“Twice within two weeks a car was used as a murder weapon: first in Magdeburg - then in New Orleans. Security expert Hans-Jakob Schindler has a suspicion. It was sloppiness, suspects the managing director of the German branch of the international "...
“Hundreds of people were celebrating wildly in the French Quarter, the nightlife district of New Orleans in the USA. Then, at around 3 a.m. on New Year's Day, a pick-up truck suddenly rammed into the crowd . At least 14 people died and dozens were...
“For a few years, the Islamic State seemed to be nothing more than a ghost from the past. A fallacy, because it is now clear that the terrorist organization never really disappeared and is once again highly active. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob...
“... IS has not yet officially claimed responsibility for the attack in New Orleans. Terror expert Hans-Jakob Schindler from the Counter Extremism Project believes: "Everything points to a so-called inspired attack by a single perpetrator or a single...
“In New Orleans, a military veteran drove into a crowd. The flag of the extremist militia Islamic State (IS) was apparently found in the car. Terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler speaks about a possible return of IS to Europe.”
"Counter-extremism expert Dr Hans-Jakob Schindler told Metro that upheaval and war in the Middle East has strengthened ISIS’s hand, along with major social media companies failing to eradicate terror propaganda."
"The Magdeburg terror attack also poses challenges to researchers studying violent extremism. According to German terrorism expert Hans-Jakob Schindler, the case demonstrates that alongside the classic categories of Islamic extremism, right-wing...
" Internal security was already polarizing the political debate, but it became central after the car-ramming attack on the Christmas market in Magdeburg, in northeastern Germany, on Friday, December 20, 2024. Very quickly, far-right circles reacted...
""The balancing act was not perfect, but doing it any other way than it has been done so far would have been difficult," said Hans-Jakob Schindler, Middle East expert at the Counter Extremism Project (CEP). The entire European Union substantially...
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