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New Zealand attacker radicalised by neighbours, mother says
September 8, 2021 By Faith Matters

New Zealand attacker radicalised by neighbours, mother says

The mother of an extremist inspired by so-called Islamic State who stabbed shoppers in a New Zealand supermarket said her son was radicalised by neighbours from Syria and Iraq who helped him recover from an injury. The attacker, Ahamed Aathil Samsudeen, was a 32-year-old Tamil Muslim from Sri Lanka. He arrived in New Zealand 10 […]

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Anti-terrorism police hold five over wired explosives found in posh Paris neighbourhood
October 3, 2017 By Faith Matters

Anti-terrorism police hold five over wired explosives found in posh Paris neighbourhood

French counter-terrorism investigators questioned five people on Tuesday after police over the weekend found what appeared to be a ready-to-detonate bomb at an apartment building in one of Paris’s poshest neighbourhoods. Interior Minister Gerard Collomb said one of those arrested was on an intelligence services list of “radicalised” persons – a list that includes the […]

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