The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during a Sunday Mass that killed one person.
TERRORISM
2 masked men kill a person in attack on Catholic church in Istanbul; officials detain 2 ISIS members
Two masked assailants attacked a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during a Sunday Mass, killing one person, Turkish officials said.
Police are investigating an attack with a homemade explosive device made of gas canisters at the premises of an Israeli shipping company located in the center of Piraeus early Wednesday morning.
Police have arrested a Turkish citizen, an ethnic Kurd, wanted for membership in a terrorist organization.
Turkish authorities have detained 29 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across nine provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.
The Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court, on Wednesday approved the extradition of a 30-year-old Moroccan man who is believed to be a member of the ISIS terrorist group.
The “Armed Proletarian Justice” claimed responsibility on Sunday for an active bomb discovered and defused on Kokkinopoulou Street near the riot police headquarters in the Zografou University Campus area on Monday.
Turkish authorities have detained 304 people suspected of having ties to militant group Islamic State in operations across 32 provinces, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Friday.
Cyprus has disrupted an alleged Iranian plot to target Israeli businessmen with the arrest of two Iranian asylum-seekers who were in contact with another Iranian associated with the Revolutionary Guard, a Cypriot official has said.
Greece’s Anti-Terror Service launched an investigation after an active bomb was found and defused on Kokkinopoulou Street, in the area of the Zografou University Campus, near the headquarters of the riot police on Monday.
The bomb disposal squad discovered and defused an explosive device near the headquarters of the riot police officers (MAT) in the district of Zografou in central Athens on Monday.
Despite the return of the first 50 prisoners to Israeli territory and the temporary ceasefire, clashes on the ground in the Gaza Strip have resumed, while the security services continue to search for the abductees.
Turkish Cypriot officials have denied an “unfounded and malicious allegation” by Israel that Iran was using the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus for “terrorism objectives”.
Israel helped Cyprus foil an Iranian-ordered attack against Israelis and Jews on the island, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday, saying such plots were on the rise since the Gaza war erupted.
Two Iranian citizens were arrested in November in Cyprus after allegedly planning attacks against Israelis, reported Kathimerini Cyprus on Sunday.
Europe faces a “huge risk of terrorist attacks” over the Christmas holiday period due to the fallout from the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the European Union’s home affairs commissioner warned Tuesday.
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