terrorism

ISIS-claimed Tajikistan attack that killed 4 led by proscribed Islamist party member: police

Police in Tajikistan appeared to blame a banned Islamist party for an attack claimed by ISIS that left four tourists dead and was originally reported as a hit-and-run road accident

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Playing jihad: the gamification of radicalization

Linda Schlegel argues that we need strategies to reduce the likelihood that gamification provides an entry point into extremism and violence

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Indonesia court sentences ISIS-linked cleric Abdurrahman to death for inciting terrorist attacks

Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death for inciting his sympathizers to carry out a series of deadly attacks including the Jakarta bombing in 2016

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Indonesia police shoot dead 4 men after sword attack on Pekanbaru HQ

Indonesian police said they shot and killed four men who used swords in an attack on a police station in Pekanbaru, on Sumatra island, in which one officer was killed and two others were injured

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Family carried out Surabaya police HQ suicide bombing, Indonesia police say

A family carried out a suicide bomb attack on a police headquarters in Indonesia's second city Surabaya, police said, a day after a series of coordinated attacks on churches staged by another family

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Indonesia: Suicide bombings by a single family strike Surabaya churches, killing at least 13

A series of coordinated suicide bomb attacks perpetrated by a single family struck churches in Surabaya, Indonesia, killing at least 13 people and wounding dozens, the deadliest attack for years in the Muslim-majority country

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Series of explosions rock Afghan capital

Explosions were reported in Afghanistan's capital Kabul on Wednesday amid reports that attackers targeted a police headquarters and other parts of the city

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ISIS claims deadly double suicide bombing in Kabul

At least 25 people were killed when two suicide blasts ripped through central Kabul early Monday, Afghanistan's health ministry has confirmed.

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At least six police killed in Pakistan triple suicide blasts

At least six policemen were killed and 15 security personnel were wounded when three suicide bombers blew themselves up in quick succession in southwest Pakistan, officials said.

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Paris attacks suspect Abdeslam sentenced to 20 years over Brussels shootout

A Belgian court sentenced the sole surviving suspect in the Paris attacks, Salah Abdeslam, to 20 years in prison over a bloody gun battle with police in Brussels days before his capture in 2016.

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