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Man jailed for 15 years over plot to attack Taylor Swift concert in Vienna

June 1, 2026 World Justice News 0

A 21-year-old Austrian man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for planning a jihadist attack on a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna during the US singer’s Eras tour in August 2024. The man, […]

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Police foil bomb plot targeting Lady Gaga’s biggest-ever show on Copacabana beach

May 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

Brazilian police say they foiled a bomb attack planned for a Lady Gaga concert on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach that attracted an estimated 2.1 million people. The plot was orchestrated by a group promoting […]

Farhad Salah jailed over driverless car bomb plot

July 24, 2019 World Justice News 0

A would-be terrorist who tried to make a bomb to be used in a driverless car attack has been jailed for 15 years. Farhad Salah, 24, planned the attack to spare his own life while […]

Man charged over US mid-term elections ‘bomb plot’

October 11, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man who planned to blow himself up in Washington DC on the day of next month’s mid-term elections has been held and charged, US prosecutors say. They say Paul Rosenfeld, 56, built a 200lb […]

Naa'imur Zakariyah Rahman and Mohammad Aqib Imran

Man denies terror attack plot to kill Theresa May

May 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

A London man has denied plotting to kill Theresa May with a backpack bomb. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, from Finchley is accused of preparing a terror attack targeting Downing Street. He is also charged with […]

Pair jailed for UK Christmas homemade bomb attack plan

February 22, 2018 World Justice News 0

A couple has been jailed for plotting a terror attack in the UK using a homemade bomb over Christmas. Munir Mohammed, from Derby, was handed a life sentence, with a minimum of 14 years. Pharmacist […]

Ex-teacher and twin brother arrested in NYC bomb plot

February 16, 2018 World Justice News 0

A former high school teacher and his brother were accused on Thursday of stockpiling explosive materials in their apartment and paying students to dismantle fireworks for gunpowder to make bombs. Federal officials arrested Christian and […]

Fairy lights bomb plotter Zahid Hussain jailed for life

October 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man who planned to bomb a railway line with a device made from fairy lights and a pressure cooker has been jailed for life. Zahid Hussain, 29, from Birmingham, filled the appliance with 1.6kg […]

3 held in German bomb plot raid

October 8, 2016 World Justice News 0

Three people have been arrested after German police found several hundred grams of explosives in an apartment they raided in connection with a Syrian man suspected of planning a bomb attack in the eastern city […]

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Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

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UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

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Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]