ISIS trying to enter India - 11 youths apprehended in Hyderabad

ISIS was, till now, active in the Middle East and parts of Europe but indications are there that it is trying to make inroads into India. In a joint operation, the Hyderabad police and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials have apprehended eleven youths from Old City of Hyderabad. These youngsters were, the police said, preparing to join the terror outfit Islamic State.
This has been reported in thehindu.com dated 29 June 2016.

Three of them have been identified and some weapons seized. It appears they had got in touch with IS handlers operating from abroad through social networking sites like Facebook. As per initial reports, cash and explosive material have been seized from them. This is the second major operation against IS linked youngsters of Hyderabad that has been busted by the police in recent times.
Times of India adds - the youths were allegedly plotting powerful bomb blasts to target VVIPs and crowded places in the city and also intended to trigger communal riots by placing cow and buffalo meat at the Bhagyalakshmi temple at the base of the iconic Charminar.
It may be recalled that a IS module consisting of six persons from Hyderabad had been busted during the country-wide raids by the NIA three months ago. That module had obtained explosive substance and even conducted blast on experimental basis in Narsapur forest of Medak district.
Police are trying to ascertain if the six youths detained now have any links with the previous module.


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Suicide bombers attacked the Ataturk International airport in Istanbul and left at least 36 dead with more than 140 injured. There are fears that the death toll could rise. It is suspected that three Islamic State terrorists were involved - they blew themselves up at the airport.
The airport was put on lockdown, the subway system was shut down, and all roads leading to the airport were closed. The Federal Aviation Administration has suspended flights between Istanbul and the United States.
This has been reported in usatoday.com dated 28 June 2016.

AS indicated by Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim, three suicide bombers were responsible for the attack and from initial information, they appeared to belong to the Islamic State group was behind it. They had arrived at the airport in a taxi and blew themselves up after opening fire.
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Suspected al-Shabaab militants have launched a suicide attack on a hotel in the capital Mogadishu killing at least five civilians. As confirmed by local security forces, a suicide bomber is believed to have detonated a truck bomb at the gate of the Naasa-Hablood hotel which was then stormed by a group of heavily-armed men.
The al-Shabaab has links with al-Qaeda and they have claimed responsibility for the attack.
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The terrorists are believed to have taken a number of hostages because it is a popular location among the Somali political elite and members of the nation's diaspora who return to the city on business. The terrorists took positions behind blast walls and sandbags and armed guards are trying to repel the militants and, as per reports of eyewitnesses, there was a huge blast followed by heavy machine gunfire.
The intention of the al-Shabaab is to topple the Western-backed government and it has been observed that during Ramadan they target public areas where people gather before they break their daily fast. It may be recalled that in early June an overnight siege by extremist gunmen at another hotel in the capital had left 15 people dead, two of them were members of parliament and al-Shabab had claimed responsibility for that attack also.


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Along with the 36 militiamen killed, mostly in direct gun battles with ISIS jihadists, Misrata hospital spokesman has indicated that another 140 were wounded in the violence.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 22 June 2016.

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The man holds a British driving license and he has admitted to a Secret Service agent that he had driven to the city from California with plans to shoot Mr Trump. The suspect claims to have been in the US for around 18 months and he has been nurturing the plan to kill Donald Trump for the last one year.
The man had arrived in New Jersey before ending up in the San Bernardino, California, and had driven down to Las Vegas after seeing reports that Mr Trump would be holding an event there. Once in Las Vegas, he went to a gun range to learn how to shoot a gun - he had never used a gun before.
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The authorities are investigating whether it was a practical joke or whether there were sinister motives like checking the preparedness of security system. Prime Minister Charles Michel has called the incident 'very suspicious'.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 21 June 2016.

The incident has come a week after anti-terrorism investigators were alerted to the possibility that small groups of ISIS extremists had left Syria for France and Belgium with plans to stage attacks - including at a shopping mall. Belgium's anti-terror office has already warned police that fighters with access to weapons may have left Syria about 10 days ago for Belgium and France.
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This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 20 June 2016.

