Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
News
"According to the non-profit, Counter Extremism Project, the NSC began in Massachusetts, and it is metastasizing. They are the Klan, but armed with social media accounts, and countering their hatred will take more than police action. It will take all...
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"Al-Qaeda officials have called on AQIS to carry out attacks in Myanmar in response to violence against the Rohingya, a Muslim minority group, according to Counter Extremism Project (CEP), a non-profit international policy organisation."
Videos
On June 8, 2022, CEP Senior Director Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler joined JJ Green to discuss an incident during which a vehicle plowed into a crowd, killing a teacher and injuring students in Berlin, Germany. The incident remains under investigation.
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"A teacher was killed and several of her students were injured Wednesday when a man, seemingly deliberately, drove his car into a group of pedestrians in Berlin. On this week’s episode of 'The Hunt With WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green...
Videos
On April 26, 2022, the Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, in cooperation with the Counter Extremism Project (CEP), hosted the event "Terrorist Attacks in Paris and Brussels: What has changed in the European Security?" CEP Senior Advisor...
Press Release
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) invites you to join CEP Advisors Lucinda Creighton and Liam Duffy for a discussion with Dr. Simon Cottee, author of the new book Watching Murder: Isis, Death Videos and Radicalization.
Press Release
The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) reports weekly on the methods used by extremists to exploit the Internet and social media platforms to recruit followers and incite violence. Last week, a web shop was found on the print-on-demand platform Spring...
CounterPoint Blog
Following is the May 2022 installment of “ISIS Redux: The Central Syria Insurgency,” a monthly chronicle of attacks by the terrorist group ISIS in central Syria. A review of developments throughout 2021 can be found here , and previous editions in...
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"Sir Ivor, from the Counter Extremism Project, and former head of counter-terrorism in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, said the attack could be attributed 'in significant part, to the failure of the intelligence community to monitor...
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"Sir Ivor Roberts, from the Counter Extremism Project, and former head of counter-terrorism in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office was speaking on the fifth anniversary of the London Bridge and Borough Market terror attack this weekend."
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
Fact:
On April 3, 2017, the day Vladimir Putin was due to visit the city, a suicide bombing was carried out in the St. Petersburg metro, killing 15 people and injuring 64. An al-Qaeda affiliate, Imam Shamil Battalion, claimed responsibility.
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