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Switzerland: Man of Turkish descent yells ‘Allahu Akbar’, then stabs 3 people, accused was earlier reported for peddling ISIS propaganda

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A senior official stated that "the motive of the attack has to be looked at in the context of radicalisation and extremism."
Crime

IS-linked module busted by Delhi police: Mossab and Hamad wanted to use toy car bombs, were in touch with JeM terrorist Abu Hufeiza

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The terrorists joined groups called 'Soldiers of Jihad' and 'Mission Khilafat' online. They were in touch with JeM-linked Abu Hufeiza.
News Reports

US launches large scale airstrikes on Islamic State targets across Syria after deadly attack on American troops

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The strikes followed intelligence warnings about Islamic State sleeper cells exploiting post Assad instability, as US Central Command said the operation aimed to degrade the group’s operational capability and prevent future attacks on American and allied forces.
World

Malaysia: 36 Bangladeshis arrested for promoting Islamic State terror group’s ideology in the country, had set up recruitment cell, raised funding for terrorist activities

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Malaysia's Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, making the announcement of the arrest of the Bangladeshis, stated that the police’s operation started on April 24 with three phases of arrests in Selangor and Johor in Malaysia.
World

Joined Islamic State after getting angry over Quran burning: German court sentences 2 Afghan terrorists who were plotting to attack Sweden’s parliament

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A German court has sentenced two Afghan terrorists linked to terror organisation Islamic State to several years in prison for planning an attack on the Swedish Parliament and plotting to kill policemen.
News Reports

Bangladesh: Qawmi scholars join hands with Jamaat-e-Islami to demand Islamic State, plan to form govt headed by Jamaat chief Shafiqur Rahman

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Bangladesh's leading Qawmi scholars met with leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami during which the participants expressed hope for the establishment of an Islamic State led by Jamaat chairman Dr Shafiqur Rahman
News Reports

Gujarat: ISIS terrorists Mohammad Nusrat, Mohammad Nufran, Mohammad Faris and Mohammad Razdin arrested from Ahmedabad Airport

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The ATS is currently interrogating the Islamic State terrorists to determine their purpose for arriving in Ahmedabad.
News Reports

Assam: Police detain Tauseef Ali Farooqui, an IIT-Guwahati student from Delhi, for pledging allegiance to ISIS in a LinkedIn post, details

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IIT-Guwahati student Tauseef Ali Farooqui shared an open letter on social media declaring intent to join ISIS, after which he was arrested
News Reports

Sanaul Islam from Kerala arrested in Afghanistan for ties with terror group ISKP, detained in Kandahar Jail

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A terrorist from Kerala named Sanaul Islam on the way to join the ISKP has been arrested in Afghanistan
News Reports

Bengaluru: Mehdi Masroor Biswas convicted under UAPA, used to run ISIS promoting Twitter handle ‘shamiwitness’ to recruit terrorists

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Mehdi Biswas was also found predicting on Twitter the beheadings of US journalist James Foley and UK aid worker Peter Kassig just weeks before the Islamic State executed them. He was also accused of advocating for IS support in Kashmir, tweeting that the terrorists in Kashmir were martyrs.
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