Plus: Police
say terrorist suspect planned to target art collective Alex Katz painting stolen from Munich gallery and Dan Byers appointed director of Harvard's Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
Police
say terrorist suspect planned to target art collective A prominent Berlin art collective was among a series of targets drawn up by a German army officer arrested on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks, reports Tagesspiegel (German language article, via ArtNet News).
Not exact matches
Keating
said the Russian security agency FSB showed him information including «the names, the addresses, the cellphone numbers, the iPad accounts, e-mail, Facebook pages... the fact that he was trying to get involved to go to Palestine and deal with insurgencies there» that apparently led the CIA to add Tamerlan to a
terrorist suspect database.
During the CNN Republican debate on Tuesday night, Donald Trump
said that he would be open to closing parts of the internet where
suspected terrorists communicate.
He yielded the floor at 2:11 a.m. EDT,
saying he had won commitments from Republican leaders that they would hold votes on amendments to expand background checks and ban gun sales to
suspected terrorists.
Republicans
said owning guns is a constitutional right and cited people erroneously
suspected as
terrorists.
Acting on a tip from the FBI, Italian authorities arrested four people in Italy and Kosovo Tuesday who were
suspected of planning an attack on Pope Francis... The [alleged]
terrorist team propagated the ideology of jihad through social networks, the police
said.
Since Ferguson concludes his article by stating that he
suspects such a
terrorist attack as being «bound to happen... sooner or later,» he is effectively
saying that England has a loaded weapon pointed at its head, with the trigger poised.
The mother of the Finsbury Park attack
suspect says her son is «no
terrorist - just a man with problems».
Amnesty International's UK director, Kate Allen,
said she was disappointed by the report's equivocal response to the
suspected terrorists» current situation.
The ban on the use of wiretap evidence in court should be scrapped to allow prosecutors a better chance of convicting
suspected terrorists, a parliamentary committee has
said.
Government attempts to raise the number of days
terrorist suspects can be held without trial to 42 are «wholly unnecessary» a committee of MPs has
said.
Democratic 2016 frontrunner Hillary Clinton referred to the San Bernardino shooting
suspects as ISIS «wannabes,» because of their social media activity online, and
said social media companies should help track and shut down
suspected terrorist communication.
US Sen. Chuck Schumer
said this morning that he will reintroduce a bill that would keep
suspected terrorists on the no - fly list from buying guns online and at gun shows.
Shami Chakrabarti, director of campaign group Liberty,
said: «There's no problem with the targeted investigation of
terrorist suspects, including where it requires linking apparently anonymous communications to a particular person.
Pataki did
say it's appropriate to make distinctions between non-citizen terror
suspects and US citizens like Faisal Shahzad, who has admitted to his role in the Times Square plot, adding: «The Christmas Day bomber should not have been given the Miranda warnings... he is an enemy combatant, a
terrorist without those rights.»
Paul Biya also reacting to a question of why Cameroon allegedly harboured
suspected terrorists who ran to the country for safety
saying that the allegation was unfounded.
Colleen Deacon, Eric Kingson and Steve Williams
said they support a bill in Congress banning gun sales to
suspected terrorists, an increase in the federal minimum wage to $ 15 per hour, increased spending on roads and bridges, a ban on fracking for natural gas, and replacing the elevated portion of Interstate 81 in Syracuse with a boulevard.
Speaking to reporters in Times Square, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer
said that as early as Wednesday, Democrats would move to add legislation to ban people
suspected of
terrorist inclinations from accessing firearms as an amendment to a Justice Department appropriations bill.
A week after Democrats staged a nearly 26 - hour sit - in demanding a vote on gun control measures, Speaker Paul Ryan
said the House will vote next week on legislation to block
suspected terrorists from buying guns
«The arrest tonight of an individual
suspected of planning to commit a
terrorist act in New York demonstrates once again the effectiveness and bravery of our men and women in law enforcement,» Cuomo
said.
He
said if a
suspected terrorist is arrested, it is often difficult to successfully prosecute them within the current legal regime.
The Army
says Wednesday that it had intercepted 37 people
suspected to be wives and children of Boko Haram
terrorists after they escaped from the insurgents» custody.
«Once the accuracy of the designation of a controlee as a
terrorist suspect has been verified by the court, as a general rule judges should recognise that officials and the police have far more understanding of the restrictions required to effect a control order,» he
said.
Trump has given the CIA secret new authority to conduct drone strikes against
suspected terrorists, U.S. officials
said, changing the Obama administration's policy of limiting the spy agency's paramilitary role and reopening a turf war between the agency and the Pentagon.
The
suspected Boko Haram
terrorists are undergoing preliminary investigation,» he
said.
Reports of
suspected terror attack on Accra Mall are false, the Police have
said Sunday, after monitoring information on social media that a group of
terrorist had attacked the mall.
