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Barcelona Van Attackers Plotted Major Bombings, Suspect Tells Spanish Court
An Islamist terrorist cell that last week used a van to kill 13 people in Barcelona had planned one or several major bomb attacks, possibly against churches or monuments, one suspect told a court on Tuesday, according to sources close to the investigation.
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Spain Hunts For Driver In Van Rampage, Says Islamist Cell Dismantled
Police were searching on Saturday for the driver of a van that killed 13 people when it ploughed into a crowd in Barcelona and were trying to determine whether two other suspected terrorist linked to the attack had died or were at large.
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How ISIS Uses Messaging Apps To Recruit Children In Europe
The package ordered online arrived at his second-floor apartment on a brisk Saturday morning, a cardboard box packed with magnesium, potassium nitrate and aluminum powder for a homemade bomb. Weeks ahead of the attack, police said, the terrorist cell's leader - an Islamist his comrades called the Emir - had issued precautionary orders.
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Paris Attacks Suspect Refused End To 24/7 Jail Cell Surveillance
A French judge on Friday rejected a demand that jail guards stop round-the-clock video surveillance of the only known survivor of a group of Islamist militants who killed 130 people in Paris last November.
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Nigeria Police Make Arrests Over Boko Haram 'Sleeper Cells' in Abuja Area
Nigeria's secret police on Saturday said they had arrested a dozen suspects linked to the discovery of "sleeper cells" operated by Boko Haram Islamists in and around the capital Abuja.
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Belgium Deploys Troops After Foiling 'Terror' Plot
Belgium today began deploying hundreds of troops to patrol the streets after security forces smashed a suspected Islamist "terrorist" cell planning to kill police officers.
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Ghulam Azam, Jailed Bangladesh Ex-Islamist Leader, Dies
A former Bangladeshi Islamist party leader who was convicted of war crimes involving his country's 1971 independence war has died of a heart attack in a prison cell of a government hospital.
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Nigerian Military Busts Abducted Girls Terror Cell
Nigeria's military has bust a terrorist intelligence cell and arrested a businessman who "actively participated" in the April abductions of more than 200 schoolgirls, a statement said.
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China Detains 380 in Month-Long Xinjiang Terror Sweep
Authorities in China's far-flung western region of Xinjiang have detained 380 people and busted 32 terror cells in a month-long crackdown on violence, state media said on Monday, following an upsurge in attacks blamed on Islamist militants.
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Barcelona Van Attackers Plotted Major Bombings, Suspect Tells Spanish Court
An Islamist terrorist cell that last week used a van to kill 13 people in Barcelona had planned one or several major bomb attacks, possibly against churches or monuments, one suspect told a court on Tuesday, according to sources close to the investigation.
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Spain Hunts For Driver In Van Rampage, Says Islamist Cell Dismantled
Police were searching on Saturday for the driver of a van that killed 13 people when it ploughed into a crowd in Barcelona and were trying to determine whether two other suspected terrorist linked to the attack had died or were at large.
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How ISIS Uses Messaging Apps To Recruit Children In Europe
The package ordered online arrived at his second-floor apartment on a brisk Saturday morning, a cardboard box packed with magnesium, potassium nitrate and aluminum powder for a homemade bomb. Weeks ahead of the attack, police said, the terrorist cell's leader - an Islamist his comrades called the Emir - had issued precautionary orders.
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Paris Attacks Suspect Refused End To 24/7 Jail Cell Surveillance
A French judge on Friday rejected a demand that jail guards stop round-the-clock video surveillance of the only known survivor of a group of Islamist militants who killed 130 people in Paris last November.
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Nigeria Police Make Arrests Over Boko Haram 'Sleeper Cells' in Abuja Area
Nigeria's secret police on Saturday said they had arrested a dozen suspects linked to the discovery of "sleeper cells" operated by Boko Haram Islamists in and around the capital Abuja.
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Belgium Deploys Troops After Foiling 'Terror' Plot
Belgium today began deploying hundreds of troops to patrol the streets after security forces smashed a suspected Islamist "terrorist" cell planning to kill police officers.
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Ghulam Azam, Jailed Bangladesh Ex-Islamist Leader, Dies
A former Bangladeshi Islamist party leader who was convicted of war crimes involving his country's 1971 independence war has died of a heart attack in a prison cell of a government hospital.
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Nigerian Military Busts Abducted Girls Terror Cell
Nigeria's military has bust a terrorist intelligence cell and arrested a businessman who "actively participated" in the April abductions of more than 200 schoolgirls, a statement said.
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China Detains 380 in Month-Long Xinjiang Terror Sweep
Authorities in China's far-flung western region of Xinjiang have detained 380 people and busted 32 terror cells in a month-long crackdown on violence, state media said on Monday, following an upsurge in attacks blamed on Islamist militants.
