Attack

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• Morocco’s Proactive Anti-Terror Strategy Thwarts 207 Terrorist Cells Since 2002
  18 November 2020, by Jérôme

  Anticipation is the multi-dimensional anti-terrorism strategy of the Moroccan security services. This preventive approach has the advantage of minimizing the risk of carrying out attacks plotted by fanatics.
  For terrorist projects not to see the slightest beginning of execution, the security services specialized in the fight against terrorism must intervene early enough. Sources at the Directorate General of Territorial Surveillance (DGST), interviewed by the Map, specify that thanks in (…)

• Spain Warns of Rising Sahrawi Recruitment by ISIS in Sahel Region
  21 November 2020, by Jérôme

  The arrival in the ranks of Daesh of Sahrawis from the Lahmada camps is becoming very worrying, warns the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation.
  Faced with the increase in the recruitment of Sahrawis from the Tindouf camps by terrorist groups, particularly Daesh operating in the Sahel, the Director General of Foreign Policy and Security within the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs is alerting the Spanish Ministry of the Interior and the US embassy in Madrid to the (…)

• Car Rams Mosque in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France; Vandals Spray Prayer Hall
  5 December 2020, by Sylvanus

  "A car driven by two or three individuals broke through the gate of the mosque’s parking lot before destroying the main glass door. The individuals then entered the main prayer hall and emptied one of the fire extinguishers everywhere in the place," the mosque said in a statement.
  "The gate and the entrance door were smashed with a car, individuals broke into the mosque itself. Extinguisher powder, without any trace of fire, was found at the entrance and in the men’s prayer hall," Nicolas (…)

• Thalys Train Attacker Sentenced to Life in Prison for 2015 Foiled Terror Plot
  18 December 2020, by Ginette

  The Moroccan national, Ayoub El Khazzani, perpetrator of the foiled Thalys attack, was sentenced to life imprisonment. Three men accused of having helped the shooter and his sponsor received sentences ranging from seven to twenty-seven years in prison.
  The events date back to August 21, 2015. Ayoub El Khazzani had boarded the train at the Brussels station armed with an AK-47, a pistol, a cutter and 300 rounds of ammunition. The shooter had been overpowered by passengers, including two (…)

• Morocco’s Anti-Terror Expertise Gains International Recognition, Expert Says
  1 January 2021, by Jérôme

  The constitutive elements of the uniqueness of the Moroccan security model in the fight against terrorism have been analyzed by the President of the Institute for Prospective and Security in Europe (IPSE). Former political advisor to the French Ministry of Defense and Veterans Affairs, security and defense specialist Emmanuel Dupuy, discusses the details in an interview with Atlasinfo.
  Morocco involuntarily benefits from a certain "anteriority" of the terrorist threat and legitimacy in (…)

• Brussels Attacks Trial: Court to Decide Fate of Suspects in 2016 Terror Case
  5 January 2021, by Ginette

  The Brussels Council Chamber heard all the parties concerned by the file of the attacks that caused dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries on December 7, 8 and 9. The decision of the Brussels Council Chamber will be rendered, in camera, this Tuesday at 2:00 p.m., at the Justitia, in the former NATO buildings in Haren.
  On March 22, 2016, Brussels was targeted by two bloody and deadly attacks. The first, at Brussels-National Airport in Zaventem and the second, at the Maelbeek metro (…)

• Brussels Attacks: Wrongly Accused ’Man in the Hat’ Suspect Cleared After 4-Year Legal Battle
  8 January 2021, by Sylvanus

  Fayçal Cheffou, the accused wrongly identified as "the man with the hat", one of the terrorists of the March 22, 2016 attacks, has been granted a dismissal by the Brussels Chamber Council. He has thus been definitively cleared in this case.
  In a message posted on his Facebook account, Fayçal expressed his joy at this decision. "It’s finally over! 4 and a half years of struggle against false police accusations. Today, I am free alhamdoulliah," he wrote.
  While he was parked at the foot of (…)

• Spanish Court Rejects Testimony on Alleged Double Agent in 2017 Catalonia Attacks
  20 January 2021, by Prince

  The chamber in charge of the trial of the 2017 Catalonia attacks has rejected the defense’s request for former commissioner José Villarejo to testify to confirm whether the mastermind of the group, the imam of Ripoll (Girona), Abdelbaki Es Satty, was a double agent working for the Spanish National Intelligence Center (CNI) and the Moroccan secret services.
  Due to the recent statements he has made about the attacks in Catalonia, and in particular about the Ripoll imam, who died in the (…)

• Belgian Court Examines Charges Against 20 Alleged Paris Attack Accomplices
  4 February 2021, by Ginette

  Belgian justice has been examining since Tuesday, February 2, the charges against 20 alleged accomplices of the perpetrators of the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris. This step precedes the trial that should be held at the end of the year in Brussels.
  The examination of the charges in this case is a very important step. All the parties involved will be heard in order to allow the Brussels council chamber to determine which of these accomplices (17 men and three women) should be granted a (…)

• Belgian State Faces Accusations Over 2011 Liège Attack Responsibility
  5 February 2021, by Ginette

  Several victims of the attack on the Place Saint-Lambert in Liège, perpetrated by Nordine Amrani, believe that the Belgian State bears a large part of responsibility for this tragedy. The Constitutional Court seems to share this view.
  The attack on the Place Saint-Lambert took place on December 13, 2011. Nordine Amrani, a Liège detainee of Moroccan origin on parole, is the author of this shooting that killed six people and left one hundred and thirty other victims. While he was still to (…)