACK, officials fear, as special services kill three 'terrorists' in gun battle overnight following a car explosion in the city

Russian tower block collapse was a TERROR ATTACK, officials fear as 'three terrorists are killed' | Daily Mail Online

 

[ZaZara]

Police officers speak anonimously about the hell of New Year's Eve in Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium.

"We were powerless. At one point we had to regroup. Then they had free rein to destroy everything.

We arrived there with all the teams. We tried to spread these young people to clear the way so that the fire brigade could pass through. But there were so many young people present. We were pelted with stones, bottles and street furniture, so we were obliged at some point to withdraw and reorganize ourselves in the centre of Molenbeek.

The management asked an additional team for Brussels. Reinforcement was then provided. In the meantime, the rioters took advantage of this to actually beat everything to pieces and loot everything.


Anonymous agents speak to the Flemish VTM News. These anonymous agents (again) had to watch with regret how street terrorists took over power on the streets and the civil war, the beiroutisation of European cities, came another step closer.

And again nothing changed. There will be evaluations and consultations and committees and agreements and accusations and moral knights who will call others racist and sentences to community service but especially dismissals and it is all the fault of capitalism, and that's about it.

Next year those officers will be there again, watching how society collapses, while the socialist(!) mayor is on holiday abroad.


BBM



It is called a low-impact civil war, and this war is spreading in Western Europe, starting in de the bigger cities with no-go areas.


Student Ayoub El Azzaoui tells VRT.be he grew up in Molenbeek with these young men 'and they tell me it can get worse.'

(..)

On 30 December, the young people had already started lighting fireworks and fireworks bombs in Molenbeek, even on the square next to the police station in Molenbeek. They went in large numbers to the carnival shops around the Fair to do their shopping there. The minors bought their fireworks via Instagram accounts or in the neighbourhood of the older youngsters.

They came together with New Year in groups and wanted to show who had the best fireworks and a little later who could produce the "most spectacular" effects. They call it "roewen" in Arabic, which you could translate as "chaos doing," and that is of course regrettable.

A few days later I asked them why they destroyed their own neighbourhood, why they plundered the pharmacy where they are going to get their own medicines and why such chaos is necessary at all. The answer was that this was the only way they could attract media attention and take revenge on the police who had harassed them all year round. They also say that they realize what they have done, and that they know that this is not acceptable, but that it "transcends" them and that they can do it again. Another boy told me that he was there, that the intention was to assert himself in the neighbourhood.

During the demonstration against the Marrakech Pact, those same young people also wanted to go to Central Station in droves to protest the buses led by Schild & Vrienden and other right-wing extremist movements. In the end, this did not happen thanks to the massive police attendance, but of course they wanted to make a statement on 1 January: Molenbeek belongs to us, the district belongs to us and you can't do anything about it or say anything about it. That's why, while filming the vandalism, you also saw that they were scolding the other party.

But there was no trace of the other party. The young people were given free rein, because the police were not prepared for it, while on the contrary they were prepared and numerous people were present.

What many readers will think is that it is because the left is back in power in Molenbeek, but do you really think that these young people know which parties have formed a coalition in their municipality or that they know who is now mayor? That doesn't interest them. The situation is not improving, so I think it is necessary to sound the alarm. Because the young people themselves say that it can continue to happen and that it can even get worse.

The only approach I think is to see more police on the street. You would think that there is a lot of "blue" on the street in Molenbeek, but that is not really the case. Although more police on the street is also a risk, because new riots could occur. Most of these young people don't even listen to their parents, what are they going to listen to the government or the police for whom they have a strong dislike?

BBM

 

[dotr]

January 20, 2019
IRA dissidents suspected in Northern Ireland car bomb blast
"LONDON -- Police in Northern Ireland said Sunday they suspect Irish Republican Army dissidents were behind a car bombing outside a courthouse in the city of Londonderry. Two men in their 20s have been arrested.

The device was placed inside a hijacked delivery vehicle and exploded Saturday night as police, who had received a warning, were evacuating the area. There were no reports of injuries."
"Hamilton said the "main line of inquiry" was that the bomb had been planted by a group known as the New IRA".

 

[dotr]

What started as a curious event that i put in the bizarre news section, has ended up as a terror related investigation..
Canada - Mystery plane that keeps flying over Kingston, Ontario in the dead of night January 2019

 

[ZaZara]

What started as a curious event that i put in the bizarre news section, has ended up as a terror related investigation..
Canada - Mystery plane that keeps flying over Kingston, Ontario in the dead of night January 2019

So what was the role of the plane?

