27 September 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,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...
16 September 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: Timeline On 23 August 2024, Issa Al H, 26-years-old, conducted a Bladed Weapons attack in the West German city of Solingen {X}. The individual conducted the attack at approximately 21:40 at a free music concert during the “Festival of Diversity”; a festival celebrating the 650-year history of Solingen. Three individuals were killed and eight others were injured, four of them severely. German authorities arrested the perpetrator on 25 August 2024 after he turned himself into police and claimed...
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...
27 August 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 23 August 2024, Issa Al H, 26-years-old, conducted a Bladed Weapons attack in the western German city of Solingen {X}. The individual conducted the attack at approximately 21:40 at a free music concert during the “Festival of Diversity”; a festival celebrating the 650-year history of Solingen. Three individuals were killed and eight others were injured, four of them severely. German authorities arrested the perpetrator on 25 August 2024 after he turned himself into police and claimed...
06 August 2024 | Threat Analysis, Threat Landscape
Author: Oliver Hair ASyI,Threat Analyst Read Time: 3 minutes Tags: On 23 July 2024, at approximately 17:50, a British Army soldier was stabbed in Kent in proximity to Brompton Barracks, the headquarters of the British Army’s 1 Royal School of Military Engineering Regiment. Anthony Esan, 24, was arrested on the same day at approximately 18:30 at his home in Rochester {X}. On 25 July 2024, Esan was charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon in a public place {X}. Medway magistrates’ court heard that Esan had reportedly been in possession...
