30 May 2023 | Single Issue Terrorism, Threat Analysis
Author: Julian Stone BEM, Principal Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: As of May 2023, a fourth activist linked with the Palestine Action Group (PAG) protest group was found guilty of conspiracy to commit criminal damage following a pro-Palestine protest at the factory of an electronics manufacturer in eastern Wales on 09 December 2022.[1] Reporting has suggested that the protest caused up to £1.2 million of damage to the factory site as the activists conducted a multiphase protest. Two of the activists allegedly scaled the building before smashing...
21 May 2023 | Islamist Terrorism, Threat Analysis
Author: Becca Stewart, Threat Analyst Read Time: 2 minutes Tags: As of 19 May 2023, a 21-year-old man has admitted to preparing to conduct a terrorist attack in London before being arrested on 23 September 2022. The perpetrator allegedly intended to target a Christian speaker, Hatun Tash, at Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, London, and intended to kill any police or soldiers in the area at the time.[1] Hatun Tash has previously been targeted on several occasions at Speakers’ Corner as a result of her anti-Islamic views. One such attack resulted in Tash being...
13 May 2023 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Becca Stewart,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: As of 9th May 2023, media reporting has suggested that the British Government plans formally to declare the Wagner Group as a terrorist organisation within weeks.[1] Proscription of the Russian mercenary force responsible for significant aggressions within the Russia-Ukraine war has allegedly been in development for the past two months. The Wagner Group is a Russian private military company with around 50,000 troops consisting of former soldiers (including from Russia’s special forces),...
09 May 2023 | Islamist Terrorism, Threat Analysis
Author: Oliver Hair, Junior Threat Analyst Read Time: 5 minutes Tags: On 26 April 2023, US officials confirmed that a senior leader within Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) responsible for the planning of the 2021 Kabul Airport attack was killed in an operation conducted by the Afghan Taliban in April 2023.[1] ISKP is the Afghan affiliate of Islamic State (IS) and has routinely conducted attacks throughout the region since the Taliban takeover in 2021.[2] The 2021 Person-Borne Improvised Explosive Device (PBIED) attack at Kabul Airport killed 170 civilians...
