A 16-year-old Afghan was arrested in connection to the fatal shooting of nine people in Munich on Friday by German-Iranian gunman Ali David Sonboly, under suspicion that he knew about the shooting beforehand and may have even sent the Facebook message…
Author: Victoria Friedman
Sikh Temple Blown Up By Islamic State Supporters ‘Not Terrorism’
Three Muslim teenagers who bombed a Sikh temple in Germany have been found guilty of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and causing an explosion – but not terrorism. This is despite the bombers’ links to local Salafist organisations, terrorist sympathies, and accessing Islamic State propaganda. The teens were also considered at such a risk of radicalisation that all three were enrolled on anti-radicalisation programmes. One of the convicted completed his programme just four days before the attack that injured three people. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reported that the three Salafist teens of Turkish descent who bombed a Sikh temple in Essen, Germany, in April 2016 were tried in a youth criminal court and found guilty of attempted murder, aggravated assault, and causing an explosion. Much to the shock of seasoned investigators, the federal prosecutor did not consider the bombing to be an act of terrorism. Mohammed B. from Essen and Yusuf T. from Gelsenkurchen (both aged 16), who built and planted the explosive device, were arrested after the bombing. Their co-conspirator Tolga I. from Schermbeck (aged 17) was arrested some time afterward. The attack happened in April 2016, the violent explosion ripping through a Sikh temple in the western German city of Essen, near Düsseldorf. Three people were
France: Muslim Stabbed Three Children For Being ‘Scantily Dressed’
A mother and her three daughters aged eight, 12, and 14 have been stabbed by a Muslim man of Moroccan origin at a holiday camp for being “scantily clad”.
French Don’t Trust Their Government On Response To Terrorism
Two thirds of French people do not trust the president or government on terrorism, with half believing that France is at war, and the majority wanting more “effective” responses to terrorism including an increase in military and policing personnel, ha…
Thousands Of Sex Attacks On Britain’s Trains, Victims As Young As Two Years Old
A total of 6,160 sex attacks, including 80 rapes, have been reported in a five year period on Britain’s railways, with commuters in London and the south of England most at risk of being sexually assaulted. The Mirror reported that during the period of 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2015, British Transport Police (BTP) received reports of a total of 6,160 sex attacks. Women in their twenties and teenage boys were most at risk, with the youngest victim a two-year-old toddler. The figures revealed that the number of sex crimes recorded on mainline and underground trains and stations has doubled in just four years, with 992 attacks reported in 2011, 1,335 reported in 2014, and for last year 1,815 which averages to five sexual assaults every day. And the number of reported attacks appears to be on the rise. A surprising find was that commuters are more likely to be victims of sexual assault during rush hour – when trains are packed and at their busiest – so at 8am and between 5-7pm. Most offences were committed against girls and women aged 15-30, with women aged 24 most at risk, and boys aged 15 and 16. Of the 6,160 offences during the five-year
Farage To Address RNC In Cleveland, Says Brexit Has ‘Lessons’ For America
Nigel Farage will be attending the Republican National Convention, where he will tell delegates that Brexit holds lessons for America. UKIP European Member of Parliament (MEP) and former party leader Nigel Farage will be heading to Cleveland, Ohio, next week to attend the Republican National Committee Convention. USA Today reported that Mr. Farage said the UK’s vote to leave the European Union (EU) holds lessons for America. “Having criticised President Obama for getting involved in British politics, I am not about to endorse anybody…But I do know a lot of people in the Republican Party, and I’ll be interested to hear what Donald Trump has to say in his big speech,” said Mr. Farage who will be attending as an observer. Mr. Farage denied that there had been a direct invitation to attend from Republican Presidential nominee, Donald Trump. Discussing the barrier that membership to the EU creates for the ‘special relationship’, Mr. Farage stated: “Staying inside the EU would be profoundly damaging for the U.S.-UK relationship because as the EU develops more and more foreign policy, it reduces the UK’s ability to independently make decisions and continue to be America’s closest ally through NATO and everything else.” The UKIP MEP expressed disappointment that Theresa May, who supported the campaign to Remain
Black Lives Matter Protests Spread To Germany
The fatal shootings of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling have sparked protests on the streets of Berlin, Germany.
Black Lives Matter Protesters Bring London to Standstill Days After Dallas Police Massacre
Just one day after five Dallas, Texas, police officers were shot dead by black militant Micah Xavier Johnson whilst policing a Black Lives Matter march, the British branch of the movement staged protests for three days on the streets of the capital.
Who’s ‘Nexit’? As The ‘Patriot Spring’ Sweeps The Continent, Europeans Call For Their Own Referendums
Citizens and populist parties across the European Union (EU) have congratulated the UK on her vote to leave the political bloc, and are being encouraged to hold their own membership referendums as the populist ‘Patriot Spring’ sweeps the continent. Countries including as Austria, Hungary, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and Denmark are calling for referendums on their own membership of the EU, as well as on issues such as the migrant allocation policy and the euro. Front National leader for France, Marine Le Pen, stated in the European Parliament that the UK’s vote was a “signal of liberty and freedom to the rest of the world”, and that she “commit[s] to pursuing the path of liberty [for France] – to be a free people”. Here’s a look at Europe’s most emboldened member states, dissatisfied by the EU’s push for ever closer union, looking to challenge the authority of the political bloc and take back their sovereignty. Denmark – ‘Danexit’ Movement – Danish People’s Party (DK). Denmark’s second largest party, which, along with two other right-wing parties, supports the Liberals in the minority government. Key figures – Kristian Thulesen Dahl (left) leader of the DK. Aside from the recently-liberated Britain, Denmark is the least integrated into the politico-trading
Marine Le Pen in Euro Parliament: ‘UK Sent A Signal Of Freedom Out To The Entire World’
Marine Le Pen has congratulated Britain, saying that the nation sent out a “signal of liberty and freedom to the rest of the world”, and that “there will be a glowing future for the United Kingdom”. At the European Parliament, leader of the Front National and French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen gave enthusiastic felicitations to the UK for the the nation’s vote to leave the European Union (EU). Berating the “propagandists for the EU on the left and the right” for their “sulky faces and angry looks”, Ms. Le Pen said: “Look at how beautiful history is when liberty succeeds through the will of the people! This is perhaps the most historic event to occur on the continent since the fall of the Berlin Wall. “It is a signal of liberty and freedom sent out to the entire world. It’s the cry of love, of a people, for their country. The British have chosen a route which it thought was closed for all time and you [the members of the EU] where some of those who believed it was closed. Those who said it’s all irreversible. That the European Union is irreversible.” Following, Ms. Le Pen pointed to the EU being “built on