12 March 2025 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Authors: Oliver Hair & Lucy Hagger,Threat Analysts Read Time: 5 minutes Tags: Executive Summary Terrorism-related incidents throughout February 2025 have demonstrated the complexity of terrorism threat globally. Pool Re’s threat analysis team provide a summary of the key incidents in February and a strategic threat assessment on the UK terrorism threat landscape below, including: Islamist inspired terrorism plots and attacks conducted across Western Europe in February 2025 demonstrate that Islamist terrorism remains the predominant terrorism threat to the UK...
27 September 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Lucy Hagger,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 16 September 2024, Alan Edward, 54, was found guilty of planning to commit an act of terrorism {X}. Edward had discussed an attack on a LGBT group in Falkirk, Scotland. The court found Edward possessed and expressed a neo-Nazi outlook, notions of white supremacy and anti-semitism {X}. Police found a cache of weapons and equipment at Edward’s home, including an air pistol, a crossbow, 14 knives, and machetes. Certain items of equipment had Nazi and SS insignia on. He also possessed blunt force...
03 July 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 14 June 2024, Mason Reynolds, 19, of Brighton, was sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for offences including possessing plans for carrying out an attack on a synagogue near Brighton {X}. Reynolds possessed a note detailing a plan to attack the synagogue, including information about entrances and exits of the synagogue, security mitigations in place, as well as key Jewish holidays. Content found on Reynolds’ phone revealed that he adhered to an Extreme Right-Wing ideology and...
05 January 2024 | Right Wing Terrorism, Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: Two individuals have been sentenced for a total of 15 years for terrorism offences. The pair encouraged listeners of their “neo-Nazi online podcast” – Black Wolf Radio – to commit acts of terrorism against ethnic minorities.[1] The pair reportedly shared homophobic, racist, antisemitic, Islamophobic and misogynistic views and called for Prince Harry to be “prosecuted” and “judicially killed for treason”.[2] The pair also endorsed the 2016 murder of Jo Cox MP and praised the 2019 Christchurch...
