Monthly Threat Update October 2022

Nov 3, 2022 | Islamist Terrorism, Right Wing Terrorism, Threat Analysis

We ask, could the current cost-of-living crisis drive up radicalisation and terrorist attacks in the UK? Professor Andrew Silke (Cranfield University) comments on the latest unsettling findings.

Whilst terrorism-related convictions and sentencing reduced in August and September, it is notable that the rate of reports to Counter-Terrorism police regarding suspicious activity almost doubled during September. Read our analysis below.

We bring you the most up-to-date, significant, terrorism-related news, focussing on advanced market countries.

  • An increasing number of Armed Forces personnel referred to the UK’s terrorism prevention programme.
  • First UK repatriation of a woman and child from a Syrian detention camp.
  • Rising number of arrests amidst Hindu-Muslim unrest in Leicester.
  • 17-year-old arrested and charged in Germany for a school bomb plot.
  • 75-year-old woman accused of leading a far-right terror plot in Germany.

Read the full update here

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