06 May 2025 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Authors: Oliver Hair & Lucy Hagger,Threat Analysts Read Time: 5 minutes Tags: Executive Summary Terrorism-related incidents throughout April 2025 have demonstrated the complexity of terrorism threat globally. Pool Re’s threat analysis team provide a summary of the key incidents in April and a strategic threat assessment on the UK terrorism threat landscape below, including: Publicly accessible and crowded locations remain highly attractive targets for terrorist attacks in the UK and globally. The impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict and wider Middle East...
08 April 2025 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Authors: Oliver Hair & Lucy Hagger,Threat Analysts Read Time: 5 minutes Tags: Executive Summary Terrorism-related incidents throughout March 2025 have demonstrated the complexity of terrorism threat globally. Pool Re’s threat analysis team provide a summary of the key incidents in March and a strategic threat assessment on the UK terrorism threat landscape below, including: Extreme Right-Wing related plots from across the UK demonstrate that Extreme Right-Wing terrorism will remain a significant terrorism threat to the UK in the long term. It is almost...
09 December 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Authors: Oliver Hair & Lucy Hagger,Threat Analysts Read Time: 5 minutes Tags: Executive Summary Terrorism-related incidents throughout November 2024 have demonstrated the continuing complexity of terrorism threat globally. Pool Re’s threat analysis team provide a summary of the key incidents in November and a strategic threat assessment on the UK terrorism threat landscape below, including: Violent acts conducted in the aftermath of a Europa League football match in November demonstrates the continued impact of the Middle East crises on Western Europe and...
28 August 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 24 August 2024, an individual conducted a Fire as a Weapon attack at the Beth Yaacov synagogue in La Grande-Motte, France. Reporting suggests that the individual started fires at two entrances to the synagogue and two vehicles in its car park were set alight. One of the vehicles reportedly contained at least one gas canister and exploded. A police officer was injured {X}. Prosecutors stated that the male suspect was recorded on surveillance fleeing the site carrying a Palestinian flag and a...
12 June 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 17 May 2024, an individual who reportedly set fire to a synagogue was shot dead by police in Rouen, France. French authorities alleged that the individual was armed with a 25cm knife and threatened police with a metallic tool {X}. Rouen Mayor Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol said that “an armed individual somehow climbed up the synagogue and threw an object, a sort of Molotov cocktail, into the main prayer room” {X}. Reporting suggests that the synagogue was significantly damaged {X}. Two separate...
