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...
23 January 2024 | Islamist Terrorism, Threat Analysis
Author: Becca Stewart ASyI,Senior Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 19 January 2024, the British Home Secretary James Cleverly proscribed the Sunni Islamist political organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir as a terrorist organisation, meaning that it is now a criminal offence to belong to, publicly support, and invite support for the group.[1] Hizb ut-Tahrir is an international political party which has had a long-standing goal of uniting Muslims under an Islamic state. The group is allegedly active in 32 countries and is banned in at least 13 countries.[2] The...
16 January 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 15 January 2024, two individuals conducted a Marauding Terrorist Attack through the Israeli city of Raanana. Reporting suggests that one of the individuals conducted a Bladed Weapons attack against the owner of a car and later stole the car in order to conduct a Vehicle as a Weapon attack throughout the city with the other assailant. The pair later stole two other vehicles in order to continue their attack. There was one fatality and approximately 17 others were injured.[1] Hamas reportedly...