It seems the suicide bomber had waited near a compound housing the security contractors and struck as the vehicle moved through early morning traffic. Apart from bus passengers, many people in an adjacent market were also wounded in the attack during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attacks in Kabul but not for the attack in Badakhshan. Taliban has said that by carrying out this attack, they want to teach Americans and NATO military officials that they have the power to conduct attacks wherever, and whenever, they want.
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Police had used a search warrant to raid the siblings' house in Mount Sinai, Long Island, and found a .40-calibre Glock, six assault rifles, four rifles, 25 high-capacity magazines, one shotgun, one stun gun and thousands of rounds of ammunition. Moreover, there were also bomb-making instructions, marijuana, hallucinogenic mushrooms, more than $40,000 in cash, swastikas, photos of Adolf Hitler and other Nazi paraphernalia.
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President Obama had wanted to introduce a gun control mechanism and the massacre of 50 persons in a nightclub in Orlando has seen him renew his thoughts. He wants Congress to ban the AR-15 assault rifle which is a fast-loading, easy to use assault weapon. As he has said - these assault weapons are weapons of war and meant for the battlefield, they have no place in the streets. Such a ban used to be in place and it should be re-instituted.
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The AR-15 assault rifle is a civilian semi-automatic version of the M-16 rifle, which is fully automatic. The gun is able to reload as soon as the shooter pulls the trigger, are lightweight and easy to assemble. As per records of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, there are between 5 and 8.2 million assault-style weapons in the U.S.
Families of the Sandy Hook killings have sued gun manufacturers after recent mass killings - the weapon used at Sandy Hook was a Bushmaster AR-15.
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20 people were killed in two bombs blasts outside the Sayyida Zeinab mosque in Damascus. This is the holiest Shiite shrine in Syria. The first blast was by a suicide attacker who was wearing an explosives belt and took place at the entrance of Ziabiyeh district. The second one was the result of a suicide attacker in a car rigged with explosives in al-Teen street.
The attacks came as Sunni and Shia Muslims are celebrating the holy month of Ramadan.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 11 June 2016.

ISIS have subsequently claimed responsibility for the attack. However, Syria's Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi has blamed Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, for being behind the 'brutal massacres'. As per information with the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a British-based monitoring group, the death toll was 12 with 30 wounded.
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The massacre at an Orlando gay nightclub in which at least 50 people have been killed and another 53 injured, has been labeled as a "domestic terror incident." It is the worst mass shooting in U.S. history and the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil since the events of Sept. 11, 2001. President Obama has described the Pulse massacre "an act of terror and an act of hate." He called Mateen, the shooter, "a person filled with hatred."
The shooter has been identified as Omar Mateen of St. Lucie County, Florida. He is a U.S.-born citizen with Afghani parents.
It seems after the shooting began, he called 911 to pledge his allegiance to ISIS and supporters of the terrorist group have cheered the massacre online. However, there is no evidence to suggest that ISIS had directed or had prior knowledge of the attack.
This has been reported in abcnews.go.com dated 12 June 2016.

The FBI has indicated that the gunman Mateen "was organized and well-prepared," and have added that "he is not from this area." He had an assault rifle, handgun and "some kind of device on him." His parents were born in Afghanistan, and he was "on the radar" of U.S. officials for some time, but was not the target of a specific investigation, as reported by law enforcement officials.
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Islamic State has carried out a number of suicide bombings in Baghdad that have left 39 people dead. The deadliest of these was in a commercial area of a majority Shia neighborhood where at least 15 civilians were killed and 35 wounded.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 10 June 2016.

