Attack

27 November 2020, Iran, Absard: Police work at the scene where Top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated after armed men shot him in his vehicle. Photo: Office Iranian Supreme Leader/IRIB News via ZUMA Wire/dpa

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MIDDLE EAST

'Father' of Iran's nuclear programme assassinated in Tehran

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/28/20

Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said there was evidence pointing to the involvement of Israel in the attack.

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GLOBAL TERRORISM INDEX

Sharp rise in far-right attacks, global terrorism deaths fall

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/25/20

The influence and power of Islamic State are declining steadily, the annual Global Terrorism Index shows.

Kuopio attack sabre Joel-Marin-by-Video-screenshot

Finland

CRUEL ATTACK

Kuopio school sabre killer sentenced to life

The Nomad Today 11/13/20

The intention of Marin, who was himself a student at the Savo Vocational College, was to kill as many randomly selected people as possible.

12 November 2020, Netherlands, The Hague: Police officers investigate outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in The Hague, after several shots were fired at the embassy. Bullets have been fired at several windows and bullet casings have been recovered. Photo: Sem Van Der Wal/dpa.

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NO INJURIES

Shots fired at Saudi Arabian embassy in the Netherlands

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/12/20

The embassy urged Saudi nationals in the Netherlands to exercise caution and vigilance.

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EXPLOSIVE DEVICE

France: WWI commemoration in Saudi Arabia attacked, injuries reported

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/11/20

The "attack with an explosive device" took place in the non-Muslim cemetery in the Red Sea port of Jeddah.

09 November 2020, Austria, Vienna: Austrian Interior Minister Karl Nehammer speaks during a press conference with the title "Today's police measures". Austrian police raided more than 60 premises linked to the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood and the Palestinian Hamas movement as part of a terrorist investigation. Photo: Roland Schlager/APA/dpa.

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TERRORISM

Austria cracks down with raids on Muslim Brotherhood

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/9/20

The investigations focus on more than 70 people suspected of belonging to terrorist and criminal organizations , financing terrorism or money laundering.

03 November 2020, Austria, Linz: Police officers stand guard in front of a building during a raid to arrest a man who might have a connection about last night terrorist attack which took the lives of several people. Photo: Werner Kerschbaummayr/dpa.

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CERTAINTIES AND QUESTIONS

Terrorist attack in Vienna: What we know so far

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/3/20

At least five people were killed , including one perpetrator shot by police, though it remains unclear whether he was acting alone.

File photo of a police patrol vehicle near the port of Helsinki. Photo: Foreigner.fi.

Finland

TERRORIST THREAT

Helsinki police increase vigilance after jihadist attacks in Europe

The Nomad Today 11/3/20

"Whenever a terrorism-related incident occurs in Europe, we prepare for someone to copy it here as well," Chief Inspector Seppo Kujala explained. Minister for Foreign Affairs Pekka Haavisto…

(L-R) President Sauli Niinistö, Prime Minister Sanna Marin and Interior Minister Maria Ohisalo. Photos: Government.

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ISLAMIST ATTACK IN VIENNA

Finnish state leaders convey "condolences" to Austrian government

The Nomad Today 11/3/20

The Interior Minister, Maria Ohisalo, called to "stand strong against terrorism and hatred. "

02 November 2020, Austria, Vienna: Armed policemen search a man in the vicinity of Seitenstettengasse synagogue, after shots have been fired with multiple people injured, amid what the Interior Ministry has termed an ongoing terrorist attack. Photo: Roland Schlager/dpa.

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UPDATE: FOUR PEOPLE KILLED

Austrian minister: Terrorist attack in Vienna had Islamist motive

The Nomad Today/dpa 11/3/20

The attack has claimed the lives of four victims, two men and two women. At least seven people are in a critical condition. The attacker was a 20-year-old man previously convicted for…

29 October 2020, France, Nice: Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi (2nd R) arrives at the scene of a knife attack in Nice. At least two people were killed and several others injured in a knife attack at a church and the suspected assailant was detained shortly afterwards. Photo: Twitter/Christian Estrosi.

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ISLAMIST TERRORISM

New detentions bring Nice knife attack arrests to 4

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/31/20

The two latest detentions were reported on Saturday. The two men in question were taken into custody late on Friday.

29 October 2020, France, Nice: Mayor of Nice Christian Estrosi (2nd L) arrives at the scene of a knife attack in Nice. At least two people were killed and several others injured in a knife attack at a church and the suspected assailant was detained shortly afterwards. Photo: -/Christian Estrosi Twitter via PA Media/dpa

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ISLAMIST TERRORISM

Second man arrested in connection with Nice church attack

The Nomad Today 10/31/20

Brahim Aouissaoui, a Tunisian man who entered France illegally on Thursday killed three people in Nice with a knife,

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Finland

ISLAMIST ATTACK

Interior Minister: 'Fight against terrorism, our common challenge'

The Nomad Today 10/29/20

The Finnish Government did not issue any statement condemning the attack through its press services.

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US authorities warn over cyberattack on hospitals

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/29/20

"Malicious actors" were using Ryuk ransomware in attacks that lead to data theft, and the disruption of healthcare services, the authorities said in a joint statement.

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TERRORISM

Three killed in terrorist attack inside Nice church

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/29/20

Mayor Christian Estrosi said that the attacker "kept repeating 'Allahu Akbar' in front of us while he was receiving treatment."

05 October 2020, Hamburg: Shlomo Bistritzky, state rabbi of Hamburg speaks during a media interview a day after a suspect attacked a 26-year-old Jewish student with a shovel outside a synagogue. Photo: Jonas Walzberg/dpa.

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ANTI-SEMITISM

Attempted murder probe launched after Jewish man attacked in Germany

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/6/20

The alleged suspect in the attack was being held in a psychiatric facility under a court order. He is reported to have been wearing a uniform of the German Army at the time.

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HAMBURG

Jewish student severely beaten with shovel outside German synagogue

The Nomad Today/dpa 10/5/20

Germany has recently seen a rise in anti-Semitic incidents in the country, most recently at protests against coronavirus restrictions.

HANDOUT - 28 September 2020, Azerbaijan, Martuni: A man holds remains of a rocket shell, fired at the Martuni town in the self-proclaimed Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, also known as Artsakh. Heavy fighting has broken out in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region in the southern Caucasus between neighbouring Azerbaijan and Armenia on Sunday. Photo: -/Armenian Foreign Ministry/dpa.

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Armenia accuses Azerbaijan of massive attacks in Nagorno-Karabakh

The Nomad Today/dpa 9/29/20

The Nagorno-Karabakh region, internationally recognized as part of predominantly Muslim Azerbaijan, has been controlled by Christian Armenian separatists for decades, with a fragile peace treaty in…