 

[dotr]

So what was the role of the plane?

The plane had been keeping watch due to terrorist threat, more info will be released to the public at 1 pm today.
Youth charged with terrorism in connection to Kingston raids; 2nd person arrested, not charged
"RCMP said the “Youth Criminal Justice Act prevents any further release of information regarding this individual.” The charges include “knowingly facilitating a terrorist activity,” and “Counselling a person to deliver, place, discharge or detonate an explosive or other lethal device” in a public place."

One of the houses belonged to a refugee family that fled to Canada from Syria.
Father of man arrested in Kingston, Ont., probe says he's told it's 'about terrorists' | CBC News
The RCMP said it will hold a news conference today at 1 p.m. ET to update the public on the investigation".
"However, the threat was considered serious enough to involve months of investigation, thousands of hours of police work and the use of a Pilatus PC-12 RCMP surveillance plane that had been circling over Kingston in recent weeks for hours on end, creating a great deal of interest from residents due to the noise."

 

[katydid23]

Police officers speak anonimously about the hell of New Year's Eve in Molenbeek, Brussels, Belgium.

"We were powerless. At one point we had to regroup. Then they had free rein to destroy everything.

We arrived there with all the teams. We tried to spread these young people to clear the way so that the fire brigade could pass through. But there were so many young people present. We were pelted with stones, bottles and street furniture, so we were obliged at some point to withdraw and reorganize ourselves in the centre of Molenbeek.
....Snipped for space....
The only approach I think is to see more police on the street. You would think that there is a lot of "blue" on the street in Molenbeek, but that is not really the case. Although more police on the street is also a risk, because new riots could occur. Most of these young people don't even listen to their parents, what are they going to listen to the government or the police for whom they have a strong dislike?

BBM

This ^^^ is so depressing.

 

[dotr]

Bomb attacks at church kill many in southern Philippines | CBC News
Jan 26, 2019 11:31 PM ET
"Twin bombings during a church service in the southern Philippines killed at least 21 people and wounded 71, security officials said, days after a referendum on autonomy for the mainly Muslim region returned an overwhelming "yes" vote.

The first explosion went off inside the cathedral in Jolo, on the island province of Sulu, and was followed by a second blast in the car park outside, killing military and civilians, officials said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility."

 

[dotr]

Three Iraqi refugees detained in alleged terror plot in northern Germany
Jan 30 2019
"BERLIN -- German authorities arrested three Iraqi refugees on Wednesday on allegations they were planning an Islamic extremist bombing attack, and searched properties in three states in connection with their investigation.

Federal prosecutors said Shahin F. and Hersh F., both 23, and Rauf S., 36, were taken into custody in an early morning raid by a police SWAT team in the area of Dithmarschen, near the border with Denmark.

The suspects, who had refugee status in Germany, had been under surveillance for some time by a task force of around 200 investigators, said Holger Muench, the head of Germany's federal police.

“The case shows that the threat of Islamic terrorism is still present,” Muench told
reporters."
"In preparation for the possibility of using a vehicle in the attack, Shahin F. started taking driving lessons, federal prosecutors said"

 

[Elley Mae]

Bodycam footage shows alleged ISIS-tied Arizona man's confrontation with officer

“My name is Ismail Hamed," he told 911 operators, according to The Arizona Republic. “I live in Fountain Hills, and I'm owing my allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. I just want a cop to come real quick and I want to deal with them.”

Bodycam footage shows alleged ISIS-tied Arizona man's confrontation with officer

 

[K_Z]

Attempted hijacking/ emergency landing on flight from Bangladesh to Dubai; terrorist killed in shootout.

**Did the terrorist manage to bring his gun onto the aircraft? Seems so.

A flight on the way to Dubai was forced to make an emergency landing in a Bangladesh city on Sunday after an attempted hijacking by a suspect who later died after exchanging gunfire with military commandos, officials said.

Air Vice Marshal Mofidur Rahman of Bangladesh's air force described the suspect as a "terrorist," and said that commandos fired at the suspect after he shot at them when they asked him to surrender, according to ATN TV News. He did not say where the shooting took place, but no other casualties were reported.

Dubai flight forced to make emergency landing after attempted hijacking; suspect dies of injuries in shootout

Bangladesh plane 'hijacker' shot dead

Biman Bangladesh flight faces attempted hijack, passengers safe - airline official