01 November 2023 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI, Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 26 October 2023, an individual was sentenced to five years in prison for “purchasing and attempting to acquire and possess a prohibited weapon between 1 December 2022 and 11 January 2023”.[1] Media reporting suggests that the individual paid £1000 in cryptocurrency to buy a Glock 17 handgun and 100 rounds of 9mm hollow-point ammunition from the dark web. The package was intended to be dispatched from the US but was later intercepted by US law enforcement officers. An examination of the...
25 October 2023 | Islamist Terrorism, Threat Analysis
Author: Becca Stewart ASyI, Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 16 October 2023, two Swedish football fans died, and a third was injured, following a shooting in Brussels, Belgium. The suspected perpetrator fled the scene and later shared a video in which he claimed membership of Islamic State and responsibility for the terrorist attack.[1] On 17 October 2023, Islamic State allegedly claimed responsibility for the attack on their Telegram channel, stating that the perpetrator was an “Islamic State fighter.”[2] Media reporting has suggested that it is...
25 October 2023 | Islamist Terrorism, Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI, Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 15 October 2023, France was put on its highest level of terrorism alert following an Islamist-inspired Bladed Weapons attack at a French school on 13 October 2023. According to French police, the perpetrator was known to the security services for his involvement with Islamist extremism and was under electronic and physical surveillance by France’s domestic intelligence agency at the time of the attack.[1] On 17 October, France’s anti-terrorism prosecutor Jean-Francois Ricard revealed that...