There was a second blast when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into an Iraqi army checkpoint north of Baghdad killing at least 12 people. The third attack was in the town of Taji 12 miles north of Baghdad. The dead in this were seven civilians and five troops with another 30 injured.
ISIS has claimed responsibility for these attacks but the information could not be independently verified. Baghdad has been the target of near-daily attacks in recent weeks by the Sunni militant group and these are believed to be attempts to distract the attention of the security forces from the fighting taking place on the front line.
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A Delhi police team has unearthed a kidney transplant racket and arrested the kingpin from Rajarhat in Kolkata as he was settling down for a house warming party - he had around 150 guests at the time. The police had already arrested five people. These included two staff members of doctors at Apollo Hospital in Delhi. Their interrogation led the team to the kingpin.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 9 June 2016.

Preliminary investigation has revealed that touts would lure poor people from various parts of the country, including Bengal, to donate kidneys. They would be paid measly amounts of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 4 lakh while the gang would charge several times more from the recipients of the kidneys. The transplantation surgeries were performed at the hospital in Delhi.
The kingpin is believed to belong to Hyderabad and, as indicated by his neighbors, he had bought two houses, 50m apart, in three years and the family kept to themselves. He had let out a story that he owned a saline bottle manufacturing factory in Hyderabad which is why he had to go out of town frequently. He used to receive many visitors but they did not speak Bengali or Hindi or English. Cops feel they might have spoken in Telegu since the man has links to Hyderabad.
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This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 7 June 2016.

The explosion happened near the Vezneciler metro station and close to an Istanbul University building. The force of the blast caused the police bus to overturn - it was transporting rapid-response officers. As a result the metro station was closed and university canceled the exams. Due to the explosion, nearby buildings were damaged as were several cars. Windows were blown out and debris littered the floor of the 16th-century Sehzade Mosque.
This was the fourth major bombing in Turkey's biggest city this year - two of these targeted security forces while the other two targeted tourists. The violence has already affected the tourism industry and has damaged the economy. As per official figures, 1.75 million people visited Turkey in April - this is more than 28% down on April 2015.


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This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 7 June 2016.

It seems he was plotting 15 attacks in France targeting Muslim and Jewish houses of worship, bridges, highways, a tax collecting office and buildings of public institutions involved in the organization of Euro 2016. Police detained him when he was attempting to cross the Ukrainian-Polish border.
Details of the suspect have not been disclosed but, he had traveled to Ukraine intending to buy weapons from the armed groups, which are involved in the confrontation in eastern regions. Preliminary investigations indicate that he had acquired 125 kg of explosives, 5 Kalashnikov assault rifles, more than 5,000 rounds of ammunition and other weapons as a part of his arsenal.


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This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 5 June 2016.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said that ISIS was retreating as a result of Russian air strikes but this has not been confirmed either by Moscow or by the Assad regime in Damascus. It seems the Assad regime has agreed to join up with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) which is a rebel group dominated by the Kurdish Popular Protection (YPG) militia and that the SDF have 30,000 fighters coming down from Kobani in the north.
In comparison, ISIS has around 5,000 fighters in Raqqa province and the city of Raqqa has been its de facto capital since it was taken in 2014. Now, the Syrian troops plan to take over the Tabqa air base, 30 miles west of the city of Raqqa - that way, they would get an airbase for Russian fighter jets. The short-term objective of the operation is to take over Tabqa and nearby Lake Assad.


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Authorities in Germany have arrested three Syrian men suspected of having links with ISIS and planning an attack in Duesseldorf. The plot was nipped by a fourth suspect, who spilled the beans to French authorities with details earlier this year. All the three men were arrested from three different German states.
This has been reported in foxnews.com dated 2 June 2016.

As per the plan, two suicide attackers would blow themselves up in central Duesseldorf and then, further assailants would kill as many people as possible using firearms and explosives. There were no indications to show that they had begun any concrete preparations.
The three men have been identified. Two of them had joined ISIS in Syria in 2014 and had received instructions from the group's leadership to carry out an attack in Duesseldorf. They had, accordingly, traveled to Turkey in May 2014 with IS approval and, then, separately in March and July 2015, to Germany via Greece. They had convinced the third man to join the plot at some point before January this year.


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