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.
Extremism News Roundup
New research shows that Hamas has quietly dropped thousands of deaths from its Gaza war casualty figures. Salo Aizenberg, from the US-based non-profit organisation Honest Reporting, said that Hamas’s March 2025 casualty update had removed thousands...
Extremism News Roundup
The Civil Guard arrested three people on Tuesday in an international anti-terrorism operation carried out in Barcelona, which also resulted in arrests in the United Kingdom and France. Officers raided the home on Valencia Street in the Sagrada...
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"Experts believe the harsh tone from Tehran is primarily a threat to deter Americans and Israelis from attacking their own nuclear facilities. "However, if the Iranians actually attack US bases, this would lead to a massive escalation and a major...
CounterPoint Blog
Since 2021, the Counter Extremism Project (CEP) has been working with the Digital Violent Extremism (DVE) team at the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) to report and remove harmful online content related to the March 15, 2019...
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "All is not well inside the last Hermit kingdom in public service. I’m referring to His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS), a closed and secretive fiefdom that has acquired a reputation for security...
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CEP Senior Advisor Ian Acheson writes: "At the end of last week, the Ministry of Justice — so often a stranger to public scrutiny — released a glossy, self-congratulatory 20-minute video celebrating the construction and delivery of HMP Millsike, a...
Extremism News Roundup
The Hamas militant group said Saturday it has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar, but Israel said it has made a counter-proposal in “full coordination” with the third mediator, the United States. Egypt early in the...
Extremism News Roundup
A knife-wielding assailant seriously wounded five people in a stabbing attack on a busy shopping street in Amsterdam before he was taken into custody, police in the city have said. The man who carried out the attack in the Dutch capital was injured...
Press Release
CEP Urges Investigation Into Potential Funding and Material Support For Terrorism By Quds Day March Groups (New York, NY) – Today, Counter Extremism Project (CEP) CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace released the following statement regarding the...
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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