The deadliest act of terrorism in Belgium’s history took place on the morning of March 22, 2016 in Brussels, when ISIS suicide bombers killed 32 people and wounded more than 300 others in attacks at the Zaventem airport and the Maelbeek metro station...
One year after the worst bombings in its modern history, Belgium and the rest of Europe continue to struggle with the complex challenges of terrorism and extremism, CEP said, in releasing a new report on preventing jihadist radicalization in Europe...
The triple bombings in Brussels that killed 31 people serves as a reminder that despite almost 15 years since 9/11, there has been a fundamental failure among Muslims from the government level down to the community level to confront the sectarian...
CEP released new resources on ISIS terrorists as well as extremism and counter-extremism in Belgium in the aftermath of the March 22 bombings that killed 31 people in attacks at Zaventem airport and Maelbeek metro station.
Following is a statement from CEP CEO Ambassador Mark D. Wallace and President Frances F. Townsend “Following the attacks in Paris last November that killed 130 – planned and carried out in part by individuals with connections to Belgium, including...
The “mastermind” of the November 13 Paris attacks, Abdelhamid Abaaoud, was radicalized in a Belgian prison while serving time for theft. Charlie Hebdo and kosher supermarket shooters Amedy Coulibaly and Cherif Kouachi also spent time in jail, meeting...
(New York, NY) – The Counter Extremism Project (CEP) is releasing updated resources on terrorism and counterterrorism in France and Belgium following the November 13 attacks that took the lives of at least 129 people and wounded more than 350. A...
Extremists: Their Words. Their Actions.
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On March 30, 2020, an al-Shabaab suicide bomber mounted the vehicle of Abdisalan Hasan Hersi, a governor in Somalia’s Puntland, as he parked his car near a police station. The jihadist detonated his explosive device, killing Hersi and seriously wounding a former police commander and a civilian.
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