Home secretary confirmed the long - awaited review had already begun, and
said it would look at six areas: the use of control orders, stop and search powers in section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 and the use of terrorism legislation in relation to photography, the detention of
terrorist suspects before charge, extending the use of deportations, measures to deal with organisations that promote hatred or violence, and the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Ripa) by local authorities.
A statement from Army HQ
said, «Following information provided by an arrested
suspected Boko Haram
terrorist, Lawan Abbai, troops on Operation Lafiya Dole yesterday morning carried out mine and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) clearance at Gombori which was along the troops main supply route.
Cuomo
said the feds need to give states access to the lists so they can cross-check them themselves if Washington can't find common ground on a «common - sense provision» that would keep guns out of the hands of
suspected terrorists.
Continuing Usman
said, «During the encounter with the
terrorists at Yerimari Gana a number of Boko Haram
terrorists were killed and some
suspected terrorists were arrested who are being interrogated.
Confirming the arrest in a statement, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Usman
said, «As all hands are on deck to finally defeat Boko Haram
terrorists in our country, today (Monday) in the morning, another declared wanted
suspected Boko Haram
terrorist, Ishaku Wardifen, was nabbed by vigilant troops of 23 Brigade Special Battalion at a check point in Maiha, Adamawa State.
«So the simple point is if this country has information that
says people are
suspected terrorists, to the extent that they don't let them board an airplane, well, if you can't step on an airplane, you shouldn't be allowed to pull a trigger,»
said Cuomo, who expressed fear that radicalized hate will become only worse.
Saipov was interviewed in 2015 by federal agents about possible ties to
suspected terrorists, but the agents did not have enough evidence to open a case on him, laws enforcement officials
said.
Ms May
said the government was doing «everything possible» to deport the
suspected terrorist, she emphasised, and described the European court as having come to a decision «not in the best interests of the United Kingdom».
Trump vowed to scrap the federal immigration program that allowed the New York City truck
terrorist to enter the United States, and
said «animals» like the
suspect in the attack belong in Guantanamo Bay.
«It's almost impossible, even without full knowledge of the case, to conclude that Glenn Greenwald's partner was a
terrorist suspect,» he
said.
A statement making the disclosure and signed by Colonel Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations
said, «Another catastrophe was averted in Kaduna State and other contiguous areas when troops of the Nigerian Army arrested 7
suspected Boko Haram
terrorist's bomb and Improvised Explosive making Devices (IEDs) specialists.
On recovery of arms, he
said: «Following a tip off from an informant at Gajiram in Nganzai Local Government Area, some Fulani herdsmen were held hostage and placed on a ransom by
suspected Boko Haram
terrorists in Galte bush.
A statement in this regard signed by Colonel Sani Usman, Acting Director, Army Public Relations
said, «This evening, troops of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, intercepted and destroyed 10
suspected Boko Haram
terrorists suicide bombers at the outskirts of Maiduguri city.
A statement explaining the development
said, «In yet another unprecedented achievement, vigilant troops of 28 Task Force Brigade today arrested another Boko Haram
terrorist suspect, Abdullahi Abubakar Sadiq, believed that be the
terrorists Chief Cameraman and
suspect number 58 on the list of 100
suspected Boko Haram
terrorists wanted list.
A statement from Army headquarters signed by Col Sani Usman detailing the operation
said, «On Saturday 16th April 2016, troops of 7 Division Strike Group Team B and 22 Task Force Brigade conducted a simultaneous dawn raid on
suspected Boko Haram
terrorists hideouts at Biggoro, Warpaya and Aura, North of Kumshe in Bama Local Government Area.
«The apprehension of the
suspects is a boost to the fight against terrorism and insurgency in that they were assisting with investigation that would lead to the arrest of more
suspected terrorists in the camp and elsewhere» Usman
said.
WASHINGTON (CNN)- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has denied she was ever told explicitly that waterboarding had been used on
terrorist suspects, «has a lot of explaining to do,» former Speaker Newt Gingrich
said Sunday.
Supporters of the Turkish government policy of making
suspects wear uniforms wave banners in August 2017
saying «
terrorists in single uniform».
Spanish later killed five
suspected terrorists in the town of Cambrils to stop what they
say was another planned vehicle attack.
SITE then issued the following press release
saying they never
said the images were in any way
suspected to be connected to
terrorists plans:
At the time I last wrote to my MP about this issue (about nine months ago), she
said the government plans were to exclude persons
suspected of
terrorist activities for up to two years while the investigation was made.
The Tories,
said Straw, want a Bill of Rights which gives greater national sovereignty and allows us to deport
suspected foreign
terrorists to likely torture with greater ease.
Plans to detain
terrorist suspects without charge for more than 28 days should be dropped, a committee of MPs and peers from all parties
says.