17 July 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 16 July 2024, a 16-year-old from Stockton-on-Tees was given a three year Youth Rehabilitation Order and a three year Criminal Behaviour Order, after admitting to possessing Extreme Right-Wing material and distributing harmful material to others on social media {X}. The individual was arrested in December 2023 by counterterrorism police after his teachers became concerned over slogans and pictures he had written on a mock exam paper – including a picture of Auschwitz and racist comments {X}. A...
26 April 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 26 April 2024, the Terrorgram collective was proscribed as a terrorist organisation in the UK, meaning that it is now a criminal offence to belong to, publicly support, and/or invite support for the group {X}. The Terrorgram collective is an online Extreme Right-Wing network of individuals who produce and disseminate violent propaganda to encourage those who consume its content to engage in terrorist activity. The collective promotes the collapse of the Western world and a “Race War” through...
28 February 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 23 February 2024, an individual was convicted of preparation of terrorist acts. In a document titled “My Plan”, the individual claimed he wanted to kill at least 50 people by attacking government buildings and politicians’ houses.{X} The individual had told police that he was “left-wing”, but “more like an anarchist”, and had become motivated by both a hatred of the government and ecological concerns including: pollution, the destruction of forests,...
09 February 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 02 February 2024, an individual was sentenced to a minimum of five years in prison for possessing chemicals for a terrorist purpose. According to the Crown Prosecution Service, the individual was “dedicated to Islamic State inspired extremist beliefs” and had accessed propaganda videos which provided instructions on manufacturing explosives.{X} The individual had reportedly bought knives, including one of the same type featured in an instructional Islamic State video, and...
